Got started at 7 and arrived in Gunnison for lunch. We split 2 large pizzas between the three of us, stopped at a grocery store, and then headed east with the wind. We got to Sargents around 4 and decided to stay there for the night. We had some ice cream and sat around for a while. The tent site was going to be $30, so we asked where we could access the national forest. There was an abandoned campsite about two miles up the road, which happened to be 2 out of the 10 miles up to Monarch Pass. By the time we reached the access road, we had climbed 500 of 3000ft, so we just kept going. An hour and a half later, we were at 11,312ft and we crossed the continental divide. We descended a few miles before pulling into Monarch Park Campground. Dinner was quick and then the food went up in a bear bag. Ready for a nice long descent tomorrow and hopefully a long day to Pueblo to finish off the Western Expres
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