Hike: RT 5.5 (includes Mount Spalding and Mount Evans); 30 minutes up from Spalding. Typically, The Sawtooth is summited on the way to Mount Evans from Mount Bierstadt; that route grants a thrilling class 3 scramble along an exposed ridge. Another route mentioned on 14ers.com is the easier class 2 hike from Mount Evans' parking lot; although I am reaching the top via Mount Spalding, I am using the latter route to gain my final objective, Mount Evans. The Sawtooth, like Mount Spalding, is an unranked 13er but it is labeled on the topographic map; good enough for me! From the Spalding-Evans Col, the extension to The Sawtooth is easy and very short, a real bonus peak! The top grants a great view over Bierstadt's moderately difficult connecting ridge and Abyss Lake to the south-east; Grays and Torreys Peaks are also quite distinguishable. When I reached the top, the sky over Mount Evans was still glowing orange as the sun was just about to rise, what a lovely sight. There was some hikers on Mount Bierstadt, we exchanged a couple of hollers and waves. I watched the the sun crest over Evans and took some pictures before resuming my trek to Mount Evans.
