2024 Goals

[Pcypher]

Lol, Scott, I think you may have stumbled onto something here. How about just sticking with the link since it looks like that page is formatted better anyways.

Or maybe pull out your top 5 or so and put a link to the rest. IMHO, included in your top 5 to showcase should be the entry from:
Non Summit Crags and Climbs #33 Do the Mash Potato

Best of luck in Patagonia!

It would be easier to update that way. The only reason I put all that on there was to generate interest for partners, but it didn't seem that successful in that regard anyway.

Maybe I should just post the link and periodically say I'm looking for partners for ____ this month.

Scott, I honestly think this would be awesome. I’ve seen your lists and honestly was impressed and intimidated! It would be easier to know exactly when you were looking for partners and for what

[Pcypher]

I’ve never posted my goals but have been a long time observer. My goals are as follows:

Finish the 14ers by end of this calendar year (will accomplish all 14ers in 14er years goal finally set a few years ago)

Capitol
Snowmass (late spring to early summer)
Maroon Peak (snow?)
North Maroon
Pyramid
Little Bear (early to mid spring)
El Diente
Handies (finisher so family can attend)

Skiing and 14er repeats to stay ready for the list above

Hike at least segments 7-10 of CT, maybe more

Walk at least 2 races of marathon or more distance (was told last year no more running so I’ll just walk everything because I’m stubborn).

Spend quality time with my teens, husband and friends. I will say “yes” or “sure” more than “no”. Embrace my sense of adventure again and not be paralyzed by fear or “what-if’s” and potential regret.

I would love to meet others interested in the same goals. Meetup groups last year were not as successful as I’d hoped.
Meeting friends on trail in Chi Basin has some promise tho!

Tricia
Littleton, CO

[hellmanm]

Ooh, time to chime in! This is adjustable, but:

2-3 early season conditioning slogs in the tenmile/mosquito range
Snow-climb something -- maybe Lackawanna (or Cathedral if someone can teach+tolerate a slow newbie)
4th annual solo 4th of July backpacking trip --maybe Stewart or Phoenix? Away from the crowds (priority)
backpacking trip in the middle Cimarron with a friend (priority)
random weekend sawatch daytrip with ALL the crowds
random lake hikes on easy weekends
Vermilion+Golden Horn
Arrow+Trinity Traverse (or at least Middle and East, since I've done West) (priority)
Silex+Storm King+Guardian (may need a 4WD angel)
Something in the Needles area of the Weminuche?
Something in the Bells -- probably Belleview or a 3-peat on North Maroon
Some non-crazy 13er in the Gores
Tenmile Traverse?


Finally have a formal celebration for finishing the 14ers in 2023?
Stop being so list-ambitious and do more crowded hikes+help friends with their lists (priority)

oh, and re-study all the WFA course things that I forgot over the past 1/2 year

[cardgenius]

Biggest for 2024 would be to link up with someone who has similar goals and would like to work together to get them done. With climbing partners coming and going, Ive realized finding someone to finish the 14ers with might be the hardest part of all this.


14er Goals
Snowflake for Bierstadt or Evans
El Diente/Mt. Wilson
Maroon Peak
Crestone Needle
Mt. Lindsey
San Luis
Culebra(just booked)
Take my daughter up her first 14er
These are the priority but will swap for any of the other 14ers I have left, if the opportunity arises.

13er Goals
Finish the ranked/named peaks in the Tenmile Range(4 left)
Finish the ranked/named peaks in the Mosquito Range(7 left)
Keep banging out the Front Range peaks
Wheeler Peak(taking the fam down to NM for a few days to get this one)
Stewart Peak
Red Mountain
Ervin/Blaurock
Cronin Peak
Mt. Oklahoma
California Peak
Horn Peak
Lackawanna(might ski this one)

Other Goals
Keep hitting peaks in Rampart Range, LCW Tarryall and Kenosha Mountains while waiting for summer season to kick off.

[angry]

Silex+Storm King+Guardian (may need a 4WD angel)

Mike, I got you on this one.

[Ssgustafson]

Looking to polish off the Centennials: Jagged, Turret, Pigeon, Jupiter, Gladstone, RGP and Trinity

The rest of the 13,800+ peaks: Arkansas, Castleabra, 13,801, Organ, Teakettle and Dallas

And, the remaining 14er subpeaks: N Snowmass and Pin Point

Plus, several more western state high points: TBD

Please reach out if interested!

[xcrunner365]

Trying to go for more variety this year. Probably won't get everything done, but it's better to aim high I figure.

- Climb more 13ers!
- Explore more ranges in Northern CO (Park Range, Flattops, etc.)
- Spend a week climbing in the San Juans
- Dip my toe into peakbagging on the east coast (Smokies, etc.)
- Climb Fishers Peak (Trinidad)! Especially now that the access is much easier.

[bmcqueen]

Happy New Year all! 2024 goals will look similar to 2023, but will dial them back a touch in hopes of achieving more of them.

1. Keep the monthly streaks alive - monthly bike to work day (at 30 months); at least one 13er/14er (at 107 months); Castle Rock stairs (at 25 months) and 100+ miles running (at 20 months)
2. At least one new winter 14er (currently 8 to go)
3. Sawatch grid slots - at least 4 more (currently at 106/192)
4. Improve my own skills on rock so that I can do a better job on 5
5. Help others develop new skills and get harder peaks
6. New bi-centennials - at least 3
7. One international peak
8. >50 total 13er/14er summits (ranked/unranked) for 2024
9. Three new 13er snowflakes
10. At least one trip out with my wife, my son and my daughter (likely to be different days) - need to get their buy-in on this goal early!

[Eli Watson]

OUTDOORS (GENERAL)

1. At least one 18+ hr continuous mountain effort.
2. At least 400,000’ self-powered vertical.
3. At least one new western state highpoint ascent.
4. At least one 13,000’+ ascent outside of Colorado.
5. At least one 14,000’+ Duathlon.
6. At least two new 13,000’+ Winter ascents.
7. At least four couloir ascents.
8. Help someone accomplish something that scares them.

OUTDOORS (SPECIFIC)

1. C2C2C, San Jacinto Pk (10,811’), CA (24FEB).
2. Badwater Basin > Telescope Pk (11,048’), CA (25FEB).
3. R2R2R, Grand Canyon, AZ (30-31MAR) 11:59:59 or faster.
4. Humphreys Pk (12,634’) & Agassiz Pk (12,359’), AZ (30-31MAR).
5. Quad Rock 50 mi Race, Fort Collins, CO (11MAY) 9:59:59 or faster.
6. Gannett Pk (13,811’), WY
7. “Pin Point” (14,042’), CO
8. Complete one of my ridge-walking projects:
   1. Missouri Gulch Massacree
   2. Los Centenarios de La Garita
   3. Longs Pk Radical Slam

LIFESTYLE

1. Limit distractions.
2. Pursue a healthy and sustainable lifestyle: physical, mental, emotional, environmental, social.
   1. Maintain a healthy relationship with alcohol.
   2. Read more.
   3. Sleep more.
3. Save money.
4. Stay nicotine free.

[Flyingfish]

1. Volcanoes- Rainier, Adams, Hood, Glacier, St Helens
2. 200k vert
3. Get back on regular training- living at sea level sucks
4. Pico de Orizaba- prep for an Andes trip next year: if anyone is interested in joining shoot me a PM

[Skimo95]

More money, more fun, and hopefully a new 4x4

[ekalina]

-Hike / trail run at least 250 mi and 75,000 vertical feet
-Run the Old Man Winter 10K in February
-Get at least one new 13er or 14er snowflake
-Do at least two snow climbs
-Run the Bolder Boulder 10K in May
-Get at least one out-of-state summit