TO ALL COLORADAN NEWCOMERS: UPHILL ICE HIKING TIPS:

TRY TO ARRANGE YOUR FEET SIDEWAYS, OR FACING APART, "DUCK WALK" POSITION, BOTH TOES POINTED OUT, AWAY FROM YOUR CENTER OF GRAVITY, OR BELLY BUTTON. IDEALLY, CRAMPONS, SNOW SHOES, SUNBLOCK, CELLPHONES AND HIKING POLES ARE IN A PACK, ON YOUR BACK, IF YOU NEED TO TRAVERSE MORE THAN TWO MILES THAT WAY. TAKE YOUR TIME, AND TRY TO PULL IN YOUR STOMACH, WITH KNEES SLIGHLY BENT, IF YOU NEED TO BALANCE ON YOUR TOES.

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THERE ARE SOME MONTANE PLACES AT ELK MEADOWS, IN EVERGREEN, COLORADO, BUT GOING UPHILL, TOWARDS MT EVANS SUMMIT/SUBALPINE, TUNDRA ELEVATIONS, YOU WILL NEED ICE MOUNTAINEERING ICE AXE, CLIMBING ROPES, PITONS, BOLTS TO GET UP THERE, IN YOUR PROFESSIONAL, GUIDED WILDERNESS TOUR GROUPS OF 50 OTHER PEOPLE. WINTERTIME AT TUNDRA ELEVATION INCLUDES STRONG, HOWLING WINDS, THAT CAN BLOW YOU AROUND THOUGH.

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