San Luis Peak (14,014 ft)

We spent the 4th hiking up a very remote 14er in the San Juan mountain range. The peak is located about an hour south of Gunnison, which is to say it's really in the middle of nowhere. We camped the night before at the trailhead with Shari and Brad Post, Lonny Jacobson, and Andy and Laura Westmeyer.

The hike was a long one: 13.2 miles round trip with 3600 feet of elevation gained, but we enjoyed clear weather in the morning!

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The Toyotas on the road, with Andy taking a picture

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Baldy Alto (left) and Stewart Mountain (right) from the road. San Luis is hidden behind Baldy Alto

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The trailhead in the afternoon, San Luis's ridgeline is visible at the very far end of the valley

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The trailhead in the afternoon, San Luis's ridgeline is visible at the very far end of the valley

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The entire cargo of Brad and Shari's Land Cruiser - that's a lot of gear to carry with 6 people!

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7-3-2009 5:28 pm

Setting up camp

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7-3-2009 5:31 pm

An iris in the camp site

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Lisa hauls cargo

7-3-2009 5:43 pm

Lisa and Lonny work to dig all of the meat and trash out of the fire that the previous camp occupants left

When we pulled into the campsite, the previous camper was putting out the fire and heading out. After he left, we found 25-30 lbs of meat left in the fire, plus lots of trash that wouldn"t burn left in the pit, and around the campsite. Since we didn"t want critters coming in the night for the meat, we dug it all out, got the fire going and burned it. The trash we packed out.

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7-3-2009 6:08 pm