7.1.17 Green Mountain Reservoir – Silverthorne, CO

Green Mountain Reservoir : HIKE

NEAR: Silverthrone, CO

so i guesss this isnt really a hike post, but more in the misc.thrill seeking category? maybe if i do a ton of extra adventures i’ll create a more appropriate title to label them with.

anyways, my old co-worker chris arranged a trip to green mountain reservoir to begin the independence holiday, boasting some pretty extreme cliff diving. it was actually around this time i believe a year ago when chris invited me out on my first hike ever up to aspen, and then to go cliff diving at Devil’s Punch Bowl on the way back.

heres the post from the aspen hike:

https://allorado.wordpress.com/2017/06/13/7-13-16-cater-lake-trail-devils-punch-bowl-aspen-co/

and the last cliff diving video:

madi also had some friends visiting from home but couldnt spend the day as she was going to be busy working a wedding, so i invited them to tag along up and enjoy the nice day around the water.

a departure around 10am and the massive amounts of other cars trying to escape the city for the holiday made for some heavier traffic, thus it took us almost 3 hours to arrive.

we stopped in idaho springs for gas and food where i saw this crazy off-road vehicle:

there was this crazy, almost perfectly shaped peak ahead of us momentarily on the ride up:

driving over one last hill after passing through the town of silverthorne was the massive reservoir. maybe all reservoirs are massive?

we drove up and around the west side until we reached some rocky cliffs where crowds were poached up on rocks. it was a bit of a party with music blaring, adults and kids leaping from the rocks, and families and other tourist taking pics/vids like paparazzi.

there are three main cliff’s to jump (short/medium/tall), and very little space around the edge, but we managed to get our group settled.

boats were cruising around all morning as well; heres a quick timelapse i shot, too bad its too fast to catch the jumpers; just shows the splashing:

no one from our party attempted any of the taller jumps, but it was insane to see others do some fancy dives. one guy jump with his sunglasses and phone from the highest peak. when he came back to the surface he did not have either.

i dont like flying my drone around crowds of people, but chris wanted to get a shot of him slamming a beer, and then doing a gainer.

you can see this video below:

out of nowhere i heard groups to the left get pretty loud, and then we saw a goat was walking down the road, then bolted up the side of the moutain with ease. first time seeing one of these out, but i think it knocked over a few rocks on the way up, that came down on cars parked along the side. nothing major was damaged, but it definitley could be worse

the sun was really beating down and half the crew needed to get back for work that evening, myself included, so we packed up and made our way back, hoping to not run into anymore traffic.

im definitely always interested in checking out new activities, so id say the day was well spent!

p.s. please check up-to-date reports on the area if you are considering diving. there have been injuries and fatalities that close the area off indefinitely. jump at your own risk if allowed.