科羅拉多州西南山區 - 美國的小瑞士

All hikes are day hike and optional.

We hope you can take care your own flight, car rental, hotel/campground reservation, meals, and gears.
Contact 電子郵件 or 917-923-0994 if you need help to arrange carpool/roommate.

=== Here is the draft plan, suggestions and comments are welcomed.

8/6 travel day and visit Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park (Rim Rock Nature Trail - 1 mile round trip, or Long Draw tail - 2 miles round trip) ==drive to Telluride, Colorado 8/7 Lizard Head & Black Face (7.6 miles, elevation gain: 1900 ft, advanced: 11.7 miles) 8/8 Sneffels Highline Loop & saddle below Mt. Emma & Deep Creek Trail (8 miles, elevation gain: 3300 ft, advanced: 12.7 miles) 8/9 Mesa Verde National Park (Mesa Top Loop Road, Far View Sites Complex - 0.8 mile, Step House - 1 mile, Badger House Trail - 2.2 miles advanced hiker: Mt. Sneffels(14150 ft, 5 miles round trip, elevation gain 3050 ft, need 4WD car to drive to tailhead) ==8/9 PM drive to hotel at Silverton or Ouray, Colorado 8/10 Ice lakes (8.4 miles, elevation gain 2500 ft) 8/11 Handies Peak / American Basin (5.4 miles round trip, elvation gain 2448 ft, need 4WD car)
==8/11 PM drive to hotel at Aspen, Colorado 8/12 Buckskin Pass/Maroon Bells (9.2 miles, elevation gain 2880 ft) advanced hiker: North Maroon Peak (14014 ft, 8 miles, elevation gain 4600 ft) http://www.hikingintherockies.com/fourteeners/maroon_bells/Maroon_Bells_Traverse.htm http://www.fourteeners.org/ranges/elk/n_maroon/082705/n_maroon.htm 8/13 Electric Pass (9.4 miles, elevation gain 3600 ft, optional extra on mile to Cathedral Lake) 8/14 Castle Peak (14379 ft, 3 miles round trip, elevation gain 1800 ft, need 4WD car)