Today’s outing to Aspen View (today being last Sunday)

 The appropriately-named Aspen View trail climbs high up above Santa Fe; the trailhead is at about 10,000 ft. We got up early to beat the traffic up the hill to the local ski resort, so we arrived at the trailhead by 8am.

Time to shed a layer on the way up

Looking down into Santa Fe

Climbing through the trees

It was a chilly day, in the teens but no breeze. We skied all the way to an expansive overlook, about 11,400 feet, and then carved turns through a big open bowl until we got tangled in a mess of deadfall…  which is fun in its own way...