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You can probably tell by now that we love
San Juan mountains in SW Colorado. They are amazing. For
this trip, we took the Friday off and headed for
Silverton. During the next 3 days, we drove our Xterra
to 5 mountain passes over 12000 ft (3600 m), and did
several hikes to even higher elevations. The mountains
were covered with wildflowers, and the weather changed
every five minutes. It was generally cold, so we had
winter gear on (and it's the end of July!). Here are the
passes we covered: Corkscrew (12,200ft), Hurricane
(12,400ft), California (12,900ft), Engineer (12,800ft),
and Placer Gulch (12,750ft).
Our campsite the first night at 11,500ft,
high above Silverton
Just packed up our tent and started
breakfast.
At a summit near Red Mountain.
Alex is getting his first lesson in foot
positioning on steep terrain.
Another summit we conquered.
Here is a snow bank at the end of July.
Alex had a blast.
More fun with snow.
View north from Hurricane pass.
View south from Hurricane pass.
On the way to Como lake.
Getting ready for lunch just below
California pass.
View of Como lake from California Pass.
View down California gulch from the pass.
Wildflower fields on Placer gulch road.
More wildflowers.
We settled for the night in the Animas
canyon, and woke up to a beautiful day.
Engineer pass. The views from here were
awesome.
East side of Engineer pass.
We really liked the view here (east side
of Engineer pass).
More fun stuff on the east side of
Engineer pass.
On the way home, we ate at the Chalet
Swiss in South Fork. The food was delicious, and we
topped it off with a chocolate fondue (mmm).
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