As You Were

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September 11, 2004

Return to Blue Lake

This absurdly early morning I met Jonah and Ben, and we drove up to Brainard Lake, past Nederland, on the Peak-to-Peak.

We hiked up to Blue Lake, about half a mile east of the continental divide. After lunch we walked around for a bit. It was a great day — blue sky, barely a cloud in sight, pretty warm. I got sunburned, though. We drove back to Boulder via Ward, down Left Hand Canyon.

Some photos:

Mount Audubon, from Mitchell Lake
Mount Audubon, from Mitchell Lake

Mount Toll
Mount Toll, behind a cairn on the trail

Blue Lake
And, almost out of nowhere, Blue Lake appears

Ben rests int the sun
Ben rests in the sun

Blue from the other side
The lake from the other side

Jonah with headache
Jonah gets a little altitude sickness on the way back. Nothing a little aspirin couldn't cure. Too bad we didn't think to bring any.

The view from Brainard Lake
Mount Toll, Paiute Peak, and Mount Audubon from Brainard Lake

Row of mailboxes
Stopping to get the mail on the way home

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Comments

Nice pictures!

Posted by: Daniel J. Wilson at September 14, 2004 6:56 PM