Beautiful Day Hike

Great trip to the heart of Colorado, with my old friends from Wisconsim - Jim, Tom and Dave.  115 miles hiked on 19 routes, and 1053 miles driven over 12 days.  Weather was wetter than expected, but we were able to mostly dodge the showers, and the beauty of the clouds more than made up for the inconvenience! One of the highlights was climbing to top of Mt Crested Butte.  Chairlift most of the way, but it still is a boulder scramble to the top!

Skirts the side of Little Baldy Mtn. Pike NF, near Como, CO. 

Bristlecone pine habitat, at timberline on Mt. Bross (14,178'). Pike National Forest, near Fairplay, CO. 

@ Methodist Mountain. Mt. Ouray (13,961') and Chipeta Peak (13,462') at right center.  San Isabel NF, near Poncha Springs, CO.

Continental Divide Trail, Tomichi Dome in distant center.  Fossil Ridge distant right. San Isabel NF. Near Poncha Springs, CO.

Fossil Ridge Recreation Area, Gunnison NF. Near Ohio City, CO.  Fossil Ridge, from a distance.

Powderhorn Wilderness, Gunnison NF. Near Lake City, CO. Didn't quite reach plateau!

Gunnison NF, near Gunnison, CO.

Gunnison NF. Near Crested Butte south, CO. 

State Wildlife Area. Near Gunnison, CO. 

Ski area hike!  Crested Butte, CO. 

Gunnison NF. Near Crested Butte, CO. 

In the nieghborhood of Daisy Pass. Raggeds Wilderness, Gunnison NF. Near Crested Butte, CO. 

Gunnison NF, near Crested Butte, CO.

At Cottonwood Pass. San Isabel NF. Near Buena Vista, CO. 

Pike NF, near FairPlay, CO. 

Combo kayak-hike from Woodring Branch Recreation Area.  Kayak to Amadahy trail. Deep lake, created by damming of Coosawattee River.  Near Ellijay, GA.

 View of Toccoa River from the 260' swinging bridge at the Benton Mackaye trail crossing.  Near Margret, GA.

 2nd trip down Toccoa, this time from Dial to Iron Bridge.  Near Aska, GA.

 Nice kayak lake with Chattahoochee National Forest shoreline and islands.  Near Blue Ridge, GA.

Freestone river in the Georgia Blue Ridge Mountains.  Kayak from Dial put-in to Sandy Bottoms.  Near Aska, GA.  Gauge at 2.10' - perfect!

 Tributary of Guntersville Lake.  Near South Pittsburg, TN.

Near Huntsville, AL.

Rock-climbing near Cook Springs, AL.

Golf course in Birmingham, AL.

Nature preserve near Pinson, AL.

Irondale, AL.

Elbert County WMA. Near Elberton, GA. 

Pisgah NF. Near Rosman, NC. 

Blue Ridge Parkway. Near Brevard, NC.