Uncompahgre Zone
Silver - Class 2
13681 - Class 1
Uncompahgre - Class 2
Matterhorn - Class 3
The mountains around Uncompahgre are amazing. I have hiked this area many times including two Uncompahgre summits. In September 2018 I went back to hike Silver Mountain and PT13,681 (bi-centenial 13ers) from Nellie Creek. After completing both of these peaks I found myself with some energy and plenty of day light so I decided to meander over to Matterhorn. My day was much bigger than I initially anticipated... 23 miles and 8900 vertical. The day was mostly gentle hiking and amazing views. The burger and beer in Lake City tasted better than ever.
Partners: Kristi Henes, Solo
Here are a couple of GPX tracks from these outings.
Uncompahgre Peak: GPX
Silver, PT13681, Matterhorn: GPX
Uncompahgre 14ers.com Page
Silver 14ers.com Page
13681 14ers.com Page
Matterhorn 14ers.com Page
Approaching Silver Mountain from the southeast on the Big Blue Trail
Silver in the light of a golden sunrise
Uncompahgre from Silver's east ridge
Looking to Silver's summit from midway up the east ridge. The last 100 feet to the summit was fairly steep
Looking west to Coxcomb and Redcliff from Silver's summit. You can also see Potosi, Teakettle and Sneffels in the distance.
The amazing Uncompahgre from the north
Matterhorn and Wetterhorn. I would climb Matterhorn later in the day.
Looking PT13681 from Silver. The round trip from Silver was pleasant and gentle with amazing views.
Precipice Peak from PT13681
Looking west to Coxcomb from PT13681.
Uncompahgre, Matterhorn and Wetterhorn from PT13681
Silver(left) Uncompahgre(right) from PT13681
Uncompahgre from the Silver-PT13681 saddle
I descended Silver's south ridge and then back into the basin to the Big Blue Trial and back to the
Looking up Big Blue Creek at Uncompahgre
Kristi hiking to Uncompahgre
Looking to Matterhorn and Wetterhorn from Uncompahgre's south ridge
Fun times on Uncompahgre's summit
Matterhorn, Wetterhorn and Coxcomb
Wetterhorn from Uncompahgre
Precipice from Uncompahgre
Hiking down Uncompahgre's south ridge
Decided to head over to Matterhorn on the Ridge Stock Driveway
Wetterhorn and Matterhorn from the east
Looking up the south slope of Matterhorn
Approaching Matterhorn's summit. It climbed much better than it looks. Class 3ish
Wetterhorn from Matterhorn
Coxcomb and Redcliff from Matterhorn
Looking down Matterhorn's south slopes
Uncompahgre from Matterhorn
The colors on the drive out were off the hook
The colors on the drive out were off the hook