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| Easy Evans |
If you are looking for a safe, easy winter 14er this weekend, Evans is the way to go.
We took the mount Evans road from echo lake leaving at 7AM. Summitted before noon which is a 3mph average including a couple short rests. Arrived back at the car around 3:45.
Probably 96% of our steps were on concrete, 4% on firm snow and most of those being the first few miles. Absolutely no microspikes or snowshoes needed.
Really wish I would have worn soft, flexible summer boots or even warm running shoes instead of stiff mountaineering boots, could have went faster and saved my body a lot of jarring impact.
We didn't take the NE face shortcut on the way up (should have) but did take it on the way down (no-brainer).
With how dry the road was, if I were to do it again this Saturday (before more snow comes) I would ride my bike to the top and then ride it back down. There would be a few places you would have to get off but it would be well worth it.
The pictures in order are: summit selfie, the temp gauge at the summit, the road looking at summit lake, by far the worst part of the road in snow (around mile marker 7.5 I think), and some random pictures of the road.
Not sure what's wrong with 14ers.com as far as upside down pictures...
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