| Peak: | Columbia Point (13er) |
| Route: | Columbia and Obstruction from the East |
| Range: | Sangre de Cristo |
| Posted By: | Dad Mike |
| Date of Info: | 12/21/2016 |
| Date Posted: | 12/29/2016 |
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-started at Spanish Creek Trailhead at 5:45am -trail starts on the south side of the creek...not the north side like it says in Roach's book -was able to locate the trail with cairns and some trail tape...helped that I had been up this way in winter once before -put snowshoes on around 10,000' and wore them until I got to the bottom of the couloir -snow in the couloir was unconsolidated, but not very deep...I found very little avy danger...I opted to stay on the rocks just left of the couloir to avoid wallowing -trickiest climbing of the day was from the top of the couloir to the summit of Columbia Point...starts with a tricky traverse on icy rock...then up a narrow gully...2 down-climbs and some easy route finding on a class 3 face get you to the summit -the ridge up and over Kitty Kat and Obstruction is a non-issue -the hike down Bear's Playground was awesome with Crestone Peak towering over my left shoulder and the Carson group to my right -connected back with my trench and cruised back down to the road -back at my jeep at 3:45pm...10 hours, 12.5 miles, 6100 feet Photos (click for slideshow):        
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