Hail, Snow, Rain, Sunshine, Blisters, and Mountains

[Scott P]

27 miles and two mountains (plus a sub-peak) with the kids over the weekend. We started Friday evening and hiked a few miles north of Buffalo Pass and into the Mount Zirkel Wilderness. Day two we climbed Mount Ethel and Lost Ranger Peak where we got nailed with a hail, snow, and rainstorm (which formed extremely quick). The weather forecast was good, but the storm was rather severe and the lightning scary. 15+ miles round trip. We were going to hike back Saturday making it a 21 mile day, but Shaylee's (our 10 year old girl) feet were blistered from her wet boots. :sad:

It was a challenging, but good trip, except for the severe storm and the blisters. Good thing we have a tough girl. She never did complain at all about the blisters, other than she wanted to finish the final six miles the next day.

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[jman]

eww...nasty blisters.

Pretty awesome that your kids were able to do the 15+miles. Troopers indeed.

The view up on top is beautiful!