Twin Lakes, Colorado

(Photos of Twin Lakes, The Village of Twin Lakes & Bike Ride Up The Canyon) - May 1, 2007

Photos of Twin Lakes

I made it out to the Twin Lakes region this morning and spring is definitely in the air! I snapped three photos at an overlook that includes Twin Peaks (alt. 13,333 feet) on the left and Mt. Elbert (alt. 14,433 feet) on the right.

Scenery In and Around the Village of Twin Lakes, Colorado

	Here are three more photos of the mountain scenery as I drove west on Highway 82 towards the town of Twin Lakes.
	The Twin Lakes General Store (top) is open all season and I look forward to the Windspirit at Twin Lakes (middle) opening up again. On the final day of the 2006 Colorado Guy Festival, a few of us had lunch there. ;) There are a few historic structures (bottom) from Twin Lakes' settlement days other side of the road.
	I peddled around the very small village and took notice of some interesting things outside the Twin Lakes Nordic Lodge. Here are my other pages from this area: Autumn Foliage Independence Pass Sunset Independence Pass Snowfall Near Twin Lakes Snowy Mountains Near Leadville Photos of Twin Lakes Drive: Manitou Springs To Aspen Granite Vicksburg and Winfield Ghost Towns Independence Ghost Town
	Looking westbound from Highway 82 in Twin Lakes.

Bicycling West on Highway 82 (Towards Independence Pass)

	I have begun to train regularly on my road bike and I peddled seven miles uphill into the canyon that leads to Independence Pass. I was tempted to bike further in, but I wanted to ride somewhat easy today. No worries ... I will be bicycling Independence Pass soon! :) Here's a sign showing the mileage to points west of Independence Pass.
	At the beginning, I continually stopped biking to photograph great views like this one of Twin Peaks.
	I zoomed-in on Mt. Hope, located southeast of the Twin Lakes summit.
	A steep mile or two into the canyon, I captured another shot of Twin Peaks.
	Here are some of my other bicycling pages: Bike Cottonwood Pass Bike Across Colorado Bike Salida and Buena Vista Biking Around Telluride Bike Garden of the Gods Bike Monarch Pass
	A great view of a snowy mountain!
	Lake Creek.
	Not sure what mountain that is.
	I turned around at milemarker 72, approximately 0.5 miles up the canyon from this spot. Is this a great view or what? :)
	One token shot of myself and kudos to my Giant OCR3 bike for performing so well. :)

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