Mount Arkansas
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• Statistics:
  • Date Hiked:  May 6, 2012
  • Miles Hiked:  5.0
  • Elevation Gain:  2,723'
  • Hiking Partner(s):  Jeff Shafer
• Description:
  • With only a half of a day available to get out, Jeff and I simply went up to Fremont Pass south of Copper Mountain and made a quick jaunt up Mount Arkansas and it's North Couloir.  It could have been quicker had I paid a little more attention on the approach, but we eventually climbed the couloir and topped out on Mount Arkansas.  Instead of cutting southwest about a mile and a half up the road, we hiked the entire basin below Democrat, Buckskin, and Tweto before circling around and reaching the base of the couloir below Mount Arkansas.  We descended the north ridge back to the trailhead.
• Maps:
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• Photographs:
  • Mount Arkansas and the North Couloir on the approach.  (Photo by Ben Conners.)
  • Jeff nearing the apron of the couloir.
  • Looking up from the base of the couloir.
  • Jeff starting the snow climb.
  • Approximately 1/3rd of the way up the climb.
  • The short rock step near the top of the climb with a cornice above.
  • Looking down the north couloir after negotiating the rock step.
  • The cornice at the top of the climb with the exit to the left.
  • James on the summit.
  • Jeff on the summit of Mount Arkansas.

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