Sunrise views this morning then a surprise as the clouds lifted – 42 degrees and snow on the mountains. This didn’t deter us – we still headed out on our planned hikes.

Our first hike was north of Frisco on the Mayflower Gulch Trail.

Mayflower Gulch is an “easy” 3.1 mile out and back hike. Ha! Easy, but not if you are going from 11,100 to 11,700. I have been handling 9 & 10 K elevations, but this slowed me down. We took in amazing views and explored cool old mining ruins. At the end of the hike, we were greeted with the Old Boston mining site.

Our second hike was to Rainbow Lake in Frisco Co. The trail is 1.2 miles one way @ an elevation of 10,250 ft .

And our final Hike was Sawmill Reservoir Trail. Just west of downtown Breckenridge, Colorado, the Sawmill Reservoir is a 10-acre lake resting at 9,938 feet in elevation. The reservoir is in Summit County and is surrounded by White River National Forest land.  The Sawmill Reservoir trail is a 1.3-mile loop trail around the water.

One day left – looking forward to doing the Swan Mountain Road loop in the morning and a round of golf at the Keystone River course – Going to be cold with a high of fifty! Bundle up!