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After climbing Mt. Shiktau
this morning, I met with Jeff Christlieb to drive together from Idaho Springs to the Mt. Evans Scenic Byway. It was a full day!
Adjacent is the road not far past the entrance gate, located south of Idaho Springs. |
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Approaching timberline. |
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When I snapped this photo, I said,
"My standards are so high, but I know these kinds of pictures would seem amazing to people in places like
Kansas and
Texas." :)
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Looking down toward Echo Lake. |
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Onward we continued. The Chicago Lakes Basin is the deep valley on the right. |
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We passed many bicyclists. Thanks in advance for passing them with care.
Mt. Evans Road is not the kind of road that you'd want to speed and be in a rush anyway. |
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Coming closer toward Summit Lake. |
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We walked to the northeast edge of Summit Lake (adjacent) to enjoy the view of the Chicago Lakes,
Mt. Spalding and Gray Wolf Mountain. The latter two are 13ers that I intend to climb sometime. :)
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A shot of the road cut as we began the final switchback area to the top of Mt. Evans.
Interestingly, those two small "bumps" are Colorado 13ers: Mt. Warren (13,307') and Mt. Rogers (13,391'). |
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This road is paved all the way to the top! |
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Turning on one of many switchbacks. |
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The parking lot was packed. After all, we were visiting on a Sunday afternoon in the summer.
This experience reminded me a lot of the Pikes Peak Highway. |
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I'm not kidding ... a lot of people were on the mountain. |
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Near the top, the view of the parking lot and weather observatory below.
It was so great to be back on Mt. Evans, especially since last week I
hiked this peak from Guanella Pass. |
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Looking toward Mt. Bierstadt (left) and West Evans (right). |
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A nice view of Summit Lake from Mt. Evans. |
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Myself and Jeff. The last time Jeff and I met was in 2003, when we hiked
Red Mountain in Manitou Springs. :)
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