| Peak: | Sunshine Peak |
| Route: | From Mill Creek |
| Range: | San Juan |
| Posted By: | JQDivide |
| Date of Info: | 3/5/2016 |
| Date Posted: | 3/8/2016 |
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TH to Tree Line: if you can find the trail, stay on it. We found it, lost it several times in the dark and in the snow. It kind of stays to the right side of a gully. But once the snow completely covers the ground, go up. It is a partial trench, but not exactly direct. Once out of the trees, go hit the ridge and take a left, Sunshine will come into view.We stayed to the left side of the first ridge, then up to the summit. The hike to Redcloud and back was fairly simple. There was a bit of concern down Sunshine before you hit the saddle, but the snow was solid. We did not resummit Sunshine, but crossed below the summit back to the ridge. The only time we used snowshoes was in the tree on the way down. The hard frozen snow collapsed from the warm day and we postholed with snowshoes. This is easily a 11 to 13 hour day, depending on your conditioning, postholing and route finding in the trees. Took us 13, but we had a solid hour on the summits. |
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