"Blaine Peak" (Mt Sneffels quad)

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"Blaine Peak" (Mt Sneffels quad)

Postby DaveLanders » Thu Oct 09, 2014 12:53 pm

I saw where "Blaine Peak" had been added to the list of peaks, with an elevation of 12910'. There is a very small 12920 contour NNW of the 12910
spot elevation. When I climbed "Blaine Peak" in 2010, I was pretty sure that this was the actual summit, and not the 12910 spot elevation. That
would make the summit elevation an interpolated 12940'.

The south side of the summit is a nice 3rd class scramble on big blocks; the approach in the basin north of Sneffels, and the southwest ridge, are class 2.
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Re: "Blaine Peak" (Mt Sneffels quad)

Postby John Kirk » Thu Oct 09, 2014 3:31 pm

Thanks - didn't notice that contour before.
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Re: "Blaine Peak" (Mt Sneffels quad)

Postby DaveLanders » Thu Oct 09, 2014 10:03 pm

John Kirk wrote:Thanks - didn't notice that contour before.

I didn't either, until after I had climbed it, and the summit topography didn't match what I expected. I have to use a magnifying class to see that
contour on my paper Mt Sneffels quad.
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