Peak Condition Update | Pikes Peak

Peak:	Pikes Peak
Route:	Northwest Slopes
Range:	Front
Posted By:	dwoodward13
Date of Info:	8/31/2016
Date Posted:	8/31/2016

Details
Up and down Crags today leaving at 5am. snow started at around 12k and was manageable for a while, then turned to posthole hell after rounding around Little Pikes. On the final push up the summit snow was 2 to 3 feet deep in places. As you can imagine the snow did not get any better on the way down....A nice boot track should be in place now with about 15 people I saw on the route today. I would recommend some sort of flotation or nice cold overnight temps. Still cant beat a day on the mountain!

Details

Up and down Crags today leaving at 5am. snow started at around 12k and was manageable for a while, then turned to posthole hell after rounding around Little Pikes. On the final push up the summit snow was 2 to 3 feet deep in places. As you can imagine the snow did not get any better on the way down....A nice boot track should be in place now with about 15 people I saw on the route today. I would recommend some sort of flotation or nice cold overnight temps.

Still cant beat a day on the mountain!

Comments or Questions

jschmidt

nice!
9/1/2016 3:11pm

thanks for this update! I've been planning on doing this hike on 9/10 but if I can't see from Co Springs that it's cleared off significantly by then I may pick another mountain, maybe something farther south like Humboldt. I don't mind a little snow but I draw the line at post-holing and I don't trust my experience level enough to go when I can't see the trail (in case things change enough to cover your tracks by then!). This will be my 7th.

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