Sunday, September 19, 2010

Hope Lake hike

Fall is upon us and the aspen are golding-up nicely. It's no spectacular New England display of colours, but the majestic mountains make up for much. Owen, Nellie and I decided to hike up to Hope Lake last weekend to eat a picnic lunch. It was only a 7 mile round trip, but was challenging enough because the trail head started at 10,000 ft and ended at 12,000 ft.

Indian summer was definitely upon us. When we arrived at the parking lot I was amazed at the number of cars. Just to get to the trail head was a bone-jarring 4 miles up a steep mountain "road". Well worth it, however.




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