W***n
发帖数: 11530 | 1 Windom Peak
San Juan Mountains, CO
Score: 85 Miles: 20 Elevation Change: 11,600 feet X Factor: Violent
thunderstorms
Once you commit to Windom, there's no dawdling over views: In summer, the
lightning risk is so great that climbers should top out by 11 a.m. That isn'
t easy, given the 10-mile, 5,800-foot hump through increasingly thin air to
the precarious 14,082-foot summit. You'll likely hear the clock ticking as
you maneuver through a talus field halfway up, solve off-trail scrambling
and route-finding problems, and tackle the crux: a brutal ascent from
Chicago Basin to the summit that climbs 2,900 feet in just under 2 miles.
Wind, hail, and snow often enter the picture, even in summer, and then there
are the daunting logistics. Windom lies deep in the heart of the San Juans,
part of the aptly named Needle Mountains, so it's tougher than most 14ers
to bag in a day. In fact, you'll need to catch an 1880s steam locomotive
that follows the Animas River Canyon just to get to the trailhead, then camp
nearby (no hardship-it's lovely aspen country) for the compulsory alpine
start. Contact: San Juan National Forest, (970) 247-4874; www.fs.fed.us/-r2/
sanjuan; Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, (970) 247-2733; www.
durangotrain.com
hahaha | s*****n
发帖数: 617 | 2 Miles: 20 Elevation Change: 11,600 feet: 这是从哪儿开始啊? Silverton? | W***n
发帖数: 11530 | 3
I guess counted from Needleton.
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: Miles: 20 Elevation Change: 11,600 feet: 这是从哪儿开始啊? Silverton?
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