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Unfortunately life happens and I didn't get this report entered when it might have helped anyone in terms of conditions. At any rate, it was a very nice May climb. Actually it was a little scary in terms of how little snow and water that there was. I have never had to worry about the dogs and water on 14ers but I did a little bit on this one.
There is not a lot to say about this trip. The road up to the where you can park, unless you want to climb all that extra elevation, is quite narrow and there are not a lot of parking spaces. There is room for 5 or 6 cars at the towers and at least that many a quarter mile up the road. This was a source of concern to some degree since we didn't get there until about 7. I can't imagine how busy it might be in the normal summer months so I would recommend a very early start, camping the night before, or climbing this mountain in the early or late season. There is no easy way to turn around.
The last spot at the towers.
As you are hiking on the road, don't get to talking and forget to look for the turnoff. We could have missed it but didn't. It is cairned but not a huge one and it is easy to just keep climbing the road.
Once on the trail, get ready to rock hop forEVER...
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Luckily, we did have a little bit of snow to break up the monotony.
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There just continued to be a lot of the same type of trail. Since it is hard to make a true trail in rock, there are a lot of places where you could go multiple ways. You mainly stay on and below the ridge. If there are a lot of people then it can be helpful to go on a nearby route. There are a lot of slick banana peel areas from high traffic so be careful coming down.
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It took us about 3 hours to get to the summit. It was a very nice day and overall great temps.
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Pups were hungry. This was Sammy's (the yellow lab) first 14er. He kept asking where the ball or the lake was. Bring a lot of water if you bring dogs in the summer months.
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We were back to the truck around 130. Again, that road can be a little tricky when people are driving up late and climbers are coming down. The road is often not wide enough for a car to pass. I would think that many climbers are going to be coming off that mountain in that 12 to 2-3 time frame so if you are going in to camp or just check out the place, then I would avoid those hours.
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Hi. Great report. Thanks. Curious though, I thought dogs were supposed to be on leash in the collegiates. None of the pictures include leashes so perhaps I was mistaken??? TIA
In their own backyards, sure, but in already crowded €œwilderness€ areas that are public lands... it is the public€„˘s business. There are too many people using the trails for us to not to all follow the same rules.
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