Got a wild hair to climb Babcock Peak, so today I combined a bike ride up there with a hike to the top of the peak. Mighty fine day, I must say! Round trip it was 14½ miles with a 2700' elevation change. Climbing to the top through all the boulders was great fun. I mean it! I always love scrambling around on granite boulders. This first picture is Babcock Peak from Last Chance Creek. Looked a long way off in real life too. Eventually I started getting closer and the green meadows and wildflowers were a nice contrast to the dead burnt area from last summer.
I'm not sure why the monument on the peak has been ground down like it is, I have never seen one like that. There was no posted elevation but my map said it is 7015. Not much up there, a broken down wooden thing with some wire, and this monument. I laid out and sunned on a rock. It was pretty windy, and since it was so hot today, the wind felt great.
The meadows up here are still very green and lush. The cows haven't worked their way up there yet and many of the flowers are in full bloom. I even found a snow plant that was still flowering. Those have long since done their thing in most of my bike riding areas lately. I took a picture but maybe I'll post it on my web album, with more from this trip. Didn't see a soul all day but there were many fresh vehicle tracks, so the weekend must have been more busy. I saw fresh bear tracks in the soft dirt in the road in several places.
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