Colony Baldy
East Ridge - Class 2
TH: Horn Creek
Miles: 13.75
Vertical: 4715
Time: 6.5 Hours
Route: East Ridge
Partners: Robby Grace
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From the Horn Creek TH the first 3.5 miles or so was on the Rainbow Trail. Once we left the trail we headed up through the trees and did some bush whacking and hiking on trail segments until we broke treeline on Colony Baldy's east ridge. From there the hiking was moderate on high alpine meadows all the way to the summit with a few false summits along the way. The summit rewarded us with incredible views of Crestones, Humboldt, Kit Carson etc.
13.75m - 4715ft - 6.5 Hrs
Humboldt and Colony Baldy on the drive to the TH
Colony Baldy
Robby hiking the east ridge with a view of the north side of Humboldt
Alex on the east ridge
The Crestones from the summit
L2R: Obstruction, Columbia, Kit Carson, Challenger
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We were pretty stoked on the views. We did the Crestone Traverse the week before.
Heading back the way we came