My friend Dennis, who's only here for a year, has been bugging me for almost 9 months now to go hiking in the mountains...so finally, after the snow melted enough, I yielded. I chose Mt. Sherman, as it's relatively close to Denver and it's an easy 14er to tackle, especially this early in the season. We had a wonderfully clear day (albeit a tad windy) with a quick descent made by glissading a portion of the trail.
Brian and Lisa gear up
Dennis points at the wrong mountain (White Ridge)
Starting up the trail
Hilltop Mine and Mt. Sherman in the distance
Brian, taking the photo
Hilltop mine
Lisa, Mt. Sherman in the background
Lisa hikes near the Hilltop mine
Dennis
People hiking up the snow field to the ridge
Kings Crown
Could this be "the hatch"? Note: we found no numbers engraved on the side...
Dennis
Looking up the ridge towards the summit
Iowa Gulch, down the western side of Sherman
Dennis, looking mountainous...
Brian, ascending below some form of heavenly light
Brian and Dennis
Dennis and Lisa
Brian, Dennis, and Lisa on the summit The Sawatch range is in the background - Mt. Elbert, the tallest mountain in Colorado is just left of Brian"s head - Mt. Massive (the second highest) to the right of Lisa"s head.
A panorama of the summit
The Maroon Bells peek just above South Massive Peak and Pt. 13,630.
The steep western flanks of Mt. Sherman
Lisa
Dennis and Lisa
On the ridge, looking down at our glissade path
Dennis glissading down The snowfield allowed us to drop about 230 feet of altitude in matter of seconds
Dennis finishing out his glissade
Lisa and Dennis watch others on the drop
A wider view of the basin below Sherman (on the right)
