Driving the Trail Ridge

Following our six days of fabulous camping and hiking at Glacier Basin, it was time to hit the road.  Our trusty BIW climbed up to almost 12,500 feet without a whimper.  










We stopped to walk a mile on the old Ute native American trail at 11,000 ft.  And on our walk, saw a mom bear and two cubs........What are they doing up here?  We kept our watch and made lots of noise, and we both went our own ways.

Then stopped at the Alpine Center where the Old Fall River Road meets the Trail Ridge Road.  At 12,000 ft, the alpine meadow and the views were just incredible.

We are now back at only 8500 ft for the night, camped on Lake Granby.  We even splurged the extra $6 so we could have electricity; have to be prepared for University of Michigans first game with coach Harbaugh............GO BLUE!



No wolverine, but did see this elk!