Finch Lake – Rocky Mountain National Park – Allenspark trailhead, Allenspark CO 8/3/13

The Finch Lake trail Starting Elevation: 8526Ft Highest Elevation: 10,165 ( Total Elevation gain around 1900Ft) Trail Length:  Officially 8.2 miles but we wandered around the lake a lot so we ended up with 9 miles total, it took us approx. 4 hours total Trail Uses:  Hiker only Degree of difficulty: Moderate Bathrooms: None Pets:Continue reading “Finch Lake – Rocky Mountain National Park – Allenspark trailhead, Allenspark CO 8/3/13”

St. Vrain Mountain Trail, Allens Park CO 6/15/13 – Part 2

Check out part 1 here When we finally got to the top of St. Vrain mountain, the views were really breath-taking and if the wind hadn’t been so bad we would have spent a lot more time up there.  We knew there was a chance of a storm rolling in so we kept a closeContinue reading “St. Vrain Mountain Trail, Allens Park CO 6/15/13 – Part 2”

St. Vrain Mountain Trail, Allens Park CO 6/15/13 Part 1

Starting Elevation: 8940ft Highest elevation: 12, 162 Ft ( With all the snow fields we ended up going for a total elevation gain of 3400Ft) Trail Length: Officially it is 8.6 miles but going around some of the snow fields and our route up my fitbit said 13 miles. It took us 8 solid hoursContinue reading “St. Vrain Mountain Trail, Allens Park CO 6/15/13 Part 1”