Since I can't edit the dates of my original thread, I've had to create this new one.

So - anyone interested in doing the 4-Pass-Loop sometime this August? Apart from the first week of August, my schedule can be pretty flexible with some head notice. Its abut 24 miles, over four 12,500ft passes, over the course of 4 or so days. Its in the Maroon Bells Wilderness area and bear canisters are required after lots of idiot people let bears eat their food at Crater Lake.

I am also planning on doing a weekend trip over Midway Pass (which is up towards Independence Pass). Its about 20 miles over two days - basically 18 miles of downhill after going over Midway Pass which I believe is just over 12,000 ft elevation. It is in the Hunter-Fryingpan Wilderness, no bear canister required. Very, very beautiful area and well off the beaten path. I've done a few hikes in the area and rarely seen another person.