Slide Lake 31Jul15

With a late start on the day for work in the AM, I headed down Leadville way to hike into the Holy Cross Wilderness to Slide Lake. The road from Rt 24 to Slide Lk TH was brutal. I smashed and cut the liner on my driver-side running board... really just more jewelry as no function was ruined.This is the Tennessee Pass area and I recognized the terrain from climbing Holy Cross and from skinning our to the 10th Mtn hut previously. I hit the trailhead ~2:45PM and executed a short and simple hike to the lake which was reported to be "good for cuts" in the 80's. The fish were 4-6" at least where I was and rose to tiny dries but many had a hard time hooking up, on my rod at least. I didn't have time to encircle the lake and they might be bigger near the Homestake Pk headwall, but I doubt it. Its investigated and gorgeous but I don't think I'd return. No fish pics as I forgot the camera but a dude I caught up with (Sean the web dev guy from Boulder) was able to get some pics and pans. That's Ski Cooper looking back down the trail and Homestake Pk looking over the lake, and Sean.