Basic Alpine Climb – Mount Sneffels climb up Lavender Couloir + Ouray via ferrata

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Basic Alpine Climb – Mount Sneffels climb up Lavender Couloir + Ouray via ferrata

Mount Sneffels climb up Lavender Couloir + Ouray via ferrata

  • Sun, Jun 18, 2023
  • CMC State
  • Climbing
  • Basic Alpine Climb
  • Adults
  • Challenging
  • Mileage: 6.0 mi
  • Elevation Gain: 2,900 ft
  • High Point Elevation: 14,155 ft

4:00pm Saturday meet at Campsite

2:30am Sunday meet at Trailhead

7:45am Monday meet at Ice Park entrance

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Route/Place
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Required Equipment

Required Equipment

  • Day Pack
  • Food + Snacks + Water
  • Headlamp (make sure your batteries are fresh)
  • Helmet
  • Crampons
  • Harness
  • Ice Axe
  • Microspikes
  • Trekking Poles
  • Layers (softshell pants, base layer, mid layer, puffy, shell)
  • Gloves
  • Sunscreen
  • 10 Essentials 
  • 2x Sling
  • 2x Carabiner 
  • 1x belay device (no Grigri) + HMS
  • beacon/shovel/probe
  • Snowshoes
  • Glissading pants/shorts
  • Camping Gear
  • Camp Chair
  • FOR VIA FERRATA: gloves, approach style shoes, via ferrata lanyards

Group Gear

  • Rope (thin rope from CMC)
  • Pickets
  • 3 Rockie Talkies 
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