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Although I have been using this website to plan my 14er hikes for the past several years, this is my first trip report. I am just your average, middle-aged hiker looking for people to go hiking with me. I have attempted to recruit my husband, my kids, neighbors, family, friends, coworkers, my kids friends, friends of friends, parents of friends, you get the idea. If you have a heartbeat and a pair of hiking boots, please come hiking with me. So, when I researched Yale and discovered that for just a few extra miles, you could also hike a bit on the Colorado Trail ( completion of this trail another one of my lofty goals), I thought "why not?" I have also been known to be queen of the "tack-on".
So, my current recruits were my friend Anne and her dad visiting from Oklahoma, Don. None of us are rookies. We have all hiked 14ers before. So, 10.5 miles from Avalanche Trailhead seemed very doable. We had nowhere else to be today. Getting to the trailhead was a piece of cake. Directions on website were perfect, paved lot, trailhead visible from parking lot with a nice big sign. Vault toilet in lot was disgusting...bring your own TP and Purell. The first 3.25 miles along the Colorado Trail were quite pleasant. The turn off was fairly easy to find, but don't miss it or you will continue along the Colorado Trail and never make it to Yale (consult photo #4 from Mt. Yale-East Ridge route...it looks exactly like the photo).
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That's actually one of my favorite loop climbs! (Although I DO have a LOT of favorites!) Good job! Anne sounds like a real go-getter!!
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