Hiked to the top of Mt Democrat. I was planning to do Lincoln / Cameron / Bross as well but the cold wind was just too much. Good hike though.

14,270 feet – 8.50 miles round trip. A fairly familiar hike for the morning. I’ve hiked these seven times I think but I just can’t get tired of the view from up there.
Part of the sky was overcast and the contrast was just fantastic.
The Altra Lone Peak 3.0 Mid did very well. I’m retiring the Lowa Renegade GTX for the snow season.

Swiss Fondue & French Wine at +14000ft? Check! Great hike of Huron Peak on August 13th with Echostar for our yearly fondue…

Was at the summit in 2 hour 5 minutes. Doing pretty well these days…

Quick hike atop Grays Peak on August 6th 2016. Not the greatest weather but good workout 🙂

July 31st 2016
Nice climb of Castle Peak and Conundrum Peak. Went down Conundrum Peak on snow sliding towards the frozen lake; much faster than going back around. The Jeep did well on Pearl Pass.

Mt. Lindsey – 14042ft – Northwest Ridge Trail
Camped on the trail (literaly) after a 2.5 hour bike ride to the trailhead plus about an hour hike. Woke up at 5am and reached the summit at 9:30am.

No summit.

Hike near Mt Lindsey. The access road being closed I had to bike to the trail-head for three hours before I could even start hiking. Made it to about 12000ft before I had to turn around.

Basically a good eight hour workout in the mountains 🙂

11.3 miles – 11:45 total time – 5732ft ascent
Not the best weather. Coldest / strongest wind ever. After a few hours my water bottles were frozen…inside my backpack. Still better than staying around Denver for Black Friday…

“Guess I just never thought of myself as an angry man.” – Raylan Givens
I thought I would go ahead with my plans of hiking Mt Democrat, Mt Cameron, Mt Lincoln and Mt Bross in spite of the recent events in Paris. In vain really. My anger is not going anywhere but so far I’ve refrained from any public statement so at least there’s that.

November 7, 2015
Snow hike of Grays and Torreys Peak on a perfect day. A little bit under eight hours.
The Kahtoola microspikes were really useful. Carried snowshoes but didn’t use them.