July 14, 2019
Father Dyer Peak 13,615’
Crystal Peak 13,852’
Peak 10 13,640’
As we began walking up the trail, we
quickly encountered a stream flowing very high, forcing us to wade through the
water to continue. We all removed our shoes not wanting to hike all day with
wet feet and proceeded across the rushing stream. Along the trail we went,
eventually reaching the fun rock ridge that leads to the summit of Father Dyer
Peak. The scrambling was fun and we all commented on how nice it was not to be
carrying a rope and climbing rack as we normally do on our mountain adventures. |
| Summit of Father Dyer |
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| Summit of Crystal |
Just before 10 am we reached the summit. We hung out for a few minutes and decided
that we should continue on to Crystal Peak just across the saddle. Within 30
minutes we were on Crystal Peak, Colorado’s 82nd highest mountain at
13,852’. It’s pretty fun hiking the Centennials and I am sure we will eventually climb more if not all of Colorado’s highest 100 mountains. On our
second summit for the day, we relaxed for a short while once again and pointed
out peaks in the area that we have done and routes that we would like to climb
in the future. |
| Summit of Peak 10 |
The weather still looked good so we opted to add in just one
more summit for the day. Peak 10 is the top of Breckenridge ski area and is near
the drop in for 4th of July bowl. We made the rock hop across the
ridge, crossing several snowfields along the way and reaching the summit around
noon.The clouds were beginning to build so off we went, crossing several more snowfields on our descent back into the valley.
We commented on how much snow
there still is in the area being mid-summer and how we hoped the upcoming
winter would bring more of the same. Hiking back along the trail to the car, we
were happy to have been out hiking again and enjoyed the day without ropes. It
is always fun to be out with best friends and new peaks are just a bonus! |
| Grandma's painting of Father Dyer |
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