Antora Peak
Date: 8/04/2021
Partner: Solo
Trailhead: County Road 46PP (1.5 Miles below Mosquito Lake)
Summits: Antora Peak, Sheep Mountain (12er), Sheep Mountain Northeast(12er)
Distance: 8.4m
Elevation Gain: 3400ft
Duration: 3.5hrs
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Antora Peak 14ers.com Page
Trailhead Directions:
There isn't an offical trailhead for this peak... so here is how I got to my starting point.
- Drive to Villa Grove on Highway 285
- Go west on County Road LL56 for 13 Miles
- Turn left on County Road 46PP (easy but bumpy)
- Drive 5.2miles to the "Mosquito Lake 1.5 Miles" sign and park
Antora Peak is a nice little outing if you are in the area and don't have a lot of time. You can make this hike even shorter by cutting out the "optional" 12ers... however the best views of the day are looking south towards Antora from Sheep Mountain Northeast.
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8.4m - 3400ft - 3.5hrs
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I parked next to this sign
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I busted it up through the woods over easily navigable deadfall
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Above treeline... the direction is up
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Antora comes into view - I hiked to it's saddle with Sheep
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Anotra
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There were little pieces of trail to the summit
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Summit selfie with Mount Ouray to the north
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The "optional" 12ers - Sheep in the forefront - Sheep Northeast in the distance
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Sheep Northeast
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Over the shoulder views of Sheep (R) and Antora (in the way back)
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Mount Ouray and Northeast Sheep
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Looking back to Sheep and Antora. If you look closely you can see the cairn tower
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On the way back to the truck
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Mosquito Lake - There are probably a lot of mosquitos down there - I'm not going
