Route Climbed: East Slopes Date Climbed: August 14, 1999
Camped the night before at Blank Gulch, and ascended the Angel Coulier to the ridge. Very windy once we hit the ridge, and climbed to talus to the summit.
We were going to traverse to Tabeguache, but we developed blisters so we opted to skip it this trip.
Route Climbed: Blank Cabin Trailhead Date Climbed: August 15, 2004
The day started out quite nice but once we got above treeline the clouds were boiling up. We pushed on for the summit and stayed very briefly while we descended in a hail storm. We booked back to treeline, unable to squeeze Tab in on the same day.
Route Climbed: Angel route Date Climbed: September, 1998
Climbed with Aaron and Jim Lierman, just a couple days after doing Tabaguache. Interesting, because we'd done Tabaguache in a snowstorm, but the weather on Shavano was quite nice. Nice mountain. Wonderful aspen grove to start, and finish, with.
Route Climbed: Blank Gulch Date Climbed: July 29, 2004
Great early morning start and summit. Very busy for a weekday. Met some Oklahoma guys working on their first 14er. Storms chased us away from Tabegauche, though.
Climbed up a decent trail hoping to glissade the Angel. Interesting day. It's supposed to be the first weekend of the summer and we couldn't even see our hands in front of our faces!! Snow! What a riot. And the WIND! WHOOEY! It was a doozy! The weather was so nasty that we didn't do Tabaguache, which is a REAL kick in the shorts...there's no way to get up there without going over Shavano first, unless you go for miles and miles into Brown's Creek, but that's a story for another day...
Route Climbed: from Blank Gulch trailhead via Angel Snowfield. Date Climbed: Mid-October, 2000
This was a cold, windy one in hunting season. An interesting (to me) momentary intersection of three lives happened on my descent, about which more here.
Route Climbed: Angel of Shavano Date Climbed: June 02, 2004
A gorgeous day and a wonderful climb. The glissade down was fast and fun. The only way to climb Shavano in my opinion. Didn't need crampons, but they would have made things easier
Route Climbed: Blank Gulch/Angel Descent Date Climbed: 5/29/04
Turned into a long day with steady 25 mph winds, gusting to 50, driving snow/ice, and post holing once above 12,800'. Could not see Tabeguache from the summit. TR to come.
Route Climbed: Blank Gulch Date Climbed: August 2001
This hike was even better than I thought it would be. A thunderstrom came in and made us run down the mountain faster than we would have liked, but that's Colorado in the summer for ya! Great views of the Arkansas and San Luis valleys.
Route Climbed: Blank Gulch route Date Climbed: May 9, 2002
The first of many 14er summits for Erin and I during extraordinarily dry 2002. I took a nice scounting drive the weekend before, and being more or less a mountain newbie, I asked a local in Poncha Springs where Shavano was because I couldn't see anything that looked like the Angel on a nearby peak. The local laughed at me and said that it had been mostly melted out for over a month. We encountered no snow either above or below treeline during our hike. On the windy summit, we considered the traverse to Tabeguache, but we were out of shape, and wimped out. We bagged Tab a few weeks later.
Route Climbed: Blank Gulch Trailhead Date Climbed: October 17, 2003
My first 14er! Being a flatlander from the midwest I was at a bit of a disadvantage.....luckily I had spent the previous week in Moab mountain biking so I was somewhat acclimated to altitude. I huffed & puffed my way to the summit.....what a view!! Well worth the effort. I decided to save Tabeguache for another day and am glad I did since I ran out of water just a few hundred feet down from the summit. 100 ozs of aqua gone in just 5 hours! Round trip was 8 hours.....5 up and 3 down. Looking forward to returning and bagging Tabeguache the next time!
Natasha - Oct 14, 2004 11:45 pm
Route Climbed: Shavano-Tabeguache Blank Gulch Date Climbed: July 18, 2004Great day, weather held out nicely, especially since we got a bit of a late start, but not too bad.
mr_g - Oct 12, 2004 10:18 am
Route Climbed: East Slopes Date Climbed: August 14, 1999Camped the night before at Blank Gulch, and ascended the Angel Coulier to the ridge. Very windy once we hit the ridge, and climbed to talus to the summit.
We were going to traverse to Tabeguache, but we developed blisters so we opted to skip it this trip.
mtnhiker13 - Aug 23, 2004 10:32 am
Route Climbed: Blank Cabin Trailhead Date Climbed: August 15, 2004The day started out quite nice but once we got above treeline the clouds were boiling up. We pushed on for the summit and stayed very briefly while we descended in a hail storm. We booked back to treeline, unable to squeeze Tab in on the same day.
Saintgrizzly - Aug 10, 2004 8:57 pm
Route Climbed: Angel route Date Climbed: September, 1998Climbed with Aaron and Jim Lierman, just a couple days after doing Tabaguache. Interesting, because we'd done Tabaguache in a snowstorm, but the weather on Shavano was quite nice. Nice mountain. Wonderful aspen grove to start, and finish, with.
Adria Moersen - Jul 31, 2004 9:21 pm
Route Climbed: Blank Gulch Date Climbed: July 29thLeft the car at 4:30 a.m.; most vertical I had ever done in a single day. Tried to complete Tabegauche but the weather chase us off.
bernardhohman - Jul 30, 2004 8:31 pm
Route Climbed: Blank Gulch Date Climbed: July 29, 2004Great early morning start and summit. Very busy for a weekday. Met some Oklahoma guys working on their first 14er. Storms chased us away from Tabegauche, though.
Speedy - Jul 15, 2004 11:58 pm
Route Climbed: Blank Gulch Date Climbed: 05/29/04Climbed up a decent trail hoping to glissade the Angel. Interesting day. It's supposed to be the first weekend of the summer and we couldn't even see our hands in front of our faces!! Snow! What a riot. And the WIND! WHOOEY! It was a doozy! The weather was so nasty that we didn't do Tabaguache, which is a REAL kick in the shorts...there's no way to get up there without going over Shavano first, unless you go for miles and miles into Brown's Creek, but that's a story for another day...
Ratballs - Jun 23, 2004 6:10 pm
Route Climbed: from Blank Gulch trailhead via Angel Snowfield. Date Climbed: Mid-October, 2000This was a cold, windy one in hunting season. An interesting (to me) momentary intersection of three lives happened on my descent, about which more here.
mountainmota - Jun 15, 2004 7:18 pm
Route Climbed: Angel of Shavano Date Climbed: March 2003Nice easy snow climb!
Ryan Kowalski - Jun 3, 2004 2:42 pm
Route Climbed: Angel of Shavano Date Climbed: June 02, 2004A gorgeous day and a wonderful climb. The glissade down was fast and fun. The only way to climb Shavano in my opinion. Didn't need crampons, but they would have made things easier
Bryan W - Jun 1, 2004 6:31 pm
Route Climbed: Blank Gulch/Angel Descent Date Climbed: 5/29/04Turned into a long day with steady 25 mph winds, gusting to 50, driving snow/ice, and post holing once above 12,800'. Could not see Tabeguache from the summit. TR to come.
DaveC - May 21, 2004 9:24 pm
Route Climbed: east ridge Date Climbed: june 01the angel was but a strip. camped just below it. windy as hell, but a nice day for 2 peaks, and finishing the sawatch range.
leukemic - May 21, 2004 1:58 am
Route Climbed: Angel Date Climbed: May 19,2004Perfect weather and snow conditions. 1800 ft glissade from summit to base of Angel. Snowshoes helpful on bushwack descent.
sbkelley - May 12, 2004 3:04 pm
Route Climbed: Blank Gulch Date Climbed: August 2001This hike was even better than I thought it would be. A thunderstrom came in and made us run down the mountain faster than we would have liked, but that's Colorado in the summer for ya! Great views of the Arkansas and San Luis valleys.
f360driver - Apr 14, 2004 6:51 pm
Route Climbed: Angel Of Shavano Trailhead Date Climbed: September/03Good hike. Perfect weather.
RyanS - Apr 9, 2004 12:28 pm
Route Climbed: Blank Gulch route Date Climbed: May 9, 2002The first of many 14er summits for Erin and I during extraordinarily dry 2002. I took a nice scounting drive the weekend before, and being more or less a mountain newbie, I asked a local in Poncha Springs where Shavano was because I couldn't see anything that looked like the Angel on a nearby peak. The local laughed at me and said that it had been mostly melted out for over a month. We encountered no snow either above or below treeline during our hike. On the windy summit, we considered the traverse to Tabeguache, but we were out of shape, and wimped out. We bagged Tab a few weeks later.
carloselbrus - Mar 2, 2004 11:17 am
Route Climbed: Angel of Shavano Date Climbed: Jun 11 2000With Mike and Do.
hhsilleck - Jan 10, 2004 6:57 pm
Route Climbed: Angel Date Climbed: June 2003The angel was nearly dry in early June 2001 ... wait for a good snow year.
EcoRacer - Dec 16, 2003 3:23 pm
Route Climbed: Blank Gulch Trailhead Date Climbed: October 17, 2003My first 14er! Being a flatlander from the midwest I was at a bit of a disadvantage.....luckily I had spent the previous week in Moab mountain biking so I was somewhat acclimated to altitude. I huffed & puffed my way to the summit.....what a view!! Well worth the effort. I decided to save Tabeguache for another day and am glad I did since I ran out of water just a few hundred feet down from the summit. 100 ozs of aqua gone in just 5 hours! Round trip was 8 hours.....5 up and 3 down. Looking forward to returning and bagging Tabeguache the next time!
Jim Clarke - Oct 13, 2003 11:42 am
Route Climbed: Jennings Creek Date Climbed: June 28 1997Climbed Shavano first than traversed to Tabeguache then back. Long day with a steep descent.