Mark came to town. Whenever Mark comes to town, you pretty much know that the weekend is going to be incredible. He's worked for the Forest Service in some function or other for the last 5 years. When you spend that much time on the trail, you get pretty good at planning trips.
Mark was a geography and geology major in college.
We were about a week late for the fall colors.
The trail was a loop. 8.4 miles, 3500 vertical gain, three peaks, and some snow. Yes, we went up that mountain behind us.
The trail was covered in a blanket of ice in some places. I had a slip and landed flat on my backpack. I was fine, but the rolls I packed for lunch didn't fare quite so well.
Mmmmm... hat hair!
The ridgeline.
The wind had blown the snow into incredible formations.
3 comments:
looks like it was an incredible hike... nature recharges the soul.
Looks incredible. Glad you're okay and that it was rolls on your back and not a baby as would be in our case...
Great pics! "Don't go chasing waterfalls.." that song always reminds me of you! Funny.
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