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Post by cweston on Jan 3, 2021 11:54:24 GMT -8
My daughter is spending a couple days in Crestone later this month and was wondering about day hiking. I told her she might be surprised how little snow there can sometimes be at the western base of the Sangres, but any first-hand info on snow conditions there or nearby would be appreciated.
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Post by absarokanaut on Jan 4, 2021 7:11:43 GMT -8
Not firsthand and mostly on the East side of Colorado's share of the Range but snotel sites there all show above "average" snow-water equivalents.
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Post by TrailElder on Jan 5, 2021 7:48:32 GMT -8
cweston Not firsthand here either, but just spent a week tromping around the Leadville area trails and have been watching the snow statewide. Depending on when she's there, of course, if I were her I'd anticipate the ability to hike around Crestone. Tracks or snowshoes might be nice, particularly if she is going to go up the steeper terrain (which, as you know, is about it around there); those trails are shady, even if there has not been much snow they might hold it. Unless she keeps to the trails around town in the valley, some of which are quite nice. All that said, really bad early season avalanche danger here, so she should be very careful wherever she goes in the mountains. I recall a New Year's night ski out of Crestone I did with my daughter that was fairly low angle and beautiful. I can look up that trail if you think it would be helpful. We spent a memorable New Year's in a typically funky dome-shaped Crestone house one year....
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Post by Lamebeaver on Jan 12, 2021 12:00:22 GMT -8
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Post by cweston on Jan 19, 2021 8:28:24 GMT -8
I saw some pics from her trip--there was a very small amount of snow on the ground in the Baca grant area--the snow level in the Sangres looked about average or possibly a little above average. Thanks for the suggestions.
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Post by cweston on Mar 6, 2021 6:19:52 GMT -8
We spent a memorable New Year's in a typically funky dome-shaped Crestone house one year.... I have a soft spot in my heart for Crestone--I'm sure some of its charms could be converted to annoyances if you actually lived there, but I do find it extremely charming. And property there is surprisingly affordable compared to most other CO mountain locations: I suppose that's an indication of the isolated location and the "niche" lifestyle of the area.
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Post by TrailElder on Mar 7, 2021 5:46:11 GMT -8
I have a soft spot in my heart for Crestone I know what you mean. CC has a campus there -- the Baca Campus -- that is really sweet. Originally an Aspen Institute property before they sold out for Aspen. The restaurant there (the only real one in town, and it's good!) provides food service as needed. I've spent many memorable days and nights at the campus for various classes and retreats. Not much going on in town, which creates a sort of retreat culture. There is about every spiritual tradition in the world represented there, thanks mostly to Hanne and Maurice Strong in the 70s. It's a holy place for Hopi and Navajo, and a harmonic convergence for New Agers. Lots going on in the ether there! Many memorable walks to stupas and the like.
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