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James Peak via St. Mary's Glacier, CO
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| Hiking | 9.29 Miles |
3,448 AEG |
| | Hiking | 9.29 Miles | 5 Hrs 13 Mns | | 1.96 mph |
| 3,448 ft AEG | 29 Mns Break | | | |
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| no partners | | Day 2 of 5. Woke up with a bit of a headache. Decided to grab St. Mary's Glacier. The hike out to St. Mary's is VERY popular but we arrived early on a weekday and shared the views with 3 or 4 other hikers. The lake is shadowed by Fox mountain that is just shy of 11,000 ft. The large section of ice just north of the lake is St. Mary's Glacier. You could have used microspikes but we just made our way up the glacier without them.
My headache had passed and we decided to keep heading north. A large mountain appeared after the glacier that looked promising. We ran into a local who was doing James Peak and we decided to switch up the gameplan.
This turned out to be an excellent decision. Further north offered incredible views of Lake Caroline, Ohman Lake, Stewart Lake, Loch Lomand, and "Ice Lake". James Peak (the high point of James Peak Wilderness) offered ridiculous views in all directions and ended up being the 2nd best hike of the trip.
Strongly recommend.
On the way back to the car, St. Mary's was packed with all sorts of people. Must have been 300 - 400 people.
Get there early and miss the zoo. |
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