Organ Stew
Organ Mtn - Baldy Alto - Stewart Peak
Date: 7/15/2020
Partner: Solo
Trailhead: Stewart Creek
Summits: Organ Mountain, Baldy Alto, Stewart Peak
Distance: 17.7m
Elevation Gain: 5900ft
Difficlutly: Class 1
Duration: 8.5hrs
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Organ Mountain 14ers.com Page
Baldy Alto 14ers.com Page
Stewart Peak 14ers.com Page
A long gentle loop in rolling mountains and lush valleys
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17.7m - 5900ft - 8.5hrs
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The night before... looking up a moody Stewart Creek
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Organ from the Stewart Creek Trail
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Not the San Luis summit (which is behind and above this)
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So I had to do a little of this just before crossing the creek on the way to Organ. Was easily avoided on return.
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Organ's summit
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Baldy Alto from Organ's North Ridge. Stewart top right
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San Luis and Organ's West Ridge from Organ's North Ridge
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Looking south towards Phoenix Peak from Organ's summit
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San Luis and Organ's West Ridge from Organ's west ridge. Uncompahgre and Wetterhorn off in the distance (far right)
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What lies ahead... Looking down Organ's north ridge to Baldy Alto and Stewart
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From where I came... Looking down the Stewart Creek valley
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Gentle rolling hills. San Luis from Baldy Alto
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Organ Mountain from Baldy Alto
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Column Ridge from Baldy Alto
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Stewart summit selfie
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Looking back to San Luis on the way to Stewart
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Organ Mountain from Stewart. Phoenix Peak in the distance
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Uncompahgre & Wetterhorn in the approaching storm
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Baldy Alto and San Luis from Stewart
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Looking down Stewart's east ridge and the Nutras Creek drainage that would take me back
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Glissading on Stewart's east ridge
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Stewart from high in the Nutras Creek valley
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Stewart from where Nutras Creek meets the road. It is roughly 2 miles back to the Stewart Creek TH from here. A bike shuttle would have been nice.
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Back at the Stewart Creek TH. What a great loop!
