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| Lucked out and got a spot close to the trailhead (people on left about 8 cars up are at trailhead). | Ready to hike! | BrendaK, Sue, Bob. | ||||
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| 2400 feet elevation gain in about 3.4 miles - a moderately difficult trail. | About a mile up the trail, the trees on the right open up to gorgeous views of Longs Peak to the west. | |||||
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| Further up the trail at the start of the switchbacks. After this the trail is mostly on the north-west side of Twin Sisters and we don't see Longs again until the top of the west Sister. | Baby tree growing in a crevice in the rock, in the middle of the trail. | |||||
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| Getting close to tree-line, about 11,000 feet elevation. | Same spot looking west. | Above tree-line, very windy. Note Communication tower antenna. | ||||
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| Looking north to Estes Park and Lake Estes. | Looking north-east to ?Loveland? | Nearly up to the peak, looking back west at the trail coming up. | Lots of pretty tiny flowers on the tundra. | |||
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| Getting closer to that tower which is on the west Sister. | Looking west at the Comm Shack andantenna, notice all the people up top. | Solar panels run the radios. | Radios are used for Search and Rescue - probably a repeater. | Looking east to the east Sister, there are people scrambling up it. | ||
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| At the top of the west Sister. | Took us about 2.5 hours up, and the same time going down. | Gorgeous view of Longs Peak to the south-west. | Brenda resting her feet. Great idea to change out the socks while stopped at the top! | |||
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| From the top of the west Sister, looking north-east to ?Loveland? | We're nearly level with the top of the antenna tower. | Geological Marker at the top of the east Sister. | ||||
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| From the top of the east Sister, looking at west Sister. | Zoomed in more, people are visible. | Person in dark blue jacket down the trail from the Comm shack (bottom-right most person) is Brenda. | Looking north-east from top of east Sister. | In the saddle between the east and west sister is this marker. | ||
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| At the base of the west Sister, about to head back down. | Trail is rocky but very well maintained. | Back at tree-line looking north at Estes Park. | ||||
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| Back to 1 mile from the bottom with the view of Longs. | ||