At the Doorstep of Colorado's Front Range

After a wonderful break in Steamboat Springs, I resumed my hike through the Rabbit Ears and Never Summer Ranges in Colorado.  About 11-miles of that hiking was on US 40 and State Route 14, which was very precarious road walking (yuck!), but thankfully the rest of the mileage kept me up over 10,000-feet, which made for very scenic walking.  Certainly the highlights of the last section were climbing Parkview Mountain and skirting Ruby and Cascade Mountains on the boundary of the Never Summer Wilderness.

I have been resting in Denver at my brother's house for the last two days, but I am heading back on the trail today, where I will rejoin my companions for a 106-mile stretch through Colorado's Front Range, which will likely include climbs up two 14,000-foot peaks (Gray's and Torrey's Peaks).  Hopefully, the weather cooperates over the next five days through this fabled section of the Rocky Mountains.