Helen and I slept in then headed for Alderfer/Three Sisters Park near Evergreen, Colorado. We started out in the ponderosa forest at the base of Evergreen Mountain (8,536 feet) on the East Evergreen Mountain trail. Before long we hit snow patches then constant snow as we neared the summit trail where we had lunch in the sun and out of the wind.
We took the West Evergreen Mountain trail down and passed through a different trailhead before connecting a series of trails to loop us back to our car. The Bluebird Meadow, Homestead, Bearberry and Mountain Muhly trails took us to the opposite ends of the park from Evergreen Mountain and finally deposited us at the base of the Three Sisters. These rock formations were fun scrambles and Helen and I took turns watching Torrey while the other took in the views.
Our entire hike was a little over 10 miles and had over 3,000 feet of gain. Torrey was very tired at the end of the day and Helen and I had a good weekend to prepare us for Mount Whitney in a few weeks.
