"Completed the Maple Springs Loop and its peaks. There was a mountain bikers event today, so the mountain bikers were all over the loop. I certainly stood out as the only hiker." — MikeTeeples • Apr 15, 2023

"A long one today. Started at the Maple Springs trailhead in Silverado Canyon. The first 7 miles were an easy grade up the road, the first 3 miles of which were paved. First stop was Maple Springs point, which was a couple hundred feet of bush-whacking to get to the actual peak. Next up, Peak 4380. Fortunately, a fire break was created probably last year which provided a way up off of Main Divide without the bush-whacking. This was right next to the big Holy Jim fire area from last fall. 3rd on the loop was Peak 4260, another fire break path off the road. Shortly after was Peak 4120, followed by Bald Peak. All involved fire break scrambles off the road; the path up to Bald Peak was pretty steep in loose gravel making both the ascent and decent 'interesting'. Peak 3820 was next (same fire break scramble), followed by Peak 3840. This one was just a steep path that was part bushwacking. Bedford Peak was the final peak. Then the final few miles down a steep single path that was mostly loose gravel making it hard on feet and hiking shoes alike! 18 miles, 8 peaks. Like I said, a long one today. Throughout all of this, great views all the way around!" — marc • Apr 14, 2019

"I started out at about 5:45am in blackness and drizzle with an ambitious plan to go up the Silverado Trail at the Maple Springs TH and hike to possibly Santiago Peak and descend Maple Springs Truck Trail, about a 23 mi r/t expedition. This time, I decided to hit many of the peaks along Main Divide, pretty much all of which have firebreaks branching off the road to reach their summits! Bedford is the second summit after joining Main Divide, and I hit both. I then continued southeast along Main Divide under foggy, drizzly, showery skies, and hit the next 2 firebreak summits, the second of which is Peak 3840. I then continued more south, but missed the firebreak for Peak 3820, which I failed to realize, is immediately northwest of the junction of Main Divide and Bedford Motorway (oh, well, next time!!) I kept southeast along Main Divide under the transmission lines that cross the mountains and soon I was on Bald Peak. The sun busted through a couple of times, but then retreated. Soon, I continued southeast, and the very next summit was Peak 4120. The north side was way too muddy, so I went up the much easier south side firebreak. I did the exact same on Peak 4260, which was t..." — brianpowell • Feb 10, 2019

"Brief stopover after visiting Bald Peak and on the way to Modjeska. Would have visited the other roadside peaks along the way if knew I could claim them. I’ll be more thorough next time." — MikeTeeples • Feb 19, 2018