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As a result, on the Sneffels Traverse, our loads were light, and the trek was relatively easy, though not nearly as effortless as the nine days we spent in the area before hitting the trail.

It is the latest project by the founders of the San Juan Hut System, which launched in 1987 with a set of five huts on the north face of the Sneffels Range in Colorado.

Four of the areas are outside, so you can enjoy views of soaring Mount Sneffels as you soak.

“From here we can see three 14ers - El Diente, Wilson, and Sneffels.”

By the age of 7, Coburn had already scaled Mount Sneffels, one of Colorado’s 58 famed “14ers,” peaks over 14,000 feet in elevation.