Emerson & Twenty One
Date: 08/15/2024
Partner: Solo
Trailhead: City Reservoir Camp
Summits:
* Emerson Mountain
* Peak Twenty One
Distance: 6.1m
Elevation Gain: 2700ft
Duration: 3hrs 10min
GPX
Emerson Mountain 14ers.com Page
Peak Twenty One 14ers.com Page
A gentle hike with amazing views in gardens of granite and grass. Consider adding these peaks to the Amherst group route.
I trail I took back to camp was good until it wasn't. A few hundred feet above camp it turned to bushwhacking... some steep. I think I would take the same route back to camp that I took to the summits.
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6.1m - 2700ft - 3hrs 10min
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Gentle granite and grass to Peak Twenty One
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Northern views on approach to Twenty One
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The mighty Twenty One
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Peak Twenty Two making it clear who is the big brother
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Peak Twenty Two(L) and Sheep
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Views towards Chicago Basin
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Amherst
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Impressive Wemi views to the north
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Emerson(L) from Twenty One
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Northern views from the Emerson - Twenty One saddle
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Emerson's summit block
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Emerson's south ridge towards Twenty Two - Sheep on the right
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Twenty One from Emerson
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Amherst and Organ from Emerson. Wonder how the ridge between Emerson and Amherst is?
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Pretty sure this is Soso and the un-named 13er to it's south
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Just hangin up here on Emerson
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Jagged off in the distance... always demanding attention
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Jupiter dominating northern views
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Eolus to the northwest
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Northeastern views towards Irving and Oso
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Looking across the ridge to Amherst
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Peak Twenty Two
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Twenty Two
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On the way in I came over this hill on lookers left. On the way out I found a trail on lookers right.
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I followed this trail to just a few hundred feet above camp where it petered and and turned into bushwhacking... some steep. I would probably just go back the way I came in.
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Views back to Valois on the hike back to camp
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City Reservoir from camp
