2 miles of hiking • 1250' elevation gain •
Decided to get out before the big Super Bowl 50 celebration and get some turns in with my buddy Tyson. Our original plan was to head back towards the Lake Annette area and explore that a little bit further, but when we got to the exit for the trail head it was raining !!! It looked like there was fresh snow on the tree line about 600' above where we would have to start, but none the less...... the coverage down low was pretty thin and it looked like we would be carrying our skis for at least a mile before we could skin. We both looked at each other and asked do you really want to do this ??? Ugh not really.... I quickly threw out the option of going up to Alpental. We both agreed that would be a better option for this day. By the time we reached the pass it was snowing and there was about 18" of some fresh snow that had fallen over Thursday and Friday. However it was really heavy !!! We made do and watched my dog Mindy work super hard to plow through the snow to keep up. She slept well on the ride home =) All in all it was a great day out and we were able to drink a few extra pints on Super Bowl Sunday. GO BRONCOS !!!
