{"id":3195,"date":"2020-05-25T21:25:44","date_gmt":"2020-05-26T02:25:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skelmo.com\/?p=3195"},"modified":"2020-05-25T21:25:45","modified_gmt":"2020-05-26T02:25:45","slug":"snow-is-melting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skelmo.com\/?p=3195","title":{"rendered":"Snow is melting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It’s a great time of year in BV. The weather is getting really warm and the snow is receding. Last week, I climbed the Buffalo peaks (13.2k) via a cross country route from the Tumble trail. There were a few snow fields to navigate and a vicious wind, but otherwise it was a straight forward climb. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I’ve also been busy around the house. I made another giant pot of corn chowder and filled the planters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The dogs have been putting in a lot of miles on the trail and seem to be enjoying it here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The snow finally melted enough that I could make it to the saddle on Mt. Yale. In a couple weeks, I’ll try for the summit on the East ridge. The last picture is Yale in the distance taken from further down the Colorado Trail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On Saturday I did the Spirit Vertical Run DUO 14er Challenge – a virtual race put on by Spectrum in Austin. The goal was to climb 12,571 feet, which is the elevation gain from Buena Vista, CO to two Collegiate Peak summits (Mt Harvard and Mt Columbia), combined. It took me over 10 hours to do 11 repeats of a segment of Colorado Trail on Mt. Yale. I ended up climbing just over 12.6k in 30 miles (up and down). I got 2nd place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n