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Trail Ridge Road Bike Ride in Rocky Mountain Nat’l Park (Part 2/3) This is the second set of photos of my ride up Trail Ridge Road in Road in Rocky Mountain National Park. The total distance was just over 54 miles with nearly 5 hours of ride time. This photo set starts just above the tree line ar...

Trail Ridge Road Bike Ride in Rocky Mountain Nat’l Park (Part 1/3) Yesterday I rode my bicycle up Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park. It was a 50 mile ride round trip that took me up above 12,000 feet. That’s a 5,000 foot climb from where I started at the Este’s Park visitor center....

Trail Ridge Bicycle Ride Tomorrow morning I’ll head out to bicycle Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park. I’ll start in Este’s Park so the distance round trip on the ride will only be about 50 miles, but the climb is intense. The peak elevation is about 12,000 feet and I’ll be starting...

Este’s Cone in Rocky Mountain National Park Two weeks ago I hiked up to the top of Este’s Cone in Rocky Mountain National Park. A mountain peak that lives up to its name, Este’s cone is shaped like a near perfect cone. The trailhead, which splits off the Long’s Peak trail, is about 3.2 miles from...

Chasm Lake Creatures Last week I hiked up to Chasm Lake near Long’s Peak in Rocky Mountain National Park. After a four and a half hour hike to get to the lake, I decided to stay there for a while. While there I encountered a couple of interesting creatures. One is an obvious chipmunk but I am not...

I Sat in the River...   I sat in the river Until the river was all I could see   I sat in the river Until there was just the river and me   I sat in the river Until the river ran through me   I sat in the river Until the river became the sea of me   I sat in the river Until there was just the riv...

Boulder Colorado Sunrise 8-27-10 I went for an early morning bike ride on Friday. It was my first ride since climbing to Chasm Lake near Long’s Peak in Rocky Mountain National Park. I am now training to cycle Trail Ridge in the Park which is an intense climb up above 12,000 feet. Friday morning w...

Plants Along Long’s Peak Trail These are photos of some of the plants I encountered along the trail up to Chasm Lake near Long’s Peak in Rocky Mountain National Park. I was surprised how much water there was along the trail. And at each place where there was water there was an assortment of plant...

Water Along Long’s Peak Trail I was really surprised how much water there was along the Long’s Peak Trai in Rocky Mountain National Park. Most of it was below the tree line which is around 11,000 feet. There was more water and even a water fall when we got closer to Chasm Lake but I’ll save those...

Long’s Peak in Rocky Mountain National Park I went for a hike yesterday to Chasm Lake which is just short of the summit of Long’s Peak in Rocky Mountain National Park. The Long’s Peak summit is at 14,259 feet and Chasm Lake is at 11,800 feet. I went with my good friend Marty (Doc) Kellelhut. The ...