There comes a time when you have to throw away your weekend and get some important stuff done. We've been wanting to tear out the carpet in our trailer for a while and replace it with vinyl planks. So, we drove to the Home Depot in Denver and picked up the parts for our our new floor. Then, we tore out the carpet.
And then we realized it was too late in the day to start laying the floor.....so we went camping.
We decided to hike Mount Sherman the following morning, so we found a campsite near the trailhead for the night. The Four-Mile Campground is only a few miles from the Mount Sherman trailhead and has vault toilets and campsites with a good deal of privacy. Only tough thing is getting there via 10 miles of bumpy, bumpy road.
Standing at 14,036 feet, Mount Sherman is a small 14er and easy climb, as far as 14ers go. Because the road is in such bad shape, there are a number of places you can begin the ascent depending on how far up the road your car can go. From our parking spot, which was below the main parking lot, we probably added less than a mile roundtrip to the otherwise 5.25 mile hike.
Sherman isn't only appealing because it's "easy", it's also home to a number of mining ruins, including the abandoned, sagging mill at the Leavick townsite that you pass about a mile from the trailhead. It's also a great hike if you're interested in summiting more than one peak in a day. You can continue on from the summit of Sherman to Gemini and Dyer mountains (both 13ers) or head in the other direction to hike the Sheridan-Peerless-Horseshoe traverse (all 13ers, too).
We started at 7:30 am. We considered hiking over to Gemini and then considered hiking up Sheridan, but in the end decided one peak was enough for one day, and got off before noon when the thunderstorms started rolling in.
Standing at 14,036 feet, Mount Sherman is a small 14er and easy climb, as far as 14ers go. Because the road is in such bad shape, there are a number of places you can begin the ascent depending on how far up the road your car can go. From our parking spot, which was below the main parking lot, we probably added less than a mile roundtrip to the otherwise 5.25 mile hike.
Sherman isn't only appealing because it's "easy", it's also home to a number of mining ruins, including the abandoned, sagging mill at the Leavick townsite that you pass about a mile from the trailhead. It's also a great hike if you're interested in summiting more than one peak in a day. You can continue on from the summit of Sherman to Gemini and Dyer mountains (both 13ers) or head in the other direction to hike the Sheridan-Peerless-Horseshoe traverse (all 13ers, too).
We started at 7:30 am. We considered hiking over to Gemini and then considered hiking up Sheridan, but in the end decided one peak was enough for one day, and got off before noon when the thunderstorms started rolling in.