Day Four

Friday was the climb up Mt. Evans. Steve, Stina, and myself headed off about at 9am for the 55 mile ride. The ride starts in Idaho Springs and climbs to the Echo Lake pay station which sits at 10,ooo feet. There you pay your fee to continue on up to the 14,000 foot summit. The weather was absolutely perfect. Not a cloud in the sky. The traffic was a little high for a weekday though. I'm told the weather conditions were pretty rare and may be awhile before it comes again. Mt. Evans closes in three weeks for the season. Snow will start to come down by the end of September at that altitude. Anyway, everyone made it to the summit and we took a bunch of pictures. The view is really amazing from that high up. You can't see the town that we started from! We put on our cold weather gear for the long descent back to the car. It's funny how it works, 3 hours up and 45 minutes back. Once back, we drove over to the Tommy Knocker's Brewery in Idaho Springs for some well deserved beer and food. Pictures and video are coming.