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 Peak:  Quandary Peak
 Route:  East Ridge
 Range:  Tenmile
 Posted By:  gnblase
 Date of Info:  9/25/2015
 Date Posted:  9/29/2015
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I drove up to the trail head from Broomfield, CO. I left my house at 4:00 am and arrived about 6:00 am. I did not know where the trail head was so my GPS took me to the over flow lot. It was empty at 6:00. It was still dark so I used my head lamp until about 6:40. I took the short trail from the over flow lot and turned right to go up the road. I was not sure where the next lot was but lucky for me I went the correct way and found the actual trail. At 6:15 there was already 8 cars at the main trail head with all the actual parking spots taken. The trail is well marked from the parking area. About a hour into my hike I began to come upon the other hikers on the trail. I hiked 13 14ers last summer and 5 this summer. Quandary is listed as one of the easier hikes. I think the reason for this is that the trail is a steady climb but not super steep. You gain a lot of elevation, over 1000ft per mile but it is not steep. Until you leave tree line the trail is mostly dirt with some rock. Once you leave tree line it gets rocky for most of the trail. There is one section near the false summit where the rocks get fairly big but other than this the rocks are not huge that you have to climb. I would not consider this a good "first climb" mountain but overall it was a nice hike. It took me about 3 hours to summit and 2 hours to descend. I did hike with my dog, a border collie, and she did great. We did not see any goats on our hike. As usual, the view from the summit is spectacular and makes the hike more than worth it.


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