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Mt Ida RMNP June 2011
June 29, 2011
There is more to the park than Chaos Canyon! One of my favorite things to do on a rest day or before work is to get out into the park somewhere besides the beloved boulders. Most of my hiking was done with snowshoes in the winter months because I was so reluctant to give up a day of climbing. But now that we started to go Hueco in the winter I’ve got to get it all in.
Karla and Quinn are always off on a trekking adventure
--today Jen and I crashed the Mt Ida party.
Mt Ida, RMNP
2411 feet of elevation gain
9.5 miles round trip
Milner Pass trail head--coming from Estes drive up and over Trail Ridge Road, from Grand Lake it is 4.2 miles pass the entrance station.
One of my favorite things about this hike is a little after one mile you are out of tree line washed in fantastic views of the alpine terrain and the Rocky Mountains.
Some years ago I decided to chronicle my life as a working athlete.
It is interesting resurrecting these old post and visiting with the youthful and optimistic me.
What message would I tell the younger Melissa--simple "don't play with electricity."
I stopped posting with the accident -- turning my time to recovery and opening Bird & Jim. Pouring my words into Exit Wounds.