攀登 Mount Silverheels (2010.10.02)

Mount Silverheels (viewed from US-285)

攀登Mount Silverheels有South Ridge、Hoosier Pass/Hoosier Ridge/North Spur、Beaver Ridge 和East Ridge 四條路線,此次攀登我走的是從Hoosier Pass南邊二哩處的Beaver Ridge路線。
此山雖然是13ers,但其難度不亞於14ers;科羅拉多的14ers較多人去爬,而且有14ers協會的志工定期維修步道,所以一般而言步道並不難走,反觀部分13ers的高山因較少受到登山客的青睞,步道無人維修,所以其難度相對增高。以此山為例,從登山口開始到登頂,我走在看出是步道的部分不及全程之四分之一,尤其是前半段的一哩路就在松林中摸索前進,毫無路跡,真服了這裡的登山客,也因此,我預定用五到六小時可爬完的行程竟用去了七個半小時,還真有點累。
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攀登等級:Class 2


Hoosier Pass

Mt. Bross (L) and Mt. Lincoln (R) From Hoosier Pass view to West

登山口資訊點此→Google地圖
詳細行程:


Looking down the trailhead from on the trail

Dry wood

Near the Beaver ridge top

Quandary Peak (R) & North Star Mt. from the trail


Mount Silverheels from Beaver Ridge view to East

Looking down Beaver Creek from Beaver ridge

View to West from Beaver ridge
開始往東邊的 Beaver Creek下切,茂密的Willow 樹叢很難搞定,費了好一段時間才殺出重圍下到小溪邊。


Taken it by myself
10:42 抵達12,200呎高點。再往下一個高點12,984高地前進。

Mt. Bross (L) and Mt. Lincoln (R) From Point 12,200 ft..

Montgomery Reservoir from Silverheels


Looks up to Point 12,984 ft.

Point 12984 ft.

Point 12984 ft..

Silverheels' summit from Point 12,984 ft..

Bross、Lincoln、North Star、Quandary (L to R) From Point 12,984 ft
12:25 累得像隻狗似地登上山頂,這個時節爬山實在不是時候,山頂無雪(今年反常,往年此時山頂已是白雪靄靄),步道無花,亂枯燥無味的!


On the Silverheels' summit

Tenmile Range as seen from Silverheels.

View to Mosquito Range from Silverheels' summit

View to North from Silverheels' summit

View to West from Silverheels' summit

Looking SE to South Park From the summit of Silverheels

Little Baldy Mountain (12,142'), seen from Mount Silverheels' summit

Little Baldy Mountain (12,142'), seen from Mount Silverheels' summit


NE Ridge of Silverheels

View to North from Silverheels' summit
13:00 山頂好冷,穿了一件排汗衫、一件中層衣外加羽毛衣,還得躲在避風石堆裡,不宜久留,下山。

13:40 下抵 12,984高地。
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