Category: Backpacking

Trip dates: Oct 20-21, 2018

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Bighorn Canyon (Gore Range, Colorado)

10/10/2018

Trip date: Sept 28-29, 2018

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Backpack/Ridge Scramble: Deming Mt, Eccles Pass, Red Buffalo Pass (Gore Range, Colorado)

9/16/2018

Trip date: August 15-16, 2018

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The LIGANN Traverse: Lost Tribe Lakes, Iruqois, Mt. George, Apache Peak, Navajo Peak, Niwot Ridge (Indian Peaks Wilderness, Colorado)

9/10/2018

Trip date: Sept 08-09, 2018

Looking from the south ridge of Apache Peak towards ominous rain behind Iruqois Peak.

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Pfiffner Traverse Days 6+7: Devils Thumb Pass, Rollins Pass, Rogers Pass, James Peak, Mt. Bancroft, Parry Peak, Mt. Eva, Mt. Flora (Indian Peaks Wilderness, James Peak Wilderness)

8/31/2018

Trip dates: August 14-20, 2018
These days: August 19+20, 2018

Looking back at James Peak (left) and Bancroft Peak (right) on the approach to Parry Peak. Fun scramble on the connecting ridge.

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Pfiffner Traverse Day 5: Paiute Pass, Rejected at NE Gully, Arapaho Pass and Caribou Pass (Indian Peaks Wilderness, Colorado)

8/30/2018

Trip dates: August 14-20, 2018
This day: August 18, 2018

Looking west towards the continental divide near Arapaho Pass in Indian Peaks.

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Pfiffner Traverse Day 4: Hell Canyon, Island Lake, Thunderbolt Meadows, Paiute Pass (Indian Peaks Wilderness, Colorado)

8/29/2018

Trip dates: August 14-20, 2018
This day: August 17, 2018

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Pfiffner Traverse Day 3: North Inlet, East Inlet, Isolation Peak Pass, Paradise Park (RMNP, Colorado)

8/28/2018

Trip dates: August 14-20, 2018
This day: August 16, 2018

Looking west towards Andrews Peak (left)

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Pfiffner Traverse Day 2: Knobtop Mt, Ptarmigan Pt, Flattop Mt, Hallet Peak, Otis Peak, Upper North Inlet (RMNP, Colorado)

8/27/2018

Trip date: Aug 14-20, 2018
This day: Aug 15, 2018

Looking towards the Continental Divide from North Inlet, RMNP. The pretty mountain in the center is northwest toe of Mt. Alice in Wild Basin. Chiefs Head Peak is the pointed/sharkfin shaped peak on the left.

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Pfiffner Traverse Day 1: Mt. Ida, Chief Cheley Peak, Cracktop (RMNP, Colorado)

8/24/2018

Trip date: August 14-20, 2018
This day: August 14, 2018

Gorge Lakes viewed from saddle between Mt. Ida and Chief Cheley Peak

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The Pfiffner Traverse: Overview

8/23/2018

Gorge Lakes in Rocky Mountain National Park

Taylor Peak. North Inlet, Rocky Mountain National Park

Andrews Peak and Lake Nanita. North Inlet, Rocky Mountain National Park

Entering Indian Peaks Wilderness from Rocky Mountain National Park. Looking into Hell Canyon from Paradise Pass

Upper Lake, Indian Peaks Wilderness

Above Caribou Lake, Indian Peaks Wilderness

James Peak and Mt. Bancroft, James Peak Wilderness

Looking towards the finish at Berthoud Pass, James Peak Wilderness

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Wild Basin High-Route (attempt/partial) (RMNP, Colorado)

7/4/2018

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Trip date: July 01-03, 2018

Camp in Hunters Creek below Pagoda Peak, Longs Peak, and Mt. Meeker in Wild Basin

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Comanche Peaks Wilderness and Northern RMNP (Colorado)

6/3/2018

Trip date: June 02-03, 2018

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North Fork Area/Lost Lake Overnight (RMNP)

3/18/2018

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Pear Lake (RMNP)

12/4/2017

Trip date: Dec 02-03, 2017

Elk Tooth (12,848 ft, left) and Mt. Copeland (13,176 ft, center) overlooking Pear Lake. My tent is the tiny red speck on the right.

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Backpacking the Lost Creek Wilderness

11/14/2017

Trip Date: Nov 10-12, 2017

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Pawnee-Buchanan Loop...attempt...(IPW)

10/7/2017

Trip Date: Sept 30-Oct 01, 2017

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High Lonesome Loop (IPW)

8/14/2017

Trip Date: 2017 Aug 12-13

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Lake Verna (RMNP)

6/13/2017