Culebra Peak & Red Mountain
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Base camp at the gate to the ranch |
Pre-hike dinner: Tri-tip steak, potatoes and asparagus. |
Morning briefing by Carlos |
Lindsey, Beth and Mariah starting up the trail! |
The trail disappears and hikers go up the green slope |
Marmots warming up in the morning sun |
We diagonaled across a rock slide |
Low clouds moved through all morning |
Another marmot on the lookout |
On the ridge headed towards Culebra's summit |
Lindsey headed up the last pitch to the summit |
The valley on the back side of the mountain |
Group summit birthday party! |
Strike a pose! |
Looking at the route to Red Mountain |
Summit shot on Red Mountain with Culebra in the background |
Hiking back towards Culebra - Red Mountain in the back |
Beautiful wildflowers |
Travis by the mondo cairn |
Lindsey dwarfed by the cairn! |
Hiking back down the grassy slopes |
Finally on a trail again almost to the car |
GPS + Google Earth view of our route |
Final GPS elevation profile |