Tag: west maroon pass
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Tackling bucket list hike between Aspen and Crested Butte more of a challenge than expected
My limp started just after mile nine. For five hours, I’d carried a 15-pound pack up 3,000 vertical feet of dirt and rock paths, and my right knee was throbbing. Traversing from Aspen to Crested Butte via the 11-mile West Maroon Pass had been on my bucket list for years, but I was beginning to…