Hking!?

I never thought I would really be hiking, as in with poles, backpack with water bladder, etc. What can I say, this place has gotten to my mind... Mark & I went to climb Crested Butte Mt., yup, a big ole mountain. We made it up maybe 2/3rds of the way using the cat trails/roads that switchback and forth. It was hard work. Once Mark realized we weren't going to make it all the up, the goal (his - mine was just to get back down in one piece) was to go up 1000' vertical feet from where we started. Did that, alright! We made it to Upper Park for those who know the ski areas. What fantastic views! Lots of bear scat, but no animal of any kind sighting. I think next time we will take the chairlift up and hike down. We could barely move after getting down, but did not have the expected soreness the next day, amazingly. There will be more hikes down the road for sure.
Oh, a quick aside, we tried to go down Ohio Pass from the other end (Crested Butte) no sign, so we started in. Whoops, mucho snow still there and they have not plowed. We had to back out - sooo frustrating. Let us in!