Up on Peak 10, the easy way

Nancy and I went 4-wheeling with Mark and Teena over the weekend. What a great time we had going up and down steep trails, through the mud, and grinding it out up to the top of mountains. We stayed at their place and got up early, met a couple of other friends and began our morning tour.

Below is the trail up Peak 10 and that's Breckenridge in the background. We drove through the ski area and then connected with the old mining road. We drove up this for 5 or 6 miles maybe to within a couple hundred feet of the summit, which is just over 13,600 feet in elevation. The switchbacks were really fun.

When we got to the summit ridge we could see Crystal Lake (pictured below) and Upper Crystal Lake. What a magnificent view without a lot of work. Normally we would hike something like this!

At the top, we enjoyed a great view of Colorado! Nancy got to see quite a bit without ever getting out of the jeep. Her broken ankle prevented hiking and biking of course, so this turned out to be a really nice time. We did see a few hikers and people mountain biking. This was all in the morning. In the afternoon, we went up Chihuahua Gulch and Peru Creek to the old ghost town of Chihuahua.