Mount Sneffels Climber's Log : Climbing, Hiking & Mountaineering : SummitPost

Mount Sneffels Climber's Log

centrifuge - Jan 13, 2011 7:30 am Date Climbed: Sep 24, 2010

SW Ridge

with snow on it, it was exciting and a little extra spicy :)

thatnissanguy - Dec 18, 2010 11:14 pm Date Climbed: Sep 2, 2010

Sneffels SW ridge

Loved all the airy scrambling. Stayed true to the ridge crest for a good time. Beautiful area!

breauxtrahn - Dec 11, 2010 7:19 pm Date Climbed: Sep 26, 2010

Class 2 gully

Snow dusting surrounding peaks, fall color, and one of the most insane forest roads I've ever encountered. 4x4 is the most sane option when driving.

Matt Miller - Dec 11, 2010 1:38 pm Date Climbed: Sep 7, 2008

Great climb

One of my favorite 14ers. A great climb and short hike :)

noahs213 - Aug 10, 2010 1:23 pm Date Climbed: Aug 9, 2010

SW Ridge

Raining just about the whole time. Visibility low. But pretty good weather. Nice and cool

mirhash - Aug 5, 2010 12:41 am Date Climbed: Aug 2, 2010

SW Ridge in the Mist

Took my sister and my best friend up their first 14er! It was a wet yet awesome day :)

metal4lyf - Aug 4, 2010 11:18 pm Date Climbed: Jul 24, 2010

Lavender Col

We started way up at 12460' which felt like cheating a little bit, so we decided to throw in "Kismet" and Cirque. Several hours on the talus and we decided to give it up. Gorgeous area, and I'll certainly be back for Teakettle and Gilpin!

PapaBanucci - Jul 6, 2010 10:46 am Date Climbed: Jul 5, 2010

Chilling Start

Driving up Yankee Boy Basin, we were stopped by a number of emergency vehicles ahead on the shelf road. At first, we thought it was search and rescue; then the coroner's vehicle pulled up behind. My understanding is that it was a fireworks-related incident from the night before, where a young man was running to get away from a lit fuse and fell off the shelf. As for the hike, we had large group that then split into three groups. I took the younger kids and we safely made it to about 13,400 ft.

blueshade - Jul 4, 2010 12:30 am Date Climbed: Jul 3, 2010

Mt. Sneffels

Beautiful drive up, nice wildflowers at the beginning of the hike. Great views from the top, especially of the Blue Lakes. Somewhat annoying scree climb, but overall awesome 14er.

Eric Holle - Jun 7, 2010 3:41 pm Date Climbed: May 27, 2010

Yankee Boy Basin

Ended up on Kismet first, then went over to Sneffels. What a fun peak! Skied from Lavender Col.

shknbke - Jun 5, 2010 9:25 am Date Climbed: May 30, 2010

East slopes from Blaine Basin

The intention was to do the Snake, but we settled on the east slopes, joining the standard route at Lavender Col. Blaine Basin is an amazing place to visit.

scotthsu - May 30, 2010 11:04 pm Date Climbed: May 29, 2010

snowclimb & ski descent

of the birthday (south) chutes. Due to our desire to get off the summit quickly due to high winds, the upper part of the ski descent was still scary frozen mini-suncups, but the snow was soft lower down.