Greyrock Mountain, CO
The weather forecast called for sunny skies and 50+ degree high temps, making it a nice day for a social hike. So John, Ryan, and I headed to Poudre Canyon about 9 miles out of Fort Collins for a little jaunt up to the base of Greyrock Mountain. The trail was a bit rocky and icy in sections and the winds were really howling, but the views of the evergreen-treed gulch and mountains were well worth the 3-hour, 5.9-mile round-trip trek on the Greyrock National Recreation Trail. When the weather is a little warmer, Greyrock is a hotspot for rock climbing. Click here for more photos.
![John commencing the hike up to Greyrock Mountain on this breezy day.](https://felixwong.com/gallery/thumbs/g/greyrock_mtn0306.jpg)
![It was so windy that this tree was leaning over.](https://felixwong.com/gallery/thumbs/g/greyrock_mtn0306-1.jpg)
![After hiking about 2.5 miles we made it to Greyrock Mountain, which is a popular site for rock climbing (though not on this March day).](https://felixwong.com/gallery/images/g/greyrock_mtn0306-2.jpg)
![The Poudre Canyon was wonderfully treed with interspersed snow.](https://felixwong.com/gallery/thumbs/g/greyrock_mtn0306-3.jpg)
![This is the Cache la Poudre River adjacent to Highway 14, about 9 miles from Fort Collins.](https://felixwong.com/gallery/thumbs/g/greyrock_mtn0306-4.jpg)
![Ryan and John at the end of this pleasant hike.](https://felixwong.com/gallery/thumbs/g/greyrock_mtn0306-5.jpg)