Author: jim
Telluride Colorado
We have heard of Telluride for years now, but I always thought that it’s big allure was simply it’s remoteness and the difficulty…
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Bear Creek Trail
The Bear Creek Trail is a very popular trail that leads right out of Telluride. Not the trail you want to pick if…
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Culebra Snapshot
Amazing day climbing Culebra and Red Peak, and got off the ridgeline before the thunder and lightning in the distance could make it’s…
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Culebra and Red Peak
Three high points in one weekend. Mt Sunflower in Kansas on Friday, Black Mesa in Oklahoma on Saturday, and Culebra Peak in Colorado…
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Black Mesa
Hot, crappy hike, but it’s done. This place isn’t the middle of nowhere, but you can see the middle of nowhere from here……
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Black Mesa Oklahoma High Point
Some high points are beautiful, some you drive up to, and some make you go ‘Meh’. I miscalculated daylight, the internet said 06:43,…
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Mount Sunflower
It’s a low bar… Mount Sunflower, Kansas (Kansas state High Point)
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Mt Sunflower Kansas High Point
Kansas is EVERYTHING you would expect it to be. Flat, dry and dusty – with farmland and cattle land stretching to the horizon…
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Climbing La Plata Peak
At 14,360 feet in elevation, La Plata Peak is the fifth-highest peak in the state of Colorado, and number 34 in North America…
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Sneaky Marmot
Photobomb! I thought I had the entire mountain to myself until I turned around and saw this yellow-bellied marmot sneaking up behind me…
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Climbing Mount Massive
At 14,429 feet, Mount Massive is the big number two in Colorado’s high points. Because of being number two and it’s close proximity…
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Wilderness Area
There is definitely something that changes when you pass the ‘wilderness area’ sign at the trailhead. No roads, no people, no motorized vehicles,…
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Lily Pond Trail
We were looking for a nice forested hike close to the RV, and I had spotted the Lily Pond trail while I was…
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Woman’s Touch
Just needs a woman’s touch… Independence Ghost Town, Colorado
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Lost Man Trail
Once we arrived in the Leadville/Twin Lakes area, we started scouting out all of the local hikes on AllTrails. Since it’s pretty warm…
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Independence Ghost Town
Independence is a ghost town with an interesting history perched high in the mountains between Aspen and Leadville at 10,900 feet of elevation….
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Mount Elbert Colorado High Point
Well, I’m supposed to be sorting Mount Rainier photos… But when we see Mount Elbert (14,433), Mount Massive (14,421), and La Plata Peak…
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Climbing the Winthrop
Still. Sorting. Photos. Ugh. Need to take less on my next trip. Since we didn’t do anything fun today, another climbing pic. …
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Doc Holliday Grave
Since we were passing through Glenwood Springs on our way to Aspen and knew that we’d have most of a day free while…
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