Grays and Torreys, Colorado’s Front range

Grays and Torreys, Colorado’s Front range http://www.travismorrell.com/travis/Summits/Pages/Grays_and_Torreys_Peaks.html A baby mountain goat and it’s parents sharing your trail. A dozen varieties of wildflowers forming a mile-long gauntlet of welcome. Thick, spitting fog shrouding the upper two thousand feet of your twin goals: Colorado’s eighth and ninth tallest peaks. A quick enough hike whose trailhead is close enough to Idaho Springs to hit up BeauJo’s Mountain Pies for a recovery lunch. Life is good. On this trip: Jacob and I. You can see I got caught up in the wildflowers. Rocky Mountain Columbines in bloom (aquilegia coerulea) http://www.travismorrell.com/travis/Summits/Pages/Grays_and_Torreys_Peaks.html#0 dfd78ea6-53f4-4a8b-a033-7dbf874108aa http://www.travismorrell.com/travis/Summits/Pages/Grays_and_Torreys_Peaks_files/Media/IMG_0667.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.travismorrell.com/travis/Summits/Pages/Grays_and_Torreys_Peaks_files/Media/IMG_0667.jpg?derivative=micro

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