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| Hiking | 9.00 Miles |
4,570 AEG |
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| partners | | Mount Shavano is 14,229 feet above sea level and this was the target today. Simple enough - just do 4.5 miles and 4,500 feet of elevation and you are there.
It was raining and foggy at the start and there were plenty of cars at the TH that got started before us. I have seen a lot of Colorado weather in July and August and in the 7 years I have visited there I have never seen an all day rain. Weather systems move through there fairly rapidly. So we ventured on in the early morning rain and fog. As the day went on several of the early starters passed us coming back without reaching the summit complaining about wind, rain, snow and hail at higher elevations. Did that deter us? Hell no, we are HAZ hikers after all.
Bottom line is we were rewarded greatly for our later start and our perseverance. The strange weather system eventually put us in clear weather at the summit about 1,000 feet or so above the clouds. Now that is a trip. We got to take pictures from above the clouds. I love it. |
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