Spanish Peaks Trip

**Moving from May 10 to June 14 due to massive snowstorm.

Peak bagging is starting early this year! Let's head down to the beautiful (and hopefully snow-free) Spanish Peaks rising high above the dusty expanse of the San Isabel National Forest in Southern Colorado. This will be a 1-night 2-day trip with a restaurant meal in La Veta followed by car camping at the Sunday trailhead.

Saturday - Let's find a good place to meet early in the morning, maybe 7am. There's an RTD park n ride at Park Meadows, for example. From there it's about a 2hr45min drive to the lower trailhead of East Spanish Peak. Plan to walk about 2.1 miles each way on the bumpy road before reaching the official 4wd trailhead. This will make it a 14 mile, 4,700 vertical hike to the top at 12,688 ft. The trail will peter out and leave us with some scree and rock to walk on up the ridge, but it shouldn't get technical. After completing the hike, we'll drive back down to the town of La Veta and get a hot meal somewhere. Looks like there's several palatable options. Then we'll drive up to Cordova Pass Campground where Sunday's hike begins.

route:
Explore East Spanish Peak | AllTrails
Explore Evening hike | AllTrails

Sunday - Wake up, pack up our stuff, quick bite. Then we'll just do the standard route up West Spanish to the 13,631 ft summit. Then we'll drive home. Easy enough.

route:
West Spanish Peak Trail, Colorado - 674 Reviews, Map | AllTrails

Put yourself on the waitlist and let's chat about skill level and departure time and things before we add you.