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| partners | | The three of us picked a great blue bird day to summit Mount Bierstadt. We took the day off from the beginning segments of the Colorado Trail to do this, but got a relatively late start. The trail is good and our rate of progress was respectable, even though we had not acclimatized much to this elevation and had only three days of hiking at 8,000-10,000 feet under our belt. One person experienced headaches at about 13,500 feet and had to turn around. The West Slopes approach is the easiest way to summit Bierstadt, but surprisingly the trail didn't feel overly crowded. The views from the top on this very clear day were outstanding and the Sawtooth Ridge leading over to Mount Evans was properly frightening. It doesn't look possible to get across it. We saw a Ptarmigan with 5 chicks along the upper trail coming down. Marmots are all over. If you're just getting into 14ers, this is a good one to start on. The road in is great, the free parking lot is huge, and the scenery from top to bottom is fantastic. Great day in the Colorado Rockies.
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