| Peak: | La Plata Peak |
| Route: | Northwest Ridge |
| Range: | Sawatch |
| Posted By: | RJansen77 |
| Date of Info: | 1/2/2012 |
| Date Posted: | 1/3/2012 |
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Summitted La Plata on 1/2/12 with dillonsarnelli. Some other forum members on the moutnain too, all of whom took advantage of the spring-like conditions to grab the summit. Snowshoes are helpful but not essential from the parking lot to treeline. Dillon stashed his maybe 1 mile in, and I didn't wear any the entire day as I don't own them (had microspikes though, quite helpful). I postholed knee deep maybe 30 times total while in the trees, and only a few times on the ridge. I would say snowshoes are unecessary on the ridge, but microspikes are helpful. Upon leaving the trees the good trench went a million different ways as it seems people were choosing various lines to gain the ridge. We went right and sidehilled on frozen scree before climbing steeply up a gully to the ridge proper, which we followed easily to the summit. The descent was a but spicy as we left the ridge earlier than we had gained it on the ascent, and found ourselves sidehilling loose scree and crossing a few sketchy snowfields. It was unpleasant to say the least but once we hit treeline we cruised to the cars for 8:20 RT. I will have a TR up tonight with pics. Any questions let me know. |
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