Another Lost Lake

Many miles down a gravel road, through aspen groves, and over another mountain pass, is yet another Lost Lake in Colorado. No, this is not the same Lost Lake from my Rocky Mountain National Park hike way back, but maybe this one is a long lost sibling or something. With a day to burn, Kerri and I set down that long and winding road and followed the signage to the Lost Lake Campground, where planned to start a hike around the Three Lakes Trail.

Unknown to us is that the road leading up the the campground comes to a screeching halt because of not one, but two downed trees blocking the road ahead. Forest crews have yet to come out to fix the road blockage and there are no signs stating a road closure. We are finding this as the norm in high-country Colorado, where random roads are closed or blocked with no notice at all.

We set out of foot from the road blockage in hopes of still completing the 2.8 mile  loop trail on top of the additional mileage but after only a few hundred yards I knew it was not going to happen.

The road up to the campground was still another 2 miles, and it was all uphill. By the time we reached the campground, and the trailhead for the loop, we were both already done in. Instead we sat at one of the picnic tables, ate a snack, enjoyed some chipmunks nearby, and snapped a few photographs before turning back to the truck.

While the mountains did beat us, we certainly were not the losers in the battle as we still took a nice 4 mile hike.