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Fourth of July Weekend: Road Trip to Telluride

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Anna-Lisa and I decided to take up an invitation to Telluride over the 4th for some hiking, climbing, and sightseeing action.  On Friday the 2nd we loaded up the Accord with climbing and camping gear and began the long haul through the Rockies.  Also along on the trip (in fact the whole thing was their idea) was Carl, his wife Dayna, and her sister Denise.  One of the primary goals for this trip was to summit Mt. Wilson as it was Carl’s final 14er on his list of 58. Keep reading…

Double Date on Huron Peak

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Anna-Lisa and I got an invite from two friends of ours to head up a short 14er over the weekend.  Huron Peak was the easy decision as the standard route is only 5 miles and 3,100 vertical round trip.  Al and I met Katie and David at their place in Denver at 5am where we piled into one vehicle for the drive to the TH. Keep reading…

Summer "Hiking" on Pyramid Peak

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Firstly, you should know that this is my second 14er. Yes, my second 14er. As encouraged by Ben, I have complete confidence in my ability to conquer this mountain. I don’t remember much of the car ride….which could have something to do with the fact that I was dead asleep. What else is new? Read more…

Al’s First 14er: Quandary’s Cristo Couloir

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I have always been looking forward to the day I would get to introduce the fourteeners to my wife Anna-Lisa. She had never been above 12,000 ft. before this trip and had never used an ice axe or crampons, or snow climbed. I figured the Cristo Couloir would be a great starter climb for her, I had no idea how things would go so we sorta just went for it. We left Westminster at 3:00am (with another friend of ours) and headed for Breck. We arrived at the Blue Lakes TH around 5am and were off by 6. The great thing about this climb is the fact that there is literally no approach whatsoever, we were on the snow in less than ten minutes. After a crash course in ice axe and snow climbing technique, we began to head up the Cristo Couloir. Read more…