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Ptarmigan Peak Trailhead
Ptarmigan Peak位在Silverthorne附近，橫跨Summit County和Grand County兩郡，海拔12,498呎/ 3,809公尺，山頂有360度的展望，舉凡Dillon Ranger District範圍內的每一座山頭都一覽無遺。
上週六登山隊前往Silverthorne經由Ptarmigan Peak Trail攀登該山，該山前兩年曾跟登山隊去過兩次，一次由Angler Mountain Trailhead起登後併入Ptarmigan Peak Trail，一次由Ptarmigan Peak Trailhead起登，兩次均僅登抵海拔約11,500呎/3,505公尺後下撤未登上Ptarmigan Peak；此次我和領隊品菁女士、Tony則堅持登頂，一圓登頂之夢！
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攀登山岳：Ptarmigan Peak, 海拔12,498呎/ 3,809公尺
登山口：Ptarmigan Peak Trailhead, 海拔8,914呎/2,717公尺
登山里程：12.24哩/19.7公里
總爬升高度：3,763呎/1,147公尺
登山時間：7小時10分鐘
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行車資訊：
開車由Golden沿I-70州際公路西行，行至Exit 205出口下交流道右轉CO-9 N/Blue River Pkwy西行，行約0.1哩於Rainbow Dr向右轉，行266呎後隨即再右轉Tanglewood Ln，Tanglewood Ln行0.2 哩後遇Ptarmigan Trail再向右轉，0.3哩後遇岔路，左岔往Ptarmigan Mountain不取，取右土石路直行往Ptarmigan Trailhead，再行0.6哩抵右側停車場。
步程簡述：
09:20 登山口出發，Ptarmigan Peak Trail登山口在停車場北側，海拔約8,914呎/2,717公尺；
Ptarmigan Peak Trailhead
登山步道是一條穿過aspen林的小徑，如沿車行道路續行亦可，距離稍遠，白楊木葉子正是變色尖峰期，一片金黃，步道旁幾棟木屋小築，還有造型別緻的太陽能板。
Ptarmigan Peak Trail, Colorado
Looking south at Dillon Reservoir from the Ptarmigan Peak Trail above trailhead
Ptarmigan Peak Trail, Colorado
Looking south at Dillon Reservoir from the Ptarmigan Peak Trail above trailhead
09:27 接到停車場上來的道路，海拔約9,042呎/2,756公尺，距登山口0.1哩；沿車行道路上行。
Looking south at Dillon Reservoir from the Ptarmigan Peak Trail above trailhead
Looking south at Dillon Reservoir from the Ptarmigan Peak Trail above trailhead
09:33 右切入小徑，登山步道在短草坡間往上爬升，此處海拔約9,186呎/2,800公尺，距登山口0.3哩。
Looking south at Dillon Reservoir from the Ptarmigan Peak Trail above trailhead
Looking west at Gore Range from the Ptarmigan Peak Trail above trailhead
Fall foliage hike at Ptarmigan Peak Trail, Colorado
Looking south at Dillon Reservoir from the Ptarmigan Peak Trail above trailhead
Looking west at Gore Range from the Ptarmigan Peak Trail above trailhead
Fall foliage hike at Ptarmigan Peak Trail, Colorado
09:51 抵高點進入白楊木林微下坡，高點處立有一面Ptarmigan Peak Wilderness Information Board，但該訊息欄已空無一物，此處海拔9,537呎/2,907公尺，距登山口0.68哩/1.1公里；
Ptarmigan Peak Wilderness Information Board
原訊息欄說明此處到Ptarmigan Peak Wilderness 界牌處尚有 3.7 哩，爬升約1,890呎，步道進入aspen林中後平緩北行。
Fall foliage hike at Ptarmigan Peak Trail, Colorado
Ptarmigan Peak Wilderness Information Board
原訊息欄說明此處到Ptarmigan Peak Wilderness 界牌處尚有 3.7 哩，爬升約1,890呎，步道進入aspen林中後平緩北行。
Fall foliage hike at Ptarmigan Peak Trail, Colorado
10:00 經一柵門後抵一片空曠草原，該柵門已拆除；草原有輸電鐵塔穿過，此處有一個十字岔路，海拔9,472呎/2,887公尺，距登山口0.93哩/1.5公里；
The ridge trail & slope trail junction on the Ptarmigan Peak Trail
左岔不知通往何處，右岔為Ptarmigan Peak稜線小徑，較為陡峭少人走，取正前直行走山腰路線上山。
The ridge trail & slope trail junction on the Ptarmigan Peak Trail
左岔不知通往何處，右岔為Ptarmigan Peak稜線小徑，較為陡峭少人走，取正前直行走山腰路線上山。
經過草原後步道又進入白楊木林中緩升。
Fall foliage hike at Ptarmigan Peak Trail, Colorado
Fall foliage hike at Ptarmigan Peak Trail, Colorado
Looking west at Gore Range from Ptarmigan Peak Trail
Fall foliage hike at Ptarmigan Peak Trail, Colorado
Fall foliage hike at Ptarmigan Peak Trail, Colorado
Looking west at Gore Range from Ptarmigan Peak Trail
10:32 渡過一條小溪溝，少量溪水，此處海拔9,806呎/2,989公尺，距登山口約1.86哩/3.0公里；
Crossing the creek
過小溪後步道左彎沿山腰西北行，行不遠抵一開闊地，可遠眺山下的Silverthorne市區及遠方的Tenmile Range和Gore Range。
Looking down Silverthorn、Dillon Reservoir & Tenmile Range、Gore Range from Ptarmigan Peak Trail near 9,843 ft
Crossing the creek
過小溪後步道左彎沿山腰西北行，行不遠抵一開闊地，可遠眺山下的Silverthorne市區及遠方的Tenmile Range和Gore Range。
Looking down Silverthorn、Dillon Reservoir & Tenmile Range、Gore Range from Ptarmigan Peak Trail near 9,843 ft
10:40 抵Angler Trail 岔路，海拔9,852呎/3,003公尺，距登山口2.05哩/3.3公里；
Ptarmigan Peak Trail & Angler Trail junction
左岔下行為Angler Trail，取右直行上山。
Ptarmigan Peak Trail & Angler Trail junction
左岔下行為Angler Trail，取右直行上山。
10:51 再渡過一條小溪，海拔約9,967呎/3,038公尺，距登山口2.36哩/3.8公里。
Crossing the other creek
Crossing the other creek
11:00 抵達一開闊展望點，展望點設有一原木長椅供登山客休息，此處海拔10,084呎/3,074公尺，距登山口約2.49哩/4.0公里；
Taken from the viewpoint with a bench on the Ptarmigan Peak Trail
Taken from the viewpoint with a bench on the Ptarmigan Peak Trail
展望點南眺Dillon Reservoir和Silverthorn市區，西望Gore Range，視野、展望極佳，在此休息近20分鐘後續行。
Taken from the viewpoint with a bench on the Ptarmigan Peak Trail
Taken from the viewpoint with a bench on the Ptarmigan Peak Trail
11:25 離開原木長椅展望點步道續北行約0.37哩步道轉為往東沿稜線爬升，此處海拔約10,300呎/3,140公尺，慢慢林相轉為冷杉木(fir)及道格拉斯松(douglas pine)，而有一大片看似遭受蟲害殘留的枯木。
Fall foliage hike at Ptarmigan Peak Trail, Colorado
Looking west at Gore Range from Ptarmigan Peak Trail near 10,706 ft
Looking west at Gore Range from Ptarmigan Peak Trail near 10,909 ft
Looking west at Gore Range from Ptarmigan Peak Trail near 11,214 ft
Fall foliage hike at Ptarmigan Peak Trail, Colorado
Looking west at Gore Range from Ptarmigan Peak Trail near 10,706 ft
Looking west at Gore Range from Ptarmigan Peak Trail near 10,909 ft
Looking west at Gore Range from Ptarmigan Peak Trail near 11,214 ft
12:46 連續幾處”之”字形爬升後出了森林線抵達Ptarmigan Peak西南稜稜線，稜線上有一條岔路由右下方稜線來接，該小徑即是10:00的稜線小徑，此處海拔11,499呎/3,505公尺，距登山口約4.47哩/7.2公里，取左沿稜線上山，風勢蠻大的。
The ridge trail & slope trail junction on the Ptarmigan Peak Trail
The ridge trail & slope trail junction on the Ptarmigan Peak Trail
過岔路口上行約20公尺抵達Ptarmigan Peak Wilderness Boundary，海拔約11,506呎/3,507公尺；
Ptarmigan Peak Wilderness Boundary
越此木牌即進入Ptarmigan Peak Wilderness範圍，步道在空曠的稜線上朝東北北爬升。
Fall foliage hike at Ptarmigan Peak Trail, Colorado
Ptarmigan Peak Trail, Colorado
Ptarmigan Peak Wilderness Boundary
越此木牌即進入Ptarmigan Peak Wilderness範圍，步道在空曠的稜線上朝東北北爬升。
Fall foliage hike at Ptarmigan Peak Trail, Colorado
Ptarmigan Peak Trail, Colorado
12:59 由一排杉木中間穿過，猶如一座迎賓門，在台灣一定會有一個諸如” Ptarmigan Peak之門”的雅號稱之。
Fall foliage hike at Ptarmigan Peak Trail, Colorado
Fall foliage hike at Ptarmigan Peak Trail, Colorado
13:08 抵達Ptarmigan Pass split，海拔11,873呎/3,619公尺，距登山口約4.97哩/8.0公里，該處僅剩兩根大木柱，路牌皆已不見，如不看網路資料根本不知該處是Ptarmigan Pass；
Ptarmigan Pass split
右岔為Ptarmigan Pass，朝東北北直行續往Ptarmigan Peak。
Fall foliage hike at Ptarmigan Peak Trail, Colorado
Ptarmigan Pass split
右岔為Ptarmigan Pass，朝東北北直行續往Ptarmigan Peak。
Fall foliage hike at Ptarmigan Peak Trail, Colorado
13:48 抵達Ute Peak Trail - Ptarmigan Trail split，海拔12,448呎/3,794公尺，距登山口約6.09哩/9.8公里；
Ute Peak Trail - Ptarmigan Trail split
直行往北是Ute Peak Trail，取右轉朝東沿不明顯小徑往Ptarmigan Peak山頂前進。
Ute Peak Trail - Ptarmigan Trail split
直行往北是Ute Peak Trail，取右轉朝東沿不明顯小徑往Ptarmigan Peak山頂前進。
13:50 登頂Ptarmigan Peak，海拔12,498呎/ 3,809公尺，距登山口約6.15哩/9.9公里；
Taken from the summit of Ptarmigan Peak
Ptarmigan Peak山頂寬平廣闊，展望極佳；
Looking north at mountains from Ptarmigan Peak's summit
Looking northwest at mountains from Ptarmigan Peak's summit
Looking south at mountains from Ptarmigan Peak's summit
Looking southeast at mountains from Ptarmigan Peak's summit
Looking west at Gore Range from Ptarmigan Peak's summit
山頂風大，拍照後隨即循原路下山。
Down from Ptarmigan Peak
Ptarmigan Peak Trail, Colorado
Taken from the summit of Ptarmigan Peak
Ptarmigan Peak山頂寬平廣闊，展望極佳；
Looking north at mountains from Ptarmigan Peak's summit
Looking northwest at mountains from Ptarmigan Peak's summit
Looking south at mountains from Ptarmigan Peak's summit
Looking southeast at mountains from Ptarmigan Peak's summit
Looking west at Gore Range from Ptarmigan Peak's summit
山頂風大，拍照後隨即循原路下山。
Down from Ptarmigan Peak
Ptarmigan Peak Trail, Colorado
14:39 回到稜線小徑與山腰路線岔路，取右循原路沿山腰路線下山。
Fall foliage hike at Ptarmigan Peak Trail, Colorado
Fall foliage hike at Ptarmigan Peak Trail, Colorado
15:19 稜線左轉沿西面山腰腰繞下山。
15:26 抵達長原木木椅開闊展望點處，稍作停留隨即下山。
Taken from the viewpoint with a bench on the Ptarmigan Peak Trail
Taken from the viewpoint with a bench on the Ptarmigan Peak Trail
15:41 返抵Angler Trail 岔路，取左岔下山。
Fall foliage hike at Ptarmigan Peak Trail, Colorado
Fall foliage hike at Ptarmigan Peak Trail, Colorado
16:10 出白楊木林開始下坡。
16:30 返抵停車場，隨即搭丁先生便車返回丹佛，結束今天的登山行程。
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