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curt
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Post by curt »

Looking for a "fun" hike this weekend-was planning on Ice house to Timber, but looks like snow-so I need something else-will be going with daughter-last weekend was 7 miles with 3,000 ft elevation gain-think this was her Max, so something similar-was thinking possibly Strawberry peak Or? Thanks everyone!
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Post by Sean »

I just did Icehouse last night. There was a couple inches of snow at the saddle. It might not be completely gone by Saturday.

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You should consider Eaton Saddle to Brown Mountain. One of my favorite front range hikes. It's about 8 miles RT, but some of that is easy, flat fire road.
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Eaton Saddle to Brown is an inverted hike overall - which means you are generally losing elevation the first half and gaining elevation the second half. It also involves some cross-country/use trail travel instead of maintained trails.

Eaton Saddle to Mt. Lowe, then to San Gabriel and Mt. Disappointment makes a nice little peak bagging outing. Throw in Markham and Deception to make it a 5 peak affair.
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Post by curt »

5 peaks? do you know the miles & elevation? this sounds "intriguing!"
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curt wrote: 5 peaks? do you know the miles & elevation? this sounds "intriguing!"
A good reference...
http://www.simpsoncity.com/hiking/sangabriel.html

If you do just Lowe, Markham, and San Gabriel, it's about 1800' total gain. and about 6 to 7 miles I think. Disappointment would add maybe 200' gain and another 1/2 mile or so. Deception would add maybe 500' and a mile to that. Just rough guesses. Do your own math :)

Enjoy.
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