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ColoradoFest in the Sawatch | Saturday

Saturday, July 19, 2008

Bright and early Saturday morning we headed to St. Elmo before all of the crowds showed up.

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After walking around and checking out the cool old town, we made our way back to head up Mount Antero.

Number of switchbacks

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We then tried to take the short side trip to Browns Lake.

Headed on the way to Browns Lake

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Unfortunately, when we got to within 3/4 of a mile to the lake, we were stopped by a snow drift across the trail.

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Since we didn’t make it to the lake, we headed over to the Baldwin Lakes for lunch.

Upper Baldwin Lake

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Lower Baldwin Lake

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On our way to Pomeroy Lakes we stopped and took the short hike to the Ghost House which is near the trailhead for the Iron Chest Mine trail.

Ghost House

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The old wash house behind the Ghost House

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Then we continued on to the Pomeroy Lakes.

An old cabin along Pomeroy Creek

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Mary Murphy Mill

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We hiked to the Upper Pomeroy Lake

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