Leadville Area September 11th

[JLWILLYS21]

Hi everyone, I will be staying in Leadville for the weekend. We are sticking to paved roads on Saturday, but on the 11th I want to head over Weston or somewhere in the area that will have lots of changing aspen trees. Anyone up for an 8-9AM meeting in Leadville then head over to Weston afterwards? Since Weston itself is pretty easy, I am hoping to hit some of the spur roads up there.

[Mad Maxx]

I live up here and am not particularly interested in Weston itself, maybe I'd join for some of the trail but I'd definitely join for some other trails nearby.

[JLWILLYS21]

We have to be back in Denver and I believe Weston has better Aspen tree viewing than Mosquito, so we are going to stick to Weston. Let's get a trip in before winter hits though - lots of great trails in that area

[Mad Maxx]

Absolutely, I welcome any company exploring the nearby trails.

FYI I'm a little doubtful that many leaves will be changing around the 11th in September. Even in prior years it was a little later than that, and I heard that it was early then because of how dry it was, and this has been a wet summer. You may see some beginning to turn, at least.

For reference, I did a trail run September 25th of last year near Buena Vista and that seemed to be about the perfect time to see the leaves.

I don't say that to discourage doing the trails since of course it's fun anyway, I just mention it since you mention "lots of changing aspen trees" and that seems a bit early in September to expect that.