Day 82, Mountains I'll never climb
23/July/2009
Swinging around into the Coal Creek drainage, I'm heading back closer to home. I spent the better part of the day walking past this mountain — Mount St. Nicholas, an impressive spire coveted by mountaineers. I have no desire to climb it, but the basin below the spire looks interesting. Oh yeah, the mosquitos and flies have reduced dramatically. I think it's the landscape. The Nyack side was brushy, the Coal Creek side was burned by the Rampage Fire of 2003. There's less puddles and pools to breed in. Whatever the case, the lack of bugs is noticeable.