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La Plata Peak
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#3946: View up at 13,000 ft along La Plata Peak trail … June 2007 -- La Plata Peak, Colorado
La Plata Peak
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La Plata Peak: elev 14,336 ft wiki - 5th highest in Colorado - Sawatch
Hiking - (Highway I-82) 4.75 miles, 4,500 ft gain
La Plata Peak is located in Sawatch Range. Its name means "silver" peak in Spanish, after silver deposits were discovered in early 20th century.
First Trail starts from the north side, along Independence Highway I-82 and follows the northern ridge which divides La Plata basin from La Plata Gulch. Second Trail starts in Winfield, to the south of the peak and leads through a marshy basin and up a headwall.
La Plata Peak, Colorado photos follow
#3999: La Plata Peak on the left … June 2007 -- La Plata Peak, Colorado
#3996: Closeup view of La Plata Peak from Highway 82 … June 2007 -- La Plata Peak, Colorado #3997: Blue trail to the summit of La Plata Peak, and red path I took down (loose boulders underfoot for 3 hours) … June 2007 -- La Plata Peak, Colorado #4000: La Plata Peak on the right … June 2007 -- La Plata Peak, Colorado #3995: La Plata Peak from Highway 82 … June 2007 -- La Plata Peak, Colorado #3998: La Plata Peak on the left … June 2007 -- La Plata Peak, Colorado
...views along the trail
#3962: Hikers along La Plata Peak trail … June 2007 -- La Plata Peak, Colorado #3963: Hikers along La Plata Peak trail … June 2007 -- La Plata Peak, Colorado #3964: Hikers along La Plata Peak trail … June 2007 -- La Plata Peak, Colorado #3965: View North West along La Plata Peak trail … June 2007 -- La Plata Peak, Colorado #3971: Mt Elbert and other peaks - View along La Plata Peak trail … June 2007 -- La Plata Peak, Colorado #3972: View South West along La Plata Peak trail … June 2007 -- La Plata Peak, Colorado #3973: View up at 13,000 ft along La Plata Peak trail … June 2007 -- La Plata Peak, Colorado #3952: Worker Ant along La Plata Peak trail … June 2007 -- La Plata Peak, Colorado #3958: White flower along La Plata Peak trail … June 2007 -- La Plata Peak, Colorado #3953: Worker Ant along La Plata Peak trail … June 2007 -- La Plata Peak, Colorado #3955: Blue flower along La Plata Peak trail … June 2007 -- La Plata Peak, Colorado #3960: Yellow flower along La Plata Peak trail … June 2007 -- La Plata Peak, Colorado #3954: Yellow flower with flies along La Plata Peak trail … June 2007 -- La Plata Peak, Colorado #3957: White flower along La Plata Peak trail … June 2007 -- La Plata Peak, Colorado #3959: 3 yellow flowers with a fly along La Plata Peak trail … June 2007 -- La Plata Peak, Colorado #3956: Red flower along La Plata Peak trail … June 2007 -- La Plata Peak, Colorado #3961: The beginnings of a pine cone - along La Plata Peak trail … June 2007 -- La Plata Peak, Colorado #3966: Purple daisy along La Plata Peak trail … June 2007 -- La Plata Peak, Colorado #3974: white flower along La Plata Peak trail … June 2007 -- La Plata Peak, Colorado #3967: Red eyed male Alpine Ptarmigan along La Plata Peak trail … June 2007 -- La Plata Peak, Colorado #3969: Red eyed male Alpine Ptarmigan along La Plata Peak trail … June 2007 -- La Plata Peak, Colorado #3968: Red eyed male Alpine Ptarmigan along La Plata Peak trail … June 2007 -- La Plata Peak, Colorado #3970: The female partner of a red eyed Alpine Ptarmigan along La Plata Peak trail … June 2007 -- La Plata Peak, Colorado
Picture Count: 29
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Notes:
• A hike of 4hours uphill by many... but pretty views along the way so that it took me 9hours and still i didn't reach the top at 6pm. (In addition to stopping often to catch my breath.) And walking down a mountain without a trail - not a good idea. Merging in the dark with a trail in the woods - not a good idea. 15 hour hiking day, last 6hours without water, lost bushwacking through river-bushes in the dark for 1.5 hours -- can't wait to go back, really - next time I will make other mistakes, not same ones.
• www.14ers.org/page.php?pname=peaks/sawatch/laplata - info
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