Autumn in Colorado ~ St. Mary's Glacier

Autumn in Colorado means warm days, golden trees, a bright blue sky and lots of hiking. Two weeks ago we drove up Mount Evans and hiked around Echo Lake. Last weekend we headed to St. Mary's Glacier.

It's not quite the "glacier" that it was even 30 years ago when Mr. Greenhab was a boy, but you can tell by the terrain that the entire mountain was once covered in ice.

Most of the hike up is like this, where water has washed the rocks down and any real soil is long gone.

Part way up, you arrive at this lake below the glacier (this is actually a view from above...obviously).

From the base of the lake though you can see what's left of the glacier above. Surprisingly, people actually still attempt to ski and snowboard down it.

And here are Macy and Felix at the base of the glacier. Run-off from this feeds Clear Creek (we live in Cleer Creek County) and supplies our water. Well, we are on well water, so ours may technically come from somewhere a little closer, but this feeds to many in our area.