Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Mount Garfield

Growing up in The Grand Valley, I have to admit this is my first time hiking Mount Garfield! 
I spent about 45 minutes watching the wild mustangs, saw a huge snake, and watched two blackbirds chase a hawk. 

I climbed the standard Mount Garfield trail and it is a very fun little hike (2000 vertical feet in 2 miles) and great training for 14ers. 



The tunnel to the trailhead was full of water so I took off my shoes and walked through it- it was actually about 2 feet deep! 


Mount Garfield gets very hot in the summer so I'm glad I got to see a few flowers while they are still alive. 

 

 Eek! 😐😐



I had the top all to myself!