2011 stats and other thoughts
Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2011 4:38 am
I thought I'd run a new thread of stats like I did last year. Feel free to include whatever you know or keep track of. Also throw in what mountains or whatever you enjoyed the most.
61k feet of elevation gain over 581 miles, which translates to a lot of flat approaches and lakes. I kinda wasted away the entire fall climbing season for school and didnt get in nearly enough big stuff due to a lot of early spring snow that threw me off for a month. Never really got in shape.
38 new summits in Larimer County, 2 in Mesa county, 2 in Clear Creek/Summit (?) 1 in Park, 1 in Lake.
4 14ers, 1 13er, 5 12ers, 8 11ers, lots of little stuff. 3 county highpoints
A few repeats here and there, so probably 45 mountains in total, and a couple of new lakes along the way.
I really enjoyed a few small peaks points and UNs around Larimer county, the best being Triangle mountain (good early season mountain) Stone Mountain, Oldman, Palisade and Olympus. UN 7778 and 5740 were nice. I also knocked off two private points with houses at night, which was a fun learning experience climbing in the dark.
My favorite big peaks were the Signal Mountains and Mount Sherman/Gemini Peak.
The most miserable experiences this year was Mount Massive after no sleep, then dehydration on the way back. Walking 3 miles above treeline in a lightning storm on Specimen Mountain sucked, as did the downpour at Chiquita Lake. The worst mountain on its own was UN 8540 for general suckiness. Mountain I expected to suck but wasn't bad was Bighorn mountain. Mountain I didnt expect to suck but did was Half Mountain about a week after Bighorn, funny how that happened.
Fun year
61k feet of elevation gain over 581 miles, which translates to a lot of flat approaches and lakes. I kinda wasted away the entire fall climbing season for school and didnt get in nearly enough big stuff due to a lot of early spring snow that threw me off for a month. Never really got in shape.
38 new summits in Larimer County, 2 in Mesa county, 2 in Clear Creek/Summit (?) 1 in Park, 1 in Lake.
4 14ers, 1 13er, 5 12ers, 8 11ers, lots of little stuff. 3 county highpoints
A few repeats here and there, so probably 45 mountains in total, and a couple of new lakes along the way.
I really enjoyed a few small peaks points and UNs around Larimer county, the best being Triangle mountain (good early season mountain) Stone Mountain, Oldman, Palisade and Olympus. UN 7778 and 5740 were nice. I also knocked off two private points with houses at night, which was a fun learning experience climbing in the dark.
My favorite big peaks were the Signal Mountains and Mount Sherman/Gemini Peak.
The most miserable experiences this year was Mount Massive after no sleep, then dehydration on the way back. Walking 3 miles above treeline in a lightning storm on Specimen Mountain sucked, as did the downpour at Chiquita Lake. The worst mountain on its own was UN 8540 for general suckiness. Mountain I expected to suck but wasn't bad was Bighorn mountain. Mountain I didnt expect to suck but did was Half Mountain about a week after Bighorn, funny how that happened.
Fun year