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I agree. any where in the weminuche (sp?) wilderness or the uncompahgre wilderness in the san juans would be totally worth the drive. I would suggest the elk mountains but they're pretty well snowed in at this point still. but you could start somewhere near aspen and bring your skis...

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Oh yea love that place been there at least 10 times

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I have heard about the wemuiche or however you spell it. Do you have anywhere specific besides the elk mountains? (I ski every weekend cuz A bay is still open so not really looking to ski.) Thanks for any info

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Wow, I'm fucking embarrassed that I didn't know about this. No joke, going tomorrow morning. Thanks bro!

I was going to say Durango-Silverton, that's a great time.

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Holy shit! That place is ill.

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go to boulder hike the flat irons then go back to town at night and get shwasted

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Sorry to thread jack (Looks like op found his place anyways). What do you colorado residents think of the durango area, more specifically pagosa springs. My dad just moved out there a month ago and im gonna go visit him later in july.

Just curious what the place is like. It looks beautiful and i am looking forward to experiencing the rugged side of colorado, also how is the skiing?

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Yea make sure you dont just stop at the lake go up another 15 minutes or so to the source its a waterfall shooting out of a cave no joke its soooooo dope. Oh and the lake the water is so clear you can see every single trout in the whole damn lake in detail.

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oh yea and i think i am just gonna take the gore range trail back to the west side of buffalo will post up results if i go there also thinking of going into one of the drainage valleys that meet up with vail valley

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Hike the DemoCamoLicolnBross 14er trail near Alma. I'd post pics but I'm busy studying. Camp at 12,000 feet and get 4 (well, techincally 3) 14ers done in 7miles. Lots of elevation gain/loss though.

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Wolf Creek, which is right outside of pagosa is an awesome ski area. They get 500 inches of pow a year, and nobody goes there so the pow stays around.

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im not sure of how much snow is left down there but the san juans did not get hit as hard this year as the northern mountains. either the middle cimarron or west cimarron valleys are both amazing places that are not very crowded. Closest and easiest access for you would be to go down to Gunnison and take a 20 mile dirt road (cimarron road *not little cimarron*) between Gunni and Montrose up past silver jack reservoir. Honestly these valleys are amazing and the mountains down that way are sick compared to whats around summit county. Not to mention there are some sick rock formations that you dont see anywhere else in the state. I think the middle fork would be awesome for a overnight trip as it puts you up into the uncompahgre basin and there are a lot of waterfalls along the way. But the west fork is great too because you get to stare at coxcomb peak the whole way up the valley. if you need any more info let me know id be happy to tell you what i can

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gateway to the coolest mountains in colorado. Check out the weminuche wilderness and the needles range of mountains. Silverton one way and wolf creek and telluride the other so great skiing.
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fuck sorry for the triple

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dammit!

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if you're up for a steep hike into some extreme alpine do shavano/tabeguache (also a 14er). it's outside salida.

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im sorry but that is the fucking worst hike ever. way too crowded, its like the I-70 of hiking trails. sure you can tag 4 14ers in a day (more like a morning) but you have to deal with hundred of other gaper hikers from denver.

check this out. cimarron valley TR.

http://www.14ers.com/php14ers/tripreport.php?trip=8599

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i saw 4 other people when i hiked them last summer in mid june. 99% of the time, the only person I could see/hear was the girl I went with.

also, the 14ers you posted are really technical and the OP asked for a "chill hike", not a class 5 climb to get to the peak.

*not trying to hate, just saying*

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Hell yeah, you won't regret it! Obviously it can get kind of touristy because it's right off I-70, but I've been there before with only one other car parked there to hike (never even saw them) so it's really give or take. It's one of those places that you have to see living in Colorado regardless of it being touristy or not though, you know? I guarantee you will go back. It's definitely one of those "this isn't even real" places. Pics don't even do it justice.

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I love hiking! Havn't done anything big in a while but im leaving this afternoon for a 3 day trip to Mt. Washington (highest point in the NE) should be fun!

Havn't seen snow in so long too ;)

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isn't that the peak that has the highest recorded wind speed?

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yea it is, and the coldest or one of the coldest temperatures ever recorded. It's currently 37 degrees fehreinheit (sp) at the top. which people were skiing last week. I wish i could right now, but im just hiking. I'l take pics with my shitty camera and put them in this thread later on!

A couple trails are still closed because of snow/ice

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go get a backpack on hte way there and hike that shit witch'yo skis!

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haha good idea!

But i'll be wearing my NS hat hiking, so i hope to see some fellow diehard NSers there. SKIING THE EAST!

http://www.mountwashington.org/photos/galleries/?g=23 look at this last pic, such a nice picture.

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wow i went in june and Ive never seen so many people, thats cool though. also Uncompahgre and its neighbor 14er Wetterhorn are not class 5 hikes and neither is the approach. Wetterhorn definitely has class 3 crux but thats it. its basically just like climbing a set of steep exposed stairs for a hundred feet. Uncompahgre is not nearly as bad and the standard route is class 2 just like the 14ers you posted. The approach is really mellow too and there are a lot more sights to see and places to explore for a backpacking trip than the LincoDemoBross area. Besides its unique and NOTHING like the front range mountains where he lives. The San Juans are called the Alps of Colorado for a reason.

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That sounds awesome, but he wanted something closer to Summit County. I need to go back to the San Juans, only been down there once to ski Silverton/Monarch. I just need a backpacking backpack and to meet more people who are down for spontaneous adventures.

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im hiking mt. sneffles for the first time this summer.. pretty stoked should be dope.

also op there is some nice backpacking around lake city (just south of gunnison) in between there and sliverton just hiking around the san juan forrest.

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nice! thats on my list too as well as Coxcomb Peak and Vestal Peak down in the san juans.

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god damn i cant wait to get out there and start hiking! I'm only gonna have like three or four days or so in pagosa because im going to be looking at schools for the majority of the time. I will try and get like three or four days of exploring in

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Keep posting 14ers i am just looking for a chill hike to backpack i also what to know your favorite 14ers. I have done grays and torreys, some other weird one and another but i cant remeber the name. HOw about your favorite hikes around summit? Kinda regional but i wanna know whether there is somewhere i missed in my 15 years here. GEt all up in this thread locals. My personal favorites for like hour long excercise are lower portion of buffalo North ten mile anything on oro grande "mountain" (more like a hill) Ptarmagin mountain and some of the stuff off boreas.

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holy fuck im going there.

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that's absolutely beautiful I wish I lived out near there :c one day

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those mountains are more in between durango and silverton but i think pagosa has some cool shit, just not quite as close.

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Love the Hanging lake, it's been a tradition for as long as I can remember to go there every summer.

Also if you're into 14ers check out http://www.14ers.com, Mt. Elbert is actually a really easy climb, and you get the joy of summiting the highest peak in colo.

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