{"id":1624,"date":"2012-04-22T21:29:26","date_gmt":"2012-04-23T03:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.schnizer.com\/SOTAblog\/?p=1624"},"modified":"2014-04-07T17:15:22","modified_gmt":"2014-04-07T23:15:22","slug":"wfr61-taylor-mountain-2779-9134-ft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.schnizer.com\/SOTAblog\/sota-trip-report\/wfr61-taylor-mountain-2779-9134-ft\/","title":{"rendered":"W\u00d8C\/FR-\u00d861 (Taylor Mountain) – 2779 m \/ 9134 ft"},"content":{"rendered":"

Taylor Mountain (W\u00d8C\/FR-\u00d861<\/a>) is part of the Front-Range of the Rocky Mountains and located south of Estes Park<\/a>, close to the towns of Boulder and Longmont. Now that I am writing about this activation, it occurs to me that I should have left the first activation of this peak up to Jerry\/KD\u00d8BIK – it would have been a nice touch for the first activator to share the same name than the mountain. I guess it’s too late now – sorry Jerry. You can still try to first activate Taylor Mountain<\/a> in the Sawatch Range.<\/p>\n

Trailhead: 8415ft \/ 2565 m
\nSummit:\u00a0\u00a0 9134 ft \/ 2784 m
\nElev. gain: 908 ft \/ 277 m
\nRoundtrip: 3.5\u00a0 mi \/ 5.6 km<\/p>\n

Compare this summit with my other activated summits<\/a><\/p>\n

How to get there:
\n<\/strong>Taylor Mountain is close to Denver, Boulder, Longmont, Loveland, Estes Park and Fort Collins. Go west on CO 66 (Ute Highway north of Longmont) towards Lyons. In the quaint village of Lyons take a left (south) onto 5th Avenue or CO-7 which is also St. Vrain Drive. Continue on CO-7 through the gorgeous St. Vrain Canyon until you encounter CO-27 on your left. From there it is another 2.2 mi (3.5 km) to where you have to take a right onto Taylor Road, a dirt road that leads through a small subdivision.\u00a0 The trail-head is now just 0.7 mi (~1.1 km) ahead of you.
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Parking\/Trailhead
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