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[Igloo Ed]

Everything came together again today and I made it to the summit of Taylor Peak on a bit windy but beautiful day. The vertical gain today was about 3700 ft. but I got to bed early last night and had all my gear packed. The snow is unbelievable with most places having a good three or four feet of snow left in the woods and I was able to leave my snowshoes behind and just boot it today. The snow was firm enough in the morning that I hardly left a track in a lot of places but usually I was sinking in about an inch which gave great traction.
After passing the Loch, the snow wasn't quite as consolidated yet and I sank in about three inches... still pretty easy and fast.
When I got to Beautiful Lake Marv, I had a view of Taylor just peeking up over the Cathedral Spires and it looked like a beautiful day on the summit:


Beautiful Lake Marv was in spring breakup:


As I got close to the Loch, I thought of Rhonda and got this picture with snow exposed properly and GREEN! trees:


The Loch is being to melt pretty good and I didn't walk across it this weekend:


I climbed towards Andrews Pass after passing the Loch and got my first view of the pass not long before getting above the trees:


Not far from reaching Andrews Tarn, I remember to get a picture of Sharkstooth:

[Igloo Ed]

I made good time and got to the summit at 12:42 and spent a good 45 minutes on top.
I can't believe all the snow looking toward the Never Summer Range:


As I sat on the summit, I noticed the clouds were coming from the south:


I waited until the clouds reached Longs before heading down:


It was great coming down with ALL the snow. I made it back to the car in 3 1/2 hours with a couple long breaks included.
Whoo Hoo! Spring climbing season is here.

[OklaHiker]

Looks like a whole lot of fun! Thanks for sharing. I've got a major RMNP itch. It usually comes on real strong when the temps hit 90 here.

[Monica]

Great report!
I can't get over all the snow!
I love that picture of sharkstooth.

[Rhonda]

Thank you for thinking of me and getting some green in with all that snow and sky. Looks like such a beautiful day.

[renate1]

Another beautiful day in the park. Great report and pics!

[HighPlainsMedic]

Just think.. if I would have had a telephoto lens.. and we would have done these trips on same day rather than 24 hrs apart.. I could have caught you going up Taylor lol..

[jflo]

Looks like a wonderful day!! Did you by any chance get a pic of Lake of Glass and Sky Pond? I'm sure they're still covered with snow but just thought I'd ask.

[Becky J.]

Loved your report. It is hard to believe we are looking at the mountains
in June with that much snow.

Becky J.

[iceberg]

Mmmmmm, I can't wait to get out there!

[B-Jay]

I enjoyed reading about your adventure of the day.

It almost looks like Lake Marv is on a beach with the snow looking like fine white sand.

B-Jay