With my free time dwindling down until next week when I start a new job, I decided to take my hiking partners for another long hike- this time heading south towards Fairplay to tackle a 14er and a 13er in the same day. The goal- Mt. Sherman at 14,036 and Mt. Sheridan at 13,748. With a slight mishap at the beginning (I forgot the dogs' leashes near one of the mines, forcing me to turn around and "re-hike" about 400 vertical), I'd say the total figures ended at around 7 miles r/t and 3,500 vert.
Looking up at an old mine at 13,000 feet, and Mt. Sherman to the right.
Another old mining house, just below the previous one:
One of the few drainage lakes in the area:
Looking across at the old mine- seriously, who built that thing at 13k feet?
Looking through the window of one ruin towards another:
And another...
Once up on the saddle, you can look north towards a second trailhead:
Another window shot:
My next goal in the area, Horseshoe Mtn:
Once back down towards the car, the light was a little better and I took this shot about 10 minutes before getting back:
The view to the southeast from the old mine. Yep, there were a lot of them in the area.
All done.... the dogs haven't moved since I got them back in the car.
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Vertical TR: One 14'er + One 13'er = Exhaustion
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Those are just wonderful. I kept thinking I'd found a favorite picture until I'd move onto the next one. They just kept getting better. I can't even choose which one I like best.
"Nothing changes if nothing changes."