12 miles of hiking • 6750' elevation gain •
Drove out Saturday evening and camped at the trailhead. 4am start on the trail - no snow for the first couple of miles. Lots of meltout compared to when I was last here two years ago. There wasn't as much of a staircase up to Piker's Peak as the last time. Summit around 10:30 or so, followed by at least 4000 ft of glissading, basically summit to snow line. First time on a Flying Carpet - the trip from Piker's down to the Lunch Counter was 2000 ft in about 5 minutes, tops. A lovely day with a lovely lady on a mountain.
Comments
Bosterson
July 18, 2013
Normal south climb route, but we did it as a dayhike.
daniela makowski
July 22, 2013
awesome
daniela makowski
July 17, 2013
did you camp at lunch conunter? or is this a different route?