Kuss Peak, Mosquito Peak, Treasurevault Mountain, Mount Tweto, Mount Evans B, London Mountain

Kuss Peak, Mosquito Peak, Treasurevault Mountain, Mount Tweto, Mount Evans B, London Mountain

Page Type Page Type: Trip Report
Location Lat/Lon: 39.28400°N / 106.158°W
Date Date Climbed/Hiked: Sep 9, 2007
Activities Activities: Hiking
Seasons Season: Summer

Stats

Peak Name
CO Rank
Elevation
Class
Kuss Peak
S
13548
2
Mosquito Peak
115
13781
2
Treasurevault Mountain
S
13701
2
Mount Tweto
162
13672
2
Mount Evans
204
13577
2
London Mountain
493
13194
2

Distance: ~12 miles
Elevation Gain: ~4000'

Kuss Peak

Dave Reed and I met in Golden at 4 am. We drove to Mosquito Pass and north along a road at its first intersection. The intersecting road was gated. We parked and began hiking at 6:06 am. We followed the road northeast, then abandoned it and started hiking directly towards the summit.

Mosquito Peak

We descended Kuss Peak's north ridge and climbed Mosquito Peak's south ridge. The terrain was easy second class talus. There was an incredible inversion; clouds spread far to the east and west of the Mosquito Range.

Mosquito Peak from Treasurevault Mountain

Treasurevault Mountain

We descended Mosquito Peak's north ridge and climbed Treasurevault Mountain's south ridge. I reached the summit at 6:56 am.

Mount Tweto

We descended Treasurevault Mountain's north ridge and ascended Mount Tweto's long, southwest ridge. I got to the summit at 7:41 am. There was a plaque near the summit honoring Mr. Tweto.

Mount Arkansas from Mount Tweto

Mount Evans

We descended Mount Tweto's southwest ridge. We reclimbed Treasurevault Mountain. I reached the summit at 8:43 am. We descended Treasurevault Mountain's south ridge and followed the road, arriving back at my Jeep at 9:21 am. We drove back to Mosquito Pass and slightly south along Mount Evans' north ridge. We continued hiking along its long ridge, reached the summit and returned to the Jeep at 11:18 am.

London Mountain

We drove to the base of London Mountain's west ridge. We hiked up the west ridge. This was the most interesting hiking of the day. We got snowed on briefly, reached the summit, finding a broken glass jar and descended our ascent route reaching the Jeep at 12:18 pm.

London Mountain from Treasurevault Mountain

Kuss Peak, Mosquito Peak, Treasurevault Mountain & Mount Tweto Map

Mount Evans B Map

London Mountain Map


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