A cloudless sky this morning pulled me back to the mountains, the lakes, the snow - many miles of driving, but such wonderful scenery, including the amazing overlook at Pioneer Point (where I saw someone stretched out on one of the overhanging rocks looking down - I thought it best not to disturb him!).
I drove up to Crested Butte (rather chi-chi for my taste), hoping to drive through Kebler Pass, only to find it was closed. However, it did mean that I could drive over Independence Pass, which was only opened 3 days ago after clearing 25-ft snowdrifts. Amazing views both on the way up and the way down!
The sun seemed to have brought out the wildlife today too - I saw a Red-tailed Hawk, a Tree Swallow, a Black Rosy-Finch, a Hoary Marmot peeping out from the grass verge, this deer munching by the roadside, lots of cattle grazing in the water-meadows in the high valleys, and also some very large bison.
After driving through Aspen (which I will spend some time visiting tomorrow), I reached my extremely nice hotel, the Silvertree, in the very pretty Snowmass Village. I wouldn't normally stay somewhere this expensive, but I got an incredible deal from booking.com ;-)
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