Went up for some backcountry yesterday. It was really fun, but I must be pretty damn out of shape... I nearly killed myself hiking up the mountain (40-60 degree grade, about 40lbs of gear on my back, 10600' alt. h:. The snow wasn't great, but what can you expect at the end of June... we built a rail out of logs, played around for a while, and then bombed down the face. I also sunburned the shite out of myself.

No action pics because I didn't want to risk smashing my camera if I fell (which I did h: )

Enjoy.

my buddy andy

yours truly

unloading the shitbrick (nearly got it stuck right at that snow in the pic, parked and walked in an extra 2 miles :happysad: )
some little lake
the face (there were a few skiers there yesterday)

 

this looked really cool in real life, but I couldn't have gotten a good shot of it unless I stood in a marsh h:

 

dear god i'm jealous. no state has better scenery then CO. i miss CO :happysad:

that's definitely something i would like to do on the weekends.

 

when did you live here?

 

didn't live...i was vacationing in Estes Park and drove along the mountain ridges a lot, visited the Continental Divide, and took 10 minutes to walk a path to the peak of this mountain @ 12,000'. seeing the tree line and snow on a mountain in summer is absolutely awe inspiring.

 

My boss has been all over the country and she says she misses CO the most.

 

haw haw... I always love whipping this one out. h: