Alright guys,
we are in the Medicine Bow National Forest and the Laramie Mountain Range and we're gonna hike up Laramie Mountain (Laramie Peak...) today.
Friend Park Campground. Alright, we're getting the group together now. We're trying to get headed out
We're at the Laramie Peak...
trailhead number 602.
It's gonna be, I think it says nine point nine miles roundtrip, so...
we are heading out here pretty soon. It's about almost nine o'clock.
We are starting now, okay, we're at reek bridge
We're about half a mile in.
Alright, we're starting to go up now
The first part of this trail...
is mostly actually downhill to the creek.
I'm thinking from here on out, we'll be hiking up.
Beautiful day about probably 70 right here.
So far it's a lot of timber we have a lot of elevation because...
Laramie Peak is the tallest peak in lthe Laramie Mountain range, over 10,000 feet. All right, we're one mile in!
It must be from the campground, the signs cuz it says another quarter mile, but we started from the trailhead.
So far there's a bunch of big rocks and a bunch of trees.
That tree is growing up around the rock. That's cool.
Cool waterfalls up here. We've gone a mile and a half in now.
At this sign says we're coming up on Fall Creek or at Friend Creek Falls, must be the water flowing through here.
Elevation 8,200 feet. This says two miles, so we're about a quarter-mile from two miles.
Well, we're two miles in.
You're hungry, huh? We're just about halfway there already.
We've been going about almost an hour, so we're going just about two miles an hour.
I was hoping to go about two and a half to three.
Starting to get some nice Vista views here.
Well, our truck is down there somewhere. I don't know exactly.
But you still have some elevation climb here.
We're gonna keep going.
Well, we see the top now.
Little tower up top.
Yep we'll be going back and forth to get up there.
We already have complainers.
Oh not complaining at in commentary, okay
Helen - I'm adding humor for this video.
What are you doing Richard?
Why are you breaking the stick apart?
Shaun - Fat wood, okay.
Richard - Fat is not one of the protected statuses. I can say that.
Alright, we're three miles in. So far, hour and 37 minutes.
Richard found some fat wood. I'll look it up. I'll post a link at the bottom.
Delicious! Four miles in!
Still plugging away.
I've got somewhere probably half a mile from there. So we'll see.
Going up. The valley keeps getting lower.
Got to be getting close to the summit.
I think that that road right there is the one we took in here.
It's getting a little rougher up here, but we're getting pretty close to the summit and it's still pretty easy to hike.
Oh, this is a steepest part of the trail so far, but it's still not too bad.
Just have to watch your step with the rocks.
Look at the size of that rock!
Well, it's a little breezy up here, not too bad.
There's a bunch of crows flying down this side of the mountain I think had a fire.
Here not sure what the best way up is.
Right, there is the highest point on this whole mountain.
Oh Yeah! Some craggy rocks over there.
Well, this is the summit of Laramie Mountain (Laramie Peak).
Oh, there's the marker right there. Survey marker.
It looks like there used to be a tower up on top of this.
Actually five miles and 3 hours.
Wasn't too bad!
Now I have to figure out how to get back down off these rocks. It's kind of sketch!
Check out this piece of radio equipment. I don't know if it's a satellite or an antenna.
Yeah, where's the gift shop?
Where do we get the souvenirs? So from up here on top we have...
The Laramie River going through there. We have Gray Rocks Reservoir over there and...
Laramie River station...
right there and...
Wheatland...
is over here.
And my wife's talking about arguing with me.
Well just because I'm on top of a mountain doesn't mean I have to change who I am.
Alright we are just about ready to head out, back down the trail.
Well, we're on our way back down.
Seems to be going a little bit faster. Just have to watch out for the rock slipping under feet.
All right, we're back to the bridge and it's raining on us a little bit and it took us...
six hours and 33 minutes and we hiked nine point seven eight miles.
It's about what they told us it was.
And the rest of the guys are coming up the trail now.