Heading Over Engineer Pass
Engineer Pass is a 12,800 foot mountain pass along the famous Alpine Loop route between Silverton and Lake City Colorado. The shortest route…
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Mount Sneffels – Colorado 14er
Greg and I return to Southwest Colorado for another 14er weekend, with Mount Sneffels first on the list. Rising to 14,155 feet just…
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Royal Gorge Bridge and Park
Royal Gorge Bridge and Park has been on our kinda-see list for 10+ years, but we thought there just wasn’t enough here to…
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Mount Wilson – Colorado 14er
Mount Wilson – the 16th highest peak in Colorado at 14,256 feet. Just one of the three Wilson Group 14ers that we had…
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Camping at Lizard Head Pass
We had Lizard Head Pass as a possible boondocking spot as we finished up our Chicago Basin trip and headed towards Telluride, but…
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Return to Durango
All good things must come to an end, and after an action-packed few days in Chicago Basin we packed it up for our…
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Happy Birthday To Me
I wanted to send out a huge “Thank you” to everyone who texted and emailed me birthday wishes. My birthday was spent in…
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Sunlight Peak and Windom Peak – Colorado 14ers
Sunlight Peak and Windom Peak – 14ers 34 and 35 to round out our Chicago Basin trip. We were both looking forward to…
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Mount Eolus and North Eolus – Colorado 14ers
Mount Eolus and North Eolus – Colorado 14ers number 32 and 33 done. An oh-dark-thirty start out of our campsite in the Chicago…
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Camping in Chicago Basin
Chicago Basin is an amazing place, made just a little bit more amazing by what a pain it is to get there. Either…
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Durango Silverton Train
There are two ways to get into the Chicago Basin – a looong hike in from Purgatory or a ride on the Durango…
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Chimney Rock National Monument
There are dozens of places named Chimney Rock – a National Historic Site along the Oregon Trail in Scottsbluff Nebraska, a state park…
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San Luis Peak – Colorado 14er
San Luis Peak – 14er number 31 in the books. This 14er isn’t convenient to get to from either direction – northeast off…
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Bachelor Loop Mining Tour
The Bachelor Loop Mining Tour is the biggest bang for the buck if you have limited time in Creede. The 17 mile self-guided…
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Creede Mining Museum
Since the town of Creede Colorado was built on mining, you have to visit the Creede Mining Museum while you’re here. We’ve done…
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Creede Underground Fire Station
The Creede Fire Station is the world’s only underground fire station, located in a cave. This fire station is the reason we had…
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Gunnison KOA aka Dave’s Zoo
Normally we steer far clear of KOA campgrounds, but we returned for a second time to the Gunnison KOA. I needed to have…
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Crested Butte Colorado
We first visited Crested Butte Colorado (Crusty Butt) in 2017, and told ourselves that we would be back as soon as we could….
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Three Lakes Hike
The Three Lakes Hike was in our overall Crested Butte map, but we didn’t think we’d hit it due to its location way…
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Mount Emmons via Scarp Ridge
Mount Emmons sits very prominently outside Crested Butte, and was one of my two must-do hikes while we’re here. The other hike is…
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Green Lake via the Carbon Trail
Hiking up Green Lake via the Carbon Trail is a big disappointment unless you’re looking for some exercise. Lucky for us, that’s all…
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