A travel adventure to Rocky Mountain National Park

"On the Road in Rocky Mountain" is a travel adventure blog of our Colorado trip, June 20-26, 2010.

Friday, June 25, 2010

Flattop Mountain: Not for the Weary !

Day 3 - Wednesday
As we're on the shuttle to Glacier Gorge, Art decideds to do a "mega" hike to Flattop Mountain... not for the weary! After 2 hours of hiking through very, very rocky terrain - all uphill until we reached the timberline, I decide to rename it the "Frustrated Trail" (or the Jagoff Trail in true Pittsburgh fashion)! Mainly because it was a very strenuous hike for anyone who is not a pro - the serious hikers left at 5 a.m. and were meeting us on the trail coming down when we were at the halfway point. Once we realized we still had 2 more hours to go and it was already near 1 p.m., we decided to turn around (thus the "thumbs down" in the photo.) I was very frustrated that we couldn't make it to the top but was told it was an accomplishment to get as far as we did !

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