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SPF 50Type: Traditional | Size: Small 
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| Terrain:  By: Denali41 @ | Hide Date: 06/02/2011 | Status: Available Country: United States | State: Colorado Coordinates: N40° 17.948 W105° 31.452 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0 
CONGRATULATIONS TO RAMMJET FOR FTF !! Our objectives today were to hike up Twin Sisters Peaks (11,428' elevation) and The Crags (10,831'). We’d been up the Twin Sisters many times in the past, but for both of us this would be only our second time to the top of The Crags. It was the first really nice day in the alpine this year–-warm, snow-melting temperatures that allowed us to unzip our “longs” part way through our hike, and appreciate the sun’s warmth on our bare legs. What a pleasure, after such a cold Spring! Golly, our legs seemed so “white” after the many months that we had needed to keep them covered and insulated from the cold. We slathered on sunblock for protection, more than once! And we did the same for our exposed arms and necks and faces. What a joy. And all around us the snow was melting, and trickles of water were merging and becoming significant streams, descending downward and downward. We reached the summit of East Twin Sister, the higher of the twins, and enjoyed the views of the remarkable amounts of snow still on the Longs Peak massive and the Continental Divide Peaks, and on the mountains of the Mummy Range to the north and the Indian Peaks Wilderness to the south. In all these years, I’ve never witnessed such snow vistas in JUNE! Sort of unbelievable... We ate our lunches and looked down on the highest point of The Crags, our next destination. It’s a rarely visited treasure. Reluctantly, we left our special perch on East Twin Sister and headed down, breaking through the surface of rapidly warming snow. Who would have expected that snowshoes would be needed here in June? They would have made our descent so much easier today! We reached the saddle between The Twins and The Crags and started up again. Paul remarked as we cranked our way upward that I could hide a cache near the summit of The Crags. I replied that it was in RMNP. He retorted that even a foot east or north of the high point was in Roosevelt National Forest. Out came the detailed Topo map. Paul was correct! Hmm...but I had no cache container! I always carry a pill vial in my ditty bag filled with sunblock. We slathered more sunblock on legs and arms and face...and suddenly I had an empty vial! Some wiping with soft paper cleaned the container, and out came a couple of small sheets of paper. A cache container for you, the finder, with log paper! Your treasure! Thanks Paul, for the coaxing and coaching. Technical specifications of the ingredient removed: SPF 50, UVA/UVB/IR Protection with Vitamins A, C, & E!! Enjoy your find. Oh, there’s a summit register nearby. It’s NOT the cache container, but double dip this one, and sign the summit log, too! Then, appreciate the views!
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