Beautiful scenery on the way from Woodland Park to Basalt. The highway winds through dense pine forests, up passes and past famous ski resorts – Breckinridge, Aspen, Vail etc. The continental divide at Independence Pass is the highest paved highway in the US at 12,000 ft. We walked up the path to the overlook which was breathtaking but I yearned to keep walking and went up the trail to the summit, not at all out of breath from the high altitude. The photography was exhilarating.
We arrived in at the Basalt Mountain Lodge and went out onto the Frying Pan for a short evening period of fishing.