Mt. Belford Trip Report 06/09/2016

Report Type	Mini
Peak(s)	Mt. Belford - 14,202 feet Mt. Oxford - 14,158 feet
Date Posted	06/09/2016
Date Climbed	06/07/2016
Author	wildsidesky

Bagels and BelOx
Bagels and BelOx When the route write-up on the 14ers webpage advises that something (like the there-and-back of Oxford) is not a "walk in the park", don't take it lightly. I had the good fortune to be able to hike Mt. Belford and Mt. Oxford on 6/7, the earliest I've done a peak in a year before. Mt. Belford marked my halfway point of Colorado 14ers Despite incredible physical exhaustion, and running into some bad weather, it was a great start to another year of 14ers. Here is the link to the full trip report with photography: Bagels and BelOx Here are some preview images. Thumbnails for uploaded photos (click to open slideshow):

Bagels and BelOx

Bagels and BelOx

When the route write-up on the 14ers webpage advises that something (like the there-and-back of Oxford) is not a "walk in the park", don't take it lightly. I had the good fortune to be able to hike Mt. Belford and Mt. Oxford on 6/7, the earliest I've done a peak in a year before. Mt. Belford marked my halfway point of Colorado 14ers

Despite incredible physical exhaustion, and running into some bad weather, it was a great start to another year of 14ers.

Here is the link to the full trip report with photography: Bagels and BelOx

Here are some preview images.

Thumbnails for uploaded photos (click to open slideshow):

Comments or Questions

Kansan	Great Report 6/9/2016 12:41pm Nice report. I hope to do these in July. I will take two days to attempt to make it a little easier on my legs. Getting older.
AlexeyD	wow 6/10/2016 11:37am The Sawatch sure changed quickly in a couple weeks! Summer might take its time getting here, but once it does it seems to happen very fast.
semitrueskerm	Yep 6/11/2016 11:50am Did it yesterday, bro. It's a bear of a hike. High water crossing was pretty "exciting"!
JonMarmot	Agreed 6/11/2016 4:29pm I was the "tiny dot" person you ran into on the saddle that day lol. Resummitting Belford was a bit painful on me also. Definitely no walk in the park. Nice report, and glad to hear you made it out just fine, I heard the distant thunder when I was on my way out.
HarknessHooligans	Great timing! 6/14/2016 7:03am You did this so fast! It took us 11 hours last year...but we had no storms chasing us. Glad you made it safely. It is a very challenging combo but very rewarding

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