Longs Peak is both the monarch of Rocky Mountain National Park and one of the most popular (and crowded) 14'ers in Colorado. The standard Keyhole route is a class 3 scramble that can see hundreds of summit attempts in a single day. The Loft route, also a class 3 scramble, avoids the traffic of the standard route by circumnavigating Longs Peak on its southern side.
1:18 Prettiest potty in the park
2:28 Junction with Chasm Lake trail
3:28 Identifying the route up the Loft Couloir
4:38 Ascending the slabs of the Loft Couloir
5:23 Crux class 3 ascent in Loft Couloir
6:47 Locating the ramps to exit the Loft Couloir
7:57 The Loft
9:30 Locating the crux downclimb off of the Loft
10:29 Downclimbing the route crux into Keplinger's Couloir
12:55 Keplinger's Couloir
14:57 Exiting Keplinger's Couloir with ascent towards the Homestretch
15:39 Homestretch
16:29 Summit Plateau
17:00 Pie in the sky
Негізгі бет Colorado 14'ers: Climbing the Loft route on Longs Peak
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