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supranihilest wrote: ↑Wed Jun 05, 2024 9:51 am
Just hike the road and connect Antero's southwest ridge to Cronin's east ridge. The road goes quite a way towards Cronin below ridgetop. It's highly visible on satellite photos and easy to follow most of the way up Cronin, then backtrack and go down it. Since it's a road it's mindless walking all the way from the bottom, and the final bit on the ridge is easy talus. No need to overcomplicate these. Many of the Cents are much more difficult logistically, physically, and mentally than Antero and Cronin. If it's your goal to finish them you'll have to get creative and not fret about small things like this. In the grand scheme of the Centennial project a few thousand vert on a road is absolutely inconsequential.
I get where you got that impression. We have a pretty good idea what the centennials imply, I considered the road walk-up, it's a matter of getting the most of our trip (we have a limited time, max 19 days) but also to be somewhat off the beaten path, last year we very much liked doing some less crowded routes like Elbert from Echo Canyon trail, Huron from Lulu gulch, Quandary from west ridge, etc. Looking at the Browns creek option got us the idea to do Shavano & Tabeguache from the north with a extra 13k, but I guess it would be more optimal to stick to the standard trail
Well, lack of context plus my own dislike of backpacking when it's not necessary. Little Browns would give you combination options from a high camp, but I think overall would be more work than doing Antero/Cronin and the Shavano group as separate day trips. Carrying a heavy pack and possibly sleeping worse in a tent is less desirable than just day tripping both, but that's my personal opinion. I prefer fast and light when given the option, so take it with a grain of salt.
supranihilest wrote: ↑Wed Jun 05, 2024 10:40 am
Well, lack of context plus my own dislike of backpacking when it's not necessary. Little Browns would give you combination options from a high camp, but I think overall would be more work than doing Antero/Cronin and the Shavano group as separate day trips. Carrying a heavy pack and possibly sleeping worse in a tent is less desirable than just day tripping both, but that's my personal opinion. I prefer fast and light when given the option, so take it with a grain of salt.
Haha, we're usually not fan of backpacking, but with those CO trips we are camping anyway and last year we discovered that we sometime have a lot of time to kill when we come back early from a shorter hike, so doing an easy approach later in the afternoon is interesting (the one up to the shelter on the way to Belford wasn't that easy ).
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