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| Hiking | 17.32 Miles |
4,559 AEG |
| | Hiking | 17.32 Miles | 8 Hrs 40 Mns | | 2.05 mph |
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| no partners | | Pikes Peak attempt. We knew it was early in the season, and also knew that the way to address the remaining (significant) snow was to start super early so that it was still frozen and easier to walk on. But, logistically, we couldn't get on the trail earlier than about 8:30 am.
The trail was fine until about a half mile before Barr Camp, where we began to encounter snow drifts on the trail that were unaviodable.
We stopped at Barr Camp; took a quick tour of the bunkhouse and chatted with the caretaker--a young couple who decided to take a break from regular life and signed up for a year's stint managing the camp. It's open 365 days a year!
Beyond Barr Camp, the trail was completely snow covered, and by the time we got near 11,000 ft. we were were regularly post-holing up to our thighs. We only had spikes and no snow shoes, so it was hard going. Thought we might power on to the A-frame at around 12,000 ft, but with afternoon storms forecast, we decided to pull the plug and save our summit attempt for another time. It was the right call.
On the way back, we took an alternate route that swung us by the top of the Incline. 2000+ feet in 0.9 mi. I did this one several years back. The epitome of stair climbers ....
In general, a beautiful day on the mountain. Storms did roll in later that night and dumped another foot of snow on the peak, I understand. |
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