22/09/2023 - Tent Ridge Loop
Tent Ridge Loop Leaving the house around 6:30 am would ensure an early start on the trail and hopefully mean that we would beat the crowds out there. Little did we know that we would not even have to worry about any crowds because we were the only ones doing the loop starting with the north end of the ridge and traversing to the south (people were not afraid to tell us that the normal way is the reverse of what we were doing). The north end of the ridge starts in the trees and pretty quickly exits them on the way to the ridge. I think that the frigid sub zero temperatures at the start must have put pops and I into a zone because before we knew it we were on the ridge portion of the hike. This was my favorite part of the hike given the fact that you could still enjoy the views whilst being in the high alpine. The ridge on the north end leads up to a peak (the highest point on the hike) before going back down to a col and back up to a peak before finally going down for good. The beginnin
