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 front [...]
Archive for May 26th, 2009
Dolores Peak
Posted in hiking, tagged Dolores Peak on May 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Tower and Dome Mountains
Posted in hiking, Uncategorized, 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 a 2,000 foot [...]
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 [...]
