The Eye

On July 4th, my brother and I climbed Mt Ouray. At an elevation of 13,979 feet, Mt. Ouray is 29 feet short of being a popular mountain. It is one of the Centennial Peaks of Colorado. Mt. Ouray is located at the southern end of the Sawatch Range near Salida. The trailhead is at Marshall Pass (10,846 ft) although there is not much of a trail up it. You basically just follow the ridge up. There was a bit of rock scrambling and the wind was blowing really hard on the hike up. I think the hardest part was just being out of shape. I haven’t done much hiking this year. We didn’t see anybody on the hike up. We had the summit to ourselves; however, we did see five going up on our way down. I'm guessing it was a busy day for the mountain since it was the 4th of July. I don’t think this mountain gets hike a lot. Here are the pictures.

View of Antora Peak after reaching the ridgeline

The route up Mt. Ouray

Jim on top of Mt. Ouray

Jim on top of Mt Ouray.  Antora Peak on the left

Brothers

Nap time.  Salida in the valley below

Looking towards Monarch Pass

Me

The Eye

Looking back at the route up  Mt Ouray