Mount Sanitas Via Lions Lair Spur
It was a warm wintery day, in the low 50's, so we decided to get out and hike. It's been a little while since we've done a real hike so we decided to keep it easy. We picked a 4.5 mile round trip hike with about 800 feet of elevation gain. Not too difficult but still hard enough to give us a workout. The hike ended up being double the elevation gain than we were thinking. Not sure how that happened, but we made it and didn't suffer too much from the unexpected difficulty of the extra elevation gain.
4.73 mi
1.9 hrs
6,875 ft
1,647 ft
Icy Path
Since it's not summer, the mountains have ice. We had our crampons just in case, but we ended up not needing them.
Middle of the Hike
There were several spots along the hike where we got views of the Western mount range.
Well Maintained
The trail was well maintained. There were even some stairs in a few places.
Patchy
This hill had an odd spot with no trees on it.
Snowy Town
Before we got to the summit, there was a good opening of the city. Since we were hiking from the West end of Mount Sanitas, we didn't get many views of Boulder until we were at the top.
