Mount La Plata
Colorado,March 2008
We traveled to Colorado
looking for a Winter
Ascend on Longs
Peak...but the treachery
Colorado Weather had
the upper hand, after
reviewing the Mountain
Weather information and
calculating the Winds to
be about 100MPH close
to 12,000 ft We decided
to Head South-West and
look for lesser Winds.
Thus We got to Mount La
Plata.
looking for a Winter
Ascend on Longs
Peak...but the treachery
Colorado Weather had
the upper hand, after
reviewing the Mountain
Weather information and
calculating the Winds to
be about 100MPH close
to 12,000 ft We decided
to Head South-West and
look for lesser Winds.
Thus We got to Mount La
Plata.
Snow Shoes on and We took into the trail head at 10,000ft. The snow covered to whole trail and finding the Route
proved to be a Challenge. Happy to say We pushed on and kept a good Bering turn the Mountain on the RIGHT
direction.
proved to be a Challenge. Happy to say We pushed on and kept a good Bering turn the Mountain on the RIGHT
direction.
Wendy
Tito
Crossing the bridge. Notice how deep
is the snow on top of the bridge base.
is the snow on top of the bridge base.
Tito looking up the Sun at the
La Plata Basin
La Plata Basin
Cooking dinner
Over all We had a good trip with AWESOME views and excellent snowshoeing. The weather was perfect, unless
of course, You would wanted to climb beyond 12,000 feet.
of course, You would wanted to climb beyond 12,000 feet.
14,336
Star Mt-12,941
La Plata-14,336
Auray Peak-12,957
After a 0 degrees night We woke up to 60 to 80 miles per hour wind above our head. Looking up the mountain We could
see the gust of wind shuffling the snow around and created Snow plums on the summit as well as Snow devils in the sky. It
was a beautiful sight. But was the sight We did not want to see, for then We new this was not a good day to climb.
see the gust of wind shuffling the snow around and created Snow plums on the summit as well as Snow devils in the sky. It
was a beautiful sight. But was the sight We did not want to see, for then We new this was not a good day to climb.
Looking up Rinker Peak -13,783
Mount Elbert from La Plata Basin
High winds creating tornados
looking like snow drift
looking like snow drift
High winds on La Plata
This is the view of high winds on
La Plata Peak on the early
morning of March 2nd
La Plata Peak on the early
morning of March 2nd
12,000ft
13,000ft
14,336ft