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This Highlight goes through a protected area

Please check local regulations for: Collegiate Peaks Wilderness

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Parts of this Highlight comprise highly technical, difficult, or hazardous terrain. Specialist equipment and prior experience may be required.

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Location: Chaffee County, Colorado, United States

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1. Mount Columbia via Horn Fork Basin Trail — Collegiate Peaks Wilderness

18.8km

04:17

1,230m

Expert run. Very good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required.

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Matthew

July 14, 2023

The switchbacks on the southwest ridge of Mount Columbia are steep, rocky, and sandy. Going up usually isn't an issue besides being steep and tiring, but his can be a quad busting decent. Trekking poles can be helpful on these unrelenting steeps. On a positive side, the switchbacks near the bottom of the mountain are not nearly as steep, and there are wide open views of Bear Lake and Mount Harvard nearly the entire climb.

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Distance 1.72 km

Uphill 20 m

Downhill 400 m

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Location: Chaffee County, Colorado, United States

Mount Columbia switchbacks

1. Mount Columbia via Horn Fork Basin Trail — Collegiate Peaks Wilderness

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