Little Cimarron Loop
Date: 06-27-2023
Partner: Solo
Trailhead: Little Cimarron East
Summits:
* Sheep Mountain C
* PT13102B
* PT13684
* Silver Mountain
* Big Blue Peak (NR)
* PT13048B
* PT13015
* PT13040 (NR)
Distance: 25m
Elevation Gain: 8050ft
Duration: 13hrs
GPX
Let me start by saying the Little Cimarron Loop is not little.
This is one of my favorite non-techical big days. If you are a runner or just like big days put this on your list. Easy going terrain and amazing views.
I orginally did this loop in June of 2023. However I came back in October of 2023 with Kristi and climbed PT13040 NR, PT13048B and PT13015. The track from the October trip is included in the GPX file but the stats are from the larger loop.
In additon, for the larger June loop, consider setting up a bike shuttle between the Fall Creek and Little Cimarron East THs. It will save close to 4 miles on the road.
Also... the descent route from PT13015 is better on the PT13040 NR track in the GPX than the big loop track.
Sheep Mountain C 14ers.com Page
PT13102B 14ers.com Page
PT13684 14ers.com Page
Silver Mountain 14ers.com Page
Big Blue Peak 14ers.com Page
PT13048B 14ers.com Page
PT13015 14ers.com Page
PT13040 14ers.com Page
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25m - 8050ft - 13hrs
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Looking for opportunities to leave the trail and start climbing
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It was a good ascent route
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Looking south to the ridge while climbing sheep
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Looking over to my route close to Sheep's summit
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Sheep... the first summit of the day! Dang it is windy up here. In fact it remained fairly windy for most of the day
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Looking south along the ridge to the first half of my day
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Wow... I wonder who do dat?
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Approaching the second peak of the day PT13102B
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The views off the west side of the ridge were amazing
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Looking back to Sheep
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PT13102B summit selfie
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Looking ahead to PT13684... Uncompahgre taunting me
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Looking back to PT13102B
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Let's go up here
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Looking back to PT13102B
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Boing! Southwest views are pretty exciting
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Keep on truckin... the ridge ahead(to the right of the snow) was solid and fun to climb
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Ridge fun
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Looking back to the ground I had covered so far
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Precipice and Dunsinane(L)
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Sorry for the selfies... I use them to mark the summits so I know where I am when writing reports :-) Damn it's windy! PT13684
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Next stop Silver
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Views along the way
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Looking back to PT13684 from Silver
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Silver and still windy
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Next stop Big Blue(UR) front and center. Uncompahgre is right up in my grill
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Summit pitch to Big Blue
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Pretty cool being this close to Uncompahgre's north face. If you do this loop be sure to tag Big Blue!
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Oh Boy... Glissading roughly 1000ft of vert. I am now halfway around the loop. Heading over the the round rolling peaks in the sun
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Looking up at Silver's southeast face
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Looking back to Big Blue and my glissade line
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Summit selfie with Kristi on PT13048B
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Next stop PT13015
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Looking across to Silver
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A bit tedious but not too bad
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Looking back
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PT13015
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Time to descend into the Fall Creek Valley
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Down we go
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Kristi resting on PT13040 NR looking PT13015
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Ascending PT13040 NR
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PT13040NR's summit. Silver ahead
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Back down to the valley floor
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The long but pleasant walk out
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One last glace back
