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Friday Jul 21, 2017 #
9 AM
Hiking 5:00:00 [3] 16.13 km (18:36 / km) +962m 14:19 / km
shoes: New Balance Leadville 3
VO2max had another plan for some exploration today.
Goose and Coach LD would start out with us up the damp forest trail to Marvel Pass, but then we'd leave them and head out off-trail to Aurora Pass. From there we'd check out the possibilities of going further.
The hiking was amazing. Wildflowers were jaw-dropping in the high meadows. The slopes were rocky but not unstable, and once we gained the pass the views were fantastic in all directions, with lakes and meadows in front of high spiky peaks. There was a lake full of ice floes, and we made better time on some snow sections. Vmax thinks this would make a decent day trip for clients or an overnight for a loop coming out a different high pass.
We got whistled at by marmots and buzzed by a bald eagle. Back down through some boot-ski sections and some marshy bits to join the trail, then we caught up with Goose, and LD who was cooling her knee in a creek, just before the truck.
Goose and Coach LD would start out with us up the damp forest trail to Marvel Pass, but then we'd leave them and head out off-trail to Aurora Pass. From there we'd check out the possibilities of going further.
The hiking was amazing. Wildflowers were jaw-dropping in the high meadows. The slopes were rocky but not unstable, and once we gained the pass the views were fantastic in all directions, with lakes and meadows in front of high spiky peaks. There was a lake full of ice floes, and we made better time on some snow sections. Vmax thinks this would make a decent day trip for clients or an overnight for a loop coming out a different high pass.
We got whistled at by marmots and buzzed by a bald eagle. Back down through some boot-ski sections and some marshy bits to join the trail, then we caught up with Goose, and LD who was cooling her knee in a creek, just before the truck.