Total Mileage: 248.4
What can brown do for you? For me, not much.
I made it to the Viking lodge at 6:30 pm Monday night, expecting a UPS package with shoes, shorts, and a headlamp. It was supposed to be there on Saturday. I waited until 1 pm the next day then rushed to one outfitter and bought shoes and another for the right headlamp. Saw “Mogley” who I had hiked with a couple days before. Got a ride up to the pass by a carpenter named Jeremy, and started out at 2pm.
I hiked late and slept in a parking lot near I-70. The next morning, walked the 3 miles up the dirt road to Grays Peak trailhead. First 14er! Took 90 minutes to reach the summit. Quick breakfast and down the saddle and up and over Mt Edwards Peak. Stalked by mountain goats I knocked out the Argentine-Spine with less that half a liter of H20 in the middle of the day.
Resupplied in Breckenridge the next day. Briefly hung out with some A.T. ’15 buddies (Guru and No One) and took off. Collegiate West around Twin lakes and up and over Hope Pass.
Met and hiked with “Pinkman” and arrived at Monarch Pass on Monday. Quick resupply and into Gunnison Wilderness.
Ready for the San Juans!
