| Peak: | Mt. Shavano |
| Route: | East Slopes |
| Range: | Sawatch |
| Posted By: | quinnwolf |
| Date of Info: | 6/29/2016 |
| Date Posted: | 6/30/2016 |
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No problems getting to the trailhead. Slept overnight in one of the dispersed campsites just past the trailhead. Perfect night. Beautiful start to the day. Left the parking lot just before 5am. Summitted Shavano just before 8am. Headed over to Tabeguache and came back. Left Shavano a little after 10am. Not a cloud in the sky. By the time I got to the saddle, two dark and large clouds had popped up very quickly (less than 20 minutes) just to the west. 30 minutes later just before I approached treeline, it started hailing pea-sized hail. It was hard enough to make the ground white. There was also several loud, close claps of thunder. After about 30 minutes while I descended, the heavy hail gave way to lighter rain for another 30 minutes. Then on-and-off-drizzle until I got back to the parking lot at about 12:15. Near the parking lot, along the Colorado trail there were about 20 cattle grazing on the trail. I waited a few minutes to let them slowly meander past the trail and continued. 100% snow free. No problems with the creek crossings. |
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