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Quandary Peak! This was my eighth 14er to ascend in my humble outdoor
career. The adjacent photo of Quandary Peak was actually taken after the hike near
Hoosier Pass
while pulled over on State Highway 9. |
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Special thanks to Shannon
(His Twitter page: @QuickBooksUsers)
for coming along with me on this adventure.
I thought this was a nice shot of him as the sun's rays started to shine over the surrounding mountains.
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Adjacent is my first photo that I snapped above timberline.
Quandary Peak's summit can been seen out there to the left. My hiking partner Shannon and I traveled on the
standard route, with the trailhead not far from Highway 9 outside of Blue River. |
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Approaching the ridge before the final "grunt" to the top. |
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Amazingly, there were a few ptarmigans standing around near the trail! |
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It was such a beautiful morning with clear blue skies.
Adjacent are two photos of the scenery as we headed upward.
TOP: North Star Mountain in the foreground with
Mt. Lincoln, Mt. Cameron and Mt. Democrat
in the background from left to right.
BOTTOM: Almost to the summit. |
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Special thanks to Shannon Tucker (bottom two photos)
for accompanying me for this hike. We had a great time!
We began hiking at the trailhead at approximately 5:35 a.m.,
which beat the crowds and allowed us to have the Quandary Peak summit all to ourselves at 9:15 a.m.
TOP: Myself at the summit.
MIDDLE & BOTTOM: Shannon wandered a bit along the western ridge of the peak.
Both photos are fantastic scenery shots, aren't they? |
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Some of the views towards the general vicinity of north
including the town of Breckenridge (top), McCullough Gulch (2nd and 3rd) and Pacific Peak (4th).
Here are my other 14er pages:
Pikes Peak (2002)
Mt. Princeton (2004)
Mt. Democrat - Lincoln - Bross (2004)
Mt. Sherman (2004)
Mt. Yale (2006)
Mt. Yale (2007)
Mountain ascents after this one:
La Plata Peak
Mt. Sneffels
Mt. Elbert
Huron Peak
Mt. Princeton (2009)
South Elbert
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A few views facing the south of Quandary Peak.
The bottom photo, which includes Mt. Silverheels and Hoosier Pass is one I particularly like.
Here are some of my other pages in the vicinity of Quandary Peak:
Hoosier Pass (Summer)
Hoosier Pass (Winter)
Bike Breckenridge
Summit County
Alma
Kite Lake
Fremont Pass
Mayflower Gulch
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Facing east on Quandary Peak. |
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Here are two more interesting photos from the summit.
TOP: I zoomed-in to capture Pikes Peak way out
there faintly in the center.
Mt. Silverheels is the large peak in the foreground.
BOTTOM: I zoomed-in north towards Fairplay and the region known as
South Park in Park County. |
On the way down, I couldn't help but capture this photo
of some wildflowers with a pretty mountain in the background and the trail. :) |
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