easyish peaks around Leadville

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easyish peaks around Leadville

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Hey all,
Anyone know of any peaks around the Leadville area in the 12-13k range, around 5 miles round trip, maybe 2k of elevation?
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Not the most glamorous but it IS a mountain. The gain probably depends on how high you can get up the road.

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How about Twining from Independence Pass? 4 mi r/t with around 1700 ft elev gain (I think...) Indy Pass might be a little further than you want to go.
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Sheridan from Iowa Gulch is pretty close to your criteria. Not super glamorous, but avoids the crowds on Sherman.
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Re: easyish peaks around Leadville

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This fits your criteria also (just over 2,000 feet elevation gain in a tad over 4 miles roundtrip). We did Dyer Mountain early one spring. You literally leave from Leadville and drive to the trailhead (very short drive). Happy trails! :-D
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Check out some of the stuff off 24 south of Holy Cross. Savage, Homestake, Galena. Buckeye (12867) uses a high trailhead off 91.
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Many good suggestions have already been mentioned. Another peak that might appeal to you is Prospect Mountain A (12,614). You can park along the Mosquito Pass road, hike to Lake Isabelle and then ascend the south ridge. You could add the unranked sub-peak to the east on the descent to make a loop.
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Re: easyish peaks around Leadville

Post by SchralpTheGnar »

thanks for the replies, we are going to try galena peak, a little longer than we wanted but we're camping by turquoise lake so it's practically right from the campground.
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