{"id":452,"date":"2010-09-10T13:56:38","date_gmt":"2010-09-10T19:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mountainouswords.com\/mountain-air\/?p=452"},"modified":"2023-07-31T13:28:43","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T19:28:43","slug":"handies-peak-and-whitecross-mountain-trip-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mountainouswords.com\/mountain-air\/handies-peak-and-whitecross-mountain-trip-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Handies Peak and Whitecross Mountain Trip Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Though I didn&#8217;t know it at the time, my trip down to Lake City to climb Handies Peak and Whitecross Mountain was the start of a very strange three days. The 6-hour drive from Boulder to Lake City seems like a long voyage to take for a single day of hiking, but that&#8217;s how it ended up. The plan was to stick around for the weekend and get good half-dozen peaks with Fremont. While things changed, the plan to grab Handies and Whitecross stayed true. Along with Jenny, who was staying in the area for a Telluride based vacation, Fremont and I set off to grab his third 14er (Handies Peak 14,014 ft.) &nbsp;and a bonus summit (Whitecross Mountain 13,491 ft.)&nbsp;along the way!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_454\" style=\"width: 588px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mountainouswords.com\/mountain-air\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/IMG_3455.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-454\" class=\"size-full wp-image-454 lazyload\" title=\"Handies-peak-approach\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mountainouswords.com\/mountain-air\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/IMG_3455.jpg\" alt=\"Handies Peak approach in the San Juans\" width=\"578\" height=\"433\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mountainouswords.com\/mountain-air\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/IMG_3455.jpg 578w, https:\/\/www.mountainouswords.com\/mountain-air\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/IMG_3455-300x224.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 578px) 100vw, 578px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 578px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 578\/433;\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-454\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jenny and Fremont on the approach to Handies Peak on a picture perfect late summer Colorado day. <\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">~*~<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_455\" style=\"width: 588px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mountainouswords.com\/mountain-air\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/IMG_3459.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-455\" class=\"size-full wp-image-455 lazyload\" title=\"Handies Peak Fremont the border collie approaches\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mountainouswords.com\/mountain-air\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/IMG_3459.jpg\" alt=\"Fremont the border collie approaches Handies Peak\" width=\"578\" height=\"433\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mountainouswords.com\/mountain-air\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/IMG_3459.jpg 578w, https:\/\/www.mountainouswords.com\/mountain-air\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/IMG_3459-300x224.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 578px) 100vw, 578px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 578px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 578\/433;\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-455\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fremont checks in en route to the summit of Handies Peak. <\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">~*~<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_456\" style=\"width: 588px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mountainouswords.com\/mountain-air\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/IMG_3469.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-456\" class=\"size-full wp-image-456 lazyload\" title=\"Handies Peak Summit Approach\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mountainouswords.com\/mountain-air\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/IMG_3469.jpg\" alt=\"handies peak summit approach\" width=\"578\" height=\"433\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mountainouswords.com\/mountain-air\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/IMG_3469.jpg 578w, https:\/\/www.mountainouswords.com\/mountain-air\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/IMG_3469-300x224.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 578px) 100vw, 578px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 578px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 578\/433;\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-456\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fremont on the final ridge to the summit of Handies Peak. <\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">~*~<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_457\" style=\"width: 588px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mountainouswords.com\/mountain-air\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/IMG_3472.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-457\" class=\"size-full wp-image-457 lazyload\" title=\"Handies Peak summit with Fremont\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mountainouswords.com\/mountain-air\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/IMG_3472.jpg\" alt=\"Handies Peak summit with Fremont the Border Collie and James Dziezynski\" width=\"578\" height=\"433\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mountainouswords.com\/mountain-air\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/IMG_3472.jpg 578w, https:\/\/www.mountainouswords.com\/mountain-air\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/IMG_3472-300x224.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 578px) 100vw, 578px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 578px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 578\/433;\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-457\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fremont gets his third 14er on Handies Peak summit!!<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">~*~<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_458\" style=\"width: 588px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mountainouswords.com\/mountain-air\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/IMG_3473.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-458\" class=\"size-full wp-image-458 lazyload\" title=\"Jenny on the summit of Handies Peak\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mountainouswords.com\/mountain-air\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/IMG_3473.jpg\" alt=\"Jenny on the summit of Handies Peak\" width=\"578\" height=\"433\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mountainouswords.com\/mountain-air\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/IMG_3473.jpg 578w, https:\/\/www.mountainouswords.com\/mountain-air\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/IMG_3473-300x224.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 578px) 100vw, 578px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 578px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 578\/433;\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-458\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jenny's Handies Peak summit shot shows the beautiful topography of the San Juan Range. <\/p><\/div>\n<p>Our ascent to the peak was peaceful and surprisingly uncrowded for the holiday weekend. As it turns out, Handies did have quite a few visitors but the bulk of them came up from the American Basin side, which is a shorter hike. We lingered at the top for a while, admiring the stunning San Juan scenery. Whitecross Mountain was a short jaunt from&nbsp;14,014 ft. Handies Peak and the ridge connecting the two looked dog friendly, so we were off!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_459\" style=\"width: 588px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mountainouswords.com\/mountain-air\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/IMG_3480.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-459\" class=\"size-full wp-image-459 lazyload\" title=\"Descending Handies Peak Ridge\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mountainouswords.com\/mountain-air\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/IMG_3480.jpg\" alt=\"Descending Handies Peak Ridge\" width=\"578\" height=\"433\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mountainouswords.com\/mountain-air\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/IMG_3480.jpg 578w, https:\/\/www.mountainouswords.com\/mountain-air\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/IMG_3480-300x224.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 578px) 100vw, 578px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 578px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 578\/433;\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-459\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jenny and Fremont descend from the summit of Handies Peak en route to Whitecross Mountain. <\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">~*~<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_460\" style=\"width: 588px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mountainouswords.com\/mountain-air\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/IMG_3483.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-460\" class=\"size-full wp-image-460 lazyload\" title=\"Fremont the border collie on Whitecross Mountain\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mountainouswords.com\/mountain-air\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/IMG_3483.jpg\" alt=\"Fremont the border collie on Whitecross Mountain\" width=\"578\" height=\"433\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mountainouswords.com\/mountain-air\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/IMG_3483.jpg 578w, https:\/\/www.mountainouswords.com\/mountain-air\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/IMG_3483-300x224.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 578px) 100vw, 578px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 578px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 578\/433;\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-460\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A border collie's eye view of the rocky red ridge up to Whitecross Mountain. <\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">~*~<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_461\" style=\"width: 588px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mountainouswords.com\/mountain-air\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/IMG_3486.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-461\" class=\"size-full wp-image-461 lazyload\" title=\"Cloudwalker\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mountainouswords.com\/mountain-air\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/IMG_3486.jpg\" alt=\"border collie walking in the clouds\" width=\"578\" height=\"433\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mountainouswords.com\/mountain-air\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/IMG_3486.jpg 578w, https:\/\/www.mountainouswords.com\/mountain-air\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/IMG_3486-300x224.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 578px) 100vw, 578px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 578px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 578\/433;\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-461\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cloudwalker. <\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">~*~<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_462\" style=\"width: 588px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mountainouswords.com\/mountain-air\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/IMG_3487.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-462\" class=\"size-full wp-image-462 lazyload\" title=\"Jenny on Whitecross Mountain\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mountainouswords.com\/mountain-air\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/IMG_3487.jpg\" alt=\"Jenny on Whitecross Mountain\" width=\"578\" height=\"433\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mountainouswords.com\/mountain-air\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/IMG_3487.jpg 578w, https:\/\/www.mountainouswords.com\/mountain-air\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/IMG_3487-300x224.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 578px) 100vw, 578px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 578px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 578\/433;\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-462\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jenny on the ridge of Whitecross Mountain with Handies Peak looming in the background. <\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">~*~<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_463\" style=\"width: 588px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mountainouswords.com\/mountain-air\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/IMG_3492.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-463\" class=\"size-full wp-image-463 lazyload\" title=\"Jenny on Whitecross Mountain\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mountainouswords.com\/mountain-air\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/IMG_3492.jpg\" alt=\"Jenny on Whitecross Mountain\" width=\"578\" height=\"433\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mountainouswords.com\/mountain-air\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/IMG_3492.jpg 578w, https:\/\/www.mountainouswords.com\/mountain-air\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/IMG_3492-300x224.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 578px) 100vw, 578px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 578px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 578\/433;\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-463\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wild formations just before the summit of Whitecross. <\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">~*~<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_464\" style=\"width: 588px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mountainouswords.com\/mountain-air\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/IMG_3495.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-464\" class=\"size-full wp-image-464 lazyload\" title=\"Whitecross Mountain summit photo\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mountainouswords.com\/mountain-air\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/IMG_3495.jpg\" alt=\"Whitecross Mountain summit photo\" width=\"578\" height=\"433\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mountainouswords.com\/mountain-air\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/IMG_3495.jpg 578w, https:\/\/www.mountainouswords.com\/mountain-air\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/IMG_3495-300x224.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 578px) 100vw, 578px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 578px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 578\/433;\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-464\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fremont advances the self-timer early, making for a fun summit photo on Whitecross Mountain. <\/p><\/div>\n<p>Whitecross Mountain&#8217;s 13,491 ft. summit was a great traverse but it&#8217;s off-trail nature revealed something I hadn&#8217;t expected: a lot of the rock on the ridge was embedded with hard, sharp cuts of rose quartz. The few places I used my hands revealed the sharp rock&#8217;s presence &#8212; I could imagine had the ridge been longer, it would have started to chew up Fremont&#8217;s pads on his paws. Since our planned hike for tomorrow was 9 miles of almost all off-trail peaks on this same rose quartz, I made the call to save the planned adventure for either a non-dog hike or for a point in the future when Fremont&#8217;s pads have grown tough enough to handle it.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_453\" style=\"width: 588px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mountainouswords.com\/mountain-air\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/IMG_3503.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-453\" class=\"size-full wp-image-453 lazyload\" title=\"Victory swim!\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mountainouswords.com\/mountain-air\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/IMG_3503.jpg\" alt=\"Victory swim!\" width=\"578\" height=\"433\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mountainouswords.com\/mountain-air\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/IMG_3503.jpg 578w, https:\/\/www.mountainouswords.com\/mountain-air\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/IMG_3503-300x224.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 578px) 100vw, 578px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 578px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 578\/433;\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-453\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Splish-splash victory swim!!!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>With that, Jenny headed off to Telluride and Fremont and I decided to return to Boulder that night &#8212; which was Saturday Sept. 4th. The 6 hour drive was quick and traffic free. As Fremont dozed off, I listened to a wonderful series of college lectures on the middle ages (I&#8217;m a big nerd, if you have forgotten). We drove into Boulder just before 9PM, determined to take Sunday as a rest day and head out again on Monday, Sept. 6th&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Though I didn&#8217;t know it at the time, my trip down to Lake City to climb Handies Peak and Whitecross Mountain was the start of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":455,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70,7,79],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-452","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-colorado-adventures","8":"category-travel-and-adventure","9":"category-trip-reports"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Handies Peak and Whitecross Mountain Trip Report - Mountain Air<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Handies Peak is a fun walk-up 14er. 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