{"id":177,"date":"2011-08-06T19:30:47","date_gmt":"2011-08-07T02:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.schnizer.com\/SOTAblog\/?p=177"},"modified":"2014-04-07T17:32:08","modified_gmt":"2014-04-07T23:32:08","slug":"wopr-o12-mount-werner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.schnizer.com\/SOTAblog\/sota-trip-report\/wopr-o12-mount-werner\/","title":{"rendered":"W\u00d8C\/PR-\u00d812 (Mount Werner) – 10565 ft \/ 3220 m"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mount Werner is located in the Park Range<\/em> of the Rocky Mountains in Routt County and is part of Routt National Forest<\/a>. It is a popular winter destination, since it is getting some of the highest levels of snowfalls in all of Colorado. At the base of the Mountain is Steamboat Springs<\/em><\/a> and the Mountain is operated by Steamboat Ski Resort Corporation (which has a long term lease from the National Forest I believe).<\/p>\n

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Thunderhead Station and Steamboat Springs at the base of Mt. Werner<\/p><\/div>\n

In summer the main activity seems to be Mountain-biking. A ski resort in summer is never an attractive sight. Hiking trails are scarce due to the fact that the resort makes most of their money with Bikers (just an assumption). If you want to do some nice hiking in this area, try Rabbit Ears Pass<\/a> instead, you will not be disappointed. During my hike to Mount Werner,\u00a0 I could never get the feeling to be in a remote location and was unable to connect to nature on this disturbed and heavily scared mountain.<\/p>\n

Trailhead: 6900 ft \/ 2103 m (Gondola Base) or\u00a0 9080 ft \/ 2768 m (Thunderhead)
\nSummit: 10565 ft \/ 3220 m
\nElev. gain: 3665 ft \/ 1117 m (from base)\u00a0 or 1485 ft \/ 453 m (from Thunderhead)
\nRoundtrip: 10.4 mi \/ 16.7 km (from base) or 7.2 mi \/ 11.6 km (from Thunderhead)<\/p>\n

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

I took the Gondola to Thunderhead (about $20 for a ticket if I remember correctly – you can use the ticket all day long) and hiked up to the summit on the hiking trails (really just a dirt road) indicated on the official resort map<\/a>.<\/p>\n

How to get there:<\/strong>
\nThe Gondola base is impossible to miss if you are in Steamboat Springs.\u00a0 The base-station of the Gondola is the heart of the Resort.<\/p>\n

Gondola Basestation
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