First snow of the season ride. I wasn't sure how much snow would be in the high country this morning, so I headed up to Georgetown CO to find out. It wasn't quite 50 degs when I left the house, so I was dressed warmly for the cooler temps up high.
This is one of the first things I saw once turning off the highway to downtown Georgetown. It could be fun. I'm not sure how well those tires fit into the wheel wells.
This the main downtown area of Georgetown. You can tell it's still early because of no cars on the street.
From higher up on Guanella Pass road. I-70 is in the background on the left. Saxon Mtn is on the right. There is a 6.5 mile road that zig zags up the face of the mountain to the top then drops down into Idaho Springs. I have come in on that road a couple of times from the Idaho Springs side.
One of the first sections on the Georgetown Snake River Wagon Road. This is actually on the way down after everything had dried out a bit. When I went up earlier, it was all wet and muddy. You know it's humid when your windshield fogs up.
See the snow? It was trying to spit on me just about the whole time I was up there. This is what they call the Tundra Hut. I'm not sure what it's for or who can use it. There were a couple of trucks there when I went by. This is close to 11000 ft.
This is at the Waldorf Mine site. There are lots of side trails up here. To the left way in the distance is Argentine Pass which is just a hiking trail now. On the other side is Arapahoe Basin, Keystone and the little town of Montezuma. I peeled off a layer and changed to my summer gloves at this point.
This is the road I'm heading up. You can almost make out the higher road to the top on the left side of the saddle right about where the clouds start. From the saddle area you can look down onto I-70. From still higher up you can look across the valley (a drop of 2-3000 feet to the floor) to Grays and Torres Peaks which are the closest 14k mtns to Denver. They are very popular hiking destinations during the summer time.
To be continued.