Steve Knapp wrote:Thanks Luke, you are always great at noticing these things. Pueblo county is only a whopping nine peaks, we started and finished the massive list in about four months and a few separate hikes. The peaks are more spread out than one would think, so it worked best for us to get a few at a time.
The Pueblo finisher was Greenhorn Mountain. It was good to save the only alpine peak for last. Good views up there, the 3k of prominence is noticeable when you look down on the surrounding plains below. Of course anyone who has been up there knows what a short hike it is, only 4 miles RT and 1500' gain. So to fill the day we went on to climb an additional ten peaks in nearby Custer county to make for a really memorable day.
Congrats to Brian on the El Paso completion as well!
Steve, you don't *have* to go up Greenhorn the short way
There's the Bartlett Trail out of Rye (though I wouldn't do it in this heat...).
Congrats on the new county completion!