I have a business trip to Denver next week, so I find myself with the opportunity to do some CO peaks over the next two weekends.
I was leaning originally towards doing some of the easier 14ers (cliche, I know, but indulge me), e.g. some of the ones that later in the summer might not be interesting enough to really motivate a trip out your way from CA. Of interest for the four days were the following:
- Grays/Torreys (by Kelso Ridge)
- Evans/Bierstadt (East Ridge/The Sawtooth traverse on Bierstadt, tagging Mt. Spalding too)
- Democrat (via North Ridge)/Cameron/Lincoln/Bross
- Quandary (preferably the Inwood Arete if I could find a partner and it's climbable without significant trouble at this time of year, the West Ridge otherwise)
Looks like the weather is not going to be that great this weekend, so I may end up bailing on some of those plans in favour of desert peaks down in New Mexico, but I haven't decided yet.
My questions are mostly whether this agends spread over two weekends and in particular via these routes is reasonably practical in early May, whether I'd be using snowshoes, axe/crampons, or both (as I'm assuming), etc. If anyone has alternative suggestions for worthwhile peaks around this time of year, I'd be all ears too.
Thanks.