Colorado Part VII: The Alpine Loop

Friday, June 26 -- The Alpine Loop. We woke up early Friday morning to begin our journey along the 26-mile trail on the Alpine Loop. The backcountry is littered with abandoned mines and homes that make anyone wonder how people could survive in such a hostile environment.

Ryan and I rented a 4-wheel drive Jeep for our excursion. The photos and video below will explain why. The entire journey took nearly seven hours.

Not quite Ansel Adams, but I gave it my best.

This was taken shortly after we began our journey. It rained quite a bit at the beginning.

Coming up on the American Basin.

Why 4-wheel drive is recommended.

Me in the American Basin.

The American Basin.

We let Dax and Darbi run free! They had so much fun.

They even got to play in some snow!

To me, this looks like a golf course.

I was probably really nervous here.

A bit of snow.

I kept saying to Ryan, "The sky seems so blue."

Pretty waterfall, goofy chick in a hoodie.

Ryan running some trails.

Dax and Darbi pooped in the backseat.

The rental.