Blue Lake

Today, J and I did another hike with our friend Casey.

Yes, we are going a little hike-crazy.

This hike was the hike to Blue Lake from the Mitchell Lake Trailhead in the Brainard Recreational Area outside of Ward Colorado. It culminates at Blue Lake which sits in the middle of a ring of peaks. It was windy and cold when we arrived but we enjoyed the view and found a sheltered area out of the rock found everywhere along the top.

J has more pictures because the whole hike was beyond beautiful and so lush and green, but he still has to go through his. This is one I took and sums up the spot...

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Once again, I only tracked the ascent, so total mileage was 5.2 miles.

Created by My Tracks on Android.
Total Distance: 4.20 km (2.6 mi)
Total Time: 1:43:46
Moving Time: 56:35
Average Speed: 2.43 km/h (1.5 mi/h)
Average Moving Speed: 4.46 km/h (2.8 mi/h)
Max Speed: 6.48 km/h (4.0 mi/h)
Min Elevation: 3201 m (10502 ft)
Max Elevation: 3461 m (11356 ft)
Elevation Gain: 372 m (1221 ft)
Recorded: Tue Sep 13 10:03:46 MST 2011
Activity type: Blue Lake


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