Past 2 weekends away, really good to be Colorado home — mighty FAAANNNTASTIC.  And this weekend, a rare non-snow reprieve.  I dig the white stuff but outdoor run miles been super limited in 2019, lotta treadmill ticks.  Every Wednesday/every Saturday, precip pattern this season.  Mountain snowpack over 100% now, reservoirs expected high once Spring melt begins.  Happy water news for high altitude/arid Colorado (300 days of annual sunshine, notta lotta summer rain).

Saturday run, new run.  Hour-15 south to Littleton, day destination: Waterton Canyon.  Parking lot  still ice-packed with remnants of winter past.  Crampons, no crampons?  Micro spikes?  Hmm.  Just trail shoes & a hydration pack today.  Tenth mile in, dirt road CLEAR, plowed & DRY.  SUCCESS!

Early start, notta lotta faces on the trek out.  Peaceful, quiet.  Foot pulsed easy on packed clay.  Outdoor eye-candy, crazy beautiful.  Big scenic walls, reminiscent of local Boulder Canyon.

GREAT day for a Colorado run!  SUNSHINE, snow & mile-high attitude 🙂  Outta road 6 ½ miles in, just past the Dam.  9 minute clip, gradual grade UP, gonna make the return FAST.

BIGHORN SHEEP run reverse.  On the road, surrounding rock walls, high plains grazing – all food foraging for Spring green.  Mostly female, single ram spotted high.  Unexpected.  WOW!

Thin air, outdoor-adventure every day — even in February.

Ski.  Hike.  Ice fish.  Climb.  Or take in a canyon run.  LOVE LOVE my Colorado life ❤️