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Alyson became the 8th LoJ member to complete the 10 peaks of Alamosa County 5/31 on Twin Peaks.
Congrats!
Time to start taking down those bigger counties

Nice! How was the hike?

Congratulations Alyson! Alamosa now, then Park, then Gunnison, right? To Bigger and better things!

lp

Congrats Alyson!

Congratulations, Alyson!

Oh how fun a congratulations thread specifically for Alyson! I know it's only 10 peaks but way to go girl! I have a feeling you are going to have several more of these fairly soon - ya think! Okay I know it's a little belated but I've gotta throw out some additional kudos for that 192 you posted for April. That is freakin' sick! JP

Congrats Alyson!

Awesome! You even had time for a 10er afterwards. Nicely done Alyson. Here's to many more. Now go get Clear Creek county finished. :)

Thank you everyone for the congrats!

Although Alamosa county is very small, I really loved finishing a county. I've been on so many of John's county finishes, it was nice to have my own. I will have to say, finishing this county sure beat what John and I did last weekend to finish Huerfano county for him. YUCK! Next on the agenda: Clear Creek and Gilpin in the near future. Fremont and Park are in the horizon. Who wouldn't want to be the first female finisher of Fremont, right?

Brian - Twin Peaks was very nice, a pretty short hike. We took a different route than the first time John did the peak from further up the trail in the drainage and he said it was a lot more enjoyable the way we went up the grass from the west.

Luke - Bigger, yes. Let me know next winter if you want to go enjoy some Fremont splendor with me!

JP - Yes, 192 is freakin' sick I will have to admit. I wanted to train hard for two back to back 50 mile races I had going on in May. March and April are great training months to do the little peaks close to home. June - August present a problem with snakes. A few of our peaks don't have trails so we can't do them in the summer months. Have you had an snake encounters yet? I hope you're still on board for pacing John and I at GM 100! We are looking forward to it!

Hi Alyson - You can count on me for the GM100 - I am looking forward to it as well & think about it all the time. It kinda keeps me going day in and day out. I noticed you ran in Collegiate Peaks 50 on 5/3 & the Quad Rock 50 on 5/10 way to go! I always like to see what you and John do the day before & after your runs. Sorry but y'all are just lunatics :)

Ha! Rattlesnakes! They are definitely coming out over here -> I did run into one on 5750 (GJ quad) the other day. Pretty big for WS standards - about 2' to 3' long. I've been really cautious slowing down my pace and really keeping an eye out but ya never really know since they blend in so well - effn evolution! It's interesting to know you and John have altered your peak selections due to this - I assume the Hogback peaks are the ones you talking about. Maybe we can share snake stories when we meet - I've got a few good ones from when I lived in the Grand Canyon and in Tucson. It unfortunately seems like I have been around rattlers my whole life. I found this article and this map interesting information about Colorado rattlers.

Keep in touch! JP