Wednesday, August 24, 2016

Day 10 - Longs Peak - Up to Loft slabs - Sprague Lake - Jeopardy

9.5 miles  3400 feet
Longs Peak TH

Dad, Melissa, Laura

This was an exploring trip to investigate the slabs and exit ramp on the Loft route.  We made it to the slabs and turned back... Next time...

Gonna be the first time up the Loft Couloir for us


Chasm Lake 

Getting higher - you can see chasm lake trail below

Melissa and Dad taking a break




Looking back - Meeker close on right - twin sisters in distance, you can see the scar from the 2013 flood

Neat stuff says Laura


Gotta work on our footwork

We are gonna buy better shoes for this stuff

Ahhh, back on normal ground



Another pretty area of RMNP

Next time






Bumped into Lisa Foster, who has climbed every route and to every place in RMNP.  She has the best hiking guide book for rmnp.  When she came up to us Dad asked "You ever been up here b4?"  

Sprague Lake


Tyler 

Chet

Chet and Brandon

Laura, Mom, Shannon

Hallett and Flattop - Pretty views of the Divide from the East side of this lake

Shannon, Mom, Melissa - better get moving, rain is coming in



Travis

Jeopardy