The journey started with work last night from 1700 – 0500 this A.M. However, I awoke yesterday at 1330 prior to my shift. Well, I worked my shift with no naps….I work in EMS if you didn’t already know. EMS stands for “Earn Money Sleeping” atleast 50-60% of the time.
So once my shift ended this morning I blitzed up to Frisco’s Main st and I-70 trailhead parking for the Tenmile Range and arrived just prior to 0700. The initial goal was Peak One or Tenmile Peak to get a sense of the Tenmile Range Traverse. I left my car at 0700 knowing that I had a possibility of T-storms around 1300.
The bike path start
It’s about a half mile towards Breck to the Royal trailhead.
A lot of interesting information about the old Masontown site.
The morning light was fabulous for taking shots of the dew on flowers.
Lots of blooming flower variety along the trail to Mount Royal and Mount Victoria
Summit of Mount Royal
The hill wasn’t too bad
One of the steep sections leading up to Mount Victoria's Northern Shoulder
One of the views along the crest of the Tenmile Range looking Northwest into the Gore range.
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amazing all day. As I worked my way up the East side of the Mount Victoria I could look out over Frisco towards the Continental Divide.
Dillon and Frisco with Torrey's and Grays in the right distance
The view of Peak one from near the second false summit.
Self Portrait on Mount Victoria
Parting shot back towards Peak one and Mount Victoria on the descent
All in all, it took 44 mins to get to the top of mount Royal and 2.5 hrs to get to the false summit of Peak 1 where I turned around. Another 1.5 hrs back to the car and then I trip over to David’s restaurant Food Hedz where I talked climbing with David and then refueled a little for the drive home. For some reason I couldn’t sleep and was awake until 0130 this morning for a total of 36 hrs awake after I finally fell asleep I slept 11 hours. If you’re ever in the Frisco, Silverthorne, Breckenridge or even Cooper and Vail mountain areas Food Hedz is certainly worth a stop.
