Kathy and Bettye returned to CBMG for another snowshoe trip with me this winter. I guess I didn't scare them away two winters ago when we toured up Red Lady in a blizzard! This time we had a warm sunny day. They had requested to go somewhere off the beaten path so we decided to head up Brush Creek and hike around on Strand Hill. We drove around the back side of Mt. Crested Butte--where the road ends and bucolic rural Colorado begins.
Brush Creek and the East River valley is a unique and special place in that it is just around the backside from the ski resort but feels 50 years away. We climbed up Strand Hill and then traversed along the Strand Bonus! trail. We all soaked in the views and the sunshine as we worked our way through aspen glades and open meadows.
Strand is a popular summer biking destination, but we were the only out there on Thursday.
We saved the "best wine for last" and had a really fun descent down an open meadow and back to Brush Creek Rd. Thanks for a great day out there.
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