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Oct 05, 2019 — This was a great traverse of a few peaks in an area of Colorado I'd never been: Peak 12955, Trinchera Peak, Leaning Peak North, Leaning Peak South, Cuatro Peak, and Mount Maxwell. I met up with a new friend, Whiley, who is among the most badass people I've had the pleasure of adventuring with. She kept me feeling inspired during my injury recovery this summer. We have similar peakbagging goals/interests (even though she's faster and stronger than I am), but we were finally able to get together to do our mutual favorite thing: Colorado ridge traverses, complete with a loop to make the route feel more clean. Fortunately for me, she was recovering from the flu so I was able to keep up. The wind today was so strong we both actually got blown over a few times.
Starting from the North Fork Trailhead, we headed up the North Fork Trail, crossing a few streams and gaining elevation slowly until we made it to the base of Trinchera Peak's east ridge. We picked up a dirt road here and followed it to the saddle just north of Trinchera Peak. Peak 12955 was a quick Class 2 jaunt away, so we bagged that to the north before starting south along the ridgeline. We encountered some light Class 3 on the way up to Trinchera Peak and some Class 2 elsewhere along the ridge, but it's pretty much just a grassy stroll over bumps on the ridgeline. Once on Cuatro Peak, we headed over one Class 3 section going from Trinchera Peak to Mount Maxwell, but it was short and otherwise just steep Class 2. Once on Mount Maxwell, we headed down the ridge until we encountered a dirt road at around 11,600 feet and followed this back to the North Fork Trailhead.
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