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On April 19th, 2008 my buddy, Dwight, and I try to ascend the highest peak in Colorado while is it still covered in snow... a second time in two years. We failed the first time and hope to succeed this year. This picture is taken from highway 24, south of Leadville, as we approach the trailhead.
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| Blue sky and temperatures in the low thirties greet us at the trailhead. We arrive at the trailhead around 7 AM. This year we decide to hike the east ridge to the summit. Last year we hiked the southern face and it proved to be a bit too much with the snow. This year's route looked longer, but has a much more gradual pitch.
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| Spirits are high as we we prepare to begine our hike. Mount Elbert can be seen directly behind us.
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The first portion of the trail walks through aspen groves.
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| At this point in the hike we are walking on unimproved dirt road. The temperatures will be so warm today that when we return from our hike this same section of trail will only have a small section of road covered in snow. Making for a beautiful hike up through the aspen and a very wet descent down through the mud.
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| Having hiked Mt. Bierstadt only a month before and knowing how cold it was when we started hiking that mountain we prepared ourselves for the cold. However, the day proved to be so nice that we had to stop soon after our start to shed a few layers.
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The scenery was amazing.
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| We had an early start and the top layer of snow was still frozen, which allowed us to walk on top of the snow without snow shoes. I was walking on three feet of snow as I traveled across this meadow. I know that because on the way down this meadow had melted and we sunk deep into the snow on several occasions; even while wearing our snow shoes.
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| Morning sun penetrates the trees.
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