There is always one last backpacking trip of the season.

A time when the leaves are turning, the days are growing shorter and the air that has a crispness at night.

In mid-September, a few of us had a last backpacking trip together for the season.

I was hoping to get a last trip in October, but social obligations and less than ideal weather made the trip to the Never Summer Wilderness a final trip of the season.

And for a final trip of the season, it was a memorable one.

The Never Summer Wilderness is a comparatively small wilderness area hemmed in with the Rawah Widlerness to the north, bordered by Rocky Mountain National Park and is often ignored because of its more famous neighbors.

someone wanted to revisit an area she had seen a few years back. She chose the route, organized the trip and planned accordingly.

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