Climbing High

We left Silverthorne and hiked up Ptarmigan peak trail.  It was a long climb but we made it to the top and then over to the pass.  

The trail disappeared and became a cross country trek searching out cairns.  Up down, up down, forest, pass, ridge, wait out a storm and repeat.  Colorado is starting to blur together and all of it looking the same.  The difference comes in the details like the two elk with large racks watching us eat dinner.  Or the evening light reflecting off a ridge

and the variety of flowers.  It was slow walking today but we made steady progress hiking til dark.  We found a pretty cool spot to camp and and all is well.