Winfield West Peaks
Date: 10/10/2021
Partner: Heather Ryan
Trailhead: Huron Peak / Lake Ann / S. Winfield
Summits: Winfield, Virginia, West Virginia, Sheep Rock, PT13251, PT13258 North (NR), PT13258 South
Distance:12.2m
Elevation Gain: 5050ft
Duration: 10.5hrs
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A fantastic Sawatch loop. The snow slowed us down a bit but the fresh coat made for amazing views of Huron and the Apostles.
Note: that PT13258 North is not ranked and does not have an official page on 14ers.com or LoJ, however, due the similarity in summit height even after LiDAR, both summits should be visited. PT13258 North is located at roughly 38.9298,-106.4907.
Winfield 14ers.com Page
Virginia 14ers.com Page
West Virginia 14ers.com Page
Sheep Rock 14ers.com Page
PT 13251 14ers.com Page
PT 13258 South 14ers.com Page
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12.2m - 5050ft - 10.5hrs
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We crossed the creek and climbed to the middle of the ridge between Winfield and Virginia
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These views would dominate the day
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Looking southwest to Virginia and West Virginia Peaks
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The Apostles with a fresh coat
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We headed north to Winfield for an out and back
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With Winfield in the bag we got to work on our counter clockwise loop
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The snow on the rocks did not speed our efforts... but the hiking was fun
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and the views were great
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Huron(L) and the Apostles
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On a seven summit day there are a lot of ups and down
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Taylor Res shines
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From the summit of Virginia we followed fresh mountain goat tracks all the way to PT13258 South
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There was a touch of scrambling on the route... but not much
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Just after PT13258 South we dropped a gully to this lake
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Huron in the late day sun
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From the lake we made out way to the Lake Ann trail and back to the TH
