My 1st 14er

[Mick-Boy]

Congratulations. getting up high and topping off hills is addictive. Pretty soon you'll be looking at the sky line and wondering what the world looks like from the top of every thing you see.

[xring]

The only REAL way to do a 14er is to start at sea level.

C

Screw that Climbing 10k mt jefferson in OR from 3k(I think) hurt me bad enough! freakin sea level air is too thick to breath

[patrick0685]

We went up to do Greys/Torreys earlier this summer. We parked right where the cars started, figuring the lot was full, and it must be just up the road. After pulling up GPS on the way back down, to see just how dumb we were: We started at 8000ft, instead of 11,000ft, and added an extra 4 miles each direction to the trip. We were pretty pissed when we finally reached the base and realized just how much energy we wasted.

We made it to 13,500 and turned around because a storm was fast approaching. Can't say I wasn't glad, I was dead. Can't wait to try again sans 8 miles and 6000 feet round trip. We

I almost made that mistake but luckly kept driving and found the real parking lot, when we got to the top there were a bunch of sheep on an adjacent peak that was cool to see

[Irving]

I didn't make it all the way to the top of Harvard the time I tried. It was a disappointment for sure.

[Tinelement]

Congrats!

I've done 5 of them. Lots of fun and you can't beat the scenery from there!

Which one ya doing next?

[J]

P.S. Anytime you go up a 14er, grab a Which Wich sandwich order bag, and take a picture at the summit marker with you and the bag. They will give you a free sandwich of your choice if you bring it in.

[patrick0685]

P.S. Anytime you go up a 14er, grab a Which Wich sandwich order bag, and take a picture at the summit marker with you and the bag. They will give you a free sandwich of your choice if you bring it in.

nice tip

[Snowman78]

Congrats!

I've done 5 of them. Lots of fun and you can't beat the scenery from there!

Which one ya doing next?

The view is great! not sure on the next one yet

[Snowman78]

P.S. Anytime you go up a 14er, grab a Which Wich sandwich order bag, and take a picture at the summit marker with you and the bag. They will give you a free sandwich of your choice if you bring it in.

One person in our group had a bag and we got a pic for her!

[mcantar18c]

Gray's, Torry's, Lincoln, Democrat, Bross, Evans, Bierstadt Pikes Peak, Pyramid Peak, the Maroon Bells... lots of great hikes/climbs within a couple hour's drive. Man I miss CO.
One of my favorite hikes is starting at the Summit Lake (Mt. Evans) parking lot, go down the chutes into the valley past the Chicago Lakes and then up Mt Goliath and back.

These are the chutes...

Takes you down into this valley, Mt Goliath is down at the end of the valley there on the right, then you ride the saddles back...