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(in the order that we completed them)

  1. Mount Bierstadt
  2. Mount Sherman
  3. Mount Antero
  4. Mount Princeton
  5. Mount Yale
  6. Pikes Peak
  7. Mount Democrat
  8. Mount Lincoln
  9. Mount Bross
  10. Mount Quandry
  11. Mount Evans
  12. Grays Peak
  13. Torreys Peak
  14. San Luis Peak
  15. Redcloud Peak
  16. Sunshine Peak
  17. Handies Peak
  18. Uncomparghe Peak
  19. Wetterhorn Peak
  20. Sunlight Peak
  21. Windom Peak
  22. Mount Eolus
  23. Mount Sneffels
  24. Wilson Peak
  25. Mount Wilson
  26. Mount Huron
  27. Mount Missouri
  28. Mount Oxford
  29. Mount Belford
  30. La Plata Peak
  31. Mount Elbert
  32. Mount Holy Cross
  33. Mount Shavano
  34. Tabegauche Peak
  35. Blanca Peak
  36. Ellingwood Point
  37. Little Bear
  38. Mount Lindsey
  39. Mount Humboldt
  40. Kit Carson
  41. Challenger Point
  42. Crestone Peak
  43. Crestone Needle
  44. Culebra Peak
  45. Maroon Peak
  46. Pyramid Peak
  47. North Maroon Peak
  48. Capitol Peak
  49. Snowmass Peak
  50. Castle Peak
  51. Mount Harvard
  52. Mount Columbia
  53. Mount Massive
  54. Longs Peak

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(The mountains in the order we originally planned to attempt them)

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Windom Peak

Date to Climb: June 27, 2009

Date Climbed: June 28, 2009

Elevation: 14,082

Range: San Juans, Needles

Latitude: 37.62120, Longitude: -107.59190

Route: West Ridge ll, Class 2+

Round-Trip Mileage: 5 (from Chicago Basin)

Pre-Climb Comments

See Sunlight.

Post-Climb Comments

Since we did not do Windom as planned the day before with Sunlight, Amy and I woke at 3:30 and were walking by 4:00.

Jake was going to spend the day at camp. We tethered him to a tree so that he could lay inside the open tent, but still have access to the outside. When we left that morning he acted as if he did not want to go with us, which made leaving him easier.

Rested and nourished we made excellent time getting to the upper Chicago Basin and over to the base of the mountain. Our ascent was quick until about 13,800 feet at which point we found all the rock covered with a thin sheet of ice - verglass. The slick rock made typically easy moves especially dangerous and slowed us to a snail’s pace. After a few harrowing moments we finally summited at 7:30.

Amy on Windom

Windom Peak

The descent was just as slow and difficult as the climb until we finally climbed below the ice. Again, we were able to move quickly. Practically running down the slopes we could see Nick waiting in a distance at the start of the approach to Mount Eolus.

Mount Windom - June 28, 2009 summit check