Comments on: Video: Matt Climbs Blanca Peak http://www.neverstopclimbing.com/2010/03/25/video-matt-climbs-blanca-peak/ Mountaineering, Technology, Coffee, and Other Essentials Thu, 17 Nov 2011 04:25:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: selves http://www.neverstopclimbing.com/2010/03/25/video-matt-climbs-blanca-peak/comment-page-1/#comment-83 selves Fri, 26 Mar 2010 19:13:48 +0000 http://www.neverstopclimbing.com/?p=978#comment-83 blanca is a neat mountain -- the approach from the desert floor is fun, one brutal day climb. a road goes to nearly 12,500 or so, but it's advertised as the most difficult 4wd road in colorado. i saw parts of vehicles all over it that had fallen off due to the abuse. a placard marking the death of a driver too. beyond the twin lakes it's all rocky (but not gravel pile hell). it gets a little class III ish for the last 400 feet but no big worries. little bear is kinda dicey from what i've read/heard. there was a death on it a week before i climbed blanca. blanca is a neat mountain — the approach from the desert floor is fun, one brutal day climb. a road goes to nearly 12,500 or so, but it’s advertised as the most difficult 4wd road in colorado. i saw parts of vehicles all over it that had fallen off due to the abuse. a placard marking the death of a driver too. beyond the twin lakes it’s all rocky (but not gravel pile hell). it gets a little class III ish for the last 400 feet but no big worries.

little bear is kinda dicey from what i’ve read/heard. there was a death on it a week before i climbed blanca.

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