After Work Adventures | Wednesday, February 7, 2024
Well, I was originally planning to go hiking after work yesterday, but the weather didn’t cooperate with those plans and today was looking no better, but as I was leaving work this afternoon the conditions seemed to be pretty nice for a short hike, so I took my chances and headed back over to the Kokopelli Trails near Loma. I returned to the Lions Trailhead so I could hike a four-mile loop of the upper and lower Moore Fun Trail. Although I have hiked the main Moore Fun Trail from both sides before, I had never hiked the shorter Lower Moore Fun Trail, which was my main objective today. But since it’s only a short trail of less than a mile, I figured it would be nice to combine the upper and lower trails into a loop. Although wet weather had been threatening all day across the valley, it seems that the precipitation had completely missed this area as the trails and roads were completely dry, but I did encounter some sprinkles of rain, flurries of snow and plenty of wind during the hike. Here are a couple of photos from my afternoon jaunt.
Looking back over the Moore Fun Trail to stormy skies over the Grand Valley.
Low-hanging clouds and fast changing light made for some excellent dynamic conditions that I enjoyed photographing.
Mack Ridge
Horsethief Canyon & Rabbits Ear Mesa
Following the Upper Moore Fun Trail along the top of the ridge.
Grand Valley Virga
Hiking along the edge…
Moore Fun Overlook
Dappled light across the Grand Valley to the Grand Mesa.
I completed the loop by following the Lower Moore Fun Trail back to the trailhead.
One last shot as the trail squeezed between these two large boulders.
Beautiful photos of the weather moving in! I keep wanting to explore this area, thanks for sharing.