The View

Any breathable air up there??ÿ Sure hope so.

Posted by: @holy-cow

Any breathable air up there??ÿ Sure hope so.

8450 ft isn't too bad if you aren't working (i.e. hiking uphill).?ÿ I did fine hiking the Grand Canyon south rim, constant 7000, but was barely functional the day the bus went over a ridge at 9600. I don't think I was dehydrated, which would have aggravated the symptoms.

I was referring to the sweltering smog not all that many miles away.

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I've spent time at my cousin's house which is above 9000 feet.?ÿ Not too bad just sitting around swapping memories.?ÿ Wasn't there to shovel snow.

Seeing trees above 4500' elevation is odd to me. I'm used to NH's White Mountains. Nothing but lichens and little bitty flowers and grasses above that height.

Posted by: @peter-lothian

Seeing trees above 4500' elevation is odd to me. I'm used to NH's White Mountains. Nothing but lichens and little bitty flowers and grasses above that height.

It's not uncommon to see conifer timber at or above 10,000 feet in the Uinta Mountains just south of my home in Evanston Wyoming (although the Uinta Mts. are primarily in Utah). I spent the majority of my first 8 years surveying in the Uintas (USFS), living in Ranger/Guard Stations, Trailers, Tent-Shacks and such at elevations ranging from about 8500 feet to about 9500 feet (a few times over 10,000 feet). Much of our work those days was "around" 10,000 ft. or so. Living at about 4500 feet in Utah at the time, it took a week or so each Spring to get acclimatized.

I live at 7100 now days, but don't do any hiking anymore.

Loyal

there are others (gene) who can speak with more specificity than i, but treeline is up around 12K in colorado.?ÿ i know this, mainly, from the location of A-frame on the barr trail up to pikes peak.?ÿ it's right below treeline, 3 miles from the summit, at 11,900.?ÿ i've run up that mountain 6 times now, come back down it 4 times, and have fallen and busted up some limb or appendage near there every time.?ÿ suspect it's getting back into the dappled light after a couple hours of pure exposure.

anyways, i'd take any elevation right about now after the last few weeks down here in the oven...

@flyin-solo  "anyways, i'd take any elevation right about now after the last few weeks down here in the oven..." 

I second that.. Heat index topped out at out 115 before the afternoon thunderheads came to town. Terrible...I need to go take that Colorado exam and head for the Mountains.

@holy-cow

Your familiar with Old Grayback? The air in this local is almost always clean, but it is thin. Unfortunately Bill93 I was hiking up and down drainages hunting aliquot corners set in 1966. Measurements brought forth some lies by those who didn't hike.  

@stlsurveyor

Do it! I lived at 9963' for three years after living in the front range for 31years.....still trying to figure out a way to go back....without the traffic....  😉

@jitterboogie Sounds perfect! Telluride, Durango, Gleenwood Springs, Gunnison, Crested Butte...Anyone in these places need a PLS? I can't even imagine living in towns like those..

@stlsurveyor

Likely. I lived in Fairplay, and was offered an "soft" opportunity to purchase a survey company there, but with no license I'd be as useful as a screen door on a submarine.
CDOT is hiring, and there are lots of places needing surveyors.  The state has a demand for them from what exposure I had and they are not producing many from schools(and legislation) due to a few other objective reasons seen through out the posts here.  I'm in NM now and working on my track for the prize.  Once achieved, I'll be working on going back, after Ive made my rookie mistakes and learned more to be a better professional.  Good luck and keep us posted.

@jitterboogie

there's a survey company in fairplay?  wow.

@flyin-solo

yep. only one of two in the whole county, except the one that was bought up by my former employee out on the front range, to keep the auspices of being local.  Busy there too. Lots of space(2211sq miles) of previously inexpensive land needing surveys to site, plan, and argue over for the future.  Wide open.

@jitterboogie  Speaking of wide open...Just took a look at my next adventure...

Kansas -  Section 35, T27, R41W 

37°39'0.94"N

101°45'42.17"

I can probably see Colorado. Better pack my lead boots.

@stlsurveyor

close enough to spit!

@stlsurveyor

That's only a 15 mile view so it should be absolutely no trouble to see Colorado from there.