First mountains in Colorado?

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DanRiley
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Re: First mountains in Colorado?

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Handies Peak in 1979. Saw exactly 1 other person all the way from the trailhead to the summit and back. Things were a bit less crowded back then.
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DanRiley wrote: Sat Jan 09, 2021 8:36 am Handies Peak in 1979. Saw exactly 1 other person all the way from the trailhead to the summit and back. Things were a bit less crowded back then.
I wasn't even alive then. I don't remember which summit I did first, maybe it was Sherman. I'd have to ask CochetopaClif.
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Huron Peak in 2002... no idea why I thought it sounded like a good idea at the time, just was bored. Getting off the couch that day changed my life.
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Re: First mountains in Colorado?

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DanRiley wrote: Sat Jan 09, 2021 8:36 am Handies Peak in 1979. Saw exactly 1 other person all the way from the trailhead to the summit and back. Things were a bit less crowded back then.
FWIW I had the same experience on Handies in 2009, 30 years later to boot. That’s a beautiful area
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My first was Yale, and I was clueless. I got caught on top by one of the notorious afternoon storms, which I knew nothing about at that time. Lightning, very high wind, and graupel stinging me. All I could do was huddle down next to a large rock, thinking I was going to die.
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Re: First mountains in Colorado?

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In 1978 my wife and I climbed 12er Bandit Peak during a 3 day backpack of the Mt Evans Wilderness. We had just moved to Colorado and had a great time. In three days, we didn’t see another person.
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