Hiking – Paiute Peak (13,088') and Mt. Audubon (13,223') IPW

The trailhead for this hike is the Mitchell Lake Trailhead near Brainard Lake.  Here’s a Google Maps Link for it:  https://goo.gl/maps/ob8SRVdXf67UoJVr9

This is a loop hike to both Paiute Peak and Mt Audubon

Paiute Peak, elevation 13,088’, is on the Continental Divide, north of Mount Toll and west of Mt. Audubon, and offers fantastic views of the Indian Peaks.  The hike is on well developed trail from Mitchell Lake Trailhead to Blue Lake.  From there, we will follow cairns through the boulder field up to Little Blue Lake at 11,833’.  From Little Blue Lake, the route becomes moderately challenging, with some Class 1 and 2 scrambling up the couloir to the ridge on the Continental Divide at 12,800 ft.  Once there, it’s a short distance north along the ridge to Paiute Peak’s 13,088’ summit. 

From Paiute Peak we will follow the ridge, with some Class 1 and Class 2 scrambling, over to Mt Audubon.  From Mt Audubon we will follow the Mt Audubon Trail back to the Mitchell Lake Trailhead and Parking.

LIMITED TO MEMBERS WHO ARE FULLY VACCINATED AND BOOSTED FOR COVID-19

Round trip driving distance from Coors Tek to the Mitchell Lake Trailhead is 95 miles.

We will have the option of stopping on the way home for a social stop, not mandatory.

This is a CMC Bobcats trip

The Bobcats’ mission is to ensure a variety of challenging CMC trips, mostly on weekdays, all year long, for our mostly age 50+ constituents. We don’t have dues or elections and we invite all CMC members to sign up for any Bobcats trip.  The Bobcats publish an email newsletter on the 15th of each month, which includes the upcoming month’s trips that have just been opened **

Round trip driving distance from CMC/Coors Tek to the Mitchell Lake trailhead is 95 miles.

There will be an optional celebratory stop after the hike for those who are interested.

We will meet 5:30 am at the Coors Tek Parking Lot in Golden, for a PROMPT 5:45am departure  Here’s a link to it in Google Maps ( https://goo.gl/maps/VLqhSXXK5D52 ). We can also arrange meeting elsewhere by contacting leader.

We will start our hike at the Mitchell Lake Trailhead parking lot in the Indian Peaks Wilderness, sometime around 7:15am.  The Mitchell Lake Trailhead is just past Brainard Lake.  Here’s a Google Maps Link for it:  https://goo.gl/maps/ob8SRVdXf67UoJVr9