On Saturday, it rained constantly from the time we left Grand Junction until we arrived at our hotel in Snowmass (near Aspen). The next day was better and we used our free time in the morning to go for a hike to Maroon Bells. Maroon Bells is a spectacula
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The Aspen trees on the Maroon Bells hike were in full bloom.
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It's definitely fall in the Rockies.
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Or maybe its winter! It turns out that when it was raining on Saturday, it was snowing in the mountains. The Maroon Bells are looking pretty white these days.
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The whole hike was an amazing collection of yellow Aspens and towering mountains.
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We hiked up to Crater Lake, which is at the base of Maroon Bells.
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The Bells were wrapped in clouds most of the day.
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From the lake, I kept heading up and made it up to this alpine meadow in about an hour, which was still covered in snow from the night before. The snow line had been about 9500' but it was melting quickly. This picture was taken at about 11,500'. The a
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I swear it was summer a few days ago. What happened?
