John Paverd

 Fourteeners

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Female White-tailed Ptarmigan thumbnail
Grays Peak from the Trail thumbnail
Looking Back thumbnail
Rocky Mountain Goat thumbnail
Torreys Peak thumbnail
Summit View thumbnail
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Last summer I hiked to the summits of Grays and Torreys Peaks, twin mountains on the Continental Divide west of Denver. Grays and Torreys are two of the 53 summits in Colorado higher than 14,000 feet. Here are some of the things I saw on my eight mile journey.