I was surprised with how round and bulbous the mountains were. I was expecting razor-sharp ridge lines and towering spires, but I was happy to have nice, hard, flat ground to walk on for the most part. Pictures below...
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| There were no water sources along the trail, so I had to rely on snow, which I packed into my water bottle and drank after it melted. |
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Guess what man. I'm mostly certain we are moving to Denver. Let Josh know and also ask him if he can send me an e-mail with some good places around Broomfield to look for houses.
Nice pics. What camera/lens/equipment are you using?
Chris--Great news. I'm on it.
Anon--Thanks. Having broken my last two cameras, I just recently spent a pretty penny on a new waterproof, shatterproof, bombproof Olympus Tough camera (TG-1 I think it's called). I was actually quite disappointed with how a lot of the shots turned out, so I'm glad to get your compliment. No lens or equipment were involved.
Um, I just happened on your blog and don't mean to be a know-it-all, but you can get sick from not treating snow, just like water. I always boil it to melt it, thus killing bugs as well. In Colorado especially, there's so much human-interface crap, you'd be crazy not to...
Good luck.
Just wondering if you could tell me exactly what mountain trail that is? Maybe you have GPS coordinates?
Anon--That's probably good advice, but boiling it would have been impossible. There were 25 mph winds on the mountain ridges, which would have prevented me from getting a good flame on my stove. I had some chlorine dioxide tablets which I could have used, but I wasn't sure if they'd dissolve properly in slush. So I just took my chances. I've "drank" snow lots of time in AK without getting sick, but perhaps I should be more wary when doing so in the lower-48.
Tom--No coordinates, but easy to find. Here's a link with some info:
https://fs.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsinternet/!ut/p/c5/04_SB8K8xLLM9MSSzPy8xBz9CP0os3gDfxMDT8MwRydLA1cj72BTSw8jAwgAykeaxcN4jhYG_h4eYX5hPgYwefy6w0H24dcPNgEHcDTQ9_PIz03VL8iNMMgycVQEAIzTHkw!/dl3/d3/L2dJQSEvUUt3QS9ZQnZ3LzZfME80MEkxVkFCOTBFMktTNUJIMjAwMDAwMDA!/?ss=110215&ttype=recarea&recid=41295&actid=50&navtype=BROWSEBYSUBJECT&position=BROWSEBYSUBJECT&navid=110160000000000&pnavid=110000000000000&cid=FSE_003714&pname=White+River+National+Forest+-+Ptarmigan+Peak+Trail+%2335
Giardia is one of the big bugs to get in Colorado. I have a friend who got it from drinking water in the mountains. I think it is larger distributed from beaver scat, but there could be more sources. I hear it is not fun to have giardia. We are probably one the states that is notorious for using bottled water. I tend to save juice bottles and jars. Glass is heavier and more likely to break, but then you don't have the challenge of the effects of plastic (cancer, hormones, etc.).
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