雪後登Mount Warren(2011.09.16)

 

Mount Warren from Mount Evans Road

Mount Warren from Summit Lake

Mount Warren 海拔13,307 呎( 4,056公尺)，位在Mount Spalding(13,842’)和 Rogers Peak (13,391’) 兩座山峰的中間，是科羅拉多州13ers中的一座，她和西南邊的另一座14ers-Mount Evans(14,264’)相去不遠，兩山之間隔著一個高山湖泊Summit Lake。

登Mount Warren最簡易的方法是從Summit Lake起登，30分鐘內便可登頂。Mount Warren的山頂寬大平坦就像一處高原，山頂展望非常好，湖泊方面可俯瞰西北邊的Chicago Lakes和西南邊的Summit Lake；高山方面Mount Evans、Grays Peak和Torreys Peak等三座14ers均相去不遠，Mount Spalding(13,842’)和 Rogers Peak (13,391’)更是近在咫尺，往東望去則是丹佛市區及浩瀚的東部大平原。

此山雖然平易近人，山頂視野也很好，但卻不受一般登山客及遊客的青睞，主要是鄰近的Mount Evans(14,264’)、Mount Spalding(13,842’)和Gray Wolf Mountain(13,602’)名氣太大了，加上此山頭並不很突出，所以平時很少看到有人登上此山；昨天利用上山賞雪之際順便走訪這一座科州的13ers。

Mount Evans Scenic Byway自這個(9)月的6日起便季節性的封閉，車輛只能通行到海拔13,100呎的Summit Lake，昨天在Summit Lake看完雪景後將太座留在車內，我獨自攀登Mount Warren。Mount Warren並沒有明顯步道可行，也就是說在Summit Lake的停車場附近自行找路徑上山頂，來回約一個小時左右便可輕鬆撿一座13ers！

Mount Evans Scenic Byway

Echo Lake

Mount Goliath Natural Area

Mount Goliath Natural Area

Mount Evans from Mount Evans Road

Mount Evans from Mount Evans Road

Summit Lake (13,100 ft.) & Mount Evans(14,264 ft.)

Mount Warren (13,307 ft.)

Two 14ers' mountain-Grays & Torreys from the summit of Mount Warren

Two 14ers' mountain-Grays & Torreys from the summit of Mount Warren

Rogers Peak from the summit of Mount Warren

Mount Evans from Mount Warren's summit

Me on the summit of Mount Warren

Me on the summit of Mount Warren

Mount Evans & Summit Lake from Mount Warren's summit

Mount Evans 、Spalding & Summit Lake from Mount Warren's summit