FKT: John Clarke - Pennsylvania Mountain - 2024-07-05

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Route variation
Standard route
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No
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Male
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Total time
1h 24m 15s
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Relatively short, but beautiful route out & back to a Colorado 13er!

Some runnable single track with some power hiking past a couple false summits. A number of rock pits along the way to shelter from wind. At the last false summit, the trail evaporates and it's more than 1/2 mile on open tundra. The actual summit of Pennsylvania Mountain is not very prominent. You know you're there with the large cairn and marker (and GPS!). More of a huge mesa on top. Excellent 360 degree views. There are still some snow drifts on July 5th but they are easily avoidable.

I would highly recommend this route.