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W0C\/FR-047
\nMount Judge
\n3140 m \/ 10301 ft
\nDec 20, 2014<\/p>\n

By KX0R<\/p>\n

Thanks to AG5CQ for his first activation of Mount Judge<\/a> on August 9, 2014!<\/p>\n

Mount Judge is an easily-overlooked summit about 2 miles southeast of Squaw Mountain<\/a> and about 7 miles northwest of Evergreen<\/a>. This seldom-visited mountain has no marked routes, and climbing it requires navigating up through a thick forest on the north side of the mountain. The ascent is about 1100 vertical feet, and about 1.2 miles. It takes about an hour to climb.<\/p>\n

Drive up I-70 west of Denver, take exit 252 onto Evergreen Parkway, route 74, and drive several miles west to Bergen park. Turn right, northwest, on marked route 66, the Squaw Pass Road, and climb this paved road for several winding miles. At a pass and intersection where Road 475 forks off down to the south, a convenient trailhead is located on the north side of the road. There is a large gate with a closed USFS road leading north across a huge meadow; Santa Fe Mountain<\/a> dominates the view 2 miles to the north. The forested slopes of Mount Judge beckon above to the southwest, but there is no trail.<\/p>\n

\"Trailhead<\/a>

Trailhead along Squaw Pass Road<\/p><\/div>\n

Cross the highway and walk up along the paved road for about 500 feet. Note the position of Mount Judge, head up into the forest at any convenient place, and climb southwest toward the summit. Try not to head too far to the east. Except for an unreadable sign at an old closed road down near Road 475, there are no signs along this section of Squaw Pass Road, or on the forest route I used for the climb. Several hundred feet up into the woods I found an old abandoned logging trail, and I was able to follow it to an elevation exceeding 9800 feet.<\/p>\n\n\t\t