Need an easy summit to hike with a dog this week
Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2012 9:55 pm
Every year on my birthday I climb an easy class I or II 14er. A few months ago I adopted a dog and we've been hiking a lot. We've hiked up to 10 miles of easy flat trails so far, and up to 6 miles of intermediate trails, and have gone as high as 10,300 feet in elevation, so I think this year instead of doing a 14er solo, I rather do an easy summit hike with my dog.
The only easy summits that I can think of that allow dogs are Lily Mountain near Estes Park and Grey Rock west of Fort Collins but I've already done each of of those twice. I was hoping for a summit 10,500 -12,000 tall and an easy to intermediate trail around 5-6 miles long with not much scree or scrambling required. An internet search came up with nothing and my birthday is on Wednesday and I still have no idea where we are going so I'm hoping that someone can throw some ideas at me. I'm willing to drive up to 100 miles to do this hike and do some camping.
Here are some pics of my doggie on some of our hikes to give you an idea the kind of trails we've been doing. He's a pretty tough terrier
The only easy summits that I can think of that allow dogs are Lily Mountain near Estes Park and Grey Rock west of Fort Collins but I've already done each of of those twice. I was hoping for a summit 10,500 -12,000 tall and an easy to intermediate trail around 5-6 miles long with not much scree or scrambling required. An internet search came up with nothing and my birthday is on Wednesday and I still have no idea where we are going so I'm hoping that someone can throw some ideas at me. I'm willing to drive up to 100 miles to do this hike and do some camping.
Here are some pics of my doggie on some of our hikes to give you an idea the kind of trails we've been doing. He's a pretty tough terrier