For two straight weekends in July, Team Hayduke was fortunate enough to find itself in the stunning Sangre de Cristo range of southern Colorado. Bordered on the west by Great Sand Dunes National Park and the San Luis Valley, and hemmed in on the east by the breath-taking Wet Mountains, the Sangres are a very unique and beautiful range. Here are a few images from Google Earth that give an overview perspective. Overview. Crestone Needle & Peak. Kit Carson.
The way the mountain rise directly from the surrounding plains with basically no foothills is what I like most about the Sangres. The conglomerate rock is really fun as well. It's crazy to think that those huge walls were once the bed of a prehistoric river.
The first weekend Aaron & Arne climbed the Ellingwood Ledges route on the Crestone Needle. It's a really fun route, and one of the better moderate rock routes on any 14er in Colorado. Here's the GALLERY of the day on the Needle.
The next weekend Team Hayduke packed the truck with Meredith, Rebecca, Steve, Aaron, and their fearless leader Hayduke. Not only was Kit Carson to be Rebecca's first 14er, but it would also be HER FIRST TIME EVER BACKPACKING! But I know her, so I wasn't that worried.
Here's the pics from that weekend, and here's the MONTAGE!!! that covers both trips.
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