Peak Condition Update | Holy Cross Ridge

Peak:	Holy Cross Ridge
Route:	Halo Ridge- Fall Creek Trailheas
Range:	Sawatch
Posted By:	WildWanderer
Date of Info:	7/7/2019
Date Posted:	7/7/2019

Details
Not yet summer conditions. Trail dry for first half mile, then few inches of water on trail until 11,700 when it turns to snow. Snowshoes nice in the morning, mandatory on the way back down. Needed ice axe and crampons to get past point 13,248. Dry from 13600 to summit.

Comments or Questions

Dionne4mtns	Trail to Notch Mountain 7/8/2019 7:13pm Would you expect the same snow on the trail to Notch Mountain right now ? Thx!!
OwenRichardson	Micro spikes? 7/8/2019 9:43pm I've an ice ax, but no crampons. Would microspikes cut it to get past point 13,248 by your judgement?
WildWanderer	Notch Mountain & Spikes 7/9/2019 8:31am Yes, I'd expect the same snow on the trail to Notch Mountain right now, but once you make it to the ridge the rest of the trail should be snow free in the areas that matter. Here's a video from the ridge: https://youtu.be/7BRSuE5wkK8 I needed crampons to get past point 13,248, and couldn't have done it with microspikes, but the snow's melting fast and in a week or so there should be an easier path past Point 13,373.
9patrickmurphy	Shelter 7/12/2019 11:00am Can you get inside the Notch Mountain Shelter or is it locked up?
WildWanderer	It's open 7/14/2019 3:20pm It had a lock but it the door was open