We had a fantastic week-end
in the Colorado Rockies.
This was my first time in the Rocky Mountains
and maybe it is ridiculous but,
although I knew they are called the "Rocky Mountains"
I was surprised, by the fact that, they are indeed very rocky.
This was my first time in the Rocky Mountains
and maybe it is ridiculous but,
although I knew they are called the "Rocky Mountains"
I was surprised, by the fact that, they are indeed very rocky.
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| Bear Lake, Rocky Mountain National Park |
Early saturday Nathan and I met in Denver, Colorado.
We rented a car and drove ~1&1/2 hours
to Estes Park, a small mountain town
at the gateway of the Rocky Mountain National Park.
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| Estes Park, the Red & White hotel is where Steven Kings The Shining was filmed. |
The mountains are breathtaking!
Our first day we arrived mid afternoon.
The drive into Estes Park was beautiful,
we especially enjoyed the drive around the Trail Ridge Road
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| Trail Ridge Road, a very scenic windy mountain road. |
We saw lots of Elk on our drive!
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Elk!
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| Feeling small in a great big world! |
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| I'm on top of the world! |
We packed as much mountain time as we could into three days
By that I mean,
we hiked, hiked, and hiked!
There are so many trails it was hard to decide which ones to choose...
Day two we hiked to Chasm lake (8.4 miles & 11,760 ft)
and Day three Flattop mountain (8.8 miles & 12, 324ft)
(although due to a midday storm we didn't actually summit Flattop)
we hiked, hiked, and hiked!
There are so many trails it was hard to decide which ones to choose...
Day two we hiked to Chasm lake (8.4 miles & 11,760 ft)
and Day three Flattop mountain (8.8 miles & 12, 324ft)
(although due to a midday storm we didn't actually summit Flattop)
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| Starting the climb to Chasm lake |
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| Friendly ground squirrels! |
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| Getting closer to tree level |
as we hiked higher and higher...
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| In the tundra, above tree level |
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| Chasm Lake & View of longs peak |
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| *Beautiful views from Chasm lake trail* |
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| Crystal clear glacier water |
Hiking to Flattop:
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| Above Emerald Lake |
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| Brr, Nathan is freezing in the tundra on Flattop |
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| *Views from Flattop* |
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| Glaciers |
Our last little hooray before heading back to KC
was a walk and picnic along Bear Lake.
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| Bear lake |
The Rockies are beautiful,
it was a great way to end summer 2012.
it was a great way to end summer 2012.
We can't wait to explore them again,
maybe next time with ski's!
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