My g/f and I headed about 2 hrs southwest of our house (we live about 15 min north of Denver) to an area called Lost Creek Wilderness. This part of the state is more like Utah than CO- huge boulders everywhere and nice smooth rocks strewn across the mountainsides. The trail we went on was about 8 miles with ~2k feet of elevation gain. If you're in the area and have the time to get here (Thinksnow, make a point of it!), I highly recommend it. The scenery is beautiful, and isolation is just one of the feelings you'll have. Enjoy the pics!
Unknown mountain on the dirt road to get to the trail:
The dogs (Tasker on the L, Yoshi on the R) getting ready to go:
Sarah keeping an eye on the boys in the water:
A view from the creek at the bottom to the top of the mountain across the valley:
Sarah taking in the views:
Me and the boys with a pretty sweet backdrop:
A view of another valley at our turnaround point:
Part of the trail we had to squeeeeeze thru to get there:
Sarah's been lifting for weeks in preparation for this:
The boys get to cool off on the way back:
Just to show my 'sensitive' side:
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Colorado hiking TR: Lost Creek Wilderness
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kadamk7878
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you get major cool points for those pictures
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dreamnofpow
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nice pics, nice dogs, nice gf. 
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Think Snow
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i saw the TR on tgr and i think we are going to head down there this weekend
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KneeDeep
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I'm glad you saw this... its a definite must-do in the Denver area. I'm trying to find info on the LCW on the internet, there's got to be other awesome trails down there. I know there's a book on the area, but I don't feel like spending the $$$ if I can find it for free.