{"id":6920,"date":"2022-08-28T22:59:45","date_gmt":"2022-08-28T14:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/?p=6920"},"modified":"2024-10-01T04:56:42","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T20:56:42","slug":"20220828grizzly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828grizzly\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 1 of 2022 Colorado Trip, Grizzly Peak, Taste of Colorado"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first day of my 2022 Colorado trip. My friend and I would be driving from Denver Airport to our overnight lodge outside the town of Breckenridge where we would spend the next four nights. Along the way, we would pass by Loveland Pass, where we decided to do an acclimatization hike.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_144357.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_144357.jpg\" alt=\"Trail to Grizzly Peak\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail to Grizzly Peak<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><script src=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/splide.min.2.4.21.js\"><\/script>\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/splide-skyblue.min.css\">\n<script>\ndocument.addEventListener( 'DOMContentLoaded', function () {\n\tvar secondarySlider1 = new Splide( '#splide-thumb-1', {\n    \tfixedWidth:100,height:75,gap:10,\n    \tfocus:'center',keyboard:'focused',\n    \tcover:true,isNavigation:true,\n    \tbreakpoints :{'600':{fixedWidth:56,height:42,pagination:false,arrows:false,gap:5,}},\n\t} ).mount();\n\tvar primarySlider1 = new Splide( '#splide-major-1', {\n    \ttype:'fade',pagination:false,arrows:false,\n\t} );\n\tprimarySlider1.sync( secondarySlider1 ).mount();\n\tvar secondarySlider2 = new Splide( '#splide-thumb-2', {\n    \tfixedWidth:100,height:75,gap:10,\n    \tfocus:'center',keyboard:'focused',\n    \tcover:true,isNavigation:true,\n    \tbreakpoints :{'600':{fixedWidth:56,height:42,pagination:false,arrows:false,gap:5,}},\n\t} ).mount();\n\tvar primarySlider2 = new Splide( '#splide-major-2', {\n    \ttype:'fade',pagination:false,arrows:false,\n\t} );\n\tprimarySlider2.sync( secondarySlider2 ).mount();\n\tvar secondarySlider3 = new Splide( '#splide-thumb-3', {\n    \tfixedWidth:100,height:75,gap:10,\n    \tfocus:'center',keyboard:'focused',\n    \tcover:true,isNavigation:true,\n    \tbreakpoints :{'600':{fixedWidth:56,height:42,pagination:false,arrows:false,gap:5,}},\n\t} ).mount();\n\tvar primarySlider3 = new Splide( '#splide-major-3', {\n    \ttype:'fade',pagination:false,arrows:false,\n\t} );\n\tprimarySlider3.sync( secondarySlider3 ).mount();\n\tvar secondarySlider4 = new Splide( '#splide-thumb-4', {\n    \tfixedWidth:100,height:75,gap:10,\n    \tfocus:'center',keyboard:'focused',\n    \tcover:true,isNavigation:true,\n    \tbreakpoints :{'600':{fixedWidth:56,height:42,pagination:false,arrows:false,gap:5,}},\n\t} ).mount();\n\tvar primarySlider4 = new Splide( '#splide-major-4', {\n    \ttype:'fade',pagination:false,arrows:false,\n\t} );\n\tprimarySlider4.sync( secondarySlider4 ).mount();\n\tvar secondarySlider5 = new Splide( '#splide-thumb-5', {\n    \tfixedWidth:100,height:75,gap:10,\n    \tfocus:'center',keyboard:'focused',\n    \tcover:true,isNavigation:true,\n    \tbreakpoints :{'600':{fixedWidth:56,height:42,pagination:false,arrows:false,gap:5,}},\n\t} ).mount();\n\tvar primarySlider5 = new Splide( '#splide-major-5', {\n    \ttype:'fade',pagination:false,arrows:false,\n\t} );\n\tprimarySlider5.sync( secondarySlider5 ).mount();\n\tvar secondarySlider6 = new Splide( '#splide-thumb-6', {\n    \tfixedWidth:100,height:75,gap:10,\n    \tfocus:'center',keyboard:'focused',\n    \tcover:true,isNavigation:true,\n    \tbreakpoints :{'600':{fixedWidth:56,height:42,pagination:false,arrows:false,gap:5,}},\n\t} ).mount();\n\tvar primarySlider6 = new Splide( '#splide-major-6', {\n    \ttype:'fade',pagination:false,arrows:false,\n\t} );\n\tprimarySlider6.sync( secondarySlider6 ).mount();\n\tvar secondarySlider7 = new Splide( '#splide-thumb-7', {\n    \tfixedWidth:100,height:67,gap:10,\n    \tfocus:'center',keyboard:'focused',\n    \tcover:true,isNavigation:true,\n    \tbreakpoints :{'600':{fixedWidth:57,height:38,pagination:false,arrows:false,gap:5,}},\n\t} ).mount();\n\tvar primarySlider7 = new Splide( '#splide-major-7', {\n    \ttype:'fade',pagination:false,arrows:false,\n\t} );\n\tprimarySlider7.sync( secondarySlider7 ).mount();\n} );\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>After spending the previous night in a hotel not far from the airport, I made my way back to the airport this morning to greet a friend, who would be joining me for this week of mountaineering. He had some delay getting out of the airport, but since I was on the airport WiFi watching the F1 Belgian Grand Prix, I couldn&#8217;t complain anymore. After that, we grabbed a rental car off the airport, headed back to my hotel for breakfast, and by the time we left for the mountains west of Denver, it&#8217;s already 10am.<\/p>\n<p>With a few day hikes ahead of us for the rest of this week, we didn&#8217;t want this acclimatization hike to be too long, so we figured we had some time to say hi to some of his friends in Denver before heading into the mountains. Unfortunately, <del>I entered the wrong address in the navigation app<\/del> my navigation app doesn&#8217;t like the street names of Denver, and we made a few wrong turns, so by the time we reached Loveland Pass, it&#8217;s already 1pm.<br \/>\nI guessed that&#8217;s late enough that some of the morning hikers had finished their trips, so we found a parking spot at the very space-constrained Loveland Pass.<\/p>\n<p>Sitting on the Continental Divide and at an elevation of 3655m, Loveland Pass is the highest mountain pass in the state of Colorado that is open year-round. From there, Mount Sniktau and Grizzly Peak are two peaks that can be accessed by (relatively) short trails.<br \/>\nMy friend and I were both feeling energetic, so we decided to go for the slightly longer Grizzly Peak Trail, which according to AllTrails, is 10.8km roundtrip with 800m elevation gain. Weather forecast indicated a 25% chance of precipitation in the afternoon, so the few scattered clouds in the sky didn&#8217;t bother us.<\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">In hindsight, having just landed in Denver, my friend was having a much harder time with acclimatization than me, so we should have picked Mount Sniktau.<\/div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s GPS tracking:<\/p>\n<div class=\"mobile-hide\" style=\"width:100%;aspect-ratio:6\/5;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikiloc.com\/wikiloc\/spatialArtifacts.do?event=view&#038;id=121725566&#038;measures=on&#038;title=off&#038;near=off&#038;images=off&#038;maptype=H\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"desktop-hide\" style=\"width:100%;aspect-ratio:3\/5;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikiloc.com\/wikiloc\/spatialArtifacts.do?event=view&#038;id=121725566&#038;measures=on&#038;title=off&#038;near=off&#038;images=off&#038;maptype=H\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Leaving the trailhead, the trail followed Continental Divide up a gentle incline, with views on both sides, including the various mountains to the north behind Interstate 70.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-1\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_131513.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_131513.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_173349.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_173349.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_132237.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_132237.jpg\" width=\"95%\" alt=\"Mountains to the North\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mountains to the North<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Interstate 70 in between the mountains, a constant sight for the beginning part of the hike.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_132228.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_132228.jpg\" width=\"95%\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Looking back at trailhead.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_131611.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_131611.jpg\" width=\"95%\" alt=\"Mountains to the South\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mountains to the South<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">US Route 6 winding through the mountains.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_172612.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_172612.jpg\" alt=\"Mount Sniktau\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mount Sniktau<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_173343C9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_173343C9.jpg\" alt=\"Grizzly Peak in the Distance\" \/><\/a><\/br>Grizzly Peak in the Distance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-1\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails-s\/20220828_131513.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails-s\/20220828_173349.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails-s\/20220828_132237.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains to the North\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails-s\/20220828_132228.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails-s\/20220828_131611.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains to the South\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails-s\/20220828_172612.jpg\" alt=\"Mount Sniktau\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails-s\/20220828_173343C9.jpg\" alt=\"Grizzly Peak in the Distance\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-1, #splide-thumb-1 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos from the beginning part of the hike.<\/summary>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_131513.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_131513.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_173349.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_173349.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_132237.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_132237.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains to the North\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mountains to the North<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Interstate 70 in between the mountains, a constant sight for the beginning part of the hike.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_132228.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_132228.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Looking back at trailhead.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_131611.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_131611.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains to the South\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mountains to the South<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">US Route 6 winding through the mountains.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_172612.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_172612.jpg\" alt=\"Mount Sniktau\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mount Sniktau<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_173343C9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_173343C9.jpg\" alt=\"Grizzly Peak in the Distance\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Grizzly Peak in the Distance<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>About 900m from the trailhead, the trail reached an intersection. According to some returning hikers, a right turn here and we would be on a shortcut towards Grizzly Peak, traversing a small hill instead of walking up and down its ridges, as indicated in the AllTrails route. This would save us some distance, and firmed up our desire to head for the more distant Grizzly Peak.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-2\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_132719.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_132719.jpg\" width=\"97%\" alt=\"Trail to Grizzly Peak\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail to Grizzly Peak<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_171710.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_171710.jpg\" width=\"97%\" alt=\"Trail to Grizzly Peak\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail to Grizzly Peak<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/DJI_0556.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/DJI_0556.jpg\" width=\"97%\" alt=\"Trail to Grizzly Peak\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail to Grizzly Peak<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Taken from my drone. The final section of this  &#8220;shortcut&#8221; trail, in the upper right of this photo, was very steep.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_172030.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_172030.jpg\" width=\"92%\" alt=\"Mountains to the South\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mountains to the South<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">US Route 6 winding down the hill.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/DJI_0551.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/DJI_0551.jpg\" alt=\"US Route 6\" \/><\/a><\/br>US Route 6<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Taken from my drone.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_133143.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_133143.jpg\" width=\"97%\" alt=\"Mountains to the West\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mountains to the West<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_171330.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_171330.jpg\" width=\"92%\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Coming from Mount Sniktau.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_171436.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_171436.jpg\" width=\"92%\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">At the intersection with the main trail from Mount Sniktau, looking back towards trailhead.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-2\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails-s\/20220828_132719.jpg\" alt=\"Trail to Grizzly Peak\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails-s\/20220828_171710.jpg\" alt=\"Trail to Grizzly Peak\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DJI_0556.jpg\" alt=\"Trail to Grizzly Peak\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails-s\/20220828_172030.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains to the South\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DJI_0551.jpg\" alt=\"US Route 6\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails-s\/20220828_133143.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains to the West\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails-s\/20220828_171330.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails-s\/20220828_171436.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-2, #splide-thumb-2 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos along the trail.<\/summary>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_132719.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_132719.jpg\" alt=\"Trail to Grizzly Peak\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_171710.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_171710.jpg\" alt=\"Trail to Grizzly Peak\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail to Grizzly Peak<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/DJI_0556.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/DJI_0556.jpg\" alt=\"Trail to Grizzly Peak\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail to Grizzly Peak<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Taken from my drone. The final section of this  &#8220;shortcut&#8221; trail, in the upper right of this photo, was very steep.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_172030.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_172030.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains to the South\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mountains to the South<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">US Route 6 winding down the hill.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/DJI_0551.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/DJI_0551.jpg\" alt=\"US Route 6\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>US Route 6<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Taken from my drone.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_133143.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_133143.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains to the West\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mountains to the West<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_171330.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_171330.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Coming from Mount Sniktau.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_171436.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_171436.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">At the intersection with the main trail from Mount Sniktau, looking back towards trailhead.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>The shortcut trail lasted about 800m, after which we were on Grizzly Peak Trail, along the ridge of Continental Divide, through some rolling hills.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-3\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_135053.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_135053.jpg\" width=\"95%\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Looking back towards the direction of the intersection.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_140129.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_140129.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_140133.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_140133.jpg\" width=\"95%\" alt=\"Mountains to the Northeast\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mountains to the Northeast<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Bard Peak and Mount Parnassus<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_140136.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_140136.jpg\" width=\"93%\" alt=\"Mountains to the North\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mountains to the North<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">From left to right, Hagar Mountain, The Citadel, and Pettingell Peak, three peaks on the Continental Divide.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_140139.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_140139.jpg\" width=\"95%\" alt=\"Mountains to the Northwest\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mountains to the Northwest<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Unbeknownst to us, a distant storm was brewing.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_164719.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_164719.jpg\" width=\"93%\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Taken on our way back. Cupid Peak is to the right of this photo, possibly being one of the random piles of rocks. It&#8217;s off trail and didn&#8217;t offer as great views, so we skipped it.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-3\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails-s\/20220828_135053.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails-s\/20220828_140129.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails-s\/20220828_140133.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains to the Northeast\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails-s\/20220828_140136.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains to the North\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails-s\/20220828_140139.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains to the Northwest\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails-s\/20220828_164719.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-3, #splide-thumb-3 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_135053.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_135053.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Looking back towards the direction of the intersection.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_140129.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_140129.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_140133.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_140133.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains to the Northeast\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mountains to the Northeast<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Bard Peak and Mount Parnassus<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_140136.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_140136.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains to the North\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mountains to the North<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">From left to right, Hagar Mountain, The Citadel, and Pettingell Peak, three peaks on the Continental Divide.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_140139.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_140139.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains to the Northwest\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mountains to the Northwest<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Unbeknownst to us, a distant storm was brewing.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_164719.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_164719.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Taken on our way back. Cupid Peak is to the right of this photo, possibly being one of the random piles of rocks. It&#8217;s off trail and didn&#8217;t offer as great views, so we skipped it.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>After passing by Cupid Peak, which if not for the marking on the map would be hardly noticeable, the trail went through a relatively steep descent to a saddle point before the final stretch up Grizzly Peak. Hiking poles were helpful during the descent, but even without them, I would still rate that section as YDS class 1.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-4\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_140706.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_140706.jpg\" width=\"97%\" alt=\"Mountains\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mountains<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Torreys Peak and Grays Peak, two 14ers, on the left. Grizzly Peak as their little brother on the right.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_164258.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_164258.jpg\" alt=\"Arapahoe Basin\" \/><\/a><\/br>Arapahoe Basin<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Site of a ski resort.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_141933.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_141933.jpg\" alt=\"Arapahoe Basin\" \/><\/a><\/br>Arapahoe Basin<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">US Route 6 passing the ski town of Keystone before the Dillon Reservoir in the distance.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_141820.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_141820.jpg\" alt=\"Valley\" \/><\/a><\/br>Valley<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">North of Torreys and Grays Peak.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_140746.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_140746.jpg\" alt=\"Trail to Grizzly Peak\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail to Grizzly Peak<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Along a few rolling hills.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_141457.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_141457.jpg\" alt=\"Trail to Grizzly Peak\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail to Grizzly Peak<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Along a few rolling hills.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_141926.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails-m\/20220828_141926.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_143303.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails-m\/20220828_143303.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_160422.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails-m\/20220828_160422.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_160854.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails-m\/20220828_160854.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Through rolling hills.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-4\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails-s\/20220828_140706.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails-s\/20220828_164258.jpg\" alt=\"Arapahoe Basin\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails-s\/20220828_141933.jpg\" alt=\"Arapahoe Basin\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails-s\/20220828_141820.jpg\" alt=\"Valley\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails-s\/20220828_140746.jpg\" alt=\"Trail to Grizzly Peak\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails-s\/20220828_141457.jpg\" alt=\"Trail to Grizzly Peak\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails-s\/20220828_143303.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-4, #splide-thumb-4 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_140706.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_140706.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mountains<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Torreys Peak and Grays Peak, two 14ers, on the left. Grizzly Peak as their little brother on the right.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_164258.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_164258.jpg\" alt=\"Arapahoe Basin\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Arapahoe Basin<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Site of a ski resort.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_141933.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_141933.jpg\" alt=\"Arapahoe Basin\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Arapahoe Basin<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">US Route 6 passing the ski town of Keystone before the Dillon Reservoir in the distance.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_141820.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_141820.jpg\" alt=\"Valley\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Valley<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">North of Torreys and Grays Peak.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_140746.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_140746.jpg\" alt=\"Trail to Grizzly Peak\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_141457.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_141457.jpg\" alt=\"Trail to Grizzly Peak\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail to Grizzly Peak<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Along a few rolling hills.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_141926.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails-m\/20220828_141926.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_143303.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails-m\/20220828_143303.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Through rolling hills.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_160422.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails-m\/20220828_160422.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_160854.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails-m\/20220828_160854.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>The final stretch up Grizzly Peak was the steepest, only after this trip did I know it&#8217;s commonly rated as YDS class 2. Compared with other class 2 hikes later in the week (Mount Democrat \/ Mount Sherman), I felt this was certainly the easier class 2, the rocks felt solid and the incline very manageable. I never felt the slightest possibility that my foothold would slip.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-6\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_144209.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_144209.jpg\" alt=\"Trail to Grizzly Peak\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail to Grizzly Peak<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The final stretch of the trail being the steepest.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_160101.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_160101.jpg\" alt=\"Trail to Grizzly Peak\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail to Grizzly Peak<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">This was taken during our descent when the storm had reached the peaks.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_144354.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_144354.jpg\" alt=\"Northern Slope of Grizzly Peak\" \/><\/a><\/br>Northern Slope of Grizzly Peak<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The rugged-looking textures of the boulders.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_161749.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_161749.jpg\" alt=\"Torreys and Grays Peak in Storm\" \/><\/a><\/br>Torreys and Grays Peak in Storm<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Taken during descent after the storm.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_145608.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_145608.jpg\" width=\"97%\" alt=\"Arapahoe Basin\" \/><\/a><\/br>Arapahoe Basin<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">It seemed that the storm had reached Dillon Reservoir. Unfortunately, we weren&#8217;t paying much attention to it as it didn&#8217;t look too bad.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_152933.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_152933.jpg\" width=\"97%\" alt=\"Path up Grizzly Peak\" \/><\/a><\/br>Path up Grizzly Peak<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Typical class 2 terrain, sort of steep but for me, it&#8217;s marginally manageable without using hands. This was taken close to the summit.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_152939.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_152939.jpg\" alt=\"Looking Back\" \/><\/a><\/br>Looking Back<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">My friend descending from Grizzly Peak in the foreground.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-6\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails-s\/20220828_144209.jpg\" alt=\"Trail to Grizzly Peak\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails-s\/20220828_160101.jpg\" alt=\"Trail to Grizzly Peak\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails-s\/20220828_144354.jpg\" alt=\"Northern Slope of Grizzly Peak\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails-s\/20220828_161749.jpg\" alt=\"Torreys and Grays Peak in Storm\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails-s\/20220828_145608.jpg\" alt=\"Arapahoe Basin\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails-s\/20220828_152933.jpg\" alt=\"Path up Grizzly Peak\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails-s\/20220828_152939.jpg\" alt=\"Looking Back\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-6, #splide-thumb-6 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos from the trail up Grizzly Peak.<\/summary>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_144209.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_144209.jpg\" alt=\"Trail to Grizzly Peak\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail to Grizzly Peak<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The final stretch of the trail being the steepest.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_160101.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_160101.jpg\" alt=\"Trail to Grizzly Peak\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail to Grizzly Peak<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">This was taken during our descent when the storm had reached the peaks.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_144354.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_144354.jpg\" alt=\"Northern Slope of Grizzly Peak\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Northern Slope of Grizzly Peak<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The rugged-looking textures of the boulders.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_161749.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_161749.jpg\" alt=\"Torreys and Grays Peak in Storm\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Torreys and Grays Peak in Storm<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Taken during descent after the storm.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_145608.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_145608.jpg\" alt=\"Arapahoe Basin\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Arapahoe Basin<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">It seemed that the storm had reached Dillon Reservoir. Unfortunately, we weren&#8217;t paying much attention to it as it didn&#8217;t look too bad.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_152933.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_152933.jpg\" alt=\"Path up Grizzly Peak\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Path up Grizzly Peak<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Typical class 2 terrain, sort of steep but for me, it&#8217;s marginally manageable without using hands. This was taken close to the summit.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_152939.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_152939.jpg\" alt=\"Looking Back\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Looking Back<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">My friend descending from Grizzly Peak in the foreground.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>And here&#8217;s a video I took on my way up Grizzly Peak, first with my head-mounted GoPro then with my drone, from the saddle point up the summit of Grizzly Peak:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BTzonBHyzW4\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_152513.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_152513.jpg\" alt=\"Impending Storm\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Impending Storm<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">While the weather forecast indicated only 25% chance of precipitation, the distant skies looked more and more ominous as we approached Grizzly Peak. We tried to stay obliviously confident, hoping that the storm wouldn&#8217;t hit us. But minutes from the top, that seemed inevitable, despite which we still decided to head for the summit and record the moment. This photo was taken after we reached the summit of Grizzly Peak, where the storm had already passed Dillon Reservoir.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Finally, we reached the summit at 3:17pm and started to appreciate the scenery.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-5\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_152507.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_152507.jpg\" width=\"97%\" alt=\"Chihuahua Lake before Mountains\" \/><\/a><\/br>Chihuahua Lake before Mountains<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_152519.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_152519.jpg\" width=\"97%\" alt=\"Rugged Ridge to Lenawee Mountain\" \/><\/a><\/br>Rugged Ridge to Lenawee Mountain<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_152517.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_152517.jpg\" width=\"97%\" alt=\"Rugged Ridge to Lenawee Mountain\" \/><\/a><\/br>Rugged Ridge to Lenawee Mountain<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/DJI_0528.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/DJI_0528.jpg\" alt=\"Ridge to Torreys and Grays Peak\" \/><\/a><\/br>Ridge to Torreys and Grays Peak<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Two 14ers nearby. Captured from my drone.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_152525.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails-m\/20220828_152525.jpg\" width=\"45%\" alt=\"Ridge to Torreys Peak\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_152528.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails-m\/20220828_152528.jpg\" width=\"45%\" alt=\"Grays Peak\" \/><\/a><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_152552.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails-m\/20220828_152552.jpg\" width=\"45%\" alt=\"Mount Sniktau\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_152556.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails-m\/20220828_152556.jpg\" width=\"45%\" alt=\"Bard Peak and Mount Parnassus\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mountains<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Torreys Peak, Grays Peak, Mount Sniktau, Bard Peak and Mount Parnassus.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_152548.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_152548.jpg\" width=\"97%\" alt=\"Mountains to the North\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mountains to the North<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_152534.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_152534.jpg\" width=\"97%\" alt=\"Valley\" \/><\/a><\/br>Valley<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_152833.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_152833.jpg\" width=\"97%\" alt=\"Arapahoe Basin\" \/><\/a><\/br>Arapahoe Basin<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/DJI_0527.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/DJI_0527.jpg\" alt=\"Grizzly Peak before Arapahoe Basin\" \/><\/a><\/br>Grizzly Peak before Arapahoe Basin<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Captured from my drone. The summit didn&#8217;t look that imposing from this angle.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-5\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails-s\/20220828_152507.jpg\" alt=\"Chihuahua Lake before Mountains\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails-s\/20220828_152519.jpg\" alt=\"Rugged Ridge to Lenawee Mountain\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails-s\/20220828_152517.jpg\" alt=\"Rugged Ridge to Lenawee Mountain\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DJI_0528.jpg\" alt=\"Ridge to Torreys and Grays Peak\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails-s\/20220828_152528.jpg\" alt=\"Grays Peak\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails-s\/20220828_152548.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains to the North\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails-s\/20220828_152534.jpg\" alt=\"Valley\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails-s\/20220828_152833.jpg\" alt=\"Arapahoe Basin\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DJI_0527.jpg\" alt=\"Grizzly Peak before Arapahoe Basin\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-5, #splide-thumb-5 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos from the summit of Grizzly Peak.<\/summary>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_152507.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_152507.jpg\" alt=\"Chihuahua Lake before Mountains\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Chihuahua Lake before Mountains<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_152519.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_152519.jpg\" alt=\"Rugged Ridge to Lenawee Mountain\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Rugged Ridge to Lenawee Mountain<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_152517.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_152517.jpg\" alt=\"Rugged Ridge to Lenawee Mountain\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Rugged Ridge to Lenawee Mountain<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/DJI_0528.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/DJI_0528.jpg\" alt=\"Ridge to Torreys and Grays Peak\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Ridge to Torreys and Grays Peak<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Two 14ers nearby. Captured from my drone.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_152525.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails-m\/20220828_152525.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Ridge to Torreys Peak\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_152528.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails-m\/20220828_152528.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Grays Peak\" \/><\/a><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_152552.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails-m\/20220828_152552.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Mount Sniktau\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_152556.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails-m\/20220828_152556.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Bard Peak and Mount Parnassus\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mountains<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Torreys Peak, Grays Peak, Mount Sniktau, Bard Peak and Mount Parnassus.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_152548.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_152548.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains to the North\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mountains to the North<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_152534.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_152534.jpg\" alt=\"Valley\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Valley<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_152833.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_152833.jpg\" alt=\"Arapahoe Basin\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Arapahoe Basin<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/DJI_0527.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/DJI_0527.jpg\" alt=\"Grizzly Peak before Arapahoe Basin\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Grizzly Peak before Arapahoe Basin<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/20220828_152623_152652.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/20220828_152623_152652.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains around Grizzly Peak\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mountains around Grizzly Peak<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/DJI_0530C9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/DJI_0530C9.jpg\" alt=\"Path up Grizzly Peak\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Path up Grizzly Peak<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">A rough sketch of the trail that we took up Grizzly Peak, over this drone photo.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p>And in line with my tradition, I commemorated the moment with a drone video:<br \/>\n<video controls width=\"600\" poster=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/DJI_0525_1112.jpg\" preload=\"none\"><source src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/Grizzly_Peak_Helix_1_2160p60_H265_16Mbps.mp4\"><source src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/Grizzly_Peak_Helix_1_2160p60_H264_18Mbps.mp4\"><\/video><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">26 seconds, 2160p60fps, 16Mbps\/51.8MB for H265, 18Mbps\/57.1MB for H264.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>With the impending storm, we didn&#8217;t stay long at the summit before heading down. Unfortunately, the bulk of the storm hit us at 3:33pm, not long after we started our descent.<br \/>\nThe storm brought some hail, which was actually quite an enchanting sight watching it dance in the wind. Fortunately, the hail was very limited in size (~1mm), and was never intense enough that the rocks (and the subsequent trail) stayed mostly dry throughout our descent from Grizzly Peak. Even more importantly, no lightning was spotted in the vicinity.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s just that the wind felt really bitter with hail mixed in it, and with that, I could feel my fingers losing temperature.<br \/>\nLuckily, the storm passed quickly, and was almost gone by the time we got back to the saddle point between Cupid Peak and Grizzly Peak.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/DJI_0537_DJI_0549-13.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/DJI_0537_DJI_0549-13.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">At the intersection where the shortcut met the main Grizzly Peak trail.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p>After that, the rest of the way back stayed uneventful. I even had the mood to test out my drone&#8217;s &#8220;follow&#8221; feature along a wide open section of the trail.<br \/>\n<video controls width=\"600\" poster=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/DJI_0535_1238.jpg\" preload=\"none\"><source src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/Hike_2160p60_2.5x_H265_10.5Mbps.mp4\"><source src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/Hike_2160p60_2.5x_H264_12Mbps.mp4\"><\/video><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size:x-small;\">6 minutes and 55 seconds, at 2.5x playback speed, 2160p60fps, 10.5Mbps\/532MB for H265, 12Mbps\/634MB for H264.<\/br>This video actually consisted of two parts. Before 2:32 it was my ascent from the &#8220;cutoff&#8221; trail to the main trail to Grizzly Peak, after 2:32 it was my descent.<\/div>\n<p>Finally, we were back at Loveland Pass at 5:40pm. I grabbed a few photos of the nearby mountains in gorgeous sunlight after the storm passed, before we drove to our overnight lodge outside Breckenridge.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-7\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/DSC_1866.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_1866.jpg\" width=\"95%\" alt=\"Mountains to the South\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mountains to the South<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Grizzly Peak being the tallest of the group.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/DSC_1867.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_1867.jpg\" alt=\"Grizzly Peak\" \/><\/a><\/br>Grizzly Peak<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/DSC_1886.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_1886.jpg\" width=\"95%\" alt=\"Mountains to the South\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mountains to the South<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The ridge between Grizzly Peak and Lenawee Mountain looked pretty rugged.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/DSC_1868.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_1868.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/DSC_1884.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_1884.jpg\" width=\"95%\" alt=\"Peak\" \/><\/a><\/br>Peak<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">A nameless one to the southwest of Loveland Pass.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-7\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1866.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains to the South\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1867.jpg\" alt=\"Grizzly Peak\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1886.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains to the South\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1868.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_1884.jpg\" alt=\"Peak\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-7, #splide-thumb-7 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos from Loveland Pass.<\/summary>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/DSC_1866.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_1866.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains to the South\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mountains to the South<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Grizzly Peak being the tallest of the group.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/DSC_1867.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_1867.jpg\" alt=\"Grizzly Peak\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Grizzly Peak<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/DSC_1886.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_1886.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains to the South\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mountains to the South<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The ridge between Grizzly Peak and Lenawee Mountain looked pretty rugged.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/DSC_1868.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_1868.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/DSC_1884.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_1884.jpg\" alt=\"Peak\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Peak<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">A nameless one to the southwest of Loveland Pass.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/DSC_1869_DSC_1883-15.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2022\/08\/28\/thumbnails\/DSC_1869_DSC_1883-15.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains from Loveland Pass\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mountains from Loveland Pass<\/p><\/div>\n<p>END<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first day of my 2022 Colorado trip. 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