Shoshoni
Date: 11/6/2010
Distance: ~17 miles
Elevation Gain: ~3800'
From Fort Collins, I drove south on I-25, west on CO-66, north on CO-7, south on CO-72 and west on Brainard Lake Road to the winter closure. I biked up to the Long Lake Trailhead over snowpacked and icy sections of road without incident. I locked my bike at the trailhead and hiked up the Pawnee Pass Trail. I put snowshoes on just after the Pawnee Pass-Isabelle Glacier Trail intersection and left them on all the way to the summit of Pawnee Peak. I descended down to Pawnee Pass, then followed the ridge to the summit of Shoshoni, enjoying the mild scramble at the summit. I followed my ascent route back to the Pawnee Pass Trail.
A section of trail between the Long Lake Trailhead and the Indian Peaks Wilderness boundary
Navajo Peak and Apache Peak, from left to right
Pawnee Peak
Shoshoni Peak
The final slope up to Pawnee Pass
Little Pawnee Peak
Shoshoni Peak
Mount Toll, Paiute Peak, Longs Peak & Mount Audubon, from left to right
Pawnee Pass
Shoshoni Peak summit
Shoshoni Peak summit
Navajo Peak & Apache Peak, from left to right, from the summit of Shoshoni Peak
Shoshoni Peak summit on the downclimb
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