Trip
Hiking – Crags Campground Pikes Peak
Summit of Pikes Peak is the goal. Let's see if the weather holds for us. It's a long trek from the west side, but much shorter than via Barr Camp. Be prepared with plenty of snacks and hydration. We will plan to stop in the restaurant area to warm up (roughly 30mins) before descending back to our starting location.
Contacts
- Sat, Dec 23, 2023
- Pikes Peak
- Hiking
- Basic Alpine Climb
- Adults
- Challenging
- Challenging
- Mileage: 10.0 mi
- Elevation Gain: 4,400 ft
- High Point Elevation: 14,400 ft
- Maximum Wind: 40 kts
- Pace: 2.0mph
- 2 (5 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
This is a yearly climb for me. Sometimes in good weather sometimes in bad. I've seen a lot and have decided to turn around in bad weather. Let's hope for the good!
6am - Meet at the Manitou Springs "Schryver Park" Parking lot. Very close to the US-24 exit into Manitou Springs.
6:45am - Craigs Campground. If you don't want to meet in Manitou Springs, meet here.
We will try to start hiking by 7am.
11 am summit house
12 pm latest depart from summit house
3:30pm back at the cars.
Required Equipment
Be winter aware!
- Water hoses might freeze
- Wind is really strong
- It's COLD
- There could be a lot of snow
I recommend:
- Sturdy Boots
- Gaiters
- Trekking poles
- Backpack
- 10 essentials
- hand warmers
- butt warmers (it's a joke, but good insulated pants!)
- eye covering (glacier goggles or ski goggles)
- puffy jacket
- rain jacket (fits over the puffy).