We had four days off, alone, together, in our favorite part of the state. The plan was to hike Courthouse Mountain...
... Blue Lakes...
... Highland Mary Lakes...
... and Ice Lake...
The weather had different ideas.
Day I was spent in the Cimarron Basin, shooting wildflowers and moose.
On Day II, we made the spontaneous decision at the Blue Lakes/Blaine Basin fork in the trail to go left and hike the path less taken. The Lizard had climbed Mount Sneffel's Snake Route, a snow climb, via Blaine Basin a good many years ago. I'd never been on that trail. Because it was highly likely we wouldn't make it far before lightning began electrifying one of my favorite places in Colorado, I decided to try something new and see whatever Blaine Basin would share in such a short time. Blaine Basin was not stingy.
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