Music Pass

Saturday morning we took the van down to the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness to explore a bit of Colorado we've never visited.  Parked the van at Grape Creek, grabbed some brews, and headed up to Music Pass.  Beautiful hike and the dogs had a blast.  We weren't in the mood to push the envelope, but there are an endless amount of lakes and peaks here, as well as access to Sand Dunes, and this would be a great place for a big mileage day.

Got in a good eight miles of hiking before getting back and setting up camp.  The dogs got in a few extra miles and didn't help with setup at all.

Spent a great evening doing nothing before hitting the hay.  The next morning we got up and hiked another five miles on the Rainbow Trail, which comes through Grape Creek.

This is a great area and I can't believe I haven't spent more time here.  We went from the garage to hiking in less than 2.5 hours.  Saw a few cars, but not a lot of people, so I assume there's a lot of backcountry hiking/camping going on.  We plan on returning soon, as we want to hike from Grape Creek to Medano Pass as well as the Rito Alto loop.