6.3 km away
Marble Mountain from Music Pass
Alpine hike to a Sangre de Cristo 13er, within Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve.
Easy Alpine Climbing
- Distance
- 12 km
- Ascent
- 968 m
- Descent
- 968 m
Marble Mountain A
Salida
Winter route up Marble Mountain A - Tremendous views of the Crestone Needle and Sangre De Cristo's!
Alpine Climbing Difficult
- Distance
- 5.6 km
- Ascent
- 1.1 km
- Descent
- 15 m
- Low Point
- 3 km
- High Point
- 4 km
- Gradient
- 20˚
Take a detour away from the busy 14ers of the Sangre De Cristo's and enjoy a jaunt up Marble Mountain! This view is especially great at sunrise as you have great views of the Needle getting first light. You can also complete this route in winter as I did, but beware if no one has travelled this before you will have plenty of trailbreaking through the trees. Class 2. Overall, a great route that I would highly recommend.
Difficulty
Difficult
The beginning of truly technical terrain which might involve pitched climbing on rock and/or ice, exposed terrain and complex route finding in ascent and descent. Equivalent to AD, AD+
Low Exposure
The route is well protected or easy enough that protection is not required.
Remoteness
Away from help but easily accessed.
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