Mount Sherman (14,036 feet) and Mount Sheridan (13,748 feet) Mosquito Range, Colorado

Via Southwest Ridge from Fourmile Creek

Sherman's rank in Colorado: 45

Trailhead Elevation: 12,100 feet; Elevation Gain: 2,800 feet accumulative; 5.2 miles round trip

July 23, 2006


46Windbreakers on Sheridan

47View of Horseshoe Mtn

48Summit vistas

49Summit vistas

50Summit vistas

51Self-portrait on top of Sheridan

52GPS beta on Sheridan

53Summit vistas

54Mt. Sherman in the back

55Sawatch Range on horizon

56Look back at the summit

57Alpine Thistle

58Silky Phacelia

59The creek below Sheridan saddle

60Butterfly on Roseroots

61Elephant-Heads

62Bluebells and Avens

63Mountain Bluebells

64Mountain Bluebells

65Brookcress

66Brookcress

67Zoom in on Hilltop Mine and hikers

68Wildflowers by the creek

69Wildflowers by the creek

70Natural bouquet

71The creek

72Elephant-Heads

73Alpine Thistle

74Alpine Thistle

75Alpine Thistle

76Back by Dauntless Mine

77Looking back

78Parking by trailhead

79Look back at road to trailhead

80Look back at the peaks

81Profile of the hike