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From the trailhead at the end of CR-113N which starts across the street from the Meeker Park Lodge and is about a mile west of the lodge, we headed up the Horsetooth Peak Trail to the saddle between Lookout Mountain and Mount Meeker. The altitude gain to the saddle is about 1600 ft (500 m). From the saddle we hiked up the the Lookout Mountain summit for an additional altitude gain of 315 ft (96 m). From the summit we headed back down to the saddle then up to about treeline in a northwest direction along the Meeker Ridge to an altitude of about 10900 ft (3322 m), which is an altitude gain of 500 ft (152 m) from the saddle. So the total altitude gain was about 2500 ft (762 m). For the return we just went back down to the saddle, had lunch on a log, then returned on the trail whence we came. The one way distance is about 5 miles (8 km).
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On Oct 19, 2026, starting from the East Longs Peak Trailhead we hiked to Chasm Lake. The trailhead elevation is 9405 ft (2867 m), the Chasm Lake elevation is 11800 ft (3597 m), for a difference of 2400 ft (732 m). The one way distance is about 4 miles (6.4 km). It took us about 2.5 hours to get to Chasm Lake. The moose footage at the end is from Jim’s Grove where we stopped on the way back for lunch.
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On Oct 2, 2026 we hiked from the Lawn Lake Trailhead to the Mummy Mountain summit. Distance is about 7.5 miles (12 km), altitude gain is 4900 ft (1494 m), and the time to reach the summit was about 4 hours. The first two minutes of the video are timelapse of the route up to treeline. The rest of the video is from near the summit. Sorry about all the heavy breathing. The climb was a bit intense near the top.
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On September 25, 2026 we hiked from the Lewis Lake Trailhead (10689 ft, 3258 m) to the summit of Medicine Bow Peak (12018 ft, 3663 m), the highest peak in the Snowy Range. The one way distance is about 2 miles (3.2 km) with an altitude gain of 1329 ft (405 m).
Besides YouTube, this video is also available at archive.org.
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