Culebra Peak

El. 14,047 ft

[INTRO PHOTO]

August 6, 2006

Fellow Adventurers: Phil Klotzbach 

Photo caption.

Alternative trip report (short) by Phil Klotzbach on 14ers.com

About the Mountain

    Located in the ?? range ... previous climbs (and/or reports), interesting facts. Summarize the trip (backpack vs. day hike, training vs. social hike vs. serious mountaineering)

Approach 

    This peak . . .  interesting facts about the trip down and/or backpack in, camping, etc.

Ascent

    Details of the climb (if starting from backpacking)

Summit Experience

    Time on top, 14'er #, weather, interesting features, interesting people.

To get the full immersive experience, I've prepared a 360 degree panorama:

[Panoramic photo]

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Click on the panorama to see the full size [size Kb].

Or you can view it interactively using this panorama viewer [size Mb -- warning, this will take a while to load on a modem connection].

If you have trouble viewing this file, you can also download this executable, save it to your desktop, then double-click on it to view the panorama. The executable file contains a viewer that should work regardless of your web browser.

    From left to right, the main features are:

1. blah blah valley

    [ Group Photo]

[ Crazy shot ]

[ Views of other peaks ]

Traverse to next peak

I took a couple video clips which may be viewed using Windows Media Player. If using a modem, the broadband version will take very long, so a reduced-quality dial-up version is available:

    Clip 1: Broadband [size Mb] or Dial-up [size Kb]

        These files are in Windows Media Player format, so they should load automatically if you're on a Windows computer. There is no sound (in case you were expecting some).

Descent

Statistics

4.7 miles up, 7.2 miles down, 10.9 miles total

total ascent time: 2:01:28

summit time: 0:31:06

total descent: 2:03:21

total time: 4:35:55

Splits: from meadow (just below 11,000 feet) to 11,600 feet parking (0:39:26), up to summit (1:22:02), at summit (0:31:06), down to saddle (0:39:56), down to Fourway (0:42:10), down to meadow (0:14:41), down to headquarters (0:26:34)

Option sections - history of peak, wildlife, route info and alternates, map, gear, food

Might try to include feelings, sounds, smells - other thoughts about life and mountains, goals, etc.