Crestone Peak — Attraction in Saguache

Just scanning in my slides from 32 years ago... Beautiful but incredibly dangerous. Weather can change in an instant. We had to shelter high on the peak for a couple hours because of a snowstorm in August, which obliterated all the usual signs of what would be a good foot or hand placement as you scramble. There were signs at the start that 3 or 4 people lost their lives there in the prior year, and my recollection is that there were maybe 50 people who had signed the summit register in the prior year. Those...

If you are physically capable of getting up this peak, you should. It’s incredible. Broken hand pass is a lot of loose rock, be ready for that. The red gully is long and class 3, but there is no exposure and the rock is solid. The way down is...

Fun hike up the red gully to reach this peak. Make sure to read trip reports ahead of time because this route spends a lot of time scrambling as opposed to hiking trails. From the top, you can see...