Trip
Hiking – Rosalie Peak
The hike passes through the Mt Evans Wilderness, a stand of Bristlecone pines, and there are great views of Mt Bierstadt, Mt Evans, and Square Top. This will be about an 11 mile hike with an elevation gain of 4,300 feet.
Contacts
- Tue, Sep 5, 2023
- Bobcats Section
- Hiking
- Adults
- Difficult
- Difficult
- Mileage: 11.0 mi
- Elevation Gain: 4,300 ft
- High Point Elevation: 13,575 ft
- Pace: 2.0 mph
- 4 (7 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
We'll meet at the Morrison Park 'n Ride, at the NE intersection of West Morrison Road and South Rooney Road near C-470, at 6:00 am to organize carpools for a departure at 6:05 am. (See https://www.waze.com/live-map/directions/park-and-ride-morrison-and-c-470-morrison-rd?to=place.w.166986125.1669992317.3533448 )
This hike is mostly on a good trail, but the hike goes off-trail for about a mile to the summit. Rosalie Peak, the 207th highest peak in Colorado, is the southernmost thirteener in the Mount Evans Wilderness. When viewed from Denver, it's the rounded summit on the left end of the Evans Massif. It is named for Rosalie Bierstadt, wife of the famous painter of Western landscapes, Alfred Bierstadt.
For more details on the hike, see https://www.summitpost.org/rosalie-peak/152512 and https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/colorado/rosalie-peak-via-tanglewood-trail.
This is a CMC Bobcats trip. The Bobcats’ mission is to ensure a variety of challenging CMC trips, mostly on weekdays, all year long, for our mostly 50+ constituents. We don’t have dues or elections and we invite ALL CMC members to sign up for any Bobcat trip. The Bobcats send out a monthly email to our members with all the coming month’s trips
Required Equipment
This is a long hike, steep in places, so poles are recommended. Bring 10 essentials including rain and wind gear, and lots of water and food.