A few years ago I took a couple of visiting loved ones to hike in Rocky Mountain National Park. It was mid-October. The weather in Denver was in the 50s and sunny, and my friends couldn’t believe me when I said they would need winter gear on our hike (around 9,000 feet). I’ll forever treasure the looks on their faces when it was 20 degrees and blowing snow!
Weather changes fast at altitude! I actually just finished an upcoming post about this very phenomenon: you can start hiking in the fall, with autumn leaves and comfortable temperatures... and wind up traipsing through the snow. Always takes my breath away!
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A few years ago I took a couple of visiting loved ones to hike in Rocky Mountain National Park. It was mid-October. The weather in Denver was in the 50s and sunny, and my friends couldn’t believe me when I said they would need winter gear on our hike (around 9,000 feet). I’ll forever treasure the looks on their faces when it was 20 degrees and blowing snow!
Weather changes fast at altitude! I actually just finished an upcoming post about this very phenomenon: you can start hiking in the fall, with autumn leaves and comfortable temperatures... and wind up traipsing through the snow. Always takes my breath away!