I didn't know a ton about the area (other than the giant outlet shopping center) and since I had the dog, I opted to go check out the Loveland Pass area. I've been up there once and I knew there were several various trails that lead off right from the parking area on the side of the road - so I figured I'd just go explore. And what I ended up finding, was the route to the top of Mt. Sniktau - a 13er topping out at 13,234'. The trail ended up being just shy of 2 miles one-way - but it is mostly all uphill (and above 12,000') - so be prepared for it to take some time. Once we did made it back down from that, we checked out another trail leading from the opposite side of the pass - it seemed to lead up to some sort of saddle between other peaks - we only went a short way and then headed back down for a total of about 5 miles. The clouds made me a little iffy the whole time, but thankfully we never did get rained or anything (I was mostly worried of thunder seeing as I was above treeline the entire time) and I know Argie enjoyed it - especially when I let him off the leash.
So without further ado, some pictures from that little jaunt:
I love this pup!
The last stretch up to the summit of Mt. Sniktau!
I saw this guy carrying up this giant pack and couldn't figure out why - apparently it was so he could go paragliding! Very cool to watch!
Looking down at the road going up to Loveland Pass.
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My little fur ball! (Except he's not one anymore - we just shaved him! |
This is from the trail on the other side of the pass - looking back towards Mt. Sniktau that we just hiked - it's the pointy peak just to the left of the rounded, closer one - we had to get to the top of that first, then go down to go back up.
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