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| From the top of Herman Gulch |
Too lazy to get going earlier, I decided to do a short hike just off I-70. The trailhead is right off the interstate. It's pretty crazy.
I hoped this hike would provide some great fall colors. The trail would ascend about 1,000 feet to Herman Lake in almost 3 miles. Unfortunately, the trees were mostly pine with a few patches of Aspen.
The trail went up quite relentlessly with many views of the surrounding mountains. It then reached timberline and the trail became quite a bit less steep. I reached Herman Lake and it's surrounded by mountains with some snow on them. I imagine these patches remain all year round.
Herman Lake looks like a nice place to chill out for a while. Are there bears up that high? Everything is so exposed. All that time I spent in nature, and I'm still freaked about big animals, and some small ones, too. The nature out west just seems so intimidating to me. Still, I feel the fear and do it anyway.
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