Hiking in Boulder

Yesterday I (Bryce) went on a hike with the scouts to the Royal Arch in Boulder, CO. It snowed about an inch the night before but I didn't think it would affect us in any way. I was wrong. The train was steep and rocky and slippery. A lot of people went up before us so the snow was nicely packed and slippery on the trail. One of the less coordinated kids fell 8 times or so. Everybody fell at least once except me. I'm a snow hiking pro. No one got hurt either. Good thing because we would have left them up there to fend for themselves. The arch was cool. It was super tough getting to it, but it was worth it because the arch will probably be gone in less than 100 years. As you can see, the arch is 2 seperate rocks. The rock on the right fell down in a land slide and hit the rock on the left and stuck there. On one of the pictures you can see the bottom of the right rock. The rocks that are holding up the rock on the right are slipping and the right rock is going to fall sometime soon... or not too soon. But it's moving. The trail was very steep in the steep parts and flat in the flat parts. We averaged one foot up for every five feet travelled. So like I said, the steep were very steep and it was exhausting. It was still fun though.