Mt. Lindsey 14,041' and Huerfano Peak 13,828'

Hiking through the valley....

Our first view of Lindsey peaking out at the right.... Iron Nipple on the left...

The moon is still out.

Views of Lindsey on the right and Iron Nipple on the left

On the ridge going up to the top of Lindsey.... You can't tell, but it was SUPER WINDY!!!

Views from the top!

Here we are at the top... the peak behind me is named Blanca Peak - named after my Grandmother (mom's side) because she was so pretty!

This picture is of Huerfano peak (where we are going next)

Going around the Iron Nipple to get to Huerfano

Luckily, we don't have to go over this.

This is from the top of Huerfano looking at Lindsey... Sure does look different from this side!

Pretty Blanca Peak in the distance.

We made it... Huerfano actually seemed harder and longer than Lindsey!

Tomorrow we go to the Crestones' (jagged peaks on right)... Here they are at a distance....

more views...

Missouri Peak 14,067', Iowa Pk 13,831', Emerald Peak 13,904'

Hello!! We got 3 peaks this day. Missouri, the 14er, Iowa, a 13er, and Emerald, a centennial 13er. The top 100 tallest peaks in Colorado are called Centennial peaks and include 14ers and 13ers. We try and climb the 13ers too that are part of that list when we can. Mount Silverheels and Red Mountain (also in this blog), were centennials that we climbed this year.

This is the landmark lake from where we started. Clohesy Lake - It used to be private, but now, is public. Lots of people 4WD up here and go fishing.This is me in the distance getting to ready to climb up this grassy slope. Missouri is near by this ridge.

This is a picture of Huron Peak, a 14er. We will most likely get to this one next year.

Picture of the valley from the ridge.

This is almost to the top of that ridge I told you about. The grassy slope turned to rocky slope. That's me again. Shawn carried the camera this time. Sometimes he gets camera happy.

Here is the trail on the top of the ridge. The mountains got a light dusting of snow - surprising, because it has been pretty hot lately. Missouri is in the distance (highest point in the pic).

Shawn has climbed this mountain (before he knew me). He climbed it again with me, so I could catch up. This picture below is a shot of the way he came up it last time.

This is me just after going down a steep section. One last uphill and I'll be there.

We made it !! Would you believe it was 2 miles to the top, but 3000'+ elevation gain!! Shortest distance I think we've done. Eek! Oh, and yes, it was sunny, but windy and cold.

This is a pic of our next route from Missouri. We are going to follow this ridge to Iowa peak which is on the right, and not very promient, and then, from there go up to Emerald Peak which is the pointy mountain in the center of this pic.

Views from the top of Missouri. Emerald peak is on the right.

This is from the top of Iowa peak. That is Clohesy Lake in the center that I told you about in the beginning.

From the top of Emerald Peak!

And here we are!!!

This is a picture of the mountains named, The 3 Apostles.

This is a picture of the way we go down.

Bonus points if you can find me, and 2 other fellow hikers coming down this ridge. You will need to click on the picture to make it bigger in order to find us! Of course, Speedy Gonazles, I mean Shawn is already at the bottom. Emerald peak is behind us at the top left.

At the bottom admiring the grassy tundra and pretty flowers.

Looking down the valley at the way back to Clohesy lake.

Well, another successful and SAFE hike!!! Next week, we leave for a week long excursion... Fun times ahead! I wish you a great next 2 weeks. Be happy!!!

Torreys Peak 14,267’

Hi There!! Okay, so we have done this peak before... In fact, it was the second peak we ever climbed together like 3 years ago... But this time, we took a different route that incorporated more climbing than hiking. It was pretty fun! The route is called the Kelso ridge, and this first shot is looking back down on the ridge from where we started. We came up the ridge at about the middle of this picture and then, started hiking up. This is just another view of the ridge from a different area.

This picture was taken from near the top at the "knife edge". It's not sharp, though :)!

So, this is me near the knife edge.

HI!!! Don't I look cool???

So, as you can see, there are plenty of people around. The white rock is the last "climbing" before you get to the top. Yes, the top is there on the left. Another view.....

Here's another closeup of me.

This picture is taken from the top of Torreys Peak looking at Grays Peak (another 14er) that we did about 3 years ago when we first did Torreys. We won't be doing it again today. We've done it, and the route is not as exciting as the one we just did. Plus, TONS of people do these 2 mountains, so it's a major traffic jam!! If you click on this picture to make it bigger, you can see all the little stick people standing at the top!!

So, here we are at the top!!

On our way down, we spotted these mountain goats in the valley. NEAT!!

So, this is taken from the saddle between Grays and Torreys. Torreys Peak is on the left, and the ridge that we hiked up.

Another view of that ridge.

This was actually the first picture we took when starting the hike. That is Torrey's in the background and the Kelso ridge we climbed/hiked.

Yes, I know these are out of order, but here is another picture of me climbing up near the top. Well, until next weekend..... love and peace to all :)!