Technical Parts of Challenger Point & Kit Carson

Amy, Rachel and Yana summited Kit Carson via Challenger Point and wanted to share with you the more technical parts of the route. This was Yana’s first difficult class 2 as well as class 3. This was Amy’s second class 3. We wanted to point out the areas that we got wrong the first time we hiked this mountain. To watch that video to see the entire hike from beautiful Willow Lake, watch here:    • Colorado's Prettiest Hike No One Know...  

If you’re attempting these peaks without camping and splitting it up, I would highly recommend that you do longer 14ers and have excellent physical fitness. This was a very long day from the trail head. We ran into some boys from Iowa who had terrible altitude sickness and we’re very unprepared, and another person who ran out of water (which we had to give them some).

Lastly, on our way up to Kit Carson at the Avenue, two women had to call the sheriff because they heard consistent screaming for 15 minutes and then silence. Please don’t take the mountains lightly, wear a helmet, yell rock if you launch one, study the route, and always be vigilant. I would highly recommend bringing a water filter and more REAL food than you think on this hike as well. This may have been where the screams were coming from - please take climbing in the mountains seriously and NEVER do any challenging mountain solo: https://www.koaa.com/news/covering-co...

On our way down, we really enjoyed dunking our heads and all the waterfalls. If you don’t want to camp at the trailhead I cannot recommend Joyful journey hot springs spa and resort enough before this hike. It’s only a 30-minute drive from the trailhead and provided us excellent sleep the night before this big adventure.

0:00 - 5:18 Climb at top of stairs to notch on Challenger Point
5:19 - 6:46 Notch to Challenger Point
6:47 - 7:44 Downclimb to saddle between Challenger and Kit Carson
7:45 - 9:29 The Avenue to the summit climb of Kit Carson
9:30 - 15:38 Class 3 Climb to Kit Carson Summit