Saint Vrain Mountain (12,162') | Indian Peaks Wilderness Allenspark, CO | 08/06/20 | 9.2 miles | 3,268' gain Saint Vrain Mountain is a low 12er that was recommended to me by an old coworker. I'd hiked along the trail a few times before but always happened to come on a day with too much snow …
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Boreas Mountain (13,082') | CO Rank: 583/637 Front Range | Pike National Forest | Como, CO 08/01/20 | 4.08 miles | 1,747' gain | Class 2 Boreas Mountain is a low 13er above Boreas Pass. At only 4 miles and 1700' round trip, it would make for a very quick hike and a wonderfully easy …
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Dyer Mountain (13,855') | CO Rank: 81/637 Gemini Peak (13,951') | CO Rank: Unranked Mount Sherman (14,036') | CO Rank: 45/637 Mosquito Range | Pike National Forest | Fairplay, CO 07/30/20 | 6.45 miles | 2,833' gain | Class 2 I hadn't successfully climbed a 14er since September of 2018. I'd attempted at least five …
Welcome to 2021! Are things magically better yet? Probably not, but I think we are all looking forward to things getting back to "normal". 2020 was an interesting year full of highs and lows. We had a ton of plans that didn't materialize; some due to our new friend COVID-19, some due to other unexpected …
Argentine Peak (13,738') | CO Rank: 131/637 Front Range | Arapaho National Forest | Georgetown, CO 07/26/20 | 2.33 miles | 941' gain | Class 1/2 Allie's mom Peggy was in town with her Jeep to do some 4-wheeling. It wasn't hard to convince her to also climb a 13er with us (and honestly at …
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Cub Lake Loop | Rocky Mountain National Park Estes Park, CO | 07/25/20 | 5.65 miles | 655' gain Something about 2020 and plans just didn't go together. Tori and I planned on hiking Bear Lake to Fern Lake in Rocky, but by 6am the Bear Lake parking lot was already full. We'd brought two …
Mount Oklahoma (13,845') | CO Rank: 85/637 Sawatch Range | Mount Massive Wilderness | Leadville, CO 07/18/20 | 8.23 miles | 3,405' | Class 2 Finally our schedules all aligned and Allie, Tori, and I set out to climb a 13er together (instead of me hiking with each of them separately). Allie picked Mount Oklahoma, …
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Lenawee Mountain (13,204') | CO Rank: 484/637 "Southwest Lenawee" (13,180') | CO Rank: Unranked Front Range | White River National Forest | Montezuma, CO 07/12/20 | 9.22 miles | 3,211' gain | Class 2+ Lenawee Mountain (pronounced len-uh-way) was one of those mountains that I was really excited to climb. Its proximity to Denver and …
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Kuss Peak (13,548') | CO Rank: Unranked Mosquito Peak (13,781') | CO Rank: 115/637 Treasurevault Mountain (13,701') | Unranked Mosquito Range | Pike National Forest | Alma, CO 07/10/20 | 8.25 miles | 2,818' gain | Class 2 I really needed to climb a mountain. After yet another failed 14er attempt the weekend before, I …
Mount of the Holy Cross (14,005') Attempt | CO Rank: 51/53 Sawatch Range | Holy Cross Wilderness | Minturn, CO 07/03/20-07/04/20 | 11.16 miles | 4,420' gain | Class 1 & 2 Another weekend without a summit...it was at this point that I started to feel that something was wrong with me. Why can I …
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