Hiking in the Indian Peaks

Due west of us, and just south of Rocky Mountain National Park, lies the Indian Peaks Wilderness area. Equally as beautiful and less trafficked than RMNP, we often overlook it as a destination as we either stay low or hit up RMNP. We decided to take advantage of the beautiful Friday weather and hit up Lake Isabelle again, as the last time we went there was when Cooper was less than a week old.

Plans quickly changed when we found out the parking lot at Long Lake was already full at 9am, but we found another suitable destination of Mitchell Lake. 2 miles up would be a fine hike for our family of 4 now.

Cooper had his hiking sticks and was on the go

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Jill and Lauren making their way up

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Snow pack is down, but not out. Blue skies for everyone

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And our destination for the day, Mitchell Lake

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Jill and Lauren relaxing at 10k feet above sea level

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