This morning was my final ascent of Green Mt before taking it easy these last few days leading into Miwok this weekend.
Mother Nature, though, made sure to make it a scenic one. Last night Jocelyn and I were sequestered in the CU Law Library--she outlining for finals, me tapping out a project proposal--when we'd had enough and decided to make a break for the mountains. Unfortunately, within minutes the threatening clouds had opened up and by the end of our little 50 minute sojourn on the trails we were thoroughly soaked.
As I found out this morning, though, it had been snowing up high. After jogging through the streets to the trailhead my legs felt nice and peppy and I ad libbed a quasi-tempo of the bottom half of the mountain at PR pace (despite slick conditions) before just jogging to the top through the nearly six inches of new fluff. I've been fortunate enough to make it to the top 132 times now in the last 116 days, but Saturday's race means it will be at least a week before I see the summit again. I'm not worried; she's not going anywhere.
Some snow-flavored scenes from this morning's Rocky Mountain Spring romp:
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| Gregory Canyon Trailhead. |
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| Ranger Trail. |
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| 4-way junction below Green's summit. |
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| Green summit. |
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| Bear and South Boulder Peaks. |
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| Dinosaur Mt. |
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