2022-02-06, 03:10 PM
(2021-12-31, 06:34 PM)MojaveGeek Wrote: ... Candace, that's a lot of 14ers! Maybe you should partner with someone for the class 3 peaks...
LOL, if I'm going to hook up with anyone to help me make it up some summits, it will be for the "Desert Summits" peaks that I couldn't do on my own.
Regarding Hope Pass and the Leadville 100, in 2016 I climbed Mount Hope, planning to head over to Quail. But t-storms moved in by the time I got back to Hope Pass, so I ended up going down. Along the trail, I encountered a woman heading up to the pass in the cold rain and thunder, hanging flagging tape, etc. to mark the race course.
Also, I was once in Leadville when the last finishers were coming in, including one who barely beat the end of race cutoff time. However, fortunately I was never sharing the roads or trails with them.
IIRC, they hang plenty of signs around the area (including the dirt roads and trails that are involved) with the race dates, I'm surprised you didn't see any.