Climbers: hobo and tortoise
Location: Sangre de Cristo Range, CO, USA
Route: Zapata Trail
Summit Objectives: California
Total Time: 7.0 hours
Summit: 13849 feet
Starting Ele: 3049 meter (10000 feet)
Ele. Gain: 1220 meter (4000 feet)
Distance: 13 km (8.0 mile)
Climb start at 7am, summit at 10:40am, at the car by 1:45pm. Weather was fine on the ascent, but we were watching clouds gather over Mt. Lindsey from the summit. We decided to ascend quickly, but not quite quick enough - we were off the ridge but not out of the woods before the storm started. There was small hail and a lightning threat. But all was well in the end, after a little bushwhacking. Also? Several large groups of sheep, which we ran into on both ascent and descent. Very beautiful.
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