There's nothing like waking up in a tent in the mountains. Tom and I had a great weekend in the Collegiate Peaks area of Colorado, backpacking and hiking with Ellie Mae. We hiked in on Saturday night, about 3 miles, to camp just below Ptarmigan Lake. We found a great spot with plenty of gorgeous views. It's marked with a red star in the first picture below. Saturday, we hiked up Jones Peak A and bagged a 13er (2nd photo) - Ellie Mae's first! She did great, the outdoors and hiking really brings out her puppy side, which is great to see, since she's such a calm dog at home. She was tear-assing around the area around our campsite on Friday while Tom was gathering wood, I was getting water, etc. Seriously crazy!
We also got hit with a lot of weather on Saturday afternoon, rain and hail for 2-3 hours. Tom stayed out in part of it, keeping our fire going and having a few cold day hikers ask to warm up their hands a bit. Surprising how many people don't recognize the "weather is approaching" signs in the mountains - a lot of them were from out-of-state, which would explain it. People...take at least a rain jacket and a fleece!
Sunday, the weather looked like it could rain any second when we woke up, so we quickly packed up our (mostly) dry gear and hiked out. All in all, a fabulous weekend, and most importantly, one WITHOUT CELL SERVICE. Fantastic.
Campspot marked in red, on our way up Jones Peak with Ptarmigan Lake in the background!
Jones Peak from Ptarmigan Lake. Beautiful morning for a 13er hike!
We also got hit with a lot of weather on Saturday afternoon, rain and hail for 2-3 hours. Tom stayed out in part of it, keeping our fire going and having a few cold day hikers ask to warm up their hands a bit. Surprising how many people don't recognize the "weather is approaching" signs in the mountains - a lot of them were from out-of-state, which would explain it. People...take at least a rain jacket and a fleece!
Sunday, the weather looked like it could rain any second when we woke up, so we quickly packed up our (mostly) dry gear and hiked out. All in all, a fabulous weekend, and most importantly, one WITHOUT CELL SERVICE. Fantastic.
Campspot marked in red, on our way up Jones Peak with Ptarmigan Lake in the background!
Jones Peak from Ptarmigan Lake. Beautiful morning for a 13er hike!
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