Mount Mamma - Just Hiking

Statistics

Date - 10/03/2025
Elevation - 13,646'
Route - East Ridge
Miles - 7.5
Elevation Gain - 2,946'
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Description

I drove up the Mount Antero Road on Thursday evening to camp at the base of Baldwin Gulch and hike Mount Mamma the following morning. I tried to drive up to Baldwin Lake earlier in the year and got turned around shortly up the road in my FJ Cruiser. As a result, I knew I was going to have to hike the road all the way to the Baldwin Mine before scrambling to the summit of Mount Mamma.

I was hiking at 6:05 am, but things started off pretty slow due to low blood sugar, poor sleep, and no headlamp. I used my phone light for about 30 minutes before I turned it off and let my eyes adjust to the limited light. Nevertheless, the sun was up shortly as I made my way up the road. In reality most of the road doesn't seem to difficult, but there was a challenging section every mile or so that would have kept things interesting. The statistics aren't really too difficult, so hiking from 10,800' wasn't a big deal.

The class 2 hiking from the mine to the summit is on solid rock with no route-finding challenges. You simply go up and angle left at any point. It got a bit windy on the ridge and summit, which did have a register, but no pen or pencil. Additionally, I've determined Mount Mamma is incorrectly labeled on the forest service map as the lower peak farther to the north.

I spent 25 minutes on the summit and returned to my camp by 11:30 am for a 5 hour and 25-minute car-to-car day. I purchased a new vehicle a few months ago and decided to drive it on its maiden voyage up the Mount Antero Road to 13,000'. I've included a few photos of drive.

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