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| Pikes Peak/Crags Campground |
Pikes Peak was added to my list of 14‘ers on Tuesday, June 26th that I have completed. Another Great Day in the Rockies. I left Crags Campground just before 6 a.m. and began the five and a half mile venture through the pines and over Devils Playground to the summit 4,100 feet above me.
Trail was very easy to follow from directions and pictures on this website. No complaints about the steepness on the way up, however, it was slowing going on the way down after two rain/snow episodes.
There are still several small snow fields to cross. Actually I would recommend going around them as I did posthole and spent some time trying to get my leg and boot recovered as the ravens hovered over me.
It was a great day of hiking as I saw deer, elk,marmots and lots of tourist at the top. It tickled my heart to be striding along at a steady pace with my manufactured hiking sticks and hearing the nearby vehicles on the Pikes Peak Road shift down as they climbed the summit with a load of seditary people.
I returned to the trailhead at 4 p.m. completing the 11 1/2 mile round trip with breaks in ten hours.
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