"Amazing day in the San Juans. Started from Rock of Ages and went for the traverse first. Soloed El Diente's north buttress and met two guys at the summit who I teamed up with for the traverse. Clouds moved in on final pitch of Wilson followed by hail in just a matter of minutes. Had to descend the now iced over crux move as we heard rocks crackle around us. Parted ways in navajo basin and reclimbed rock of ages saddle. Thunder storms came in more earnestly so I waited 90 minutes before weather cleared to go for wilson peak. Over 15 hours car to car." — cheeseishappiness • Jul 22, 2022

"This turned into an accidental epic: Climb of Wilson Peak went really well and I topped out after 4 hours from the TH. The weather was beautiful with no chance of lightning so I decided Gladstone would make an easy bonus tag. The ridge to Gladstone was nonstop rotten class III that took several hours. About 50' below the summit a boulder I was on came loose, and I fell about 5' and landed hard on a twisted left ankle. After assuring myself nothing was broken I hobbled the rest of the way to the summit, and then gingerly downclimbed the class III back to the main trail, taking 6 hours from the summit of Gladstone to make it back. I had stashed my trekking poles at the start of the class III which someone (or a Marmot) took, making the hike out with the bad ankle even more painful. When I got home I learned I had completely torn my ATFL. Complete TR: http://themtsarecalling.com/wilsonpk/" — Christopher • Jul 14, 2016

"Our final three Colorado 14ers and an exciting time. We started at the Rock of ages trailhead with the intention of hiking over the pass and climbing Wilson Peak the first night and then leaving El Diente and Mt. Wilson for the next day. Suprised by the amount of snow we settled on a camp in the basin before the pass and had a cold uncomfortable nights sleep. The next morning we took a predawn direct route up to the saddle in the soft unsettled snow and made our way around the south side of Wilson Peak. We found the route to be a little tricky and heads up in places with the newly fallen snow that had settled on the route. We summited and made our way back down and headed across the basin to complete the other peaks via the El Diente North slopes route. Being a snow route I figured this could work out but quickly realized the snow was still very soft and unsettled. Determined, we kept ascending slow and not so steady as the powder went from ankle to knee to thigh deep as the angle continued to increase. The day before we had learned that my fiancee's father had passed away and we knew that this was our last chance to complete all the CO 14ers in a climbing season. Then the..." — Yosemike • Sep 29, 2013