Mid-June and a perfect time for another relaxing weekend at Keystone! The snow is gone at lower elevations and the golf courses look prety inviting....
With our mountain bikes all tuned up and ready to go and since the small forest fire was doused last weekend, we were able to head up one of our favorite roads - Keystone Gulch. We heard that the road was plowed all the way to the top of North Peak, so thought we'd head up there again before it gets too hot.
With all of the heavy runoff this spring, the beaver ponds were overflowing.
Half way there! One of Kent's favorite ski runs at Keystone - Starfire, has very little snow left on it. At this time last year, all the snow on all of the runs was melted.
Going up the steep part, across switchbacks on a ski run called Anticipation. Plenty of base left where the road wasn't plowed!
We made it to the top at 11,800'! This is what is left of the base we were skiing on last winter - pretty incredible that there is still at least a 6' base yet to melt!
Top of North Peak and Starfire run (Breckenridge in the background)
Ready for the quicker (but more difficult) trip back down
On Sunday, we decided to take it a bit easier after the 15 mile trek up North Peak the day before so we opted for a hike up to one of our favorite water falls from last summer. Things started out pretty normal with lots of full stream crossings....
After about the first 1/2 mile, we began encountering some snow which made it hard to keep on the trail.
Oops!! Waist deep snow and we didn't even think about bringing any snow shoes on this hike:( At that point, we turned around and decided to stick with a lower elevation trail with less snow.
Lily Pad Lake, with the Ten Mile Range in the background.
Buffalo Mountain behind Lily Pad Lake.
The aspens are just beginning to leaf out.
I think we found our fall hike to do later this year - lots of aspens!
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