Hiking Summitville Mountain

In the years that Ken's dad lived in Summitville he never climbed the mountain there, so he wanted to climb the mountain for his 78th birthday. this is Fred (a local curator), Ken's dad , Taylor, myself and Ken at the start of our hike. We are headed for the top of the mountain behind us.

This is the group about 1/2 way up the mountain. Right on the edge of treeline.

It's hard to make out on this picture but on the left side about 1/3 of the way from the bottom is a elk. I was the one who spotted it-I guess it's hereditary to spot wildlife from far away.

The elevation marker from the top of the mountain-12, 549 ft. this was Ken & Taylor's kick off hike in training for Philmont.

Three generations at 12,000 ft.

The three of us at the top-it was way windy. We didn't stay long as we could see rain clouds forming in the distance and heading our way. We didn't want to be up on a mountain in a storm.

At this elevation there is snow all year long.

Taylor and his snowball

Making treeline. There were only hunting trails at this point.

As we were heading out of the canyon the storm broke. The rain changed from a liquid to a solid as hail.

At the bottom of the canyon is a hamburger joint where we stopped for lunch. After the dust, rain and hail my car was filthy. Anyone that know me knows that my car never looks like this. It was a great hike.