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Bierstadt – Sawtooth – Mt. Evans
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Hiking season is coming to an end. Soon there will be snow in the mountains which makes it trickier to hike 14ers. Travis and I decided to at least get in one more good hike before the snow comes. We chose to hike Mt. Bierstadt and traverse the ridge over to the Sawtooth, then up to Mt. Evans. The Sawtooth route is a fun class 3 ridge that you can pick your own route depending on how tough you want it to be. The ledge looks sketchy from a distance, but as you get closer, it’s not so bad. I think the toughest part of the hike was the class 2 section up to West Evans then continuing over to Mt. Evans. You just kept hiking and hiking and wondering where the summit of Evans is! We had great weather all day (a tad windy in places) and we got a great workout. If that is the last big hike we get in this year, we’re both very happy with it!
 The sun coming up as we near the summit of Bierstadt |
 On the summit of Mt. Bierstadt |
 The class 3 route over the ridge to the Sawtooth |
 Lindsey checking out the ridge |
 Looking back at Bierstadt’s summit |
 Travis working his way across the ridge |
 Lindsey climbing up a class 3 section |
 Travis scrambling |
 The route around the gendarme and across the ledge |
 A closer look at the ledge |
 Lindsey almost off the ridge |
 Looking back at the ridge we just crossed! |
 Travis and Lindsey on the Sawtooth |
 Headed towards Mt. Evans |
 Travis headed up West Evans |
 We saw one very nice Mountain Goat near the summit |
 Lookin’ good Mr. Goat! |
 He was more interested in another group behind us with a dog |
 Mt. Evans summit |
 Relaxing before the trek back down |
 Following the cairns off Mt. Evans |
 The route back to the car |
 We had to drop down a steep and loose chute |
 Travis happy to be off the rocks |
 Beautiful fall colors |
 Happy little tree! |
 Lindsey in the bushes with Bierstadt in the background |
 The trail sign & Bierstadt |
 GPS + Google Earth view of our route |
 Final GPS elevation profile |