A Quest into the Wild
Cathedral Lake and Ashcroft Ghost Town: Aspen, CO
6 miles out and back ( Elevation Gain: 2,135 ft. (total) Max Elevation: 9,945 ft. Min. Elevation: 11,907 ft. The leaves were already beginning to change the week before as we made our way to Mt. Flora and visited Rocky Mountain National Park. We felt the sense of urgency…
Cub Lake, The Pool, and Fern Falls: Rocky Mountain National Park
We’ve been to Rocky Mountain National Park many many times before, but have only explored a small fraction of what her 415 square miles have to offer. After a tough climb above 14,000 feet the prior weekend, we were craving some relaxing lower elevation…
Sandbeach Lake Wild Basin: RMNP
Distance: 9.03 miles (out and back) Elevation Gain: 2,097 (total) 1,984 (net) Max Elevation: 10,348 ft Min. Elevation: 8,364 ft This past Saturday we headed to one of our favorite spots in all of Colorado: Wild Basin in Rocky Mountain National Park. While most of the…
Mount Spalding: Summit Lake
Distance: 2.55 miles (out and back) Elevation Gain: 1,314 ft (total) 978 ft (net) Max Elevation: 13,827 ft Min. Elevation: 12,849 ft This weekend was quite an adventure. Our friends Catherine and Steve were married and their wedding was in Pine, Colorado, which is just outside of Evergreen. Well, we noticed that Mount…