My Wednesday morning started off with my alarm clock going off at 2:30am. Before 3am I had already signed in at the trailhead and began my trek for Ellingwood Ridge. Ellingwood Ridge is not the traditional trail for Colorado Fourteener La Plata, it requires some bushwacking, navigation and good luck. By 5am I was high on the ridge and closing in on the location I had scouted on a map. 5:30am I am sitting down enjoying a bagel with honey waiting for the sun to rise. 8am back at the trailhead, my day is done and I am off home.
