Mick Beckers

Day 61 Grand Lake

21.5 miles A fairly cruisey day today into the town of Grand Lake, the source of the mighty Colorado River.

24.4 miles It’s my 50th birthday. Unfortunately due to a miscalculation in days I did not tote out any birthday

24.2 miles for the day. During the night my nose detected the smell of wildfire smoke that had settled into

18.7 miles I completed under estimated how difficult the Silverthorne Alternate would be. A quick glance at the map and

13.0 miles I am way behind in posting – apologies for that if you hang onto the edge of your

24.0 miles Looking out the hotel window rain had just started falling and was starting to set in. Not a

15.0 miles I’m guessing Last nights camp was not the pick of spots as I ended up camping on a

24.0 miles. Such a good decision to leave the major climb for the day to first thing in the morning.

23.4 miles Bloody awesome day. Great to be back down below 11,000 feet for most of the day and back

25.5 miles Today was a hilly one with multiple passes climbed and descended but kicking off with a stroll along