Hike Logs: 2018 Colorado Rockies Six-Pack of Peaks Challenge

Are you taking the Colorado Rockies Six-Pack of Peaks Challenge? Here you can see all the hikes logged in our 2018 challenge, with the most recent at the top. If you want to view logged hikes for just one of the peaks, click the mountain name. Click on a hike log to see all the details, more photos and leave comments for the challengers.

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4 Miles Uphill

By mgarber89

Peak Bergen Peak Group   Trailhead Elk Meadow Trailhead I went into this hike pretty ready to wreck it. I had done several long hikes and 6 14ers the week of the 4th of July so I figured this would be a breeze. I was wrong. It's about 4.5 miles of consistently uphill hiking. No […]
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Birthday Peak for My Birthday Month! 🙂

By Michael L

Peak Birthday Peak Group   Trailhead Collegiate Wilderness The third day of our hiking exploits took us up to Birthday Peak. We drove the dirt road trail up to the trailhead after taking the long drive from Denver, CO. Some fires had closed the road in that direction so we were detoured which made the […]
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HOGO (Hike One, Get One) – 2nd Time's The Charm

By mgarber89

Peak Grays Peak Group   Trailhead Grays Peak Trailhead The beginning of the hike until about 2 – 2.5 miles in is pretty easy. Once you pass the rocky area and the Torreys trail split, the summit of Grays is deceptively far. It looks like there are only a handful of switchbacks but in reality […]
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Wanted some Bergen to celebrate the 4th of July!

By Michael L

Peak Bergen Peak Group   Trailhead Elk Meadow Park We enjoyed the fireworks show in Downtown Denver which occurred on 3 July 2018 for some reason. We stayed up late so we decided to go with the easier hike that was close to downtown Denver. We started relatively early and got to the empty trailhead. […]
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1st Hike in the Colorado Rockies Should be Rocky Mountain

By Michael L

Peak Rocky Mountain Group   Trailhead Manitou Incline Steps My girlfriend and I had a week to hike in Colorado so we decided to see how many summits of the six pack of peaks Colorado we could do. We had previously done the Southern California six pack of peaks for 2017 together. I had completed […]
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Good Old Grays Peak

By Chris McMillen

Peak Grays Peak Group   Trailhead Grays Peak One of the best days I ever felt for hiking. Was told that was going to be thunder storms at 10am but nothing but blue skies. I hate how weather reports do get it wrong a lot but still it’s always good to be prepared. I would […]
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Beautiful Bergen

By Chris McMillen

Peak Bergen Peak Group   Trailhead Elk Meadow Park Probably the best hike to begin with for the challenge. I was worried about storms but it was just cloud cover the whole time. You are in tree line practically the whole way which really does add beauty to the hike. The town of Evergreen is […]
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Mt. Sherman, The “easy” 14er

By Chris McMillen

Peak Mount Sherman Group   Trailhead Mt. Sherman New 14er to add to the books. They say it’s the easiest but no 14er is easy. Great road trail most of the way up. Make sure to not accidentally go too far left going up Mt. Sheridan or just hike that one too with Sherman! Users […]
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Cool Looking Horseshoe

By Chris McMillen

Peak Horseshoe Mountain Group   Trailhead 0.25 mile up from Fourmile Road Driving up the 603 road there is a big snow patch a half mile up so you need to find somewhere to park before it. It’s real easy linking up to the trail from many spots. No snow on the trail the whole […]
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Rocky Mountain High

By Chris McMillen

Peak Rocky Mountain Group   Trailhead The Incline Nice hot Saturday! If you’re looking to do a hike with a bunch of other people around you, going up the incline you’ll get just that. Proceeding up to Rocky Mountain, you’ll be lucky to see 1 other person. Make sure to study or have the photos […]
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That was some Bergen!

By chelseytisdale

Peak Bergen Peak Group   Trailhead Elk Meadow Park Trailhead Parking was easy to find! Bathroom right before the trek! Started at Elk Meadow Park Trail head straight from the parking lot. And about a quarter-mile in I headed up Meadow view Trail. The whole hike had a clearly marked trail you don’t have to […]
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Stairway to Rocky Mountain Heaven

By Rebekah Barham

Peak Rocky Mountain Group   Trailhead Manitou Incline / Barr Trail A couple of years ago, while I was living in Los Angeles, a dear friend recommended that we go climb the Culver City Stairs. I agreed, halfheartedly, only to chicken out and instead walk the trail that winds around the stairs. Those 282 seemingly […]
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Do you know where the summit sign is!?!??!

By Rebekah Barham

Peak Bergen Peak Group   Trailhead Meadow Park Trail The weather was perfect but the views were hazy. The hike overall was not as intensive as I thought it would be, although it did take us about 15 minutes to find where the summit sign was. Users who liked this:
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Rocky Mountain via Manitou Incline

By chelseytisdale

Peak Rocky Mountain Group   Trailhead Manitou Incline The incline had some ice and slush but very manageable. Weather was beautiful at 6am. Cold but as soon as the sun came up it was quite warm. The I clone is rather strenuous but worth it at the top. The trail to the summit was a […]
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The Lucky Shoe

By BethB

Peak Horseshoe Mountain Group   Trailhead Silver Horse Dr The brisk air helped keep me moving a very good speed. I arrived at 8 in the morning and the entire trip took roughly 5 hours to complete. Not very many people crossed my path and I'm very glad that I completed it before snow fall! […]
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An extra 500!

By BethB

Peak Rocky Mountain Group   Trailhead The Incline This hike was actually a last minute decision! I pulled into the parking lot rough at 10;30 and started the ascent. It took me about an hour and a half to get to the top of the Manitou Incline. After that was another 500 elevation increase to […]
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Gypsy Heart to Blame

By BethB

Peak Mount Bierstadt Group Stone Trailhead Guanella Pass Trailhead My brother and I arrived at the trailhead a little before 8 that morning. There were plenty of cars filling up the parking lot so we decided to try to get a head start from as many of them as possible. The air was cool and […]
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Grays Peak


Mike Off the Map and Grays Peak

By Jeff Hester

Peak Grays Peak Group With Mike Off the Map Trailhead Grays Peak For my sixth peak in six days, I bagged my first 14er of the trip. And I was fortunate to have my friend Mike Restivo of Mike Off the Map join me. I hadn't met Mike before, but I've known him online for […]
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The Six-Pack Reject Peak

By Jeff Hester

Peak Mount Bierstadt Group   Trailhead French Gulch Full disclosure: I did not hike up Mount Bierstadt. I hiked up something harder; Mount Guyot. This peak is just east of Breckenridge, and it was originally supposed to be one of the six peaks in the challenge. After I hiked it, we decided it would be […]
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Horseshoe Mountain


Windy Day on Horseshoe Mountain

By Jeff Hester

Peak Horseshoe Mountain Group   Trailhead Leavick This was a solitary venture up an windswept land. The trail was entirely above the tree line, and the glacier-carved cirque that forms the namesake feature of the mountain was pocked with the remains of old mining operations. There are many “trails” that wind up towards the peak. […]
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Birthday Peak


Snow and Scramble up Birthday Peak

By Jeff Hester

Peak Birthday Peak Group   Trailhead Kroenke Lake Trailhead My third peak in three days. This trail started way back on the Kroenke Lake Trail, then split off with some off trail navigation up towards the peak. It was pretty easily followed with a map (and I had GaiaGPS with offline maps, too). There was […]
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View from Rocky Mountain


Straight Up, Then Up Some More

By Jeff Hester

Peak Rocky Mountain Group   Trailhead Manitou Incline This was my second hike in a row. I spent the night before in Colorado Springs, then drove to the trailhead. Parking here is expensive, so I drove back into town for cheaper parking and hoofed it up to the trailhead (about 1/2 mile). There are two […]
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Bergen Peak view


Bergen Peak with Bryan Martin of BCM

By Jeff Hester

Peak Bergen Peak Group   Trailhead Elk Meadow Perfect weather for kicking off my Colorado Six-Pack of Peaks Challenge. I was joined by Bryan Martin, Executive Director of Big City Mountaineers — an awesome non-profit organization that we help support through the Six-Pack of Peaks Challenge. We met at the Elk Meadow Trailhead off Stagecoach […]
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