Crestone Group circuit

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Will_E
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Re: Crestone Group circuit

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RobLowe wrote: Tue Sep 20, 2022 7:18 am Brody… FWIW, you can save distance starting at upper south colony. Go up broken hand, up needle, down Crestone traverse, up Peak, down NW couloir, cross bears playground, get obstruction, get Columbia, get Kit Carson, go down North ridge, get Challenger, avenue back around kit Carson then regain Columbia and Obstruction, to Humboldt, down SE gully to your car.

We do it yearly and call it the Sangre Slam. It’s taken anywhere between 12 and 15 hours depending on the group’s motivation and fitness over the last three years.

Great day in the mountains with four sections of downward scrambling that really demand your attention.
This is why you’re my hero!
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Re: Crestone Group circuit

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Will_E wrote: Wed Sep 21, 2022 7:06 pm
RobLowe wrote: Tue Sep 20, 2022 7:18 am Brody… FWIW, you can save distance starting at upper south colony. Go up broken hand, up needle, down Crestone traverse, up Peak, down NW couloir, cross bears playground, get obstruction, get Columbia, get Kit Carson, go down North ridge, get Challenger, avenue back around kit Carson then regain Columbia and Obstruction, to Humboldt, down SE gully to your car.

We do it yearly and call it the Sangre Slam. It’s taken anywhere between 12 and 15 hours depending on the group’s motivation and fitness over the last three years.

Great day in the mountains with four sections of downward scrambling that really demand your attention.
This is why you’re my hero!
Will, your comment amounts to a race entry for the 2023 Sangre Slam! Congrats, we can’t wait to see you out there!

And, your only having two winter peaks left is why you are my hero!

How do you plan to attack Capitol and Maroon? December and call yourself a 2022 finisher or wait until March for some more consolidated couloirs? Also, are you finishing in style going up the bell cord?

From, an admirer!
A man who has no imagination has no wings

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