<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2627" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 6/12/2005 5:55:02 PM Mountain Standard Time, caros@aros.net writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Heart Lake -snip- If we just go the 3 miles till you reach <BR>the Upper group and don't go all the way to Rustic, is it still worth <BR>the trip? </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>Karen:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Read again. From the trailhead to Paycheck Pass, atop the hill above the Upper Group, is about 5 1/2 miles, decidedly not just 3 miles. And at least in my opinion, doing only that would not be worth it. To really see anything of significance, you'd have to get at least as far as the Fissure Group. That's at least another mile (plus a few hundred feet vertical).</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Scott Bryan</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>