Favorite 12ers Nearby Denver
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tupelohoney
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Re: Favorite 12ers Nearby Denver
Commenting so I can easily search for this thread in the future...great stuff here guys!
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Phill the Thrill
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Re: Favorite 12ers Nearby Denver
Close to Denver:
Two of my favorite 12ers: Bison Peak & McCurdy Mountain in Lost Creek Wilderness.
From Kenosha Pass there is a nice spring climb of three 12ers: North & South Twin Cone Peaks and Mt Blaine (approx 14 miles RT with 2,800 ft elev gain).
Two of my favorite 12ers: Bison Peak & McCurdy Mountain in Lost Creek Wilderness.
From Kenosha Pass there is a nice spring climb of three 12ers: North & South Twin Cone Peaks and Mt Blaine (approx 14 miles RT with 2,800 ft elev gain).
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Re: Favorite 12ers Nearby Denver
NO. NO. NO. Threads about 12ers should not be easy to find. Just kidding!tupelohoney wrote:Commenting so I can easily search for this thread in the future...great stuff here guys!
If you are inspired by your surroundings, a sense of nature can save the day on a popular route. I prefer to enhance my sense of wonder by finding new adventures (so I got this http://www.fixedpin.com/products/rocky- ... ional-park and it is fabulous). Also going out with new people is fun, no matter where.12ersRule wrote: Same goes for a popular 14er on a summer weekend day. You'll get a sense of nature, but it's not really the immersive mountain experience that it could be.
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Medicine Bow is quite the gem for a very low 12er, as is the 3 peak loop up there. Easy access yet quiet. And the rock is so different.
Toll is a pretty good one and the Desolations.
The silversword is quite fascinating - such a very limited range to the upper reaches of one mountain and such a cool plant.
I believe the average visitor to the Grand Canyon spends less than two hours there including a meal.
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The silversword is quite fascinating - such a very limited range to the upper reaches of one mountain and such a cool plant.
I believe the average visitor to the Grand Canyon spends less than two hours there including a meal.
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12ersRule
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Re: Favorite 12ers Nearby Denver
It must be the intimidating signage at the THs: "Getting down is optimal, getting UP is mandatory". Or the tour busses totally break the curve. "See the west!" Yeah, right.cougar wrote:
I believe the average visitor to the Grand Canyon spends less than two hours there including a meal.
Decatur and Revenue from some TH off of Guanella Pass road were really cool.
Mt Logan in Mt Evans Wilderness is another good one. It's a high 12er than has more of a 13er feel, actually.
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And it has some wreckage of what I think was some sort of ultralight aircraft on the north slopes and I **think** a B24 crashed on the south slopes.12ersRule wrote:Mt Logan in Mt Evans Wilderness is another good one. It's a high 12er than has more of a 13er feel, actually.
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Lots of great suggestions - excellent photos (eye candy) Cougar and Kimo!
So many mountains, so little time....
Kimo, I think I saw Silverswords on Mauna Kea a few years ago - had no idea or appreciation of what I was seeing.
So many mountains, so little time....
Kimo, I think I saw Silverswords on Mauna Kea a few years ago - had no idea or appreciation of what I was seeing.
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polar
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Re: Favorite 12ers Nearby Denver
Hey now, that's the best sign ever! It has totally changed my view on climbing.12ersRule wrote:It must be the intimidating signage at the THs: "Getting down is optimal, getting UP is mandatory".
BTW, it's "optional".
"Getting to the bottom, OPTIONAL. Getting to the top, MANDATORY!" - The Wisest Trail Sign
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rdp32
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Re: Favorite 12ers Nearby Denver
Mt Ida in RMNP was awesome
