About 3/4 the way up the peak the trees just disappeared and we were surrounded with rocks and clouds! We ended up only getting about 5 minutes outside on the summit because we were inside a storm...no seriously we were in the cloud and lightening was everywhere and HAIL! Crazy but so much fun all at the same time:) I like a little adventure from time to time!
We hung out inside the summit house while it hailed and the kids got to eat some amazing donuts and hot chocolate so they were happy:)
The storm really only lasted about 30 minutes then we were on our way down the mountain again. I highly recommend taking the trip up if you have the time (takes about 3 hours or so) and money (it's pricey but Greg and I thought it was worth it this time with the kids being older"ish" now:)
Got some beautiful pics...
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| getting ready to load the train |
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| lots of rocks |
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| storm off in the distance... |
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| bighorn sheep |
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| one of the biggest herds they have seen on the peak this summer! They were really close which you can't really tell here |
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| yikes...looks like trouble!!! |
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| riding INTO the storm! |
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| two hikers that made it in the nick of time! |
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| I was worried the train would not stop! |
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| no more track! |
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| here's a closer look! yikes!!!!!! |
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| these pictures don't even come close to capturing the beauty/eeriness of the storm but I tried |
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| Greg and Reese checking it out... |
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| it was so weird how it just dropped off to nothingness |
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| Greg got this picture of the hail...crazy! |
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| storm clearing |
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| They had us run to the train in groups hoping no one would get hit by lightning:/ Our kids ran FAST! Really fast:) |
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| windows shut...raining hard! |
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| cool picture...weird but cool. |
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| again.. |
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| lots of hail! |
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| passing a train that ended up having to go back down because the lightning was too bad |
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| silly Reese! The kids were a little hyper on our way back down. Greg wanted to make them hike back to town but there was a flood warning so he changed his mind;) |
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| finally coming out of the storm..there is a rainbow there but you can't see it very well and those electrical lines are kinda in the way:) |
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