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Colorado Four Pass Loop–Day 3 (and Trip Notes/Trail Report Card)

Fri, 22 Sep 2017 16:42:44 +0000

Snowmass Lake to Original Trailhead of East Fork of West Maroon Pass Trail (14.5 miles) The morning was beautiful as I packed up and headed out of camp. Snowmass Lake was a hard place to leave but I was eager to tackle not one, but two passes before lunch. The climb to the top of...

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Colorado Four Pass Loop–Day 2

Thu, 21 Sep 2017 22:42:09 +0000

Crater Lake to Snowmass Lake (9.8 miles) I woke up close to midnight to people talking and multiple headlamps beaming through the darkness. What the heck, I thought? Only one couple was camped near me but this was much closer and in the wrong direction. I was slightly annoyed because they weren’t even trying to...

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Colorado Four Pass Loop–Day 1

Wed, 20 Sep 2017 17:40:47 +0000

East Fork of West Maroon Pass Trail to Crater Lake (10 miles) Last week, the night before I was supposed to fly to Washington state to hike the Wonderland Trail, a 93-mile hike that circumnavigates Mt. Rainier, my plan came to a screeching halt. Nearby wildfires had come close to the park and while they...

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