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| view of Long's Peak from beginning of Twin Sisters trail |
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| Beginning of the alpine tundra |
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| boulder field |
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| on the way to the highest peak |
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| almost there |
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| The marker at the summit, but no name of the peak or altitude ?? |
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| Rocky Mountain National Park |
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| End of the Nymph, Dream and Emerald Lake trail. Still a lot of snow! |
My first summit of the season to Twin Sisters peak (11,428). The trail was about 95% clear of snow and the weather was fantastic. There wasn't much wind, which is a rarity. I went on a Wednesday and the trail wasn't too crowded. Being on the edge of Rocky Mountain National Park, I'm sure it gets a ton of traffic on the weekends. This was a great season starter for me, easy to summit and a fairly short and steady ascent of 3.7 miles.The trip took 2 hours up and 1.5 hours down. The day ended with a hike in Rocky Mountain National Park to Nymph, Dream and Emerald Lakes. Winter is so long in Colorado and I'm anxiously awaiting more trips to the alpine tundra and for the high altitude wildflowers to bloom. Summer is short, but very sweet. :)
Beautiful. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteSweet! I climbed those peaks years ago and got caught in a blizzard in May on the top of the southern summit. I was wearing shorts. Really sucked, but a great memory to have in the rear view mirror. Did see an owl, though, which was really cool.
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