DENVER (KDVR) — Last weekend, a bilateral above-knee amputee climbed Handies Peak, a 14,058-foot-tall mountain. The plan was to start climbing on Thursday, Oct. 12, and summit on Friday, but that was ...
The mind does strange things at high altitude. However, that doesn’t explain the odd antics of some people at 14,000 feet. Of Mark Dierauer, who portaged Handies Peak with a heavy metal canoe; or Bill ...
Reaching 14,052 feet in the San Juan Mountains, Handies Peak offers a great option for beginners among the state’s 58 fourteeners. Handies Peak is a class one hike consisting mostly of a dirt-packed ...
Handies Peak, near Lake City, is a relatively easy fourteener that most rookie hikers don't know about due to its distance from the Front Range. —Photo courtesy of chrisH2006 / YouTube The Local ...
LAKE CITY — The two hikers rounded the last big curve on the trail winding down American Basin from Handies Peak and at a sprightly pace, continued toward the parking lot a half-mile away. The lead ...
Handies Peak is the easiest of the San Juan fourteeners. It was my daughter Ellie’s first peak at age 5. The road to the trailhead rises to 11,600 feet, and the trail is so well-maintained that it is ...
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