Crystal River Valley is nothing short of incredible
We totally agree w/ KHerfurt (a remarkably detailed 10+ description of the region). Before we ever moved to Colorful Colorado from Oregon we became entranced with the Crystal River Valley, Mt. McClure, Ruedi Reservoir and the Maroon Bells.
This past week we camped in the Osgood loop (our favorite in the Mechaud loop was closed for the season) and received 2" of snow wednesday night.
Wonderful area (as thoroughly mentioned above) and we biked from Marble (Beaver Lake) beyond the town of Crystal before the weather started looking worse and turned around before the top of Schofield Pass.
The whole region even post-peak color is a most wonderful spot on the planet for sure.
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