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 Peak Summit: 14er
Distance: 7.7 miles (out and back) Elevation Gain: 3,239 ft (total) 3,034 ft (net) Max Elevation: 14,274 ft Min. Elevation: 11,240 ft With summer gone for the year and thus the lingering darkness in the early morning hours, we opted for a 5:00 am wake up time instead of 3:30 am for our…
Mt. Bierstadt Summit
Distance: 7.55 miles (out and back) Elevation Gain: 2,950 ft (total) 2,585 ft (net) Max Elevation: 14,057 ft Min. Elevation: 11,472 ft At 3:30am on September 8, 2013 we got out of bed, grabbed a quick breakfast and our gear, and headed out for our first 14er — Mt. Bierstadt. It was Allyson’s…