Ascent of Mount Sheridan on 2018-06-09| Other People: | Solo Ascent
Only Party on Mountain | | Date: | Saturday, June 9, 2018 | | Ascent Type: | Successful Summit Attained | | Peak: | Mount Sheridan | | Location: | USA-Colorado | | Elevation: | 13748 ft / 4190 m |
Ascent Trip ReportAfter topping out on Peerless and checking out the future route to Horseshoe, I turned my attention to Sheridan. Most climb it from the saddle with Sherman, but since I came up from the south by way of Peerless, I know could avoid the big snow field and cornice between Sherman and Sheridan. I climbed up the southern ridge of medium sized talus. There are some trails meandering up this ridge but they came in and out of snow pack and I stayed off the snow since I was wearing old boots with no tread and no microspikes. The summit has nice views since it has a decent amount of prominence. On the way down I stayed right (south) of the big cornice which was peeling away with large chunks of snow. I thought I had avoided all the snow fields but there was one more to go and it did not look to bad. It was a bit icy but I was able to glissade to the bottom safely.
My entire traverse of Peerless to Sheridan and back was around 2,100 feet of vertical and took around 2.5 hours |
| Summary Total Data | | Total Elevation Gain: | 618 ft / 188 m | | Round-Trip Distance: | 2.9 mi / 4.7 km | | Grade/Class: | 2 | | Quality: | 7 (on a subjective 1-10 scale) | | Route Conditions: | Maintained Trail, Unmaintained Trail, Open Country, Snow on Ground | | Ascent Statistics | | Gain on way in: | 618 ft / 188 m | | Distance: | 0.8 mi / 1.3 km | | Route: | southern most ridge | | Start Trailhead: | saddle between peaks 13130 ft / 4002 m | | Time: | 40 Minutes | | Descent Statistics | | Distance: | 2.1 mi / 3.4 km | | End Trailhead: | car | Ascent Part of Trip: Fairplay-2
Complete Trip Sequence:
Total Trip Gain: 2706 ft / 824 m Total Trip Loss: 348 ft / 106 m |
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