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