Horseshoe Mtn./Peerless Mtn.
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• Statistics:
  • Date Hiked:  October 11, 2007
  • Miles Hiked:  5.0
  • Elevation Gain:  2,200'
  • Hiking Partner(s):  None
• Description:
  • After hiking Mount Buckskin earlier in the morning, I drove to Fairplay and got a bit to eat.  I then went up to the Four Mile Creek area near the Dauntless Mine to attempt Horseshoe Mountain.  I had been to this area in 2004 to hike Mount Sheridan.  The standard route that Gerry Roach describes in his 13er book seemed long to me, so I simply headed towards the Peerless/Sheridan saddle and then traversed south on the ridge over Peerless Mountain and up Horseshoe Mountain.  I returned the same way, although I think you could probably skirt Peerless to the east on the way out to avoid a couple hundred feet of elevation gain if you wanted to.  This was another quick hike that only took three hours round trip.  It took one hour to gain Peerless and one hour and 45 minuets for Horseshoe.  I saw one other person near Horseshoe Mountain on the traverse to Finback Knob and three people near the trailhead finishing their hike of Mount Sherman.
• Maps:
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• Photographs:
  • Horseshoe Mountain from the road to the trailhead.
  • Horseshoe Mountain from Peerless Mountain.
  • A view of the top of the horseshoe from the northeast ridge.
  • The other side of the horseshoe from near the summit.
  • White Ridge from the summit of Horseshoe Mountain.
  • Mount Sherman in the distance from the top of Horseshoe.
  • Mount Sheridan's southwest face on the descent of Horseshoe Mountain.
  • I can only assume that the sliver of snow in this picture is the Boudoir Couloir near Horseshoe Mountain's southeast ridge.

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