We drove back up into the Rockies yesterday, looking for the Lizard Head Pass Wilderness Area that we had stopped at a week ago, it was totally snow covered then and very cold. This time much of the snow has melted and even though it was a bit muddy and soggy in places, we decided to do a small hike - not far - but to get out and enjoy the wonderful day.
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| Two hikers coming down |
Spring is creeping up the mountain, the buds on the trees we saw a week ago are now small leaves and where there were no buds, now there is. Only wildlife we saw was a marmot scurrying across the road, thankfully it did not become roadkill. Saw - we think - moose or elk scat, deer scat, tracks of very large animals, again we think moose. We understand that the whole area we are in has a population of bear, elk, moose, mountain lion, deer, and scores of other small animals. It being the middle of the day, all of these guys were hiding from us.
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| Turned around to look down to where car is |
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| That weird spiky thing on mountain - Lizard Head Peak |
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| Snow melt everywhere you look, creates fast running water |
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| Lizard Head Peak - weird looking |
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| Three waterfalls here |
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| The tinkling of the water as it melts and runs down - restful |
We were hiking at about 10,500 feet or higher, took our time, walked for about an hour up into the trail and then came back down. We feel that in another week the wildflowers will be out in their glory.
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| We are not sure what this is - looks like burrows of moles? |
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| Lizard Head Peak is not a fourteener, but it is still tall! |
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| Last look at Sheep Mountain, driving back down to Dolores |
Today we do our cleanup, get ready to head out tomorrow morning for Rawlins, Wyoming. We won't stay as long, just enough to catch our breath after the 400 plus miles we will need to go to get there.
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