Archive for July, 2002

Handies Peak, Co. 14,048 ft.

Tuesday, July 23rd, 2002

Shayne and I arrived at the American Basin trailhead at approx. 4pm. We were contemplating whether or not we should wait until the morning or go for it. The late start would mean that part of the decent would be in the dark, but given our luck with 14ers earlier in the week and the [...]

Wetterhorn Peak, Co. 14,015 ft.

Thursday, July 18th, 2002

After a beautiful ride over Engineer Pass we arrived at Matterhorn Creek trailhead at 8:30pm on 7-17. The road was unusually quiet. We parked at the 4WD parking just below the access gate and set up camp. The next morning we got a little bit of a late start, we hit the trail at approx. [...]