Engineer Mountain ascent

Despite being rather difficult (4th class) Engineer Mtn. is one of the more popular climbs in SW Colorado. It dominates the view from Hwy 550 (the road between Durango and Silverton), it stands alone (and therefore has an excellent view from the summit, despite being just shy of 13,000 ft.), and from trailhead to summit is only about 2.2 miles (though about 2400 ft elevation gain!) We took off Wednesday morning to climb it and saw about 5 other parties; I can't imagine doing this on a weekend.

( Trip report, links to pictures )