A few new Pics

I have done a fair amount of high-country "running" lately. I use running in quotation marks because much of it, as is often the case with true mountain routes, was not done at a typical running pace. However, it was faster than most people would be able to climb, so I shall for now use the "moving efficiently over terrain" definition of running.

If it's good enough for Geoff Roes, it's good enough for me.

Rather than get long-winded about my adventures, I'll just post some pics. Two weekends ago, I took a shot at Square Top mountain, across Guanella Pass form Bierstadt. IT was a fun, if easy, thirteener, which had the distinction of being much, much quieter than Bierstadt and not having a trail to speak of.

Square Top. We took the route to the left (south) in this pic.

Cool Green Bug on the trail

Evans (L) and Bierstadt(L) from the top of Square Top

The next day, G and I did Democrat, a Fourteener in the Ten Mile-Mosquito Range. She climbed like a champ, given that she hadn't done any hiking all summer.

Climbing Democrat.

For some reason, I missed the opportunity for a summit pic of the two of us. This is looking back down at the Cirque between Democrat, Cameron, and Bross.

This past weekend, I took a shot at Meeker Ridge. This is the most prominent ridge on Meeker, and also lacks a defined trail. For the most part, at least. I discovered on the way down that there were, in fact, cairns leading you to the correct route: I just missed the cutoff for the correct route and ended up bushwhacking through the woods for a long time. This is a route I hope to do again, now that I know how to proceed.

From the Ridge, looking over Wild Basin, towards a peak whose name I cannot place right now.  

There was a bit of a trail, but nothing too impressive. 

Looking back up at the Ridge, from Lookout Mountain. those clouds came over me within 10 minutes of this pic.