Buena Vista 6/6/10
Barb and I took a quick trip yesterday to try out our new RTT and check out the high trails in Buena Vista. First, the tent is great and BV is always a great place to go. The Arkansas is running really fast as is everything in the area, most running close to the top of their banks. The trails we ran were pretty much as expected though wetter than expected too.
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I guess I should have mentioned the creeks above are the ones running alongside Mt. Anterro & Tin Cup. The first trail we tried was Mt. Anterro which we fully expected to still be snowed in. It was and here are a couple pics showing why. The first looks pretty insignificant but the wet ground combined with what it really looked like stopped us. The second pic shows that if we made it past the first spot we would have been stopped a couple 100 yards later.
We did make it up to Baldwin Lake and beyond which was surprisingly clear. It got snowed in before we could get to the mine at the top though.
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Tin Cup was pretty much the same, made it quite a way before seeing that there was no way to make it to the pass. There's probably somewhere around a 10 foot deep drift before the pass.
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Last Hancock Pass/Pomeroy Lakes is inaccessible.
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Nice report, Chris. Almost wiki-like in its zen-ness.
So it looks like the tent accentuates the Cruiser lean. Maybe you should fold it out the other side.
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Duh. Yeah, like I said I'm tired. I'll wiki this of course because if I don't nobody will.
Yes, I know you and Scrubicon have wiki'd as well.
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Great, I am glad to hear the RTT is great. Thanks for the heads up
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Thanks for the pictures and report!
I always carry ear plugs of one kind or another in my ditty bag junk. That way if it rains or hails really hard or I end up parked next to a stream, I can get some sleep. Course I lose the ability to hear anything else...
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Awesome pics. No kidding about those streams running big! And I use ear-plugs all the time. Troy snores!
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Good pics and report, Yeah the rivers,streams, and such are running way high right now and fast moving water is loud.
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Pete do you know Luke Miller, and or Amanda Tarr?
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Nice shots Chris! Dang that creek by Mt. Antero is running high!
How did you guys like the RTT?
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The water levels apparently are at record levels right now, it looks like the high trails will be open soon. Anterro and Baldwin just needs a few drift busters or folks with shovels and a strong back to speed things up. Sounds like something SCrubicon would enjoy. Tin Cup need time, that's just too much for anything other than mother nature to take on.
The RTT worked well, easy and quick to put up and down Ash. It would be faster if neighboring campers didn't gather around to watch and ask questions though.
Ear plugs will now always be with us.
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LMAO Pete, I'll see if they do know you. Amanda put up the 1st 5.14c (I think that was the level) Haluconogeine in the black Canyon. And Luke was on SAR in Yosemitie during most of the 90's.
/thread hijak
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Nice pix, thanks for the report, and glad to see that the RTT is working out for you
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Wass it cold up there at nighrt still?
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