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During a three-day backpacking trip in the Piney River valley, near Vail, CO, I came across this wonderful scene of Mount Powell. What a pretty valley!

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At the tail end of a backpacking trip, I saw these canoes siting calmly on Piney Lake near Vail, CO. Even though the area was large, people spend time in the mountains for some solitude where three's usually a crowd.