As we sat eating our lunch, we heard the unmistakable whine of chainsaws nearby. Rounding a corner we saw two members of the Americorp Forest Service trail crew we met a few days ago. We enjoyed learning more about their work, and they were very interested to hear about other CDT sections choked with deadfall so that they can help clear them later in the summer.
The trail wound through pine and Aspen forests, over amber hills dotted with wildflowers, and along high ridges overlooking rolling ranchland below. Cattle range freely over much of the forestland here, but we saw only one cow and a few deer today, including a mother and small fawn.
As evening approached, we met Birddog, Grits, and Crow, all hiking southbound after flip flopping to avoid the Colorado snow. We enjoyed swapping stories and trail information before moving on in our separate directions to find camp for the evening. We camped high on a ridge, sharing a grove of trees with a pair of owls.
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