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Was able to get a hike to island lake and ice lake before the fires in Ouray on Saturday 

Hiked the Blue Lakes Trail in the San Juan Mountains for sunset and it was beautiful! This was actually my first summer hike in Colorado. I have visited Colorado a few times during the winter for skiing but this is my first visit during the summer for hiking

The road to get to the trailhead and the trail itself are in a great condition, besides a few water crossings

I started the hike from the Hoh Rainforest Visitor Center around 6am and was at the Blue Glacier lateral moraine around 2:30 PM. I was back at my car around 10:20pm. It was a long day, but I enjoyed the hike a lot

Parking full wit cars parked along the road by 9:30am, but the trail didn't feel crowded

Tried hiking up to Mount Pilchuck lookout for sunset, but a massive fog rolled in just as I was nearing the lookout. Missed out on the views and sunset haha. Maybe I will have better luck next time

Here are some pics from my granite mountain lookout sunset hike. This was from last week and there is still decent amount of snow on the upper part of the trail