Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Hiking the Continental Divide

Hiking is one of our favorite things to do in Colorado.


We decided to hike the Continental Divide, starting at the summit of Wolf Creek Pass. This area is about 10 miles from our campground in Fun Valley.

Joining us were Gordie, Clint, Laurie, Dave and Mary. See us all on a snow pile which hadn't melted yet this year. Imagine - it's the end of July and all the snow has not yet melted! But, we were hiking at about 11,000 feet.

The views are spectacular. Pictured is Delton hiking along the side of the mountain. Also if you look real closely, you can see our group hiking along the side of the same mountain (from a distance in another picture) .

We did a lot of hiking in California last winter. This country is so vast and beautiful, it's hard to say where the most beautiful area is. When we were out west, it seemed nothing could be more spectacular. But, just take a look at these pictures. What do you think? Can you say one area is better than another?


We hiked about three hours. We would have continued but a storm was approaching. As a matter of fact, we got hailed on for the last 10 minutes or so.