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Geoff Weatherford (geoffw)  > Colorado Trail Hiking > Lake Haiyaha RMNP, Conor and Will, September 8, 2008
Conor, Will, and I hiked to Chaos Canyon/Lake Haiyaha in Rocky Mountain National Park.
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Geoff Weatherford (geoffw) > Conor, Will, and I actually spent some time together this summer.  It's just taken me a while to get the photos "developed".  I've already sent out the photos of the Long Meadows hike Conor and I did together (and updated my web sites), so here come the times that all 3 of us spent together.
Geoff Weatherford (geoffw) > First up is a hike in Rocky Mountain National Park, Lake Haiyaha (located in Chaos Canyon), that Will found out from going up with his climbing buddies early this past summer (they had to walk over/through a lot of snow).  As it turned out, it's a great hike out of the Bear Lake parking area and leads to a lovely high mountain lake.  With, as you will see, great views the entire time.  We took off on a Monday morning, ate breakfast in Estes Park, and got on the trail around noon
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The trail starts off at a gentle climb through the forest.
Geoff Weatherford (geoffw) > Although my photos won't show them, we did meet/see a moderate amount of hikers on the first half mile or so to Nymph Lake.  Then the number of hikers decreased a lot on the way to Dream Lake.  The trail between Dream Lake and Lake Haiyaha was pretty vacant (saw a hand full of hikers including a couple of rangers) and the same at Lake Haiyaha itself.  Amazingly low numbers of hikers (I thought) , but maybe the numbers reflect that the official "summer" season had ended.
Geoff Weatherford (geoffw) > Will and Conor (who carried the heavy load of climbing pad) kept me moving fairly fast.
Geoff Weatherford (geoffw) > This is overlooking Nymph Lake at the "not too distant" Longs Peak (which, as will be seen, was pretty evident throughout the entire hike).
Geoff Weatherford (geoffw) > Another view of Longs Peak further up the trail.  I have, umm, many photos of Longs : )
Geoff Weatherford (geoffw) > Here is a sequence of Longs Peak photos.  Each one zooming in a little more than the others.
Geoff Weatherford (geoffw) > Zoom.
Geoff Weatherford (geoffw) > Zoom more.
Conor, Will, and I actually spent some time together this summer. It's just taken me a while to get the photos "developed". I've already sent out the photos of the Long Meadows hike Conor and I did together (and updated my web sites), so here come the times that all 3 of us spent together.
 > Conor, Will, and I actually spent some time together this summer.  It's just taken me a while to get the photos "developed".  I've already sent out the photos of the Long Meadows hike Conor and I did together (and updated my web sites), so here come the times that all 3 of us spent together.
Conor, Will, and I actually spent some time together this summer. It's just taken me a while to get the photos "developed". I've already sent out the photos of the Long Meadows hike Conor and I did together (and updated my web sites), so here come the times that all 3 of us spent together.
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