Stream Crossing
Today was forecast to be a crispy 80-90 degrees, here in Fort Collins, so we decided to try and do a hike up near State Forest State Park. The conditions were reported as ” There is still snow on the trails so conditions may be muddy. No motorized trails are open at this time. “. The latter part of this report translates to “there are no roads open at this time” – for the most part, the main roads to all of the trailheads were closed. Oh well – what’s another 1-2 miles for a hike? We were going to try to just do “part” of the American Lakes trail, because things were already looking a little dicey from the road.
Melting
After trudging through knee/waist-high snow for ~1.5 miles on the road, and being greeted by an even sloppier trail head, we decided to turn back. My shorts were not prepared for a 10 mile hike in the snow. Oh well – we’ll come back, later, this year.
State Forest Trail
Also – I got a new camera to take these pictures! The first one is probably the only ‘decent’ one – the rest are a bit over-exposed (note that there is no detail in the sky on the last pic).
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