Mt. Neva, June 7 2009
David and I went up one of the snow couloirs on Mt Neva (12,814'), up the 4th
of July trailhead in the Indian Peaks. There was lots of snow -- no rock at all
in the 800' vertical length of the climb, with 45-degree snow or so. We spent
the night halfway up below Arapahoe Pass to get a `Mexican alpine start',
hitting the trail around
8:30 AM the next morning. It's about 8 miles round trip. We had a bit of snow
on the descent but Boulder got dumped on by rain, so we were better off than
that. On the way back, we checked out the new skatepark in Nederland, and
picked up a hitchhiker with a palette full of long steel knives. He claimed
to be commuting to his job at a hotel kitchen in Boulder, a likely story...
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Henry ThroopLast modified Mon Jun 8 17:35:32 2009
