Post work on Friday I drove up to the Stevens Gulch trailhead and marveled at how much the ruts had grown since my last visit. It may not be long before I shy away from driving that road.
While camping at the trailhead I ran into some of my former classmates from the Colorado Mountain [...]
Archive for May, 2009
Lost Rat Couloir
Posted in climbing, hiking, tagged Grays Peak, Kelso Mountain, Lost Rat Couloir, Stevens Gulch on May 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Dunn with Middle Peak
Posted in hiking, tagged Dunn Peak, Middle Peak on May 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
With the recent experience of getting buzzed on the summit of Dolores Peak, we waited another day and decided to try and resume our aborted traverse of Middle Peak and Dunn Peak. The weather looked better at the start of the day as we headed for the saddle between Middle and Dolores peaks.
There was [...]
Dolores Peak
Posted in hiking, tagged Dolores Peak on May 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
After another dinner in Silverton, Sarah handed over the wheel to me (fresh with a nap) for the drive towards Telluride. We pulled into the Burro Bridge campground and spent a wet night. Unfortunately, the normal morning clearing didn’t happen and we had a delay of game.
Kevin needed to be back to the [...]
Tower and Dome Mountains
Posted in hiking, tagged Cataract Basin, Cataract Gulch, Dome Mountain, Hermatite Gulch, Howardsville, Macomber Peak, Tower Mountain on May 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
After departing from Castle Peak, Sarah, Pete and I traveled down to Silverton and scouted out some possible 13,000 feet peaks to climb on Friday. We found a camping spot on county road 22 right by the Animas River and while sleeping, Dwight and Kevin arrived near midnight.
The next morning the weather didn’t look [...]
Little Giant Peak
Posted in hiking, tagged King Solomon Mountain, Little Giant Peak on May 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Luckily, the rain stopped overnight to motivate us to live up to the 6am departure time we’d set. Kevin was able to get us up to nearly 11,000 feet on the road to Little Giant Basin. I began to wonder if there were any ethics involved in climbing the 13′ers. Was there [...]
Castle Peak’s East Face
Posted in climbing, tagged Castle Peak, East Face, Malamute Peak, snow climb, Tagert Hut on May 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Back in November I’d won the use of the Tagert Hut in a silent auction for one night. With many avalanche paths on the approach hike I decided to use the hut in the more stable spring conditions and combine it with a climb of Castle Peak’s East Face.
Pete, Sarah and I drove up [...]
Rinker and Twin Peaks
Posted in hiking, tagged Rinker, Twin Peaks, Willis Gulch, Willis Lake on May 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
After a night of acclimating in St Louis, Missouri I spent 12 hours driving to Golden, 1 hour re-packing, then several hours making my way past Leadville to meet up with Pete and camp over 10,000 feet near the 14′er La Plata. For being un-acclimated after two weeks back in Indiana I slept pretty [...]
Two Lakes trail
Posted in hiking, tagged Bloomington Hikers, Hoosier National Forest, Indian Lake, Lake Celina, Two Lakes Trail on May 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
With perfect timing, the up-until-then consistent rain ended about 10 miles before we reached the campground at the Celina and Indian Lakes portion of Hoosier National Forest. Kent and Carole had arrived hours earlier to procure the perfect spot (not that there was much competition) and had struggled to maintain the integrity of the [...]
First Flatiron
Posted in climbing, tagged East Face Gully, First Flatiron, rock climbing on May 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Foggy, drizzle, chance of rain – not the ideal forecast for a day of rock climbing. Unfortunately, getting the six of us together to test out so many people on rope teams had proved to be like herding cats. So we hiked up to the first flatiron, not even being able to see [...]
