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Updated Sangree's - Emmelyn Winter route analysis As described above, presumably due to the newness of Emmelyn, there is no physical trail or path between these huts, only a GPX track. That track goes over the top of the 12,000' knob, between them. IMHO, a better route, now that I have scouted it r...

Sat. 11/29 Today we trekked down and back to the Tennessee Pass Cookhouse where we had reservations for lunch. From the hut, we bushwacked NE through the woods down to FS Rd 102, then followed that, past the yurts to the cookhouse, ~2.5 mi total, one way. www.tennesseepass.com/cookhouse/ FS Rd 102 ...

Emmelyn is one of the newest huts in the 10th Mtn system and a state-of-the-art hut with beautiful architecture, high ceilings and big windows with fantastic views to the West and Southwest of the Sawatch range from Mt. Holy Cross to the North, all the way down South of Mt. Elbert. The big SW facing...

Thursday, 11/27/2025, Thanksgiving day. We all carpooled from several Denver area locations and met at the Buckeye Gulch. This year's snowpack was the exact opposite! It took us ~3-3.5 hours from the TH to Sangree's, arriving by ~3:15 PM, in untracked but minimal snow, some didn't even wear snowsho...

Flashback to last year, TG 2024 Most of us attempted to do this trip last year, TG 2024, to do Buckeye-Sangree's-Emmelyn-Continental Divide hut-Tennessee Pass. However 28+" of new snow fell on Tuesday before TG on the Tennessee Pass/Fremont Pass area. By Thursday, roads were still icy and the ...

Hut Trip Report Buckeye Gulch TH to Sangree's to Emmelyn to East Tennessee TH Thanksgiving Weekend, 11/27 - 30/2025 This is a report for a TG Weekend 2025 trip from the standard Buckeye Gulch TH on Co Hwy 91 to Sangree M. Froelicher Hut for 1 night then on to Emmelyn Hut for 2 nights, with a day tri...

I have done 2 trips to Sisters: Jan 2022 and Jan 2023. Both were great, 2 night trips. Sisters is a nice new modern hut with great views from large windows, very efficient wood burning stove, a great kitchen, and indoor composting toilets. Oh, don't forget something to wear in the sauna! It takes a ...

Sangree's - Emmelyn Winter route analysis As described above, presumably due to the newness of Emmelyn, there is no physical trail or path between these huts, only a GPX track. That track goes over the top of the 12,000' knob, between them. IMHO, a better route, especially for winter travel, could b...

Tues, 12/12 Rest and more scouting day. We slept in and decided to go back up and scout a better route around the North side of the 12,000' knob. We headed back up the broken trail to the meadow where we joined it yesterday. From there we headed more directly uphill and bearing a little more to the ...

Emmelyn is one of the newest huts in the 10th Mtn system and a state-of-the-art hut with beautiful architechure, high ceilings and big windows with fantastic views to the West and Southwest of the Sawatch range from Mt. Holy Cross to the North, all the way down South of Mt. Elbert. The big SW facing...

Mon 12/11 Since it's only ~2.5 mi, ~300' gain, ~700' loss to Emmelyn, we planned a late start, 11 AM, from Sangree's. We headed up the jeep road above and behind, North, of Sangree's. The road quickly leaves the trees, hits the open tundra and promptly disappears under the snow. Breaking trail, we m...

This is a report for a December 10-13, 2023 trip from the standard Buckeye Gulch TH on Co Hwy 91 to Sangree M. Froelicher Hut for 1 night then on to Emmelyn Hut for 2 nights and back to Buckeye Gulch TH in 1 day. The main purpose of this report is to describe the route between Sangree's and Emmelyn ...

Had to get this from the main organizer of our group.
We used B-Line Xpress cause we know someone who works for them and
they got us a good deal.

www.aspenvaillimo.com/about-blinexpress/

Saturday we were up before 7 AM again and gone before 8:30 for another long day over to Jackal. Heading up the notch from the hut to the saddle North of Resolution was a little tricky due to the early season patchy snow conditions. Approaching the saddle, our lead snowshoer almost triggered a small ...

We found the Blue Diamonded route across the road, back into the forest, following the diamonds over to the old Ptarmigan Mtn-Resolution Mtn roadbeds. Once on these roads it was a straightforward slog up to FH hut. Clouds moved in again with some on and off light snow. The last of us were at the hut...