Tag Archives: Hiking
Mosquito Gulch Trip
I was playing around with Caltopo during lunch one day at work, and stumbled across the Mosquito Gulch cirque section shown below: which, at 10.69 miles and 5000 vertical ascent, offers 7 13ers: Loveland Buckskin Tweto Treasurevault Mosquito Kuss London … Continue reading
End of season plans
The season is coming to an end, and I still have a handful of hikes I want to complete before the snow rolls in: Backpack to Como Lake, sleep, day-hike (ultralight) up to bag Blanca and Ellingwood, come back down … Continue reading
Uh … summer?
My CT trip is coming up, and we are still getting rain/hail daily below 9000 ft, and snow everywhere else. The snow was up over the Pikes Peak webcam at http://www.cograilway.com/Summit/summitcam.jpg last week. I cannot remember the last time there … Continue reading
Evans Lessons (yes, that easy-ass mountain)
1) I broke my rule and did not bring a topo map. This won’t happen again. 2) My watch compass was not calibrated. Be sure to calibrate it and possibly have another compass. 3) Know the route. Know in advance … Continue reading
Grays & Torreys combo lessons
1) Eat breakfast. We did not eat anything until about 2/3 up and that was the reason I had some difficulty early with some steep stuff. Once I had some sugar in me I felt much stronger. 2) Do not … Continue reading