scenes from last summer’s Colorado Trail hike Image 1: Mile 173 Vert eagerly waiting at the Mt. Elbert false summit Image 2: Mile 333 The view out of the cochetopa creek valley after the rain let up Image 3: Mile 114 A Mule Hiker just over the summit of Brecks peak 6 Image 4: Mile 383 Zooks camped out early just before the continental divide, this day was stormy and entirely above the treeline