Manitou Springs/Barr Trial to Pikes Peak Summit
12.5 miles; 7,500' elevation gain; 5:40
5AM start--still dark but not cold.
Up hill starts immediately and ends at the top.
Sunrise is a cosmic event--check it out.
Some choose (try) to sleep in. I've always wondered about why one would pitch a tent in the trail.
3 miles into it.
Columbine
Pikes Peak Penstemon
Monument Gentian
Halfway there--sorta.
Yup, it was a blue shirt day.
Note to self: start wearing looser shirts and longer pants.
You gotcher big picture
And, ya gotchur little picture.
Passing timberline
Passing at timberline
After all, it's just a big pile of rocks.
That was an airplane!
Forget-Me-Not -- OK!
Summit looking SE
Summit looking N
Summit archeology--my favorite part of the visitor center. We miss out on the famous donuts and getting a sweatshirt.
And, then, we're just four more tourists.
Glad to see no one ate too many plums the day before :)
ReplyDeleteDid you know there's a Colorado Rocky Mountains Wildflowers iphone app? I just got the Yellowstone area one today and learned that we saw lots of American bistort this morning.
P.S. What's wrong with your shirt and pants?