Getting Back Into The Swing

With a trip to the Sangre de Cristo Mountains set for this weekend, I felt I needed to get some alpine time for training. I'm woefully out of shape this summer since much of my free time is spent on my house.

I didn't have a lot of time, so I decided to check out some cliffs past Echo Lake near Mount Evans. The rock quality was dubious at best and at one point, found myself carefully downclimbing 50 feets of loose, broken rock and vertical dirt because continuing up would have been suicidal.

Still came across a good wall and got some high-ball bouldering in.

Echo Lake



Looking towards Chicago Basin



View From Ledge


Rock Quality Was Surprisingly Good, But Still Check Your Holds