An Astronomer Hikes off of Loveland Pass

Опубликовано: 13 Ноябрь 2024
на канале: Garrison Turner

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This was my hike, Aug. 20th, 2023. The second slide of the movie is a map of my route. The black dot is the parking lot, and the purple arrows represent the route to Pt. 12,500, across the pass to Cupid and then finally Grizzly, and the green arrows are the route from Grizzly back to the car. The yellow circle represents Cupid Peak. Cupid has an elevation of 13,100 ft and Grizzly is 13,300ft.

This was a fairly grueling day, although there are more experienced hikers/those in better shape who continue from Grizzly to do Torreys and/or Grays. This is a doable route, but it does require quite a bit of elevation gain both ways, not just elevation gain up and then descending as is typical with many 13er and 14er peaks.

I've also put names on some of the notable peaks in case you find yourself hiking off of Loveland Pass and are interested in what's around.

Map image credit belongs to Gaia GPS and OpenStreetMap (OSM). Route is my own.

Music is original.