Shrine Mtn With Moss & Gordon 08Aug18

We hiked to Shrine Mtn out of Vail Pass today with Mark & Tina Moss, who are visiting from NYC and are childhood friends of Steve & Anne. It was very crowded so good we left somewhat early, but it was a very good 5 mi & 1K ft vert simple hike with great views and strange rock formations. Shrine is so named as it is the perfect viewpoint for the cross on Mount of the Holy Cross (see background of team selfie). Kala and I have packed that wilderness before and Matt & I summited on a two day pack & peak trip there. I included a shot of a ship rock with Uneva Pk and the Gore Range in the background (we hiked it earlier this week). We finished at Park Hyatt @ a fun happy hour followed by a bad free concert in BC, and then decent beer and food at Dillon Dam. Worth noting too is the entire hike was captured on Kala's Apple Watch with her ghetto duct tape fix ~ this accompanied by boot blowouts on the trail needing ghetto fixes. Very nice day with old friends.