Vail, 2012, 7-Pictures


­­­­Ah, our annual trip to Vail CO has come and gone. This year we had no weather issues with the exception of a 5-minute snow storm atop Copper Mountain – it came it went the blue skies returned. There was little snow fall this past winter and many of the hikes – Copper Mountain in particular – which are normally still snowed in were open, and worse, dry. Friends, food, hikes, Jacuzzis and wonderful idle mountain moments. 

 
    A Bend in Gore Creek 

  Fireweed and Wild Lupins

Heading up Copper Mountain

An old sluice on Copper Mountain

On top of Copper Mountain. Lodgings!

Near the top of Vail Mountain

A wild Hyacinth on the trail