MT: Day 2, Cosley Lake to Foot Elizabeth Lake, 4 miles (GNP)

Getting CDT permits was tricky and we had only a short hike to Elizabeth Lake, but it was stunning.
MT: Day 1, Chief Mountain to Cosley Lake, 9 miles (GNP)

From the border at Chief Mountain, it was a nine-mile walk off trail and through thunderstorms.
CO: Colorado Trail

The monsoon couldn’t stop a trio of hikers from taking in this magnificent thru-hike.
CO: Sawatch Range Fourteeners, CO

In two weeks _ and with supreme weather – I scaled all 15 of the “Fourteeners” in the Sawatch Range of Colorado.