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Moody Peaks
United States
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 27 มี.ค. 2008
Moody Peaks = Brian & Christine Moody.
Icefield Pass & Beyond - Rocky Mountain National Park
We hiked beyond Icefield Pass to Rowe Peak, Rowe Mountain, 'Gibraltar Mountain', 'Middle No Name', and 'Little No Name' in the Rocky Mountain National Park on August 31st, 2024
GPS Data
13 hours and 37 minutes
21.2 miles
5432 ft of Elevation Gain
GPS Data
13 hours and 37 minutes
21.2 miles
5432 ft of Elevation Gain
มุมมอง: 328
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Mount Cirrus & Howard Mountain - Rocky Mountain National Park
มุมมอง 19921 วันที่ผ่านมา
We hiked Mount Cirrus & Howard Mountain in the Rocky Mountain National Park on August 17th, 2024 GPS Data 13 hours and 31 minutes 18 miles 5300 ft of Elevation Gain
Isolation Peak & Mahana Peak - Rocky Mountain National Park
มุมมอง 299หลายเดือนก่อน
We hiked Isolation Peak & Mahana Peak in the Rocky Mountain National Park on August 3rd, 2024 GPS Data 13 hours and 22 minutes 18 miles 5438 ft of Elevation Gain
Hagues Peak - Rocky Mountain National Park
มุมมอง 422หลายเดือนก่อน
We hiked Hagues Peak in the Rocky Mountain National Park on July 27th, 2024 GPS Data 12 hours and 46 minutes 19.7 miles 5603 ft of Elevation Gain
Gabletop Mountain & More - Rocky Mountain National Park
มุมมอง 358หลายเดือนก่อน
We hiked Gabletop Mountain, Knobtop Mountain, and Ptarmigan Point in the Rocky Mountain National Park on July 20th, 2024 GPS Data 9 hours and 42 minutes 13.75 miles 4035 ft of Elevation Gain
Desolation Peaks - Rocky Mountain National Park
มุมมอง 526หลายเดือนก่อน
We hiked Desolation Peaks in the Rocky Mountain National Park on July 13th, 2024 GPS Data 8 hours and 30 minutes 10.2 miles 3550 ft of Elevation Gain
Hiamovi Mountain & Mount Irving Hale - Arapaho National Forest (Indian Peaks Wilderness)
มุมมอง 2072 หลายเดือนก่อน
We hiked Hiamovi Mountain & Mount Irving Hale in the Indian Peaks Wilderness inside of the Arapaho National Forest on June 26th, 2024 GPS Data 10 hours and 45 minutes 14 miles 4900 ft of Elevation Gain
Medicine Bow Peak - Medicine Bow National Forest
มุมมอง 1093 หลายเดือนก่อน
We hiked Medicine Bow Peak in the Medicine Bow National Forest, Wyoming on June 1st, 2024 GPS Data 5 hours and 13 minutes 6.7 miles 2050 feet of Elevation Gain
Lookout Mountain - Roosevelt National Forest
มุมมอง 903 หลายเดือนก่อน
We hiked Lookout Mountain in the Roosevelt National Forest, Colorado on May 26th, 2024 GPS Data 6 hours and 40 minutes 12.6 miles 3950 feet of Elevation Gain
Palisade Mountain - Roosevelt National Forest
มุมมอง 1314 หลายเดือนก่อน
We hiked Palisade Mountain in the Roosevelt National Forest, Colorado on April 13th, 2024 GPS Data 2 hours and 48 minutes 2.7 miles 1024 feet of Elevation Gain
Alexander Mountain - Roosevelt National Forest
มุมมอง 1535 หลายเดือนก่อน
We hiked Alexander Mountain off of US Hwy 34 in the Roosevelt National Forest, Colorado on March 30th, 2024 GPS Data 4 hours and 24 minutes 3.1 miles 1950 ft of Elevation Gain
Triangle Mountain - Roosevelt National Forest
มุมมอง 915 หลายเดือนก่อน
We hiked Triangle Mountain off of CR 43 in the Roosevelt National Forest, Colorado on March 30th, 2024 GPS Data 2 hours and 30 minutes 3.2 miles 1600 ft of Elevation Gain
Stone Mountain - Roosevelt National Forest
มุมมอง 1475 หลายเดือนก่อน
We hiked Stone Mountain from the Round Mountain National Recreation trailhead in the Roosevelt National Forest on March 23rd, 2024 GPS Data 5 hours and 20 minutes 8.5 miles 2660 ft of Elevation Gain
Battle Mountain - Rocky Mountain National Park
มุมมอง 2796 หลายเดือนก่อน
We hiked Battle Mountain in the Rocky Mountain National Park on March 9th, 2024 GPS Data 6 hours and 16 minutes 8.1 miles 2690 ft of Elevation Gain
Crosier Mountain - Roosevelt National Forest
มุมมอง 1206 หลายเดือนก่อน
We hiked Crosier Mountain from the Gravel Pit/Rainbow trailhead in the Roosevelt National Forest, Colorado on February 18th, 2024 GPS Data 4 hours and 33 minutes 7.9 miles 2626 ft of Elevation Gain
McGregor Mountain - Rocky Mountain National Park
มุมมอง 1808 หลายเดือนก่อน
McGregor Mountain - Rocky Mountain National Park
Estes Cone - Rocky Mountain National Park
มุมมอง 3488 หลายเดือนก่อน
Estes Cone - Rocky Mountain National Park
Fall Mountain - Rocky Mountain National Park
มุมมอง 4869 หลายเดือนก่อน
Fall Mountain - Rocky Mountain National Park
Castle Mountain - Rocky Mountain National Park
มุมมอง 1839 หลายเดือนก่อน
Castle Mountain - Rocky Mountain National Park
Rams Horn Mountain - Roosevelt National Forest
มุมมอง 5549 หลายเดือนก่อน
Rams Horn Mountain - Roosevelt National Forest
Bighorn Mountain - Rocky Mountain National Park
มุมมอง 22310 หลายเดือนก่อน
Bighorn Mountain - Rocky Mountain National Park
Flatiron Mountain - Rocky Mountain National Park
มุมมอง 24810 หลายเดือนก่อน
Flatiron Mountain - Rocky Mountain National Park
Ramsey Peak & More - Rocky Mountain National Park
มุมมอง 48010 หลายเดือนก่อน
Ramsey Peak & More - Rocky Mountain National Park
'The Electrode' & More - Rocky Mountain National Park
มุมมอง 28910 หลายเดือนก่อน
'The Electrode' & More - Rocky Mountain National Park
Mummy Mountain - Rocky Mountain National Park
มุมมอง 50611 หลายเดือนก่อน
Mummy Mountain - Rocky Mountain National Park
Ouzel Peak - Rocky Mountain National Park
มุมมอง 26911 หลายเดือนก่อน
Ouzel Peak - Rocky Mountain National Park
Comanche Peak - Rocky Mountain National Park
มุมมอง 23511 หลายเดือนก่อน
Comanche Peak - Rocky Mountain National Park
Mount Stratus - Rocky Mountain National Park
มุมมอง 339ปีที่แล้ว
Mount Stratus - Rocky Mountain National Park
Chiefs Head Peak - Rocky Mountain National Park
มุมมอง 446ปีที่แล้ว
Chiefs Head Peak - Rocky Mountain National Park
Neat! Never been over there, looks epic.
Y'all have been doing some super long day hikes recently. I'm not surprised there's no one else out there. I haven't seen any other videos with those 5 peaks. Very unique, thanks.
We didn't see one other person out there all day, even on the Stormy Peaks trail section. When we started hiking RMNP years ago our original goal was to try to hike to every mountain summit within our ability at least once. At this point the only hikes we have left to attempt are all the hard ones. We have prepared as much as we could and these are still pushing us past our limits. It is far out there but the Icefield Pass area was awesome.
VERY impressive feat!!!
Thank you! We pushed ourselves past our limits once again and definitely felt this hike for several days after, but the memories will last a lifetime!
Whoa! 5 BOOMS is one video! Hell yeah!!! 🤘
It took a long time to get them all, but somehow we made it there and back alive, and with very sore ankles, lol.
That's was quite the adventure. Loved seeing the lakes below, especially Rowe Lake and it's glacier. My legs hurt from watching your video.
The Icefield Pass area and views from the summits were amazing. It was a very long trek and tough hike no doubt. My ankles, feet, and toes were not happy for the next two days at least.
You two are a couple of beasts!! Great video, epic scenery!!
Lol, we did question our sanity many times, but it was a lot of fun and just gorgeous!!
Thank you for the compliment! The Icefield Pass area was beautiful. It took us a lot of hiking experiences to build up to these insane crazy long hikes. If you are interested, our past hikes list, or The Books as we call it, go to the Community tab on our TH-cam page and I have our hikes listed there. You can see what we have done to work up to this.
@@MoodyPeaks I keep up with your “books” it’s very impressive!! Can’t wait to see what’s next!
@@1985cnote I was up there doing Stormy Peaks the day before you, it’s incredible up there!!
@@hikeit6006oh that's so awesome and glad you had a great time! We made the mistake of doing that hike way too late in the season and ended up becoming humancicles!!! 😂 😂 😂😂
That is awesome, I tried it today coming from the unnamed peak to the east but it got to steep
Isolation is a favorite. Totally isolated.
Good Route reading, good time for all the scrambling, nice video shots
Thank you! I love the challenge of route finding, it is one of my favorite parts of a hike.
Hello! Sweet Video. Leaving a sub hope to see more!
Thank you for the sub! Hope you enjoy our future hiking adventures coming out, and also our older videos on here too. We are trying our best to show the way to help inspire others if they are interested in attempting any of the Rocky Mountain National Park hikes.
@@MoodyPeaks Looking forward to it! Full support for another explorer!!! 🤗🤗❤️❤️
Nice! Nothing beats finding your own way through the boulders and scree. An adventure every time. 🤘
You know it! We are going to make it one way or the other. 🤘
What a grueling hike, on top of the long drive to the trailhead. I saw a video where Nick Sangetta hiked to the Lake of the Clouds and I thought that was tough; all you guys did was add two mountains on top of that.
It was a long day but very worth the trek, nothing was too difficult, just a big endurance test. We only saw one other group camping in Hitchens Gulch the whole day and we got the lake and both summits to ourselves. The smarter way to hike those would be to camp first lol, but we prefer to do day hikes and just go home instead, and adding in that drive makes a super long day. But that is an adventure I'll never forget as are a lot of these long day hikes. We both love the Never Summer Mountains and it was our first hike in them for this season/year. Last year we bagged Mount Stratus and two years ago we got Mount Nimbus & Red Mountain, and a different hike we got Mt. Richthofen from La Poudre Pass trailhead.
That is one of my favorites in the park. I have never taken the standard saddle route because I didn't like the look of that scree. Instead, after reaching the Lake of the Clouds, I ascended the east ridge of Cirrus just to the lake's northwest. There is one brief steep/loose section to get to the ridge, at which point, it becomes solid class 2 until ~12400'. At that point, there is a brief easy section of low-exposure class 3, then the class 2 resumes to the summit. From Howard, I once dropped into the drainage to the southeast where Pinnacle Pool is located. That descent is _very_ steep and loose, and the bushwhack back to Grand Ditch Road is non-trivial since that area has no trails and is all rock glacier or dense forest.
Wow, that sounds epic!! Thanks for sharing!
The way you went up sounds like the way we were first heading up going to the lake but you kept going that way on the east ridge of Cirrus while we turned and went straight to the lake instead. We overshot the lake a little bit on our way up, but on the way down we found the waterfall drainage and cairns which was an easy path. I honestly thought the scree was going to be worse on the standard saddle route, but it really wasn't too bad, just needed to slide some on the way back down it. The steep section is only at the very top getting up/down the saddle, the rest of it was just a walk up. Nothing has ever been worse than trying to go up to Mt. Richthofen from Lake Agnes, that is by far the worst scree I have ever faced. We spent a long long time getting up to that saddle from Lake Agnes, and by the time we did, we got turned around by rain and didn't make it after all that work. I'd never do that route again due to the large amount of loose scree up that route, it's loose the whole way up, from Lake Agnes to the saddle! We later successfully bagged Mt. Richthofen from the La Poudre Pass trailhead heading into Skeleton Gulch, now that was a fun hike up to the top. The scree up to that saddle between Cirrus/Howard was nothing compared to that Agnes route in my opinion.
@@MoodyPeaks To be clear, I'm not sure if that entire east ridge on Cirrus is easy class 3 -- the lower section (at and below lake level) looks like it might be worse than the what I encountered at 12400'. Good to know the saddle route isn't as bad as it looks though! On Richthofen via Agnes, the trick is to do it on snow in early July (it's often been my 4th of July hike). If you're comfortable on snow, I'd recommend that to avoid the scree! The only complication can be on high snow years near the summit, it might get sketchy to get through any remaining snow, but most years, that section is clear even if the bowl leading up to the saddle is in deep snow.
@@alquinn8576 Excellent advice on the Agnes route, thank you for the trip reports. If you ever go hike that area again, I guarantee you will have no issues going up that saddle between Cirrus/Howard. I also wanted to pick your brain as I believe you have extensive experience in the park. A side quest I've had since we've started RMNP hiking is to summit the 4 cloud peaks in the Never Summer Mountains. Two years ago we got Mt. Nimbus with Red Mountain, a year ago we got Mount Stratus, and this year we got Mount Cirrus. The only cloud peak left is Mount Cumulus. Do you have any experience or advice on making the summit of that peak? The only information I have is the route described in the Lisa Foster RMNP book at the moment.
@@MoodyPeaks Yes! I went up Cumulus 9/2/22 (I still have the Garmin track in my history). I found it subjectively to be the hardest cloud peak, though I may not have been 100% when I climbed and I'm not sure my route was the best... I stared from Co River TH up to Grand Ditch where I headed south towards Red mountain. After crossing Opposition Creek on the road and as I approached Red mountain, the Grand Ditch becomes a tunnel (the ditch is covered over) and that's where I crossed and started heading west. I wanted to avoid the forest, so I stayed on talus south of Opposition Creek until I finally crossed it at a high meadow at ~11250'. I continued west on the north side of Opposition until ~11700', then turned directly towards the summit. I didn't like the ascent route (too much talus!) so I went east and then northeast from the summit during the descent, passing 1/3 mile south of Pinnacle Pool and eventually joined up with Mosquito creek, which I followed back to Grand Ditch. This bushwhack is terrible -- much worse than my route on the way up -- and I ended up walking in Mosquito creek for the last quarter mile to avoid the overgrowth. Looks like it took me 7h 15m r/t but it felt much longer/harder than that! I almost think it would be easier to climb Red and Nimbus, then take the ridge north from Nimbus to Cumulus, though returning the same route would get tiring, and I'm not clear on a great way of getting off of Cumulus via any of the drainages. I have also tried to hike down (from Nimubs) via Opposition creek all the way to Grand Ditch but ended up doing the same thing -- hiking in the creek to avoid the worst of the forest overgrowth and downfall. I almost wonder if the best place to climb Cumulus is where Grand Ditch reaches the farthest point to the west in that section of road (right between Mosquito and Opposition creek) and just head straight up on the talus pretty much all the way to the summit. There doesn't seem to be any way to avoid talus, so maybe just minimize the distance on that stuff by taking a direct path. Note that I didn't find the talus dangerous at any point--just exhausting.
Very neat! I did Hagues peak and Rowe peak last week starting from the Pingree park side (stormy peaks trail) and coming back down the mummy pass trail. That way definitely required less technical scrambling but it brings the mileage up to about 25 miles total.
Thank you for sharing your mileage stats with me, I was always curious what the distance was from that side. A 25 mile day is a super epic hike. This hike here for us on Hagues has been our longest to date so far with right under 20 miles at the end.
Damn, that view from cirrus is majestic
The whole adventure was fun and had amazing views even if it took almost all day it was worth it. I'll remember many of these hikes for the rest of my life.
@@MoodyPeaks oh, I don't doubt that my friend. Even if eagle cliff ends up bein the only one I do, I won't forget it lol
You are young and in excellent condition
Hellllllll yeah, good lookin on the birthday boom you guys!!! Much love
You know it 🤘
I can see why it's called Isolation Peak cuz it's way out there. The fact that you added on Mahana Peak is some amazing endurance. Cool view of Mt. Meeker and Long's Peak and Chief's Head and Mt. Alice at 10:27. I have to live vicariously through your videos and others I follow: I was in metro Denver a couple of weeks ago and the best I could do was hike Colorado Mines Peak, 2 miles and 1000' up in 2 hours, huffing and puffing all the way.
It was a very long day indeed and it tested our endurance big time. We have been hiking and training in the RMNP for several years now just to try to make these harder RMNP hikes more doable. All that we have left on our RMNP hike list are the most difficult ones now and they are all testing our resolve.
Epic! I’m tired just reading those stats!!
😂 so true!
We are still recovering from both the Hagues Peak and Isolation Peak hikes. The reason we keep trying these long difficult hikes in RMNP here lately is because the hard hikes are the only ones we have left to put in the books there.
@@MoodyPeaks keep putting them in the books!!
Since you're doing these longer ones, I'm going to recommend Elk Tooth via Pear Lake as an idea. Similar mileage as this with slightly lower elevation gain. The ridge leading to the summit is mostly easy class 2 on solid rock, which makes it less of a slog than Isolation/Mahana.
@@alquinn8576 I have wondered about hiking to Elk Tooth before, but since Lisa Foster's book labeled it as a Class 3 approach I have not considered it yet. If it is mostly a Class 2 on solid rock like you say then it may be doable! We have also considered trying to get Ogalalla Peak from going up over the Junco Lake area. I read a hiking report of that route on a random website a while back and they thought that route going up/down near Junco Lake is way easier than trying Cony Pass which is a Class 3 from my understanding.
Its been 15 years or so but I will never forget the epic day of getting onto this remote peak!
I hope we brought back some memories for you. The hike was epic and we will never forget the memories of that day either.
Impressed that you didn’t let your ego rule. I would have stopped and called it as well!
No way my ego can defeat my fear of exposure mixed with heights. I usually don't ever hike anything above a Class 2 or 2+. I would be willing to try some Class 3's but not with exposure added in.
Love the video. I went to Crystal Lakes a few years ago. I was soooo tired when I got back. Soooo worth it!
We just did another hike this past weekend and I swear I was still feeling some fatigue from the Hagues Peak hike from the week prior. I stand by that it was an awesome adventure but also one of the hardest hikes of my life that I've done up to this point. The Isolation Peak & Mahana Peak combo from this weekend was also very tough, but at least the route finding was simpler than Hagues which was like a puzzle up near the top.
Nice job of staying off of the Tundra.
I've seen a couple of videos of people climbing Hagues but they never show the final part which looks to be very tricky. Wonder how those two dudes did it.
They told me they came from Mummy first and climbed the ridge over to Hagues so it was a little more straight forward that way, but as for coming down Hagues Peak, I'm not sure, they were too far up for me to tell how they did it. The last part was a little tricky I agree, but I believe if you just keep skirting around the side heading east-ish and go up how we did near the radio tower, that it is doable without being too sketchy. I do not like exposure and was somehow able to get up it.
My buddy Danny and I were the two hikers you saw doing mummy hagues and Fairchild!! Our feet were toast after that day! So nice to meet yall!
How freaking awesome! You are the first comment I've seen on a video after meeting you during a hike. You guys are beasts! Those three peaks in one hike in one day is super impressive. And yes, our feet and ankles were sore for at least two days after that trek. Much respect
The climb between Hagues and Mummy is an easy class 2 _if_ you find the right area, and going that way shaves some distance off of the hike compared to going to the Saddle (though the view from the Saddle is great and worth it). I have never down-climbed between M&H, but have gone up that way and thought finding the route on the way up isn't that hard (finding it on the way down, as is often the case, is more difficult). Though once you're up on Hagues, it's only 400-500' more gain to hit Mummy on the way back and then descend by intersecting the Black Canyon trail
I agree with you. Now that I've had multiple days to absorb the hike, the easiest way back down is definitely going over Mummy Mountain back down to that Black Canyon trail intersection. If I did it all over again, I'd go same way to The Saddle and up to Hagues, then over to Mummy and down the way you described. And yes, I'm betting the climb to that saddle between Mummy and Hagues is easier on the way up versus down.
Nice work! I'm probably going to have to give a quadruple boom on the summit of Comanche Peak on Saturday (hopefully it's not tooooo smoky). Never give up!
Best of luck on the hike and weather, wishing you the best on that adventure. The way we went up to Comanche Peak from Emmaline Lake on our video was probably the toughest route possible described in Lisa Foster's RMNP book. If you want a more moderate approach, I'd advise to start from the Corral Creek TH instead, take it over to Mummy Pass trail lower, then up the Mirror Lake trail, and cut off towards Comanche Peak there. But if you want the full boulder field hiking experience, by all means go the same way we did, it was tough but worth it for the challenge. And I love to hear it! BOOM!
Thanks! I'm definitely taking the mellower (though longer it seems) route from Corral Creek!
@@mikeess If you keep stats for your hike, I'd love to know them from that route to compare them to the way we went. I just remember after Emmaline Lake climbing through those boulders did take a lot of time for us to get to the ridge.
@@MoodyPeaks I use Zoleo so can't do measured distance but I can definitely keep track of time!
Awesome! I did Mummy and Hagues July 15th I watched your mummy video for helpful beta. I placed that little yellow and blue notebook in the register there that day since the other paper was full. Any other names in between my entry and yours, if you recall? The way up from the Saddle looks much spicier than the traverse from Mummy!
That is awesome to hear! Getting both peaks in one hike is a beast move, congratulations! That is why we make our videos, to give others visuals on the routes that we choose to help out on your personal route finding adventures. I regret to inform that we were so fatigued and overjoyed to reach the summit, that I thought Christine found the register when she didn't and we forgot to sign it! Facepalm. She didn't even know there was one until she saw the footage. 😂 But hey, at least we have the video evidence lol.
Very cool!
The quadruple boom 😂😂😂😂
Yeah I had that Rocky Mountain high kicking in. I was slightly delirious. 😂
@@MoodyPeaks I'm jealous lol
Cant wait to hike one of these big boys with you guys!
Dude every skill from every hike I've ever done before lead up to this one, and it still tested all of my limits like never before. An epic journey.
@@MoodyPeaks I could tell by the way you were talkin at the end this time bro. You guys are badasses
YES!!! Nice job! Super badass route finding... way to stay focused. And... Thank you! 🤘 Quick question: Do you mind if I put a link to one of your videos in my next video description?
Thank you! Hardest hike of my life....so far, lol. You are more than welcome to link any video. No problem at all. And as always BOOM!
Awesome adventure. There is nothing like the special feeling when you reach a hard earned summit. Congrats
Thank you so much!! 100% correct and still feeling that summit high!!
Thank you! It was an awesome challenge, no regrets. I have seen you hike some crazy exposure on your hike videos, very much inspiring!
Just watched your Kit Carson/Challenger Point vid last night. Very cool!
Have you guys ever run into Nick Sangetta on the trail ? He's done soooo many of those trails in RMNP. His channel is full of great beta.
I haven't run into him while on the hiking trails yet, but we have chatted and discussed hiking! His hiking channel and Lisa Foster's RMNP book were the two main sources that helped us out when we started our RMNP hiking journey.
Love how it starts in horror movie darkness
We are so fortunate to have never run into a predator during hiking in the RMNP either in the daylight or darkness. And yes, I feel like I'm in a found footage film with a headlamp on while hiking.
@@MoodyPeaks bro for real 😂
"aaannndd.... BOOOM!" One day I'm going to be on a peak and hear that and know it's you. 😆
Oh you know it! BOOOM! 😂
It was so much fun!!
You are wise to stop where you did. Anyway, thanks for this video, it so happens that me and my son plan on trying for Mt. Chapin next week (or maybe Mt. Chiquita if I am feeling up to it--my son could do it no problem). Our first visit to RMNP. Videos like yours help a lot, and inspire too!
Thank you for the kind words. It means a lot to both of us to hear that. My main goal with our hiking videos has always been to give a visual representation of routes described in Lisa Foster's RMNP book, and to give our mileage and time so everybody knows what they are getting themselves into since she doesn't always give the full statistics in her book. The CCY route rules and you guys will enjoy it guaranteed no matter how many you get up to.
Ah dang... should have gone for that class 4 climb out. You would've been good. 😯JK... stay safe! Oh and... Marmots!! 🤘
Man I wish! It didn't look too bad until we were right up on it. It just had a little more exposure than we were comfortable with. That area back there was still really cool to see up close.
i'm pretty sure it's class 3, but I stopped at the same spot because i was wetting my pants
@@MoodyPeaks and I dropped down into the forest on the return trip, which turned out to be a mistake, since it was a bit of a bushwhack and I had to regain the altitude (but interesting forest down there with lots of elk)
@@alquinn8576 It looked like a straight up vertical climb to me too, a class 3 or 3+, and if you did fall off the side you would go all the way down with no mercy.
Great Job!! Those were some 14er type stats at the end... can't wait to see more.
This hike was a good tough challenge to get us back into things after a few weeks off. It has more than prepared us for some upcoming long summer mountain hikes.
Incredible views up there. Very cool!
Good stuff you guys!
Very pretty hike. I see Long's Peak way in the back at 7:04, about the only Colorado peak I can recognize.
It was our second time hiking from that trailhead overall, so we aren't very familiar with that area either. Last year we bagged Watanga Mountain & Mount Adams, but they are within the borders of RMNP. On this hike, we bagged our first peaks in the Indian Peaks Wilderness side. We were so glad the weather held out for us to grab both summits. Awesome hike, beautiful area.
Very nice and video, been there in summer, good to see this way
In 2000, I stopped at the Medicine Bows on my way from Denver to Yellowstone. There was enough fresh snow that I could not take the trails. Thanks for taking us to the top.
We enjoyed our first time out in the Snowy Range and we plan to go back one day when it's melted to hike the entire loop and grab the other nearby high points.
Looks like there are some places where you could ski or snowboard down. But then you'd have to haul your skis up, I guess.
I've never skied or snowboarded before, but I sure did enjoy sliding down near the end of the hike. It took off some distance and time from our totals.
Beautiful area. We did the loop a few summers back and the views were breathtaking. Thanks for the video
We plan to go back one day when it's all melted off to hike the loop most definitely.
Do you think you would have post-holed without the snowshoes?
Yes, we most definitely would have. We took them off a little early on the way up and started post-holing almost immediately and put them back on. We kept them on on the whole way down, learning from our mistake. Post-holing takes so much more energy, it's way easier to just snowshoe in my opinion.
@@MoodyPeaks ... I asked that question before I reached the end of the vid 😎 And, I agree... post-holing definitely makes climbing tough. I learned that the hard way.
It was such a fun and beautiful hike! Can't wait to go back!
Looked like a solid hike! I was going to do this on the 17th but I noticed Old Ballard Road was permanently closed (I had always started from there) and the north side of Lookout still looked white with snow.. so I went across the street and did West White Pine Mountain instead.
I bet the Lookout Mountain hike would be much better these days in the snow since the whole area is just about completely burned. The views from the summit were still awesome, but the area was all depressingly burnt. It is unfortunate because I bet the Donner Pass trail to Lookout Mountain used to be really pretty. Where you used to be surrounded by trees and shade all day, is now a sunny hike the whole way with scorched earth. I hope the West White Pine Mountain hike is not burned as badly, we were hoping to get it this Fall when the leaves up there are changing colors.
Thanks for providing this preview for me! I was just thinking the other day about doing this hike for the first time this weekend.
It was our first time hiking out in that area so we didn't know what to expect. The only thing that was a bummer was most of the trail was in a wildfire burn scar. The only green parts were near the beginning, in the first mile of the Donner Pass trail when it was close to Buckhorn Creek.
nice video and hike
Thank you! The summit views were worth it since we've never been before, but it was a one and done for us because 12.6 miles was a lot to hike through a burn scar pretty much the whole day.