Boulder County, Picture Rock Trail – take 2

Conor and I went out for an early morning hike, this time we stayed at lower altitude thanks to everything beginning to bloom down here with the early spring. We tackled the 6 miles round trip of Picture Rock Trail again and made sure to take the time to snap some photos and just enjoy the spring-time colors. The trail itself was outstanding, just as it was last year. Because the trail is so new (created only a few years ago) it is quite tame, but the trade off is a relaxing 6 miles that allowed us to keep our head up and take in the sights… as opposed to having to always watch the ground for all the jagged rocks.

We began our hike just as the sun was rising to make sure there was ample time before I had to work. This gave us some spectacular lighting in the early part of the trail. After a very mildly paced stroll of 2 hours we reached the hold homestead where we hung out for another hour taking pictures.

We got pretty lucky this time around, spotting a fair share of wildlife an getting many of them photographed. A flock of wild turkey, a small group of deer, and a coyote being chased by a Jay bird (they were both fighting over the carcass of an animal) is a pretty good days hike.