Palmyra Peak
Date: 8/3/2024
Partner: Solo
Trailhead: Alta Lakes
Distance: 3.25m
Elevation Gain: 2250ft
Duration: 2.75hrs
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An iconic peak at the top of Telluride Resort is a nice little quick hit from Alta Lakes. The hike starts out gentle before transitioning to steep grass, a short stint of gravel on hard pan and a few fun scrambly moves below the summit.
Still not sure exactly what happened but I fractured my right index finder on descent. Must have inadventantly knocked it on a rock. Not too bad as far as injuries go, but will have to recalibrate summer climbing plans.
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3.25m - 2250ft - 2.75hrs
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Started on a road before connecting to single track to northwest ridge. Palmyra(L) - Silver (R). Would love to traverse between these two at some point
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The trail led to roads on Telluride Resort
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The roads led to a trail up Palmyra's steep northwest ridge
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Southwest views over Alta Lakes to the Wilsons
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Steep terrain to Palmyra's summit
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Mountain Quail looks fun. Sneffels off in the distance
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It is your responsibility to know that the terrain above consists of steep grass and some loose gravel and spots of hard pan
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Lookin kinda badass
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A few scrambly spots
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The last pitch to the summit. You can go around to the left (as I did on descent) or right up the middle (C3 on solid rock that was bolted)
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My class 3 route to the summit
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A look across the ridge to Silver. Would love to traverse this at some point as Hilaree Nelson and Jim Morrison did in the summer of 2018 (per Silver summit register)
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Northern views to Sneffels and friends
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Eastern views towards Wasatch
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After breaking my index finger descending some hard pan I descended this steep grass pitch to Alta Lakes
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Palmyra's impressive west face
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Alta Lake
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Palmyra over Alta Lake
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Yep... small fracture close to the base of the index finder. Time to re-calibrate this summer's plans
