LON015
Location: 40.2540092468262, -105.615798950195
The last 200 feet called the Homestretch was slow-going with Everest-like breaths: right step, breathe; left step, breathe. This was the most difficult section of our day-a mixture of snow, ice, and rock with angled, airy slabs above giant sharkfin rocks.
LON016
Location: 40.2547988891602, -105.615600585938
Longs Peak (14,255 ft.): We shared the large, surprisingly flat summit with one person, and had unrivaled panoramas of hundreds of cloud-scrapping peaks, including Longs' little brother, Mt. Meeker (a wee under the 14er mark @ 13,911 ft.). Hikers without a rope should retrace route back to trailhead. Experts with a rope goto Waypoint 17 for a quick rappel down the north slope along the old Cables Route. It cuts at least an hour, maybe two, off the descent.
LML002
Location: 40.216869354248, -105.556617736816
Lookout Mountain Trail
LML001
Location: 40.2196044921875, -105.534545898438
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LML003
Location: 40.2219161987305, -105.599533081055
Cross Country From Near Sandbeach Lake
LML004
Location: 40.2329864501953, -105.619331359863
Away from lake for burly ascent of Longs then Meeker
14-miles of cross-country hiking after Sandbeach Lake to Longs and Meeker to the Notch with a descent down Meeker Ridge
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