Posted in Colorado 14ers, backpacking, climbing, hiking, tagged backpacking, Capitol Peak, climbing, Colorado 14ers, hiking on August 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The rain in the Vail area stopped by the time I drove past Edwards. In Glenwood Springs, a store clerk told me it hadn’t rained there at all today. So I continued to Capitol Peak’s trailhead and started my hike in under clearing skies.
Capitol Peak at first stayed hidden by the clouds, but [...]
Posted in backpacking, climbing, hiking, tagged backpacking, climbing, Gore Range, hiking, West Partner Peak on August 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Plans kept changing on me until Saturday morning. After a lazy start I made the drive up to Vail and hiked a few miles into the Gore Range on the Booth Creek Trail. The were cloudy and threatened rain the whole way.
After 45 minutes of hiking through pretty aspen forests I reached Booth [...]
