Snow

My host and I decided to get in some male bonding time and go up into the Rockies for a hearty mountain breakfast and a chance to get out into nature.

We stopped at a classic mountain inn and subjected ourselves to the full glory of American gastronomic overabundance: eggs, sausage, hash, toast, french toast with whipped butter and maple syrup, grapefruit juice and bottomless coffee out of chunky mugs.

It was the perfect time to be up in the mountains, as the heavy snow from two days prior had melted off the roads but still frosted the trees and outlined the contours of the rocks. We stopped to allow The Nerd to do some photogenic exploring and rock climbing.

An hour later and a few thousand feet higher up, we found this place, the inspiration for a certain Colorado-based TV show you might have seen.

Wilkerson Pass provides stunning views across hundreds of kilometres of land, mostly national park, to the Collegiate Peaks in the far distance. It’s wild and empty and, with its blanket of snow, looks like Narnia before the White Witch was deposed.