Ascent of Mount Bailey on 2017-03-20| Others in Party: | Karen Musser
| | Date: | Monday, March 20, 2017 | | Ascent Type: | Successful Summit Attained | | Peak: | Mount Bailey | | Location: | USA-Colorado | | Elevation: | 9089 ft / 2770 m |
Ascent Trip ReportStarted at the local park called Wealkand Fawks Park. Parked in limited dirt lot and found the trail well signed immediately ahead. The trail is well marked, maintained, and nicely laid out. It is a short quick climb to the top but the views were far better than expected. Yes, there is some radio junk near the true peak and you do have to tippee toe around the fence on some rock to get to the true summit but the park folks laid out a nice sitting bench area on the smaller sub-peaks next to it and the views over the cliff edge were a pleasant surprise. For a quick rewarding acclimation hike in the area between Denver and Fairplay you can't beat this for a quick fun hike. Extra gain on descent was scrambling some shelves for fun before leaving. I forgot to measure the mileage up and back so this is my best guess that is a RT of 1 mile and about 450 gain |
| Summary Total Data | | Total Elevation Gain: | 489 ft / 148 m | | Total Elevation Loss: | 40 ft / 12 m | | Round-Trip Distance: | 1 mi / 1.6 km | | Grade/Class: | 1 but opportunity fo | | Quality: | 5 (on a subjective 1-10 scale) | | Route Conditions: | Maintained Trail | | Weather: | Pleasant, Breezy, Clear
55F | | Ascent Statistics | | Gain on way in: | 449 ft / 136 m | | Distance: | 0.5 mi / 0.8 km | | Route: | well marked park trail to top | | Start Trailhead: | Wealkand Fawks Park TH 8640 ft / 2633 m | | Descent Statistics | | Loss on way out: | 40 ft / 12 m | | Gain on way out: | 40 ft / 12 m | | Distance: | 0.5 mi / 0.8 km | | Route: | same | | End Trailhead: | same |
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