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- Statistics:
- Date Hiked: June 19,
2011
- Miles Hiked: 7.0
- Elevation Gain: 2,780'
- Hiking Partner(s): Brian
Kooienga
- Description:
- Video Trip Report
- Brian and I left the T-Rex park and ride at 4:00 a.m. and made our
way south of Breckenridge (CO) to hike up to Pacific Peak in the
Ten-Mile/Mosquito Mountain Range. We started hiking around 6:00
a.m. with varying trail conditions. There was packed snow from
previous hikers, a clear trail at times, running water, and mud.
As we got farther into the basin by Mohawk Lakes, the snow became
consistent and we experience a bit of post-holing around the edges of
the snow fields. We worked our way to the west and the base of the
beginning of the North Couloir on Pacific Peak.
- We geared up and started climbing under the ominous cornice that
exists well into the summer. The snow on the apron of the couloir
was softer than expected and we kicked relatively deep steps that
occasionally blew out. Fortunately, as we passed a large rock
pinnacle and turned left the snow became much more firm and excellent
for climbing. We continued taking turned kicking steps up the
North Couloir on moderately steep snow to a small notch just below the
summit of Pacific Peak. We topped out and enjoyed the views on the
top of the mountain as we refueled and hydrated. The descent
included one of the best glissades either of us have had off the east
ridge of Pacific down to Lake 12391.
- Maps:
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2D map of
the area where this hike is located.
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