adventure FYI

Guxaldine requested having foreknowledge of any back country excursion such as the one a couple of weeks ago:
Saturday Chritre, the girls, and I are goin backpacking nearby in the Indian Peaks Wilderness to Devil's thumb lake (devils thumb trail). It is very unlikely that we will experience any difficulty because there arent the obstacles that were on the previous adventure and there also isnt a pot of gold (hot spring) at the end of the rainbow (trail). There are many opportunities to opt out of continuing if the going gets rough, the trail is only 5.5 miles, and we're starting early. Ranger says that there are snowcrossings at the very top, where the lake is, and that we could lose the trail but with starting early and having other options to camp along the way, we wont be pressed into any difficult decisions. I'll have a trip report monday...

boulder ranger district:

http://www.fs.fed.us/r2/arnf/about/organization/brd/index.shtml