September 27, 2025

Hampton Lake Hike

5.3 miles

Today I took off and hiked a trail we've driven by many times.  I just thought it went up in the trees a ways and that was it.  After studying it a bit on GAIA, I found that it actually went to a couple lakes.  It's very steep at the beginning, but not dangerously so.  I had been raining a few days before so the ground was not dry and that made the steep section better.  Fall colors were in nearly full swing.  I didn't see anyone else on the trail.  There were a couple people by Fish Creek Reservoir (which was very low) but they had come up through the private subdivision.  It rained fairly hard on me for about 20 minutes.  I just got under a tree and waited it out.  It thundered a bit, but no lightning close.  There's another branch on this trail that I'm going to have to go test out next summer.  It was a fabulous day - thank you Lord!  Nikon Z50II

Cow or elk skull on the rock pile.