Took me long enough, but here I am finally writing about our excellent visit with friends up in the mountains last weekend. First, we were only gone about 30 hours. But this was one of those trips that actually felt like a lot more – in a GOOD way.
Our friends, H & A, have a cabin near Lake Irwin, which itself is on the Crested Butte side of Kebler Pass. The cabin sits about 11,000 ft. The tallest mountain in the vicinity is Mt. Owen at 13,102 ft. There are tons of 13 and 14,000 ft. peaks in the region.
I’m kicking myself for not properly loading maps onto my GPS receiver, and for then forgetting that I could still plot our course even without the maps. Sigh.
Anyway, here’s a map that shows the most interesting parts:
We hiked from the cabin up along the western edge of the Robinson Basin, eventually reaching the pass between Scarp Ridge and Purple Peak. From there we could see forever.
When the wind picked up and we started getting cold, we hiked back down and stopped by Green Lake.
You can see photos of the day on our rapidly-deployed photo gallery site.
OK, back to work!
Tags: friends, hiking, nature, photography
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