Casco Peak Photos & Movie

  • John Casco Peak01a
    Casco Peak from Leadville where we spent the night
  • John Casco Peak05
    Had to negotiate an ice-cold stream
  • Casco Peak01
    Abandoned miners' cabin
  • John Casco Peak09
  • Casco Peak01a
    Still a lot of snow left for August
  • John Casco Peak15
  • Casco Peak02
    Enjoying lunch before tackling the talus slope in the background
  • John Casco Peak16
    Talus slope up to saddle
  • John Casco Peak20
    Plenty of Columbine in bloom
  • Casco Peak03
    Up the talus (ugh)
  • John Casco Peak18
    Finally made it to the saddle
  • Casco Peak04
    French Mountain on the right - another high 13er
  • Casco Peak05
    Another 300' to the summit
  • Casco Peak06
    John's almost at the top
  • Casco Peak09
    Took us only 4+45 to make it to the peak!
  • John Casco Peak22
    Looking west towards Aspen area
  • John Casco Peak29
    French Mountain
  • Casco Peak07
    Northeast view towards Leadville
  • Casco Peak08
    Busy Saturday on Elbert's summit
  • Casco Peak10
    Looking west towards Snowmass, Capitol & Sopris
  • Casco Peak12
    Snowmass on left, Capitol on right - zoomed in
  • Casco Peak11
    La Plata Peak left of center
  • Casco Peak13
    Looking back down the trail and at Champion Mine
  • John Casco Peak33
    Descent from the summit
  • Casco Peak13a
    Nice snowfield for a glissade
  • Casco Peak14
    On the way down - that's Casco in the back. Still quite green for this time of year.
  • John Casco Peak37
  • John Casco Peak39
  • John Casco Peak40
    Some of the willows we had to plunge our way through
  • Casco Peak Trail
    Trace of our route
 

Movie of John glissading down snowfield (24 MB Quicktime file)

 

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