Keith, Buddy, and I made our way along the trail, which is really nicely maintained on Yale. Easy to follow and nice scenery. We made it above 12,000' and stopped for a snack. But unfortunately we noticed Buddy had a cut on his paw. He was moving slower today than yesterday but not substantially so we were not too concerned. We bandaged it up and continued just a little farther before deciding that it was not going to be good to have Buddy continue on to the summit. So we parted ways and I continued on while Keith tended to Buddy on the way down.
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| Poor Buddy....this is when we realized his foot was not holding up :( |
The trail continued to be really nice all the way up.
On the ridge before the final pitch, the wind started blowing pretty strongly. Almost took my breath away for a second.
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| The last bit of the climb is shown here. |
But once on the summit it died down and I stopped for a bit for some lunch.
The trip down was nice. Once I made it back to my car I had a note from Keith that Buddy and him made it safely down, which calmed my nerves a little bit since I was worried pretty much the whole way down. This hike/trail was really nice and I would definitely recommend it to others interested in some intro 14ers. So that is why it is one of my new favorites :)
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Hike
Summary
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Date:
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Tuesday, June 25, 2013
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Mountain:
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Mt. Yale
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Hike Start Time:
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8:03 AM
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Summit Time:
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12:30 PM
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Hike End Time:
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3:15 PM
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Miles:
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9.93
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Elevation Gain:
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4,247
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