Left Almont, CO at 2am and drove past main trailhead up to the towers. Arrived at 4am. Parking was good as there was only 2 other cars there. Was room for 2-3 more. Started walking up road and found good parking on each of the switchbacks. We wished we had drove farther up since parking was good. Continued up road and found trail entrance on our right. Climb up steep trail from road and your on your way. Trail is easy at first and then turns to very rocky conditions, lots of climbing and stepping over rocks for the majority of the climb. To me it was a tough climb due to all the rock climbing. Trail is faint at times but you can see the summit throughout most of the climb. Wished I had cut off main trail for the ridge instead of staying on lower trail. Most people were taking high trail and I think it would have been easier. Took us about 6 hours roundtrip but we took our time....so nice at summit we spent 30+ min.
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