Peak Condition Update | Challenger Point

Peak:	Challenger Point (14er)
Route:	North Slope
Range:	Sangre de Cristo
Posted By:	RobLowe
Date of Info:	01/23/2021
Date Posted:	01/24/2021

Details
Road gated 1.3 miles below the summer TH. Boot pack or dirt to the headwall below the lake. Above head wall flotation is helpful. Crampons needed for the couloirs on the north slope. Avy danger is patent: the storms last week plus the high winds later in the week loaded the north slope from 12,500 to 13,900. Snow was waist deep and higher at these elevations. Long, variable glissade back to the basin above the lake. Photos (click for slideshow):

Details

Road gated 1.3 miles below the summer TH. Boot pack or dirt to the headwall below the lake. Above head wall flotation is helpful. Crampons needed for the couloirs on the north slope. Avy danger is patent: the storms last week plus the high winds later in the week loaded the north slope from 12,500 to 13,900. Snow was waist deep and higher at these elevations. Long, variable glissade back to the basin above the lake.

Photos (click for slideshow):

Comments or Questions

yaktoleft13	Congrats! 01/24/2021 14:03 Impressed you made it! Weather was no joke
CaptainSuburbia	Awesome! 01/24/2021 15:45 Nice work! I turned around up there on Friday thinking the snow wasn't safe.
ltlFish99	Excellent report 01/24/2021 16:17 Great report with wonderful photographs. I have Never been there in the winter. Really enjoyed the frozen waterfall picture.
RobLowe	Captainsuburbia 01/25/2021 12:21 /jackandjose. You made a good choice. The snow was not great. 4 in our group turned around. Nice photo of Adams, btw!
RobLowe	Yaktoleft13 01/25/2021 12:28 Stubbornness, stupidity, and luck (nothing to be impressed by, but thanks).