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Day 1
Kris poses by a marker at the beginning of Wild Basin Trail.
A tree fights for space adjacent to Copeland Falls.
Copeland Falls.
Kris admires Copeland Falls.
The stream rushes through heavily wooded Colorado mountainsides.
The stream rushes through heavily wooded Colorado mountainsides.
Calypso Cascades.
Wildflowers abound on the Wild Basin Trail.
Ouzel Falls. I lost my GPS in an outhouse near here.
This mountainside remains relatively barren after a 1978 fire wiped out the forest.
A tree has fallen over and you can see how tightly the roots wove around the stones in the soil.
Ouzel Falls.
Ouzel Lake.
A snow cave was created by melting snow waters running through a snow bank.
Kris poses in the mouth of the snow cave.
Wayland poses in the mouth of the snow cave.
The stream below the snow cave.
High elevation snow melts creating waterfalls everywhere.
Wild flowers abound along the trail in Colorado.
The Columbine is the state flower of Colorado.
The Columbine is the state flower of Colorado.
Long's Peak looms in the distance.
Kris approaches the snow mass that covers the trail just below Bluebird Lake.
Kris approaches the snow mass that covers the trail just below Bluebird Lake.
This hill had it's trees burned off in a 1978 fire.
A portion of the trail includes small boulder hopping.
Kris heads up the trail to Bluebird Lake.
Panoramic view of Bluebird Lake at 10,978'.
Kris sits above the water's exit from Bluebird Lake. Note, the storm clouds are forming.
Waterfalls drape the distant mountain sides as we descend from Bluebird Lake.