London Mountain (13,194') | CO Rank: 493/637 Mosquito Range | Pike National Forest | Fairplay, CO 08/09/20 | 1.88 miles | 585' gain | Class 2 After climbing Kuss, Mosquito, and Treasurevault a month prior, I was dying to get back to the area to climb London Mountain. We had a great view of London's …
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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 …
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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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 Wilcox (13,408') | CO Rank: 315/637 Front Range | Arapaho National Forest | Georgetown, CO 06/07/20 | 7.47 miles | 2,564' gain | Class 1 & 2 While 2020 has "blessed" us with many a dumpster fire, an early start to summer was something to be truly happy about, especially after the very short …
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Mount Sheridan (13,748') | CO Rank: 126/637 Mosquito Range | Pike National Forest | Fairplay, CO 05/17/20 | 7.10 miles | 2,515' gain | Class 2 Boy am I behind on blogging! Life has been so busy lately and I haven't had a chance to keep up with sharing my stories. We started fostering with …
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Pennsylvania Mountain (13,006') | CO Rank: 635/637 Mosquito Range | Pike National Forest | Fairplay, CO 05/03/20 | 5.47 miles | 1,606' gain | Class 1 Pennsylvania Mountain is in the running to be the easiest 13er in Colorado, so the number of tries it took me to actually summit falls into the "embarrassing" category. …
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