a.foot hiking adventure | return to sawatch range

Join us for a Colorado adventure near Buena Vista and Leadville Colorado. Located in central Colorado, the upper Arkansas River Valley cuts through the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains. Here, you will find fifteen peaks over 14,000 feet in elevation and eight of the twenty highest peaks in the Rocky Mountains. This area is a crossroads for outdoor adventurers seeking hiking, climbing, fishing, rafting, off-roading and more. For those wanting to climb the Colorado fourteeners, there is no better place to bag multiple peaks in one long weekend.

Our focus will be the summit of La Plata Peak via the standard route (northwest ridge) near Twin Lakes and Independence Pass. If time permits, we might also:

• Hike to Lost Lake
• Explore Independence Pass
• Ghost town tour: St. Elmo, Vicksburg, Winfield, Hancock / Romely
• Soak at Princeton Hot Springs
• Have dinner in BV or Salida or Leadville
• Climb a second fourteener

I will research campsites near Twin Lakes. You can choose to arrange your own camping and/or lodging.

The group size will be limited to eight members (four from the a.foot New Mexico chapter and four from the a.foot Colorado chapter).

You will be placed on waiting list to be vetted. If you have not hiked or climbed with me before, be prepared to tell me your recent hiking experience and rate your current fitness level.