"Think we should head up there on that ridge?"..."ok looks like a good path...wow dude, the sky is turning red."
This is what we love, to be in the wild at 4am skinning up a mountain in Colorado. the sky turned grey, red, then slightly yellow announcing the sunrise in epic colors over the snow as we ascended the ridge line at the top of Monarch Pass , near Gunnison Colorado. This particular 
morning started at 2:30am when our alarms rang and we remembered the last thought before sleep took over; today is the day we are headed for the back country, for the wild, to find what says to us; we are free. This group of four; Allen, Dakota, Emily, and Joey, Students at Western State College. The blue sky became more visible as light faded across the world in another place, and we benefited by receiving the rise of the suns fall. Our tour took us through the dark into the light from the top of monarch pass on part the Monarch Crest Trail, peaking the top of Mt. Peck 12,208ft at 5:15am. we Dug a nice snow shelter, keeping it low impact, amongst boulders of many sizes, the ones that make you wish their size was small enough to build something cool out of. After watching the sunrise we decided it was about that time to head back. Pb&j filled our stomachs along w/ some of Allen's awesome cookies he brought. we caught some low angle, trees and good powder mixed w/ straight ice crust in places. Discussing our route and continuing to descend a similar line to where we came in. The journey then took us back to the car, but not before some more fall in the powder found its way into our day and down our shirts. packing up our borrowed car with all our gear, Allen and Emily in the back, we drove back to Gunnison. we arrived back in Gunnison at 10:00am and were amused to see many students at Western heading out for what they considered an early Saturday start. However, we had already accomplished in six and a half hours, all we needed to to be free and happy for today. Tomorrow will dawn a new adventure, and for that we are all ready.
morning started at 2:30am when our alarms rang and we remembered the last thought before sleep took over; today is the day we are headed for the back country, for the wild, to find what says to us; we are free. This group of four; Allen, Dakota, Emily, and Joey, Students at Western State College. The blue sky became more visible as light faded across the world in another place, and we benefited by receiving the rise of the suns fall. Our tour took us through the dark into the light from the top of monarch pass on part the Monarch Crest Trail, peaking the top of Mt. Peck 12,208ft at 5:15am. we Dug a nice snow shelter, keeping it low impact, amongst boulders of many sizes, the ones that make you wish their size was small enough to build something cool out of. After watching the sunrise we decided it was about that time to head back. Pb&j filled our stomachs along w/ some of Allen's awesome cookies he brought. we caught some low angle, trees and good powder mixed w/ straight ice crust in places. Discussing our route and continuing to descend a similar line to where we came in. The journey then took us back to the car, but not before some more fall in the powder found its way into our day and down our shirts. packing up our borrowed car with all our gear, Allen and Emily in the back, we drove back to Gunnison. we arrived back in Gunnison at 10:00am and were amused to see many students at Western heading out for what they considered an early Saturday start. However, we had already accomplished in six and a half hours, all we needed to to be free and happy for today. Tomorrow will dawn a new adventure, and for that we are all ready.
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