Trip
Hiking – Comanche Peak
Experience summitting a remote Sangre de Cristo 13er outside of Westcliffe. Hike the Comanche Trail to Comanche Pass at 12,800’. From the pass go off trail up the north ridge of Class 2 Comanche Peak by ascending steep tundra & talus to summit at 13277’. Option of stopping at the Comanche Lake on the return trip. RT 11.6 miles, 3,777 gain, moderately difficult Class D hike, casual pace, register w/ leader.
Contacts
- Sat, Sep 10, 2022
- El Pueblo
- Hiking
- Adults
- Moderately Difficult Class D
- Challenging
- Mileage: 11.5 mi
- Elevation Gain: 4,275 ft
- High Point Elevation: 13,243 ft
- Pace: 1.5 mph
- 3 (5 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
Anyone who is fully COVID vaccinated is welcome to join the hike.
Register with the leader by texting (702) 480-5704 or emailing hooperjacqueline@yahoo.com. Please do not register yourself on the website. I register participants on the website after I communicate with them if I have never hiked with them before.
The drive to the Venable-Comanche Trailhead is about 1.5 hours from Pueblo and we still are in monsoon season with rain/t-storms starting around noon. Pueblo participants meet at the Pueblo City Park swimming pool parking lot, 221 Parkside Lane 81005 for at 5:00am departure and Colorado Springs participants meet at the junction of highway 67 and CO 96 in Wetmore at 5:30am to carpool. We plan to be at the trailhead at 6:30 am. There is a vault toilet at the trailhead.
From Westcliffe, take CO 69 south for 3.4 miles. Turn right on Schoolfield Road (CR 140). Follow Schoolfield Road for 4.6 miles. Turn left on Schoolfield Road/Willow Lane at the stop sign with staying right when the road curves for 0.2 miles. Turn right on CR 148 for 1.7 miles until seeing signage to entry to the Venable-Comanche Trailhead. GPS 38.082520, -150.564460. The hike starts at the trailhead and does not include carpool travel.
Required Equipment
Wear layers and sun protection, bring hat/gloves with expecting possible wind at the summit, bring rain gear, lunch to be eaten at the summit weather permitting, snacks to eat enroute, and 2-3 liters of water in addition to the other 10 essentials. We will have an optional celebratory tail-gating gathering after the hike so bring a favorite beverage and camp chair.