| Peak: | Mt. Lindsey |
| Route: | Approach |
| Range: | Sangre de Cristo |
| Posted By: | Yikes |
| Date of Info: | 12/23/2015 |
| Date Posted: | 12/23/2015 |
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(No, didn't make the summit, just an approach report) Parking at the "Road Closed except for Local Traffic" sign right before the ranches (large pullout on right). From there, the road is packed snow for 1.5 miles to the final ranch (concrete/gate closure). The snow is about 12" immediately past the gate, so I used snowshoes for 1/2 mile. After you get out of the trees in 1/2 mile, the road is fairly dry for a mile or so (take the snowshoes off). The snow depth picks back up in the trees (put the snowshoes back on). It gets deeper from the landslide till at least the steep hill before the main TH. It was 8" of powder on top of unsupportable slab on top of 12" of powder. The snow felt pretty heavy, so it wasn't easy breaking trail, even though the snow wasn't even knee deep. The road wasn't very easy to follow around the slide area through the final steep hill (but I managed to stay mostly on track). I was hoping to hike up at least into the basin, but I'll save that for a trip where I camp out (maybe in the meadow). So for the 6+ mile approach, it was half easy (packed or dry) and half slog. I had entertained the thought of bringing my bike in case the road was dry, but that would have been futile. Also, it was snowing and pretty windy, so my tracks were filling in by the time I hiked out (sorry, you probably can't poach the trench). |
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