[caption id="attachment_308" align="aligncenter" width="584"] The Ellingwood Ridge, from La Plata's summit.[/caption] While the Sawatch Range in central Colorado is impressively high--it's home to 15 peaks over 14,000'--it's not a very technical group of mountains. Most routes are Class 1 or 2 walk-ups, and the mountains themselves have often been accused of not really being much more than giant talus piles. (This reputation is not without…
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