| Eagle Peak and UN 9400 Trip Report |
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| Page Type: Trip Report Location: Colorado, United States, North America Lat/Lon: 38.99144°N / 104.92218°W Date Climbed/Hiked: Jun 2, 2008 Activities: Hiking Season: Summer | Page By: Jeremy Hakes Created/Edited: Jun 4, 2008 / Jun 5, 2008 Object ID: 409728 Hits: 256 Loading... Page Score: 0% - 0 Votes Loading... Vote: Log in to vote |
A steep jaunt from the AFA.From Arnold Hall visitor parking lot:
7.25 miles, 2,650' gain. Tagged all 3 HPs - North BM/Eagle Peak, BM9400, and UN 9385 (formerly ranked previous to BM verification). From the summit of Eagle Peak, I headed SW on a faint trail which lead to a road, over and then scrambled up to the summit of UN 9400, wandered around and found the BM, which I didn't know it was there. After backsighting UN 9385, I found the UN9400 to be significantly higher (minimum 15'). The BM isn't actually at the very HP, but it is within feet (per handleveling). After this, I took the easy saddle down and over to 9385. From 9385, 9400 is well above sightlines. Cool view of Eagle Peak from there, too. So, back to the thrice-shared saddle, and back down to the TH.
Directions:
From the parking lot, head west and pick up the cindered path with handrail as it goes down, crosses a seasonal creek, take a right, follow the path west until it merges with a road, head west again following the road - it curves south and there is a sign at the "TH". This trail is a bit unpleasant - lots of loose decomposed granite, no switchbacks, and STEEP, but it goes directly to a nice aspen meadow, then fairly steeply uphill to the summit of Eagle Peak. Images
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