Hanging Lake in Winter

Hello, last week Geri and I hiked up to Hanging Lake in Glenwood Canyon on our way home from Aspen. The lake and Spouting Rock, which is above the lake, is an amazing area to explore at any time of the year. It's about a mile straight up and when it is covered in snow and ice you need to be prepared, with hiking poles and in Geri's case, Yak Trax. Yak Trax pull over your hiking boots and give you traction on slippery surfaces.
Cheers, Kent

Super Heroes on Town to Town Tour

SHAZAM!! Last Saturday we participated in the Town to Town Tour from Aspen to Basalt, on the Rio Grande Trail. It was a fundraising event for Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers who build and maintain trails in the area. Our mountain friends invited us up for the weekend to get in shape for next month's cross country ski hut trip.  Margie, Jane and Geri dressed up for the event in Super Hero costumes. Margie was "Flash", Jane was "Captain America" and Geri was "Iron Man". The ladies attracted lots of attention and almost won the costume contest at the apre' ski party.  The weather couldn't have been better on the last day of January. 

Cheers, Kent

July 4th Camp Out

Hello, I finally had a weekend off to go camping with Geri and a group of friends over the Fourth of July holiday. We decided to pitch our tents near Home Stake State Park between Leadville and Minturn.
Click here to see a slideshow.Camp Out.
My friend, Paul Broome, arrived first and found a perfect campsite off the road with our own lily pond and river access plus lots of room for the rest of the group who were arriving the next day.
So Paul, his black lab named Jackson, and I had the place to ourselves the first night. In terms of car camping this was the best site I've ever had. The ponds weren't deep enough for fish to survive over the winter months, but at the end of the road was Home Stake Reservoir at more than 10,000 feet in elevation.
The reservoir visit was a full day's adventure using Paul's pontoon fishing boat and Jimmy and Rosie's canoe to transport everyone across the lake including two dogs.
It was a beautiful day for boating, fishing and sunning but the water was a little too cold for swimming - unless you were a dog.
Speaking of dogs and fishing, you might be wondering what the deal is with the weird fish hat. Well, it actually belongs to me. I traded for it at a White Elephant post- Christmas party a few years ago and decided to wear it one morning. Then someone came up with the idea to photograph everyone wearing it including the dogs.
Cheers, Kent