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After 33 minutes on top (with boots off, ahh), and Lipa confirming the shape in the distance was in fact a cabin -- perched on the ridge, exposed to the wind! -- and yet in remarkably good condition over more than 100 years, naturally I had to check it out for myself. To my surprise a walk down and around there and back took only 15 minutes.

That's Black Mountain at top center, home of the oldest known living trees in the Rockies, and the double-humped Buffalo Peaks at upper right.

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By Alan Silverstein, ajs@frii.com (page updated Mon Aug 18 12:00:55 MDT 2025)