CDT 22 - Ep.7 - South San Juan Wilderness

I cross into Colorado alongside the last winter storm of the season, making for a couple days of walking through fresh snow. It's a thrill to be in the mountains after six weeks in the desert. I cross the high plateaus and skeleton forests of the South San Juan Wilderness, and once the fresh snow melts there is not much left. I take the opportunity to climb a handful of twelve- and thirteen-thousand-foot peaks that sit along the Divide, including the aptly named Long Trek Mountain. The last day takes me over Alberta Peak and out to Wolf Creek Pass, where I hitch into Pagosa Springs.

[@seekingishwara737]

Good job climbing the peaks! I ran into Cutie multiple times in the country just before that...those two valleys you drop into after steep(ish) snow descents.

[@BRADYHANKS]

Hey buddy! Nice videos and happy trails:)
What is your perspective on comparison to “south San Juan, weminuche, and Sawatch? Which is the prettiest? Most rugged? The toughest? Etc… thanks for your time!

[@AlpineAtlas]

Thanks for watching! They each have their own character, but the Weminuche Wilderness is the most remote and rugged part of Colorado. If I had to pick one area, there is the most there to be explored.

[@robertt9270]

The San Juan’s are so awesome! I climbed in the late 70s, Wetterhorn, Handies, Redcloud, Sunrise and Uncompaghre,

[@AlpineAtlas]

Excellent! I've climbed those peaks as well. Wetterhorn is especially beautiful.

[@robertt9270]

@@AlpineAtlas we got into a lightening storm on Wetterhorn. 🥴

[@JootBird]

Was this from last year?

[@nathanielkatz6938]

Cdt 2022?