We were the only people at the trailhead this morning - Mon 20 Oct 2014 08:46:37 AM Long's Peak from the trail - Mon 20 Oct 2014 09:29:27 AM Estes Cone from the trail - Mon 20 Oct 2014 09:29:59 AM IMG_6223 - Mon 20 Oct 2014 09:30:28 AM IMG_6224 - Mon 20 Oct 2014 09:34:43 AM About an hour in, we had to turn back. Last year's floods washed out this section of trail, and it was too difficult without poles. - Mon 20 Oct 2014 09:40:49 AM Looking down the washout - Mon 20 Oct 2014 09:41:30 AM This is what the washed-out section looks like from the ground - Mon 20 Oct 2014 10:57:53 AM Can you spot the bunny? - Mon 20 Oct 2014 09:55:40 AM DSC01503 - Mon 20 Oct 2014 09:56:50 AM The bunny didn't even mind us walking right past him - Mon 20 Oct 2014 09:57:06 AM DSC01507 - Mon 20 Oct 2014 10:18:25 AM DSC01508 - Mon 20 Oct 2014 10:18:33 AM DSC01511 - Mon 20 Oct 2014 10:31:14 AM IMG_6230 - Mon 20 Oct 2014 10:33:02 AM The washout destroyed switchbacks on the trail, so you'd need to cross it many times - Mon 20 Oct 2014 10:34:00 AM