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Colorado: Climbing Mt. Princeton

Posted on June 25, 2012 by Bob Berwyn

Airy views of the Arkansas River Valley from this Collegiate Range peak

Mount Antero viewed from the ridge of Mount Princeton.

Story and photos by Kim Fenske

Mount Princeton, 14,197 feet, is one of my favorite mountains to climb. Perhaps, the symmetry of the peak appeals to me as the sun sets and casts the shadow of a magnificent pyramid across the Arkansas River Valley below.

The length of the hike from the ranch at the lower trailhead is an ideal fourteen miles. The start of the hike is a high-clearance road with a climb of 3.4 miles to 11,000 feet, where a few pads exist for dispersed camping.

Buena Vista in the Arkansas River Valley northeast of Mount Princeton.

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Colorado: Winter hiking in the Collegiate Range

Posted on January 15, 2012 by Bob Berwyn

High in the Rockies with Kim Fenske

Missouri Peak from Mount Belford.

Kin Fenske on the summit of Mt. Belford.

Story and photos by Kim Fenske

The Collegiate Peaks Wilderness Area comprises 168,000 acres of the Sawatch Range, including nine of the 14,000 foot peaks in Colorado. Fifty miles south of Copper Mountain, Missouri Gulch Trail ascends south from a trailhead parking area west of Clear Creek Reservoir. In winter, parking on one of several turn-outs along the road may be prudent due to steep, ice-covered grades before the trailhead parking area.

From the Missouri Gulch Trailhead, at 9,540 feet, a path leads across Clear Creek and ascends south in a series of switchbacks beside Missouri Gulch Creek. Along the way, a few tenths of a mile from the trailhead, the solitary grave site of an infant from the early mining days lies beside the trail.

The trail levels briefly, crossing over Missouri Gulch Creek to the eastern side of the valley. Nearly two thousand feet above the trailhead, the trail arrives at the dilapidated mining cabin of an Nineteenth Century miner named Joe Anderson. (more…)

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