We took the Dillon/Silverthorn alternate (kind of!) And the climb up out of
Dillon was pretty hard work. Also, the trail kept disappearing on us (it
was poorly trodden and poorly marked) and was pretty poorly graded. I can't
say I enjoyed this section very much. As we climbed the switchbacks to
rejoin the official trail, the Sugarloaf fire did it's "afternoon kick off"
and we watched as the thin wisp of smoke turned into a billowing cloud. We
had little choice but to keep climbing so we could get a better sense of
the scale and risk, since from where we were on the switchbacks the fire
looked as if it could have been just one valley over. Luckily we were
already above treeline, so the risk was smaller for us to stay up high/keep
climbing. It turned out the fire was two valleys over (past several high
passes and treeless expanses Mum, don't freak out!) So we kept going. After
we made it into Grand Lake we found out they had actually closed this
section of trail while we were in there, so we were lucky to get through!
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