Arrived at Berthoud Pass around 0710, lots of parking available. Hiked up the access road to Colorado Mines Peak, still a good depth of snow until about 3/4 of the way up, but mostly frozen. Micro-spikes were handy to maintain good traction. From the summit of Colorado Mines Peak we hiked over to Flora, very little snow on the trail. Lots of impressive cornices along the ridge so we gave them a wide berth. On the return we cut across the west side of CMP to rejoin the access road, still a lot of snow in places here and since it was warming up snowshoes were great to prevent post-holing. Weather was great, sunny with a few clouds, temps were mild, wind was moderate. Wrapped up the day with lunch at Tommyknockers in Idaho Springs!
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