August 9th - Deer Mountain, RMNP

Deer Mountain is one of my favorite "view to effort" ratio hikes. A wonderful hike that is fairly easy, but with great views even from the trail head! The hike features great views of Longs Peak, the Mummy Range and the continental divide.

View of Longs

Not wanting to do anything too epic, I decided to do this hike with a friend.

It was relaxing, enjoyable and we had a rather nice picnic on the summit. Watch out for aggressive chipmunks if you do go, though. Man..were they fearless!



And Sunday? Celebrated Avery's second birthday.

A rare weekend where I took it easy. Rather enjoyable. Next weekend I'll make up for it, however. :)