The day after I climbed Yale, the dogs and I headed to the Colorado Trail for a long walk.  Once we climbed to the ridge, there was a fantastic view of Mt Yale.  The route I climbed on Saturday is the right slope.

The trail curls around and runs parallel to the valley.  There is a great view of BV for several miles.  Unfortunately,  on the way back, I rolled my ankle and fell down.   It’s unbelievable that I can climb a technical mountain and have no problems, but then fall down on a flat easy trail.

That night, a storm rolled in and made great cloud formations.

Yesterday, I drove to Mt Princeton’s trailhead.  From the trailhead, I followed a dirt road for 5 miles switch-backing up the mountain.  The road was really rough and very narrow, but several trucks had driven up it.  Near the end of the road, the trail broke to the right and dropped into the Princeton Col.  It skirted the ridge, eventually climbing to the southern shoulder.

There was a lot of boulder scrambling along the way.

The climb was fairly easy until the final pitch, which was really steep.

Google did a little magic on the picture below

It’s hard to see in the picture below, but it started snowing on the way down.  Once I got 2 miles down the road, a truck was passing and picked me up and gave me a ride to the bottom.  I was very appreciative since the snow had turned to rain.