Chimney Gulch Hike

Today we hiked up Lookout Mountain via Chimney Gulch with eight of our good hiking friends. Starting out at 9:00a was a little cold but we were bundled up and once we got moving things were great. We saw lots of deer and one lone coyote on the way up.

The views from Windy Saddle (pictured here) on Lookout Mountain were excellent. You can see up Coal Creek Canyon to  the West and Golden along with much of Denver to East. We had to put on our cleats because the trail was pretty icy and snow packed in many places. When we hiked in the sun, we were hot. In the shade it was downright cold! We hiked a little over six miles in total, and then went to Capital Grill in Golden for lunch. Yummm! Did you know that the Capital Grill brick building once housed some of the first Colorado Legislative sessions as early as 1866! I wonder what those guys would think of us now?

I took the photo below with my new Blackberry Curve. That's about the only thing this phone does well. Of course it helps to have good subject matter.