We woke up this morning early. Turd tossed a bagel and cream cheese to me to lighten his pack. It was a delicious start to the day.
After packing up, I started the hike. Just a few miles until we start the climb up Hope’s Pass. I got to see an elk prior to the climb. One thing I noticed this week is the change of leaves from being on the trees to the ground.
Onto the climb. A 2.5 mile 2700 foot climb. Started out really steep. It felt like climbing Moosilauke in the whites. The 2.5 mile climb took an hour and 45 minutes but we all made it. It was awesome and just felt like we had finished the trail! But we had 9 miles left to the car.
The hike down was a lot of down but not terrible. Then an easy hike around twin lakes to the parking lot. We got to Mr Ranger’s car and his car battery was dead. I flagged a guy who had jumper cables down and he jumped the car. We rode into Leadville, ate lunch, and got an Airbnb. The views from this Airbnb are awesome!
We all got a nice night’s sleep, woke up, and said bye to Firefly. We’re going to hang around Leadville and Denver today. Lilly is coming this weekend to Denver which will make for a great end of the week.
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