Baldy Cinco Group – In Search of Summer

Don’t get me wrong, I like snow. I like it a lot actually. By mid July, however, I’m tired of falling down, sinking up to my elbows, and really just want to move quickly. If there was a magical place in 2019 in Colorado that could fulfill those 3 criteria, I was going to find it. Welcome to the La Garita Wilderness.

Laboring in the Weminuche: Rock Lake 13ers – by Ben Conners

Mount Oso (13,684′) Irving Peak (13,218′) Peters Peak (13,122′) UN 13,222 A “P 3” (13,300′) “P 2” (13,302′) “Mount Soso” (13,417′) UN 13,310 UN 13,340 When: September 1 – 5, 2017 Where: Weminuche Wilderness Laboring in the Weminuche: Rock Lake 13ers – by Ben Conners

Wandering the Southern Weminuche

Peaks: Sheridan Mountain (12,795′), Sheep Mountain D (13,070′), Point 13,105′ (aka “Peak 22”), Emerson Mountain – West (aka “Peak 21” – 13,085′), Emerson Mountain – East (13,140′) Date: July 17, 2017 Where: Weminuche Wilderness Trailhead: Endlich Mesa (11,600′) Distance:  ~ 17 miles Elevation Gain:  ~ 5,000 ft. Participants: solo Time: 9 hours