A Quest into the Wild
The Sawtooth (Mt. Bierstadt & Mt. Evans)
Distance: 11.2 miles (out and back) Elevation Gain: 4,335 ft (total gain) Max Elevation: 14,265 ft Min. Elevation: 11,473 ft We did Mount Bierstadt last year, that route is shown in green in the above Google Earth maps. The blue shows the new route we took to do the Bierstadt-Sawtooth-Evans…
Grays and Torreys Combo (Standard Route)
Distance: 8.52 miles (out and back) Elevation Gain: 3,640 ft (total gain) Max Elevation: 14,278 ft Min. Elevation: 11,225 ft A couple of factors made us get into the X-terra at midnight, drive out to the Grays-Torreys trail-head, and start hiking to the summits at 2 in the…
Mt. Elbert Summit: 14,433 ft
Distance: 9.62 miles (out and back) Elevation Gain: 4,408 ft (total) 4,377 ft (net) Max Elevation: 14,433 ft Min. Elevation: 10,056 ft All week long we constantly monitored Mountain Forecast for conditions atop Colorado’s highest peak, Mount Elbert, hoping for an opportunity to summit this spectacular mountain. Nestled about 115 miles southwest…
Quandary Peak Summit: 14,265 ft
Distance: 6.84 miles (out and back) Elevation Gain: 3,364 ft (total) 3,371ft (net) Max Elevation: 14,265 ft Min. Elevation: 10,901 ft It felt as though we had only just closed our eyes when we were gently roused by the sounds of The Head and the Heart streaming out of the phone at 3:45…