Trip
Hiking – Twin Sisters and South Sister
This is a Bobcats hike. This challenging hike will get us to three summits: the Twin Sisters (West and East) and their seldom-climbed sibling to the south.
Contacts
- Tue, Dec 3, 2024
- Bobcats Section
- Hiking
- Adults
- Challenging
- Challenging
- Mileage: 9.0 mi
- Elevation Gain: 3,250 ft
- High Point Elevation: 11,428 ft
- Pace: Moderate (2.0 avg moving speed)
- FULL, 6 on waitlist (6 capacity)
- FULL (2 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
Meet in the Safeway parking lot at 3325 28th Street in Boulder at 6:30am so we can form carpools and leave no later than 6:40am. Specifically, park in the north end of the Safeway parking lot, near the Phillips 66 gas station. Here’s a Google Maps link to the Safeway: https://maps.app.goo.gl/mpG84vtWp2eCEGxU8
An alternate meeting location for those living further north is to meet at Sandstone Park in Lyons, parking on the Railroad Avenue side (south side) of the park, at 7:00am. Here’s a Google Maps link to the Lyons meeting place: https://maps.app.goo.gl/s5CfGVLuKXDVLWCa7
The Twin Sisters Peak trailhead is on the Peak-to-Peak Hwy south of Estes Park, directly across CO-7 from the Lily Lake Trailhead. Here’s a Google Maps Link to it: https://maps.app.goo.gl/WrKrzMDBo8TtVFWj6
This is an out and back hike, mostly on a well-established trail. There is a trail to the west summit. The out and back from the east summit to the south summit will be off-trail. There is some Class 2+ scrambling to get to the east summit, which is the highest summit on Twin Sisters Peak, as well as on the off-trail section over to the south summit.
At minimum we will bring our microspikes. Depending on trail conditions we may need to use our snowshoes for a part of this trip.
This link is for the AllTrails posting for the trip to Twin Sisters Peak: https://www.alltrails.com/explore/trail/us/colorado/twin-sisters-peak-trail
Required Equipment
Bring good sturdy shoes, have good sun protection (a brimmed hat, sunglasses, and sunscreen, clothing layers for a range of weather conditions, 2 - 3 liters of water, and hiking sticks (if you use them). We will need to bring our microspikes, and depending on trail conditions, we may need to bring our snowshoes as well.