On the summit of Mount Parnassus
Mount Parnassus我在2015年曾兩度攀登,第一次是經由Watrous Gulch連登Mount Parnassus和Woods Mountain,第二次是經由Bard Creek Trail攀登Bard Peak和Mount Parnassus 採O形環走;今天隨登山隊單攻Mount Parnassus是第三度攀登,也是今年來美首度攀登的第一座13er。
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攀登山岳:Mount Parnassus,海拔13,574呎 / 4,137 公尺
登山口:Herman Gulch Trailhead,海拔10,125呎 / 3,086公尺
登山里程:7.33哩/11.8公里
總爬升高度:約3,442呎/1,049公尺
登山時間:7小時25分鐘
登山隊伍:丹佛華人登山隊
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行車資訊:
由丹佛沿I-70州際公路西行,然後在Exit 218出口下交流道,隨即右後轉彎行駛一條兩三百呎的石子路即抵達Herman Gulch Trailhead,登山口有一處蠻大的停車場,登山口就在停車場的北邊中間位置,此登山口是Herman Gulch Trail和Watrous Gulch Trail共用登山口。
步程簡述:
07:35 由登山口出發,座標N39.70239° W105.85421°,海拔3086公尺;
Herman Gulch Trailhead
Watrous Gulch Trail在Mount Machebeuf 的東南側坡往東前進,一開始數百呎的步道在松林中平緩前進,步道維護得很好。
07:42 遇到岔路,左岔步道為Herman Gulch Trail,是通往Herman Lake的步道,右直行Watrous Gulch Trail往Mount Parnassus,此處距登山口約400呎(122公尺);
Herman Gulch Trail intersection
取右直行。
Hike Mount Parnassus
Looking south at Torreys Peak from Mount Parnassus trail near 10,610'
Hike Mount Parnassus
08:39 遇到小溪Watrous Gulch Creek,座標N39.71217° W105.83791°,海拔3381公尺,距登山口2.4公里;跨過橫在小溪上的木板到東岸,右邊不遠處森林中有一座傾頹的木屋或shelter遺址,旁有登山客搭帳篷露營。
Mount Parnassus hike
過了小溪步道立即遇到岔路,座標N39.71240° W105.83759°,海拔3388公尺;
Bard Creek Trail intersection
右岔往東續行為Bard Creek Trail (#83),左岔往北直行是Watrous Gulch Trail(#95),取左北行沿Watrous Gulch前進。
Watrous Gulch Trail一路在Watrous Gulch Creek右(東)岸緩慢上行,還算好走;峽谷盡頭右邊山頭是Woods Mountain,右側高山則是Mount Parnassus;
Mount Parnassus hike
回頭南望海拔4,349公尺的Torreys Peak山頭高高矗立在山谷的另一端。
09:00 眼前出現一條小小的小溪,座標N39.71929° W105.84040°,海拔3501公尺,距登山口3.2公里;小溪之前右側有不太明顯的岔路,主路徑過小溪往西北續行,右側那條不明顯的岔路入林往東北行,是登山的捷徑,前兩次登此山走該路線,今天取左岔過小溪沿主線上行。
09:08 又遇右岔路入林,不知是捷徑或營地,座標N39.72143° W105.84067°,海拔3509公尺,距登山口3.5公里;取左續行。
Looking south at Mount Sniktau & Torreys Peak from Mount Parnassus trail near 11,680'
Hike Mount Parnassus
09:26 岔路,座標N39.72263° W105.83952°,海拔3563公尺,距登山口3.8公里;取左岔直行上山。
09:32 岔路,座標N39.72266° W105.83873°,海拔3588公尺,距登山口3.9公里;右岔下山捷徑,取左直行上山。
Looking south at Mount Sniktau & Torreys Peak from Mount Parnassus trail near 11,801'
此處已出森林線,左側的山頭是Woods Mountain,她的山坡好多獨特的奇形怪狀的石柱;
Woods Mt. from out of the treeline
Rock Columns on Woods Mountain
右側的山頭是Mount Parnassus;眼前一大片的空曠草原坡,有一條還算清晰的路徑朝東北通往Woods Mountain和Mount Parnassus之間的鞍部,沿著小徑上攀,有點吃力。
On Mount Parnassus trail
Mount Parnassus hike
10:16 上抵Woods Mountain和Mount Parnassus之間的鞍部,此處海拔約3802公尺,距登山口約4.8公里;右側(東南)是Mount Parnassus,左側(西北)是Woods Mountain,取右沿Mount Parnassus草坡上行。
On the Parnassus-Woods saddle, looking toward the summit of Parnassus
Woods Mountain as seen from the saddle between Parnassus & Woods
Looking southwest at mountains from the saddle between Mount Parnassus & Woods
Mount Parnassus hike
從鞍部到Mount Parnassus山頂距離約1.2公里,還有328公尺的高度要爬升,看起來坡度蠻陡的,整個諾大的坡面無路跡可依循,只能抓準方向往上爬。
Hike Mount Parnassus
11:38 登頂Mount Parnassus,海拔13,574 呎(4,137公尺),距登山口約6公里(3.73哩);Mount Parnassus山頂是一蠻寬闊的平坦地形,約有一兩個足球場大吧!
The summit of Mount Parnassus
On the summit of Mount Parnassus
東邊緊鄰著的是直線距離約一哩路的Bard Peak,六年前曾由該山沿稜線走過來完成一趟O形環走;
Looking east at Bard Peak from the summit of Mount Parnassus
Looking northeast at mountains from Mount Parnassus' summit
東南邊的遠方是Mount Evans、Mount Bierstadt兩座14ers以及連接兩座高山的鋸齒連稜~Sawtooth Ridge;
Southeast view from the summit of Mount Parnassus
Mount Evans(L) & Bierstadt(R) as seen from Parnassus' summit
南邊俯瞰I-70州際公路,越過州際公路Grays Peak和Torreys Peak兩座14ers觸手可及;
South view from the summit of Mount Parnassus
西南邊的前方山頭是另一座13ers~Mount Sniktau,在其後方遠處就是幾座14ers,包括Quandary Peak、Mount Lincoln、Mt. Cameron、Mt. Bross和Mt. Democrat;
Looking southwest at mountains from the saddle between Mount Parnassus & Woods
西邊仍可俯瞰I-70州際公路及隱約看到艾森豪隧道(Eisenhower-Johnson Memorial Tunnel)的東入口,在隧道的上頭即是大陸分水嶺(Continental Divide)即Loveland Loop的登山健行步道;
Looking down onto I-70 HWY from the summit of Mount Parnassus
西北邊俯瞰直線距離約1.2哩的Woods Mountain;
View to the northwest from Mount Parnassus' summit at Woods Mountain
回到東北邊則是Indian Peaks Wilderness的一串高山及矗立在遠方的另一座14ers~Longs Peak,同方向向下俯瞰則是Ruby Creek Basin。
Northeast view from the summit of Mount Parnassus
Looking southwest at Mount of the Holy Cross from the summit of Mount Parnassus
12:18 在山頂休息了差不多了循原路下山。
Hike Mount Parnassus
15:00 返抵登山口,開車返家。
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