Playing In The Park
Weekend means playing in the Park! Hikes we’ve done many times, just never get old. Short on words, big on snow. I wish…
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Triangle Mountain New Years Day
Triangle Mountain sits right out the back door (0.88 miles as the crow flies), and has been really low on the list for…
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Snow Blast at The Loch
We haven’t been up to The Loch (Loch Vale) since last winter, and we weren’t sure what to expect once we got into…
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Maxwell Falls Thanksgiving
Not a turkey in sight – just a frozen waterfall. We eschewed the traditional turkey once again, opting for crisp Colorado air instead…
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Montezuma Basin Winter
Montezuma Basin is an alpine basin located in the Elk Range of the Rocky Mountains outside Aspen Colorado. This post was supposed to…
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Humboldt Peak – Colorado 14er
Humboldt Peak under the belt, number 40 on the way to number 58. Since Greg did Humboldt in years past and this was…
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Final Fall Fling
Since winter is fast approaching, here’s one final fall fling. The Remedy’s View area just north of Nederland is a hugely popular photo…
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Rainbow Lakes Hike
Rainbow Lakes is one of the more popular hikes in the Indian Peaks Wilderness due to easy access and being a short, easy…
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Bull Moose Drive-By
Sitting in our campsite in the West Magnolia dispersed camping area outside Nederland, and we heard snort-snort-snort and heavy footsteps. Three cameras hurriedly…
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Caribou Ranch Open Space
While we were waiting for Shelby and Tom to show up at our campsite outside Nederland we decided to go and check out…
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West Magnolia Dispersed Camping
Our third time trying to get a spot at the West Magnolia trailhead was the charm. As this area is a hotspot for…
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Old Fall River Road
Old Fall River Road was built in 1920 to provide tourists a route to the high country within Rocky Mountain National Park, five…
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Uncompahgre Peak – Colorado 14er
Uncompahgre Peak is the 6th highest peak in Colorado at 14,321 feet, the highest peak in the San Juan mountain range, and the…
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Wetterhorn Peak – Colorado 14er
Wetterhorn Peak is barely a 14er at 14,021 feet, but since it’s on the list, it must be done! The peak gets its…
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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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