Wednesday, July 7, 2010

RMNP scrambleathon preview

This is a teaser preview from a recent Rocky Mountain National Park scramble up and over Arrowhead, McHenry, Powell, and Thatchtop and the nice ridges between them. I did this trip with Kim Luba, always up for a good sufferfest in the mountains. We started hiking at 3:40 and got back to the car some time after 6 pm. We were in a nice weather bubble with no lightning or precipitation for the entire hike. We saw some nice wildlife too, including a mom and baby elk at rather close range (but too dark that early in the morning for fully satisfactory photography). As I said, this is only a teaser. Here are a few pictures...

Obligatory pose down on the summitHere is a link to the spot track of this adventure.

Here is a more complete version on my web page. Rocky Mountain traverse

1 comment:

  1. Nice - would have guessed there would be more snow up there. They're still skiing in other parts of the state.N

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