After the long hike up Mount Shavano and Tabeguache Peak on Saturday, Helen and I didn’t want to push Torrey too hard. So we choose one of the easiest 14ers for a Sunday ascent: Mount Sherman.
As we drove to the Fourmile Creek trailhead all the high peaks were shrouded in thick clouds. And [...]
Archive for June, 2008
Mount Sherman
Posted in Colorado 14ers, climbing, hiking, tagged climbing, Colorado 14ers, hiking, Mount Sherman on June 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Angel of Shavano
Posted in Colorado 14ers, Lord of Pain, climbing, hiking, tagged Angel of Shavano, climbing, Colorado 14ers, hiking, Mount Shavano, Tabeguache Peak on June 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Helen and I camped near the Mount Shavano Trailhead on Friday night and woke up at dawn on Saturday morning. We started hiking by 6:15a and quickly reached the Colorado Trail, which we’d follow for a short distance.
Soon we came to a junction and turned left up the Shavano Trail which rose steeply through [...]
The Horizontal Everest – book review
Posted in books, tagged book review on June 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
After a prompting by one of the librarians at the American Alpine Club Library (a place I’ve been volunteering recently) I wrote a book review of The Horizontal Everest: Extreme Journeys on Ellesmere Island by Jerry Kobalenko, one of my recent reads. The Horizontal Everest made it on my reading list by winning the [...]
Skywalker Couloir
Posted in climbing, tagged climbing, North Arapaho Peak, Skywalker couloir, South Arapaho Peak on June 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I needed a quick climb (short approach and close to Golden) to fill my Saturday morning. South Arapaho’s Skywalker Couloir is described as “simply one of the best couloir climbs in Colorado” by a recent guidebook. I knew it would be popular on a Saturday morning and I hemmed and hawed about whether [...]
the Citadel
Posted in climbing, tagged Colorado Mountain Club, climbing, the Citadel on June 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I first saw the Citadel Memorial Weekend, when a CMC group made an attempt on Grizzly Peak from Loveland Pass. “What mountain is that?” I asked around when I saw the impressive looking summit of Citadel.
Shortly afterwards I saw a weekday climb of Citadel offered on the CMC website. The original [...]
Carpenter Peak
Posted in hiking, tagged hiking, Colorado Mountain Club on June 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I joined a CMC group for a post-work hike at Roxborough State Park. With only 3 of us, it would be “unofficial” (club rules require 4 participants for safety reasons), but it was a nice evening, if not a bit hot.
Roxborough had the same red rocks formations that made the Morrison/Red Rocks area famous, [...]
Pacific Peak – North Couloir
Posted in backpacking, climbing, tagged Colorado Mountain Club, backpacking, climbing, Pacific Peak, Atlantic Peak, North Couloir on June 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Straight from the Dead Dog Couloir and Mt Edwards with only a lunch and hardware stop I arrived at the Mayflower Gulch trailhead plenty early. I had time to enjoy a beer, repack for the next adventure and replace the spring clip of my crampons with fresh bolts and lock nuts. Life was [...]
Dead Dog Couloir
Posted in Colorado 14ers, climbing, tagged climbing, Dead Dog Couloir, Mount Edwards, Torreys Peak on June 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Post-work on Friday I drove up to the Stevens Gulch trailhead and prepared to camp out in my car overnight. I enjoyed the views of Mt Edwards while talking to a few other climbers camping out.
Sleep was disturbed around 2:30 am by a chipmunk jumping on my vehicle’s springs and gnawing at some tasty [...]
Mount Argentine
Posted in hiking, tagged hiking on June 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
After yesterday’s long “Little Dog Loop” I had in mind an easier day on Sunday. When I woke up and saw snow coming down and dark clouds over 12,000 feet I scaled back my plans even further.
I decided on a gentle walk while taking photos through Pennsylvania Creek. New snow dusted the scenery [...]
Little Dog Loop
Posted in Colorado 14ers, Lord of Pain, climbing, hiking, tagged Chihuahua Gulch, climbing, Grays Peak, Grizzly Peak, hiking, Ruby Mountain, Torreys Peak on June 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Helen and I had originally planned to drive south and tackle a couple more 14,000ft peaks, but around noon on Friday she canceled in favor of resting up for a busy work week. Left on my own, I worked to come up with some last minute plans. Our anticipated climb of Shavano and [...]
