The hike for this post happened on August 26, 2017. I did a hike that took me above Browns Pass in the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness. I started at Denny Creek Trailhead on Cottonwood Pass Road. The trailhead was packed with cars because it is also the trailhead for Mt. Yale. Most people were doing that hike. I followed the Browns Pass Trail to Browns Pass on the Continental Divide. Browns Pass is just above treeline. It had some nice views, but I still felt like going. So I took the Kroenke Lake Trail east up a ridge that took me to a higher point on the Divide.
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| Browns Pass |
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| At Browns Pass |
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| Looking back on the Browns Pass Trail |
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| The trail up to a saddle on the Continental Divide. View of Mt. Harvard |
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| At a saddle on the Continental Divide |
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| The Three Apostles (up high) and Texas Creek (below) |
At a saddle on the Continental Divide, the trail drops down to Kroenke Lake on the Atlantic side of the divide. I did not go to the lake. I took in the views of the mountains that surrounded me. I decided to climb a little higher. There was an unnamed peak to the south. I decided to climb that to get an even better view. I was not disappointed. The view was great. I picked out several 14ers. I stayed on top for a while. I had it to myself. It was a fun little hike.
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| Unnamed Peak that I decided to climb |
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| Mt. Yale |
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| Approaching the top of the Unnamed Peak |
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| Looking down on Browns Pass |
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| Hartenstein Lake, Turner Peak, and the route I took is below |
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| Mt. Harvard, Mt Columbia, & Kroenke Lake |
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| Mt. Harvard & Mt. Columbia |
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| The Three Apostles and Huron Peak |
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| Mt. Yale and Mt. Princeton |
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| Mt. Princeton, Mt Antero, Mt. Shavano, & Tabeguache Peak |
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| Mt. Columbia, Kroenke Lake, an unnamed pond. |
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| Me. Mt. Harvard and Mt. Columbia |
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| Missouri Mountain, Mt. Belford, Mt. Oxford, Mt. Harvard, & Mt. Columbia |
