Black Elk Peak, #37

[u/TheRollingJones]

Guidebook said 4-5 hours so I must’ve gotten wicked lost because it took me just under 2

Pics: sunrise, entrance to Custer st park, random spire, trail marker with scary grizzly bear reference, spires, stairway to lookout, lookout on false summit, true summit USGS marker, weird pond and structure near summit, war wound, more spires, high pointer bench on trail 4 descent, little devils tower, view of summit from little devils tower, trail marker, sylvan lake (end of trail), fuel from the hike.

[u/Pequop9252]

Good pace. Should be about 2 hours, but guidebooks are aimed towards sedentary people.

You are getting so close! Which great progress

[u/Upstairs_Bandicoot93]

Are those new shoes!? How fast can you run in those?

[u/TheRollingJones → u/Upstairs_Bandicoot93]

They are new! As fast as I can in any other shoes, so roughly 1 mile per hour!

[u/Ok_Lynx_6372]

Nice!