The rest of the Summer 2024

I spent the rest of the summer doing a whole bunch of mountain biking, but also some hiking and other things interspersed here and there 

7/24

We hiked up Rustler's Gulch which had just fantastic flowers

7/28+29

Hiked over West Maroon Pass back to back for work

7/30

I hiked the 4 pass loop in one day. It's a beautiful loop that can be started in Aspen or Crested Butte. I started in Crested Butte and went clockwise over the 4 passes (Frigid Air, Trail Riders, Buckskin, West Maroon). I also added a small peak to the loop. The flowers were just unreal!! And the view from the top of Trail Riders to Snowmass Lake was spectacular. At the shores of Snowmass Lake, I dipped my feet into the beautiful cerulean lake. I started right before sunrise and finished after dark as I took my time enjoying the flowers and the views In total it was 31.2 miles with 10,033 ft of elevation gain.

8/5

Did a beautiful flower hike up into North Pole basin

8/6

I biked up to Green lake today. And the rainbows around Mount Crested Butte were so amazing

8/7

We hiked up Frigid Air pass today to enjoy the flowers

8/10

Hiked over West Maroon Pass for work and got hit by some decent rain

8/11

Hike over West Maroon Pass for work again

8/15

Bro and I biked the 403 together

8/17+18

Hiked over West Maroon Pass for work

8/19-20

Took Gunther on a camping trip to Summit County. Elisha really wanted to see Moon Tricks in concert again (we had seen them in CB), so we saw them on the shores of Lake Dillon. We also did some fun mountain biking.

8/21

It had rained really hard overnight and in the morning. I had a shuttle scheduled to take a group of Scarp Ridge Lodge folks to the West Maroon trailhead. The road was a disaster of mud, but I managed to get the Sprinter up to the trailhead and back down without incident, but I witnessed lots of other vehicles slipping off the road and getting stuck in the mud. Reminded me of the old days driving the "road to plagusus" in Antarctica when the temperatures would get warm and the ice road would turn to mush.

8/24

Saw a black bear and cub on Kebler pass during my drive over to Aspen

8/26

I'm helping RMBL out with some mountain top weather stations. Sophia and I climbed up Treasury Mountain to work on two weather stations. It was really cold! It also POURED rain when we got back to Gothic.

Berry season is in full force. We went out on the mountain picking raspberries and got a ton. We also saw a young porcupine

8/28

Elisha helped me with a weather station on top of Cinnamon mountain

8/30

Worked on a weather station on top of Ruby Peak with my boss Jennie's son Cormac. (Named after Cormac McCarthy). The hike up to Ruby Peak goes by Green Lake, which is always beautiful. Saw a mama bear and 2 cubs on our way down Kebler

9/4

Elisha and I went to Estes to celebrate mom's birthday. We brought carrot cake from Crested Butte (thanks to Aunt M). 

We drove down to Denver and biked one of Denver's many greenbelt bike paths along the creek. We also biked to Washington Park where mom showed us where she first lived in Denver. That part of Denver is really nice. We then went and got Ramen and Sake at Uncle in the Highlands. From there we went to the Ogden Theater to watch the musical artist Passenger (Famous for the song 'Let Her Go')

9/6

Had a weed pulling day with RMBL and volunteers up at North Pole Basin. Famous flower expert Rick Revis was with us

9/7

For my Aspen shuttle today I ran the whole way up to Maroon Pass. It took me 53 minutes! Did it under an hour