High into the Pioneer Mountains
It seems to happen every year. We wait for the wildfire smoke to clear, and the hot weather to give way to something more tolerable, so we can get a few more hikes in before the high country starts to get too cold and stormy. Then, the weather not only relents, but snow starts to show up in the forecast.
After we were stormed out of this trip in early September I wasn’t holding out a lot of hope we’d get it in this year. And then a weather window appeared. We loaded up the packs and drove south. The next day we were on the trail into Broad Canyon, climbing up into the Pioneer Mountains.
