Activity Notes
Car-to-car, early start, long day. Note adjacent (easier) White Chuck climb the next day, I prefer folks sign up for both, but not required. We will return to cars and a trailhead camp between climbs, return from both climb 1PM Sunday July 2. Mountain bike needed for easy 5 mile road-to-trail approach to the abandoned mining town of Monte Cristo.
This is a bit early season, so we should expect snow, possibly ice in the final approach gully. Which should make it mellower than the loose scree later in the summer! (But I have not done this route before.) Gear list will be in prospectus.
Planning to fixed-line the summit pitches, so no need for you to lead rock. Unless you really want to, and are a solid trad leader!