-first Colorado 14er -up after 5, driving away from Bobby’s at 545 -parking almost already full by 640 when I get to trailhead, which is past Twin Lakes on the road up to Independence Pass -start walking just after 7am -first section pretty flat, crossing stream a few times, through wooded area and aspens -starts uphill, first 1000 ft of climbing. Passing many groups who started ahead of me -flat section that is next to stream and in beautiful valley -then trail gets really steep, climbing lots of switchbacks. Over 1000 more v ft -ascend up onto the ridge, where path becomes a bit harder to follow, rock scrambling necessary -trail continues up on ridge, semi rock scrambling. Eventually get to the top -spend 90 minutes having a big lunch, CTC, trail mix, pb/honey tortillas. Beautiful panoramic views -people that I passed arrived up after me -2:35 from start to peak. 4.3k uphill -ran lots of sections on the downhill -had to go poop so bad, barely made it to the trailhead -Labor Day, so kinda busy