Culebra Peak
July 30th, 2021 Culebra Peak is in one of the remotest parks of Southern Colorado near the town of San Luis on the border of Colorado and New Mexico. It is at a height of 14058 feet in the Sangre de Cristo Mountain range. It is also completely on private land and the only 14 thousand peak where one needs a permit and pay a fee of $150 to climb. It has been passed down over generations and has changed hands between wealthy families. It is now owned by a family in Texas and is part of the Ceilo Visa Ranch operations. Bookings for the hike open every year on December 1st. We requested for a booking on the morning of December 1st, 2020 and were lucky to secure two spots. Thus began our long wait for the actual day of the hike. I left home at 9.30 a.m. on July 30th Friday I reached my friends house at 10.00 a.m. and then we headed down south at 10.15 a.m. We were surprised to see heavy traffic on I-25 on a Friday morning. We reached Colorado Springs around noon and decided...