White Rock & Teocalli
Date: 08/13/2022
Partner: Heather Ryan
Trailhead: Teocalli (4WD)
Summits: White Rock Mountain, White BM, Teocalli
Distance: 14m
Elevation Gain: 6700ft
Duration: 10.5hrs
A fun little link up outside of Crested Butte with some great views of some iconic Elk peaks.
We chose to climb White Rock Mountain first as White BM's eastern slopes are better for ascending vs. descending
White Rock Mountain 14ers.com Page
White BM 14ers.com Page
Teocalli 14ers.com Page
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14m - 6700ft - 10.5hrs
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White BM shines in the morning light. There was some mild whacking of the bush below treeline
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Still some flowers up high
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Some real nice flowers
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There was also some sub-optimal scree travel... not tooo bad though
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Heading towards White Rock Mountain - White BM behind
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Relatively stable talus
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Heather gains the ridge below White Rock's summit
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Looking up to the summit... some of this stuff was loose, rotten and sandy
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We contoured around to the left
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Pyramid looking sorta badass
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Yep... a bit sandy
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The Chicken's Foot
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Big boys of the Elks: L2R: Snowmass, Captiol, The Bells, Pyramid
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The Bells
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Pyramid
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Snowmass and Capitol
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Time to stop the summit lounging
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Tha Chicken doing Chicken things
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Next stop White BM
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Approaching the class 3ish climb of White BM's east face
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Crested Butte from White BM
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Cutting some corners on the descent
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Not afraid to descent a loose gully
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Our next stop, Teocalli Mountain, towers over the valley
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Teocalli's southern slopes. We hiked the Teocalli MTB trail to just below treeline
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Then ascended a trenchy and steeper than it looks trail to the rock outcroppings
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Taking in the summit views
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White BM(upper left) - White Rock Mountain (left of center)
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Castle!
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Retracing our steps to where the beer is
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Back down the Teocalli MTB trail
