Farewell to Denver

After a wonderful stay in Denver we move on to our bus trip to National Parks and Gorges in South Dakota, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada and Arizona. We had the most wonderful time and fallen in love with Colorado and the mountains.

Yesterday hiking at Mt Falcon

 We are both showing signs of lots of good eating!

Riding Lookout Mountain

Morning walk reveals snow capped range, after only 1 degree Celsius night down here.

Was a cold start to the ride!

The steepest switchback:

Two thirds of the way up:

At the top, Marianne's first triumph over the mountain!

1833 ft of elevation gained in the 29 km loop. Ready for the 15 mile fast descent!

A walk in the mist...

We woke to mist and fog and decided to do a hike to Devils's head which is 2.8 mile rountrip with 950 ft elevation gain.

The aspen forest:

There are 143 steps to the fire lookout tower at the end of the hike up.

We didn't quite make it but we watched from below!

 The view from the top which some of us saw!

Quiet Day

Rosie did the art galleries walk:

Matthew and Peter did a recovery ride; 83 km with 830 metres of elevation gain!

Guanella Pass our day's challenge

The start of Guanella Pass:

Marianne & I walked the Beirstadt Trail at the summit while waiting for the boys.

Peter and Matthew cycling up the last 300 metres to meet us at the top

Great downhill runs:

Crossed the continental divide:

Matthew survived better than Peter did!

A weekend away in the high country...

Fishing is everywhere:

A bike shop that had the balls for the job!

An engineering marvel, riding Glenwood Canyon:

Hanging Lake walk:

Hanging Lake a picture perfect, a wonderful scene if you see it!

Lookout Mountain Road:

Maroon Bells:

We were lucky to get a dusting of snow.

Anne notice your lovely jacket is in use!

The dusting increased on the way home!

Looked like fairyland

Peter couldn't resist throwing snowballs.