Estes Cone hike

Thursday, 09 June 2011 | categories: photos, hiking, Estes Park

Estes Cone is 11,006 feet in elevation and a 3.2 mile hike from the Longs Peak Ranger Station. This was the first time I've hiked this peak. It has great views in all directions, especially Longs Peak, the Front Range mountains and Twin Sisters. This was 6.4 miles total and took about 4 1/2 hours. I met a nice couple from Oklahoma (Send me an email if you see this!) while on the summit and had a great time talking to them.

The last 7/10 mile is a very steep uphill but the trail is very well marked with rock cairns. There was no snow on that 7/10 except a couple of patches at the Storm Pass junction. There were a lot of snow patches down in Moore Park and near the Eugenia Mine.

I've uploaded the GPS track to Every Trail.

Photo Album.

Older post: Cub Lake and Fern Lake (Wednesday, 08 June 2011)

Newer post: Deer Mountain and the Glacier Basin webcam (Friday, 10 June 2011)