I took the weekend before 4th of July to get back into hiking shape by hitting up a bunch of 14ers in the Sawatch Range in central Colorado. The goal was to camp Friday night at the trailhead, summit Shavano and Tabeguache on Saturday then drive to the Missouri Gulch trailhead, and summit Oxford and Belford on Sunday. I couldn’t of picked a better weekend weather wise and it was nice to see most of the snow had melted. I was pretty wiped by the end of the first day but a dip in the Arkansas River revived my tired legs for round 2. Definitely nice to be back in Colorado for a summer after having 3 winters in a row.
Total
Elevation Gain:
11,400 feet
RT Length:
22.25 miles
(For those of you at home in Oregon, this is the equivalent of climbing Mt. Hood back-to-back 2 days in a row and throwing in a 3 mile jog each afternoon all at altitude.)
Mt. Shavano & Mt. Tabeguache
Summit Elev.:
14,155 feet
Trailhead Elev.:
9,750 feet
Elevation Gain:
5,600 feet
RT Length:
11.25 miles
Mt. Oxford & Mt. Belford
Summit Elev.:
14,153 feet
Trailhead Elev.:
9,650 feet
Elevation Gain:
5,800 feet
RT Length:
11.00 miles
-Tyler Grubb
Total
Elevation Gain:
11,400 feet
RT Length:
22.25 miles
(For those of you at home in Oregon, this is the equivalent of climbing Mt. Hood back-to-back 2 days in a row and throwing in a 3 mile jog each afternoon all at altitude.)
Mt. Shavano & Mt. Tabeguache
Summit Elev.:
14,155 feet
Trailhead Elev.:
9,750 feet
Elevation Gain:
5,600 feet
RT Length:
11.25 miles
Mt. Oxford & Mt. Belford
Summit Elev.:
14,153 feet
Trailhead Elev.:
9,650 feet
Elevation Gain:
5,800 feet
RT Length:
11.00 miles
-Tyler Grubb
love the pic of you on the edge of that rock, very cool. you go alone again?
ReplyDeleteYep, just me. Slept in a sleeping bag under the stars.
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