In Colorado's Rocky Mountains, a family backpacking adventure
On the final day of a five-day, hut-to-hut backpacking trip from Telluride, Colo., to Ouray, my family and I crested a ridge after a very steep climb, and the landscape unfurled into a high Alpine meadow aglow with red, yellow and purple wildflowers. The five of us — my husband, two sons and dog — loosened our packs to let the light breeze cool the sweat from our backs and, for the umpteenth time, marveled at the view.
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