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Snowmass Lake from Trailrider Pass
I am home again after a week of backpacking in Colorado. I arrived home last night tired but feeling very good about the adventure. My worries about the altitude and the distance proved groundless. The company was great (two of my younger brothers), the wildflowers and scenery were spectacular and the hiking itself went very well, though it is also good to be back home.
We were on the trail early Monday morning and hiked out again late Thursday afternoon. We hiked 30 miles (49 km) and climbed about 6000 feet in elevation (1828 m) over all. We did not do the Four Passes Loop as we had intended but cut about 10 miles off that and did a different loop that took us over five passes instead of four, this pass twice and three others.
The two photos I've posted sum up the hike in terms of scenery. This is Snowmass Lake from Trailrider Pass, the first of the five passes, taken on a day that was partly sunny and partly cloudy and stormy, the kind of weather we had every day. The other photo was taken later the same day on the other side of the pass and shows why these mountains are called the Maroon Bells.
The first day we hiked up the Snowmass Creek drainage to Snowmass Lake, the lake shown in this photo. The second day, the day this photo was taken, we hiked from the lake up and over Trailrider Pass to the meadows on the other other side of the pass and camped there. That was our shortest day of hiking but also took us over the most difficult of the five passes.
The third day we hiked back over Trailrider to Snowmass Lake and then up again to Buckskin Pass and down to the meadows on the other side of the pass where we camped the night. The fourth day we hiked over Willow Pass and East Snowmass Pass and down the valley to the East Snowmass trailhead where we finished our hiking.
The five passes we traversed are all over 12000 feet (3658 m). Trailrider Pass is 12415 feet in elevation (3784 m), Buckskin Pass 12462 feet (3798 m), Willow Pass 12570 feet (3831 m) and East Snowmass Pass 12680 feet (3865 m). There is rough map at this website: www.aspentrailfinder.com/snowmass-lake. We did the northern part of this loop.
We were on the trail early Monday morning and hiked out again late Thursday afternoon. We hiked 30 miles (49 km) and climbed about 6000 feet in elevation (1828 m) over all. We did not do the Four Passes Loop as we had intended but cut about 10 miles off that and did a different loop that took us over five passes instead of four, this pass twice and three others.
The two photos I've posted sum up the hike in terms of scenery. This is Snowmass Lake from Trailrider Pass, the first of the five passes, taken on a day that was partly sunny and partly cloudy and stormy, the kind of weather we had every day. The other photo was taken later the same day on the other side of the pass and shows why these mountains are called the Maroon Bells.
The first day we hiked up the Snowmass Creek drainage to Snowmass Lake, the lake shown in this photo. The second day, the day this photo was taken, we hiked from the lake up and over Trailrider Pass to the meadows on the other other side of the pass and camped there. That was our shortest day of hiking but also took us over the most difficult of the five passes.
The third day we hiked back over Trailrider to Snowmass Lake and then up again to Buckskin Pass and down to the meadows on the other side of the pass where we camped the night. The fourth day we hiked over Willow Pass and East Snowmass Pass and down the valley to the East Snowmass trailhead where we finished our hiking.
The five passes we traversed are all over 12000 feet (3658 m). Trailrider Pass is 12415 feet in elevation (3784 m), Buckskin Pass 12462 feet (3798 m), Willow Pass 12570 feet (3831 m) and East Snowmass Pass 12680 feet (3865 m). There is rough map at this website: www.aspentrailfinder.com/snowmass-lake. We did the northern part of this loop.
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Enjoy your weekend and stay well Ron.
The only time I have gone on such a trip was with my ex and our good friend when we went to Lassen for a 3-day trip which ended up being 2 days. It was a comedy of errors in some ways but let me tell you...climbing up the side of the Cinder Cone with my hair everywhere from the static and looking out on the beautiful landscape...hiking through so many different kinds of terrain, from volcanic to swamp and everything in between...the night we camped at the side of a little unnamed lake (no name we could find anyway)--the solitude, stars in the unpolluted sky, the wonder of being a small speck in the universe...wow, right? These memories and many more were just incredible and unforgettable. To have done what you guys did...the bonding experience of backpacking is a kind of solidifying that cannot be duplicated in other ways...such golden, pristine memories for you all...there's no price to such a gift! :) <3
Your pictures make me swoon...how lovely. How incredible. So pretty...and the colors of Maroon Bells is astonishing! I cannot help but remember the day that Steve and I hiked from Yosemite Village allllllllllLLLLlllllll the way to the very top of Half Dome, where he asked me to marry him. That was a day, I'll tell ya! All-told, we hiked 10 hrs with a wake-up of 5:30am and on the trail at 6:30am. (We got back to the car with barely enough light to see!) The cables ascending the last bit to the top of Half Dome nearly failed me but with Steve's care and encouragement, I found the courage to overcome my terror and we got to the top...and there were no dry eyes just a few minutes after standing, victorious at the top...
I am so glad you're home...I could not help but feel concern because of your words of worry before you left. No matter how safe I knew you would be, it was an audible sigh of relief to see that you'd visited my stream this morning--I didn't even stop to see if you'd dropped off a note--I made a beeline for your page and here I am! :)
Can't wait to see your trip pictures, Ron! These two are a lovely sample and I look forward to gobbling up all that you share in the days to come. Hope you take some naps and rest up after such an adventure. I am so happy it all turned out so fine!! WELCOME HOME MY BIG (internet) BROTHER!!! You DID IT!!! HUZZAHHHHH!!!! :D
Many thanks for sharing, Ron
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