Date: 08/16/2008 Views: 55
I spent Christmas (and the three days prior) with three friends, staying at the Sierra Club's Clair Tappaan lodge and cross-country skiing at Royal Gorge.
The temperature at Clair Tappaan lodge on Christmas Eve morning was pretty warm, just above freezing.
On this trip we skied on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day at Royal Gorge, a large cross-country resort. As you can see from the p
On Christmas Eve we skied out to Point Mariah (shown in picture), a round trip of about 16 hilly miles. Note the rainbow effect
Skiing back down the hill from Point Mariah
This rock looked like the side profile of a giant happy face.
The long shadows show it was getting late in the day as we neared the end of the 16 mile loop.
Finally reached the end of the journey just at closing time.
The next day (Christmas) two of us went out to the Bogus Basin area of Royal Gorge. The trail crosses government land, but despi
The climb up to Bogus Basin is quite steep and I walked up most of it.
A warming hut with tea makings rewarded us for the long climb.
On our return journey, the clouds came in, making a rainbow-like effect around the sun.
