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Chose my own adventure all day today…

Out of town, rather than walking the flat 9.5 miles on the CT redline next to the highway and the lake, I took an old jeep road through a marsh and forded a river to link up with Collegiate West. Fun to do my own routefinding like that. I kissed those magical white blazes on the AT, but following the CT redline does not feel necessary when more interesting adventures call. 

After climbing up Hope Pass, felt called over to Quail Mountain (13,451’), which I expected to be a simple side trail but was probably some of the steepest stuff (like 700-800 feet gain over 0.5 miles of loose gravel and disappearing trail) I’ve done on this thru so far. Cool to get on top of such a seldom-visited peak…felt like another planet on that one. There was an old logging cabin on the summit…no clue how anyone got that thing up there. 

Then I scooted over to the Huron Peak (14,003’) trailhead to grab one more 14er. Spectacular weather this time, and I had the whole above treeline section and summit to myself. The climb up with my pack rocked me though. Finally took another side trail off the CT to end my day at the prettiest campsite I’ve had in the last 5 months, Lake Ann, an alpine lake with crystal clear water surrounded by mountains. Colorado is so awesome

Twin Lakes, CO to Lake Ann

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Colorado Trail Day 10: Questing

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