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Tuesday Sep 4, 2018 #
9 AM
Hiking 3:49:24 [3] 6.77 mi (33:53 / mi) +352m 29:10 / mi
shoes: Sauc TriumphISO-silver/gr/blue
Rocky Mountain National Park, Wild Basin area on the SE side of the park. We got there around 9:00 am or so on the advice of Virginia L. who said the parking area could fill up quickly. It was mostly full but still had a number of open spots. We changed and were hiking before 10am.
Walked to Copeland Falls, Calypso Cascade, and Ouzel Falls. The area had suffered a fire in 1978, and flooded trails more recently than that (about 5 years ago). First part of the trail looked "recently" redone. Rooty and rocky in places, but nothing too too hard for me (no poles). Rocks had been hiked on enough that most were rounded off. Stopped a couple times to have a snack and turned watch off during those periods, so time is mostly time on the move (with stops to take photos).
Nice hike before we head home tomorrow. We also drove up to Lily Lake and walked along the SE side a bit, admiring the ducks and other wildlife (muskrat, perhaps?) and dragonflies, before the wind kicked up and got cooler as a T-storm got closer than it had been. Now warming up with coffee at Starbucks in Estes Park.
Walked to Copeland Falls, Calypso Cascade, and Ouzel Falls. The area had suffered a fire in 1978, and flooded trails more recently than that (about 5 years ago). First part of the trail looked "recently" redone. Rooty and rocky in places, but nothing too too hard for me (no poles). Rocks had been hiked on enough that most were rounded off. Stopped a couple times to have a snack and turned watch off during those periods, so time is mostly time on the move (with stops to take photos).
Nice hike before we head home tomorrow. We also drove up to Lily Lake and walked along the SE side a bit, admiring the ducks and other wildlife (muskrat, perhaps?) and dragonflies, before the wind kicked up and got cooler as a T-storm got closer than it had been. Now warming up with coffee at Starbucks in Estes Park.