Trip to Colorado

I was out visiting Colorado this past weekend, and went hiking at Rocky Mountain National Park. Despite being fairly warm in Denver, the weather was very cold and windy up in the mountains. I went hiking out from Bear Lake to Emerald Lake, and progress was a little slow due to deep snow on parts of the trail. I had not expected that I might need snowshoes at the end of April. I had a great time hiking, although I managed to get a decent sunburn. Sunscreen is always important at ten thousand feet above sea level.

The sky towards the north was a beautiful dark blue.



The wind was kicking up snow off the peaks, and blew through the valley near Emerald Lake. Emerald Lake is underneath all of the snow in the valley.



I thought that this tree looked particularly interesting.



A bird landed in a tree right next to me, and posed for a picture.



These rock formations are an interesting contrast to the rugged features of the rest of the park.