I spent the weekend climbing 4 (3 official) 14ers in the beautiful San Juans over laborday weekend. These are the most remote 14ers in Colorado and you have to catch a ride on a train in Durango, CO and get dropped off in the middle of the range. From there it's a 7 mile hike up 3,000 feet to Chicago Basin. From there you can access Sunlight Peak 14,059ft, Windom Peak 14,082ft, Mount Eolus 14,083ft, and N. Eolus14,039ft. I was able to summit all 4 peaks in one day. I then backpaked back down to catch the train into Silverton, then back to Durango. Then it was onto the second part of the trip, Jeeping over Kennebec Pass.
GPS track of the climb: http://www.trimbleoutdoors.com/ViewTrip/885190
GPS track of the backpack into the basin: http://www.trimbleoutdoors.com/ViewTrip/885159
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