After hiking for over an hour in the dark (by the light of a headlamp), it started getting light around 5:30 as I reached the edge of tree line. |
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The moon was still out as the sun began to rise. |
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After leaving the trees behind, there were a few hundred yards of shrubs and scraggly trees before getting to alpine tundra. |
Looking back toward Salida |
Monarch Ski Area in the distance. |
View from Mt. Shavano: Antero Peak, another fourteener, in the distance--I think. |
Looking back at Mt. Shavano from the top of Tabeguache Peak. |