On Saturday we went snowshoeing by Rabbit Ears Pass (40d 23'08" N 106d 40'52"W) and our destination was a Radio Relay Station about 3 miles in (40d 22'3"N 106d 41'2"W). I gave the coordinates for those of you geeky enough (like me) to plot them on your GPS. The weather was a a little colder and cloudy (as you can see by the picture). But when the sun did peek out, it was just incredible! The views from up above were pretty clear, really nice shot of Rabbit Ears. The snow was soft and powdery. This is an excellent place to telemark, as we could tell with some fresh tracks that were there. Maybe next year we will be able to venture into that sport. After we made our way to the Radio Relay Station, we had lunch, took some pictures and headed through the trees and bushwacked to the trail that connects the 2 trailheads. Much more fun than following the same trail back. We ended up going about 4.7 to 5 miles (hard to tell since we lost satellite in the trees). Total time snowshoeing was just over 2 hours. Great trail and look forward to going back to that area again soon. There is a longer route (that 3 of us were not up for) that takes you to Walton Peak. Maybe next time.....

The drive back to Denver was good until the typical slowing heading into Georgetown and through Idaho Springs. Even with the traffic we were still home in just under 3 hours.

Oh, on the drive up (at night) we encountered a close call with some deer crossing the road. The really bad places were from Kremmling up to Muddy Creek Pass. We saw a car flash their lights as we approached a hill and sure enough at the top in the opposite lane there was a deer laying on it's side with it's legs still moving. I have seen road kill on the side of the road, but nothing like this. So on the way back to Denver we you could see all the deer carcasses being eaten by the birds on the side of the road. We stopped counting after 15!