Mt. Sanitas Hike Album 3/25/08 & 3/6/14
Mt Sanitas is 6862 feet in elevation.  It is the first mountain straight
west of downtown Boulder.  The hike to the summit is a 4.3 mile loop
hike with a vertical elevation gain of 1330 feet.  It is a steep
assent/descent from either direction.
The start and end of the 4.3 mile
loop hike.
View from the ridge.
On the summit of the 6862 foot
Mt. Sanitas.
Rock formation on the mountain
side
.
The trail follows a ridge when
coming from the south side of
the summit.
Approaching the summit from
the south the trail is steep but
from the north it is steeper.
The trail is well defined.
The trail back follows Dakota
Ridge.
Mt. Sanitas from the Flatirons.
Panoramic of Boulder from Mt. Sanitas 3/6/2014.  
The Trailhead of the Mt. Sanitas
hike.
S. Arapaho to the west of Boulder in
March, 2014.
The summit of Mt. Sanitas.
Damage from the August 2013
flood.
Panoramic of Boulder from the
summit of Mt. Sanitis. 3/6/14
Map of the Mt. Sanitas Hike.
The medallion at the summit.
The trail facing the south is
almost always dry.
We start down the north side
which is very steep
.