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Two Saturdays ago, we attempted to hike Pacific Peak, outside of Breckenridge. Like a lot of the hikes we like to do, Pacific is a 13-er, topping out at 13,950', and since it's not a 14-er is basically without other hikers. We left the house at 4AM and hit the trail by 6:30, thus allowing us to avoid any afternoon thunderstorms and also provided great light for photos.
--DP
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Here we go! The trail, if you want to call it that, was basically unmarked. We had to bushwack a little to start. It definitely made the hike more interesting, but a lot harder as well!
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Wow! Once again you've shown why you love it so much in Colorado. The colors, composition, vision and scope just blow me away! Thanks for sharing. AK
ReplyDeleteGreat photos Delia! I just found out that those crazy thistles are native, not weeds like I had thought. They are Alpine Thistles.
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