i always hate 3 day weekends in colorado. i love the 3 day weekend but hate going the mtns to enjoy them. it's packed up there and 70 turns into a parking lot by 3:00. instead we have deep cleaned our house. exciting way to spend a weekend i must say!
saturday, very last min, we decided to hike on sunday. now when we go hiking it's... "we'll figure out where we're going when we get in the car." (basically we either go 70 or 285). we ended up at mt elbert. i had already done this peak this summer but dallas hadn't. but it's one of the few peaks i would do over and over. an enjoyable ridge hike the whole way up with a great view of massive.
we didn't end up getting to the trailhead until 6:30, in which we started hiking in the 29 degree weather and i'ts accompanied darkness.
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| pictures don't do it justice. with the sun just peaking over the mtns, their purple color was spectacular! |
we're in great hiking shape right now and made the 9.5 mi trip in record time. back home in napping mode by 1:30.
enjoy your labor day!
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