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Routes in Mt. Blue Sky (formerly Mount Evans) - mixed, couloirs

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	(Shinzo Abe's) Third Arrow T WI4 M5
	Bad Finger Couloir, The Steep Snow
	Bib (1st Apron), The T M3- Steep Snow
	Black and White T WI4-5 M5-6
	Concrete Shoes Won't Help Ya In Da River WI4- M4+
	Crystal Couloir Steep Snow
	Diamond Couloir 4th 1 2 I 2 M 1b Steep Snow
	Double Dragon (Left) T M2 Mod. Snow
	Double Dragon (right side) WI3 M3 Mod. Snow
	Far Right Dihedral (2nd Apron) T 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a M3 Steep Snow
	Ghost, The T WI6 M10 R
	Goldfinger Couloir Steep Snow PG13
	Iration T WI3+ M3-4
	Lazy Is As Lazy Does T M5
	Mount Evans Micro Goulotte AI4 M3
	North Face Crag WI2-3 M3-4 Steep Snow PG13
	North Face Snowfield Mod. Snow
	Northwest Couloir T WI2
	Road Less Warren WI4-5 M5
	Road, The WI3 M4
	Shooting Star T WI7 M9
	Silhouette T WI6+ M9 R
	Snave Direct, The T 4th 1 2 I 2 M 1b WI2-3 M1-2 Steep Snow
	Snave, The 4th 1 2 I 2 M 1b WI2- M2 Mod. Snow
	Snorkmaiden's Surprise WI3 M4 Mod. Snow
	Sunrise Couloir T Mod. Snow
	Telepherique M1-2 Steep Snow
	Tike's Trike T 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a WI4 M5+ A3 R

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Description

The Summit Lake bowl offers some fine alpine ice and rock routes topping out at or near 14,000'. Summer T-storms are the biggest danger. Easy access is limited to June-September by the closure of the Mt. Blue Sky (formerly Mount Evans) highway. It's a long hike up the road or Chicago Lakes basin the rest of the year.

There are some other options up in the Chicago Lakes basin which are accessed from Echo Lake.

Getting There

Drive up I-70 to Idaho Springs. Take the Mt. Blue Sky (formerly Mount Evans) highway to the Echo Lake. Take a right at the Echo Lake Lodge, and follow the summit road to Summit Lake. The main bowl just below the summit offers easy ice/snow climbs and has the potential for some mixed routes just below the summit if conditions are right. This is accessed by hiking around the south side of Summit Lake and up the slope into the bowl. The Aprons are west of the Lake - The First Apron is northwest, The Second is due west, and The Third is southwest just right of the bowl. Mt. Spaulding is accessed by dropping down to upper Chicago Lakes basin, north of Summit Lake.

For the Chicago Lake basin options, park at Echo Lake, take a trail off the I-70 side of the lake dropping down into the drainage of Chicago Lakes and go up the valley past the Idaho Springs Reservoir and higher up.

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Classic Climbing Routes at Mt. Blue Sky (formerly Mount Evans) - mixed, couloirs

Mountain Project's determination of the classic, most popular, highest rated climbing routes in this area.

Mod. Snow 8 ● Sunrise Couloir Trad, Snow, Alpine
Steep Snow PG13 4 ● Goldfinger Couloir Snow, Alpine
WI3 M4 7 ● The Road Mixed, Ice, Alpine 5 pitches
WI4- M4+ 6 ● Concrete Shoes Won't Help Ya In… Mixed, Ice, Alpine 3 pitches
WI3 M4 Mod. Snow 5 ● Snorkmaiden's Surprise Mixed, Ice, Snow, Alpine
Steep Snow 7 ● Crystal Couloir Snow, Alpine
4th 1 2 I 2 M 1b WI2- M2 Mod. Snow 10 ● The Snave Mixed, Ice, Snow, Alpine