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Mount Yale Sawatch Range, 14,196 feet

October 10, 2017October 10, 2017 admin

It’s currently October 9th and already a fresh blanket of snow has fallen on the front range. Though not the typical dry fluffy snow of later in the season, the wet slushy puddles have definitely reminded us that the warm summer months are gone.  As such, we reflect back on our last snow-free 14er of

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Handies Peak, San Juan Range (14,048 ft)

September 25, 2017September 25, 2017 admin

As part of our trip to Lake City in late August, we also reached the summit of 14er Handies Peak via the stunning American Basin. This time, we opted to leave a bit later in the morning in our summit attempt, as the route up Handies via American Basin is a much shorter, class I

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Wetterhorn Peak, San Juan Range (14,015 ft)

August 26, 2017August 26, 2017 admin

On August 17th of last week, we decided to climb Wetterhorn peak. You might be thinking…”you went to Switzerland!?” But, no in fact, we made a relatively easy 5 hour drive to the San Juan Range of Colorado and set up “camp” in Lake City, Colorado. The 14er Wetterhorn in Colorado is named after its

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Mount Belford (14,197 ft) and Mount Oxford (14,153 ft): Sawatch Range

June 29, 2017July 4, 2018 admin

Distance:  11.2 miles Net elevation gain:  5,800 ft  Date of summit: 6/24/17 As the day began to settle into dusk, we reached our destination for this quiet June Friday night. The dimly lit Rodeway Inn sign tiredly welcomed us to rest a few hours. Like many summer and early fall evenings before, we left the night

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