Hiking the Ute Trail in the Colorado Front Range

What a beautiful hike up the Ute Trail where at around 7,000 ft there was a profusion of wildflowers blooming brightly beneath the pines. It was a huff and puff for me to catch my breath initially, but I adjusted to the thinner air and then didn't want to leave such a lovely place. My young grand daughter loves to say "Ute" and this is her favorite trail too. At a mere two years old, she is already a seasoned mountain girl, hiking regularly with her mother. It made me so happy to have three generations walking here and swooning over flowers, consulting identification books and adding new names to our list.