After a solid week of after-work play, dropped Stephen at the airport & started weekend play.

No marathon this Saturday: trail day.  Kept today’s hike local, < 9,000ft – mid-week snow fell heavy in the high mountains [March in Colorado].  Chose Bear Peak, hadn’t hiked this mount since Thanksgiving 2012.

3 miles up, 3 miles down.  Cut my mileage in half starting at Shanahan Ridge.  Still, 2700 vertical feet UP 🙂

Mile of Ponderosa pine, low-grade incline.  Next mile, bouldering.  Typical Boulder butt-buster hike.  Lotta gain over a short distance.  Stopped/breaked/panted, hiked on.  Last mile: snow & ice.  Hike return more treacherous/going down than the summit push UP.

Sunshiny day.  Wind-break’d behind a large boulder, sucked up the thin air.  High above Boulder, legs rock-hangin’ past the peak’s geo marker.  No place I’d rather celebrate the first week of Spring.  LOVE LOVE my Colorado life ❤