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Sapphire Point
After leaving Loveland Pass, we headed to nearby Sapphire Point. This spot always looks fabulous with fresh snow! Luckily, there was still plenty of it on the trees although some of the ground was bare. We walked on the short trail that loops around a fire scarred hill. The new trees that have been planted in the revegetation area are doing quite well! The surface of Lake Dillon, visible down below from many points along the trail, is still mostly frozen. Due to the weather, we unfortunately weren’t able to see Breck in the distance.
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Loveland Pass
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Spring at Arapahoe Basin, Day 3
It snowed 5 inches since yesterday! Everything was coated in beautiful fresh snow. It seemed like there might be some blue sky in the morning but it ended up just getting cloudier with the snow resuming!
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Spring at Arapahoe Basin, Day 2
Another nice morning at Arapahoe Basin! It started out with a mostly clear sky and the occasional cloud here and there. Later on, around noon, clouds started rolling in. The forecast is calling for snow starting in the afternoon. Hopefully there will be some accumulation to refresh what’s currently on the ground! The conditions were decent today for spring though it got rather slushy later on in the lower third of the mountain.
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Spring at Arapahoe Basin
It was a gorgeous day today at Arapahoe Basin with a few inches of snow that fell recently and a mostly clear sky. The temperatures were below freezing but the sun is incredibly powerful when you’re at 11,000+ feet!
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Local Cherry Blossoms, The End
There aren’t very many cherry blossoms left today, on the 16th day since they bloomed. Most of the branches are without any petals and the few that are remaining aren’t so great looking, particularly when compared to when they were fresh. Cherry blossom season is over!
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Local Cherry Blossoms, Day 15
It was another wet morning and the cherry blossom petals continue to fall to the ground. We’re also starting to see the middle part of the flowers on the ground as well. There’s still a few nice looking blossom clusters here and there but they’re getting hard to find now.
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Local Cherry Blossoms, Day 14
Everything was rather wet this morning due to rain overnight and some light fog. The cherry blossoms overall aren’t doing well. Many trees are essentially bare and the remaining ones are on the way to being without petals as well. We tried to find some pretty scenes though!
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Local Cherry Blossoms, Day 13
It’s starting to get hard to find clusters of cherry blossoms that are fully intact. But there are still some groups of blossoms that have kept a significant number of petals and still look decent. Overall, though, most of the blossom petals have fallen to the ground and the trees aren’t looking too great.
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Local Cherry Blossoms, Day 12
While the cherry blossoms continue to degrade, there is still beauty to be found! It just requires a bit of careful searching as most trees aren’t looking so great overall.
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Here and there but not quite everywhere!