On Saturday Eric, Matt and me, and of course Indy, drove down to Buena Vista to hike to Lost Lake. Buena Vista sits at the bottom of the Collegiate Peaks- a bunch of 14,000 ft mountains that are named Princeton, Harvard, Yale, Columbia, etc. The views were amazing and so was the weather. It was a day well spent.
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| The big peak in the middle is Mount Princeton |
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| On the pass looking back at the Collegiates |
We weren't entirely sure where the trailhead was since the info on the hike website was specific in saying the trailhead is unmarked, but is below tree line near the summit of Cottonwood Pass. Why no one felt a sign would be beneficial is beyond me. Anyway, we drove to the summit of Cottonwood Pass, got some good pictures and let the Pupper Dog play in the snow. There's video of him "fetching" snowballs that Eric was throwing.
After we left the summit, we drove back down the pass a bit and low and behold found the trailhead! The scenery was amazing! The trail was awesome and we had a great time. The only frustrating part was that we sort of lost the trail to Lost Lake, and had to wander around to find it. I climbed up a snow bank and saw tents, and I yelled to Eric " I see tents! There are people! People camp on lakes, right!?". I was desperate to find the crazy lake since I was tired and my shoes were soggy from hiking through a marsh. As a note- people do camp near lakes and maybe 50 yards from the campers was the lake. I was pretty stinking happy!
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| Eric started to follow me across the snow bank and stepped through a melting spot and lost his shoe! |
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| First alpine lake! He was so happy! |
After the hike we went back down to Buena Vista and grabbed some dinner at a brewery. Very yummy food and surprisingly good beer! I drank a whole one ( I am a wine girl not a beer girl, much to Eric's dismay. So me finishing a beer was a huge deal!)
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| Indy conked out in the back on the way home sleeping while cuddling his pig ear |
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