Another Weekend, Another Peak

This past weekend we headed out with Chad to tackle another 14er. For this trip, we woke up super early Saturday morning instead of camping on Friday night. We climbed Mt. Bierstadt, 14,060ft, which is one of the closest 14ers to Denver. We began the hike at 8:30 and finished close to 2. The hike was a class two climb, and was definitely harder then Quandry! There was snow the entire way up, which was mostly crunchy and had only a few deep spots. It was probably about 4-6 inches deep most of the way. It was an absolutely gorgeous day with the only weather problems being the wind on the way down. It was very intense and was contiuosly blowing snow in our faces (it stung!) so much so that you really had to turn away form the snow, pull your hood over your face and wait for the wind to die down so you could take a few steps and do it all over again. Once we got 1,000 feet or so from the ridgeline we were fine. And glissading got us down from the mountain in no time.



















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