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North America » United States » Colorado » Grand Lake September 27th 2016

Geo: 40.2522, -105.823After arrival on our first day in GrandLake, we took a short hike to a pretty waterfall, Adams Falls, just to stretch our legs and get a little bit used to the altitude. It wasn't enough to get us acclimated but, at around 8,500 feet, it told us that we definitely were not used to hiking at that level or higher. Doing the hike I particularly wanted to do would not be easy. I had done some research on the available hikes, and the trail to Mt. Ida sounded perfect to me – on paper at least. Starting at an elevation of 10,760 feet, it was about 4.6 miles one way along the continental divide to the summit of Mt Ida at around 12,880 feet. Since the weather forecast for Wednesday, our second day ... read more
The Alpine Visitor Center
Along the Mt. Ida Trail
Along the Mt. Ida Trail

North America » United States » Colorado » Grand Lake August 20th 2015

After a wonderful night catching up with my family, we took advantage of the chance to sleep in late in comfortable beds. I got up around, I would guess, 9:00, and went for a nice run around the golf course near their house. Bad idea. The air at that level, combined with not having run for about a week and a half (but given how much we've been doing, it feels like a month and a half), made the run extremely difficult and tiring. I did enjoy the water waiting for me when I got back, though! After breakfast and packing up, we headed into downtown Denver for a couple hours, because we did, of course, need to see the major city we were staying near. It's actually very much a city I could see myself ... read more




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