With new snow blanketing the mountains, my sister and I jumped in the jeep and headed toward our favorite fourteener, Handies Peak. We didn't make the summit, but the combination of fall colors, new snow, and bluebird skies was absolutely breathtaking.
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Making our way up Cinnamon Pass to American Basin and the Handies Peak trailhead |
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Getting into the snow |
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Becca claims Cinnamon Pass |
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Made it to American Basin, now time to start hiking |
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American Basin |
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Looking back down toward the trailhead |
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Trudging through new snow |
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The top of Handies will have to wait for another day |
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Post-holing to Sloan Lake: exhausting but beautiful |
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Sloan Lake |
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