Great, short hike. Nice elevation gain on the east trail; 500 feet or so. Beautiful hike. Good trail conditions. 4 stars given due to incessant flies. Biblical; old testament stuff this year probably due to high water. We camped above the falls and bailed early am (before 10:30am) just when the flies started moving. Hike will be much better after a hard frost.
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Great trail, not as steep as I anticipated. The flowers around Engineer Mountain were beautiful.
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Started from my campsite in lower Chicago Basin at 2:30 on 8/4, made it to Twin Lakes at 4, and was atop Mt Eolus at 6:10, just in time for the sunrise. Continued on to North Eolus and Sunlight Peak, but didn’t get to Windom Peak in time to beat the quickly forming thunderclouds. It was a gorgeous morning up there, with snow firm enough to be safe with microspikes and an ice axe on the way up, and soft enough to glissade back down on.
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Just an absolutely gorgeous drive with lots of side trips and amazing vistas!!
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This one is a good trail. As of 7/23/19 the road is closed about .5 miles to the lake. Easy hike if you’re in for some beautiful views!
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This is great hike and good work out. last mile with lots of vertical. Took me 4 1/2 hrs RT.
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Many, many switchbacks with moderate steepness. A few over looks of Vallecito Lake. You pass one creek on the way up.
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July 1 2019 - tons of snow up there still. Gorgeous views of Arastra Gulch, Silver Lake Basin, Kendall Mountain, etc. Stopped at the first stream crossing due to thin snow bridge across it. Several downed trees covering the trail on the north side that we had to navigate.
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I’m a low lander, but in better shape than most and the first leg of the hike up from Creede is a challenge. I stopped several time to let my HR catch up. The trail is steep wear stable shoes. The views are great, only saw one person.
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Lots of beautiful high country views on this hike, 10,500’-12,400’
Plenty of water sources in September so no need to carry a lot.
Abandoned mines, fishing opportunities pretty amazing camp sites if ya hunt for ‘em.
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Lots of water on the trail due to the great winter we had. Awesome views of the raging Cascade Creek and Animas River. Some small wildflowers - nice for mid-June. Great views of Engineer and eventually Pigeon and Turret. Can hear the train occasionally. Nice hike.
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Easy hike up the access road to the low lake with expansive views of the valley to the West and Potato Hill to the East. Purgatory resort is also viewable.
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