Just got back from Colorado, tried to catch some of the Aspen in fall colors. Went through Salida and took backroads to Old Monarch pass and Black Sage pass. Lots of color and nice dirt roads. Then went through Pitkin over Cumberland pass, lost of snow up there. On to Tincup and went above Tincup to Mirror lake. Great camping there, small Forest Service campground. No one was there probably because they were forecasting snow in the next few days. Did some hiking and just general bumming around. The next day the snow started in, had about 3" by noon and we decided it was time to leave. Taylor Park had quite a bit of snow also. We then headed to the north rim of the Black Canyon. Guess what more snow, just a few spits though. After that we went to the Colorado National Monument. Really a cool place. Went south from there on 141 (awesome canyon road) and went on forest roads towards Montrose. Camped in another great Forest Service campground called Iron Springs. Got up early because of the furnace malfunctioning and headed to the Great Sand Dunes. They had snow on them. All in all it was a great trip through some of the best country I can think of.
