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| | Hiking | 2.60 Miles | 2 Hrs 17 Mns | | 1.49 mph |
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| partners | | With too much to do in too little time, we cheated just a little. Instead of starting at the Blue Lakes Trailhead we continued driving up the very steep and rocky road to the Mount Sneffels Trailhead, saving about .7 mi of hiking and almost 700' more elevation gain.
The first part of the Mount Sneffels Trail was a moderate climb but the loose 3-4" rocks required us to plan every step. When the Mount Sneffels Trail started it's climb to the peak we continued on to connect with the Blue Lakes Trail. AS we began the climb up to Blue Lakes Pass we passed a trio of backpackers at a point it appeared there were two possible trails up. Tracey and I started up the shorter, steeper one but realized within 30' that the terrain was too loose to continue so we dropped back down and continued the longer but safer route up.
As we neared the top there seemed to be trails every which way. While we were tempted to try what looked like short-cuts, after our previous experience we stuck with the more sane route.
At the pass we met another group who were headed up to Mount Sneffels from the Blue Lakes side. Although we had planned on hiking over the pass, down to Blue Lakes and back up, once we saw the roughly 2000' drop to the lower lake, we knew this just wasn't gonna happen today. So we opted to descend a few switchbacks then climb back up and head back. And in the end, it was a good thing because we had plenty more adventures in store for the rest of the day.
I posted 40 photos here on HAZ, the full set of 52 photos is here:
http://changephoenix.com/jpserver/web/public/album.php?id=198 |
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