Desolation Peaks - Rocky Mountain National Park

We hiked Desolation Peaks in the Rocky Mountain National Park on July 13th, 2024
GPS Data
8 hours and 30 minutes
10.2 miles
3550 ft of Elevation Gain

[@Naisium]

You are wise to stop where you did. Anyway, thanks for this video, it so happens that me and my son plan on trying for Mt. Chapin next week (or maybe Mt. Chiquita if I am feeling up to it--my son could do it no problem). Our first visit to RMNP. Videos like yours help a lot, and inspire too!

[@MoodyPeaks]

Thank you for the kind words. It means a lot to both of us to hear that. My main goal with our hiking videos has always been to give a visual representation of routes described in Lisa Foster's RMNP book, and to give our mileage and time so everybody knows what they are getting themselves into since she doesn't always give the full statistics in her book. The CCY route rules and you guys will enjoy it guaranteed no matter how many you get up to.

[@BASEguy955]

Ah dang... should have gone for that class 4 climb out. You would've been good. 😯JK... stay safe! Oh and... Marmots!! 🤘

[@MoodyPeaks]

Man I wish! It didn't look too bad until we were right up on it. It just had a little more exposure than we were comfortable with. That area back there was still really cool to see up close.

[@alquinn8576]

i'm pretty sure it's class 3, but I stopped at the same spot because i was wetting my pants

[@alquinn8576]

@@MoodyPeaks and I dropped down into the forest on the return trip, which turned out to be a mistake, since it was a bit of a bushwhack and I had to regain the altitude (but interesting forest down there with lots of elk)

[@MoodyPeaks]

@@alquinn8576 It looked like a straight up vertical climb to me too, a class 3 or 3+, and if you did fall off the side you would go all the way down with no mercy.

[@bf7547712]

Impressed that you didn’t let your ego rule. I would have stopped and called it as well!

[@MoodyPeaks]

No way my ego can defeat my fear of exposure mixed with heights. I usually don't ever hike anything above a Class 2 or 2+. I would be willing to try some Class 3's but not with exposure added in.

[@paulp1530]

Nice job of staying off of the Tundra.