Taken from west of Cottonwood Lake, 1 is an overview of the traverse. First, follow the Crestone Peak South Face / Red Gully Route to the summit of Crestone Peak. Descend the same route until you reach approximately 13,700' in the red gully.

2017年9月12日 · The Crestone Traverse is one of the Four Great Colorado Traverses (Little Bear to Blanca, Maroon Bells, Crestone Traverse, El Diente to Mt Wilson) according to famous mountaineer Gerry Roach. This route involves lots of route …

At this point, you can choose to climb a Class 3 face or go through a natural slot and traverse an airy ledge system. Both are fun and meet up in a wide class 3 gully with cool rock towers. Ascend this gully and make another slabby traverse under the intimidating summit pitch of …

2013年7月16日 · The famous Crestone Traverse, one of Colorado’s 4 great fourteener traverses, is truly a celebrated classic scramble. Its even described in David Cooper’s Colorado Scrambles book. This traverse links the two famous and more difficult 14ers, Crestone Needle & Crestone Peak, down in the Sangre de Cristo Range.

2024年4月6日 · The Crestone Traverse is a class 5 ridgeline (ish – more on that in a second) traverse that goes between Crestone Peak (14,266′) and the Crestone Needle (14,196). It is one of the hardest-named routes on any Colorado 14er.

The Crestone Traverse is renowned as one of the four iconic traverses of Colorado 14ers and rightfully so. On the first day, you want to hike up to South Colony Lakes. We hiked in, found a campsite, and hiked Humboldt peak (14,064’).

This adventure, a Class 4 hike from Crestone Peak to the Crestone Needle summit, is an epic video with route and descent beta, Google Earth Topo Maps inc. It...

2024年1月20日 · If tackling Crestone Peak and Crestone Needle wasn't perilous enough, there is an even more dangerous way to visit both summits: The Crestone Traverse. Rather than hiking to the top of each one individually from Broken Hand Pass, the Traverse is a hair-raising shortcut across the jagged ridge between the two peaks.

We only got a few glimpses of the Needle before we began our descent off Crestone Peak. The next stage of the hike is known as the Crestone Traverse. It has been said the Crestone Traverse is one of Colorado's top 5 traverses. So far it is number one for me.

The traverse is a 1 to 3 hr commitment depending on your speed. Safe escape from the ridge requires finishing it or returning to the couloir on Crestone Peak's south side. With this, mind your weather and DRESS OR PACK ACCORDINGLY .