Mount Antero
Mount Antero was the first trail of the day. It looked like it was going to be a very nice day, not too hot but really sunny.
We all met up at the Gunsmoke Truck Stop in Johnson Village. Jason had been thinking of going on this trail run and told Matt he would text him in the morning, but Matt did not get a text, so it looked like Jason was not going to make it.
After gassing up, we went to the trailhead for Mount Antero. We stopped in a small parking area about a mile before the trailhead for Mount Antero to air down. Most of the time, there are too many other rigs parked by the actual trailhead, not leaving much room to air down.
After airing down, we were off to the start of Mount Antero. Mount Antero is rocky and slow going before the creek crossing, with no obstacles, just a lot of rocks.
There was not much traffic on the trail. But we did run into a side-by-side making his way down Mount Antero. We drove across the creek, which no one had issues with. The creek was low with a rocky bottom.
We did see a few groups of people camping. After driving up Mount Antero, we found an area where we could pull to the side for a short break. As we were getting ready to leave from the short break, another side-by-side was making his way up, too. So, we waited a few for him to pass us.
Soon, we were starting the shelf road part of Mount Antero. It was not too long until we ran into a group of pickups coming our way. But we were in a good area to stop on a corner of a switchback. Near the end of the shelf road, we passed a few parked Jeeps. It looked like they were out hiking.
We saw a few more groups in different areas on top of Mount Antero. We stopped a few times to take in the great views from up so high. We also observed the sky starting to get dark and cloudy.
After driving a couple of the shorter side trails on top of Mount Antero, we went back down the shelf road the way we had come up. We ran into a few more vehicles going down the shelf road. It was cold at the top of the trail, so we headed to a lower area with a camp site for lunch.
But before making it to the camp site, Matt got stopped and asked for help. A few young people in a Toyota were trying to change a flat tire. They said that they had it jacked up and the lug nuts removed. And still the tire would not come off. Matt told them to kick the top of the tire. They looked at him like he was crazy. So, Matt got out of his Jeep and told them to stay back from their vehicle, and Matt kicked the tire and off the tire went. They were so happy that the tire was off.
After that, we stopped at the camp site for lunch. The Toyota drove by later and stopped, thanking Matt again for the help.
Mount Antero is the only trail that Walt was with us, as he was leaving for a vacation Monday morning. At the creek crossing, Matt and Tim continued onto Baldwin Lake, and Walt continued to the start of Mount Antero hoping to air back up before it started raining.
Reports from Other Days: 5
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