Twin Sisters Peak

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Today, we woke up to fog. There was a slight possibility of sun at first, but that quickly dispersed. Podo eventually decided to go for it - hike to the summit of (one of the) Twin Sisters Peaks. He did a great job, finishing it in about 3 hours (the book says 4). Lobelia read Fellowship of the Ring and tended the fire. We are at Starbucks right now entering the blog for today and soon we will go back to our campsite and feast on mac 'n cheese and mashed potatoes (I know, it sounds weird). Tomorrow am we start back, going through the Black Hills and ending up at Kadoca SD for the night. One more blog entry and then home to MN. We like MN, even though it doesn't have mountains.

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Photos

The path ahead
Walking in a 50ft sphere of visibility most of the way up.

View of the apline zone
This is the first sight of alpine zone on Twin Sisters.

White - Green - Grey
View down to sub-alpine zone with fog, trees, rocks.

Boulder field
Jagged hellscape.

Marmot gatekeeper at the peak
This guy was loud, big and liked to chew on a plastic bag.

View from the peak
Over there in the mist is Longs Peak. I was lucky to catch a break in the weather.

Tired at the peak
This is me in front of a white nothing after 4 miles and 1.5hrs. pretty.

Saddle
The saddle is the region between the "sisters" and I was the mister. Fade to white is fog.

Same as previous
(the less shapely sister)

Lily Lake
Back at the bottom.