Marathoning and recovery (along with my first cold in THREE years!) left little time for finding new trails in October.
But we did head out early on a Sunday to hike the Larch Mountain loop. We chose a less-popular route and avoided crowds - my favorite!
We could see the Nakia Creek Fire burning across the river:
Smoke shrouded Wy'East:
This was the super-windy day that fanned the Nakia Creek Fire. In the time it took us to hike down from the top, the fire blew up, and the smoke plume suddenly looked apocalyptic:
This was my 52nd trail of the year! Hopefully I can add a bunch more before the end of the year :)
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