The Ellingwood Arete (also known as Ellingwood Route or Ellingwood Ledges or some combination thereof) is a popular technical climbing route on Crestone Needle in Colorado's Sangre de Cristo Range. The Ellingwood Ledges Route is recognized in the historic climbing text Fifty Classic Climbs of North America.Louis W. Dawson II, Dawson's Guide to Colorado's Fourteeners, Volume 2, Blue Clover Press, 1999, , Route 2.1.4. An "arete" is "a sharp narrow ridge found in rugged mountains".definition WordNet Search - 3.0
Albert R. Ellingwood was a pioneering member of the Colorado Mountain Club and the first to climb the Crestones"Information Entries for Blanca Peak" note based on reliable sources by "14erFred" on 14ers.com On these climbs including the 1925 ascent of the arete, Ellingwood was partnered with the long lived Eleanor Davis.
The route is technically difficult, and the site of multiple climbing fatalities."Plano mountaineers fall to their deaths in Colorado" article by Matthew Haag in The Dallas Morning News August 3, 2010, accessed September 24, 2010
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External links summitpost.org mountainproject.com rockclimbing.com