Started this season where I ended lasts.

Last 14er for 2011 was Mt. Sherman in the cold cloudy, windy and icy conditions.

Last Saturday's hike couldn't have been more different. Relatively warm, no summit cloud and no wind.

Plenty of people took advantage of the weather, which made for a bit of a traffic jam on the summit crest, and I have never seen more dogs on the trail.

By the time we left the sky was OD'ing and thunderboomers were not far off.