Shrine Ridge Trail Hike

Shrine Ridge Trail is about a 5 mile round trip hike. Steve and I, the Alexander family and Melissa hiked the trail. The rugged Gore Range to the north is a beautiful range and the trail is highlighted with spruce and fir trees which are not effected by the pine beetle.

Our first stop was by a stream and had a nice big log to sit on and rest.

The weather was perfect....cool with lots of sunshine.

Melissa and I as we are hiking up the trail.

The group on a rock formation about half way up the trail.

Near the top there are a couple of snow fields and the kids slipped, slid, and made snowballs for quite a while.

A beautiful columbine, the Colorado state flower. They only grow naturally at high elevation.

We had a really great time feeding the chipmunks some nuts....

....and even an M&M, which the chipmunk eventually discarded.

Everyone was enjoying the 360 degree view from this rock.

The "explorers", Steve and Melissa at the top of the trail.

We thoroughly enjoyed this hike. It really has everything you could desire for a hike in the Rockies. Andrew and Kylie were real troopers and completed the 5 mile hike with relatively little complaint.