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Hiking Chasm Falls

Hiking Chasm Falls

Posted on January 13, 2021January 14, 2021 by jim

With permission to play hooky on a Wednesday, we loaded up spikes and snowshoes and headed to the Park. Surprisingly enough, despite the…

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Climbing Estes Cone

Climbing Estes Cone

Posted on December 26, 2020January 8, 2021 by jim

Making use of yet another day of reduced crowds in Rocky Mountain National Park. Normally the Longs Peak trailhead parking lot is completely…

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Rocky Mountain Christmas

Rocky Mountain Christmas

Posted on December 25, 2020December 27, 2020 by jim

Since we love nontraditional holidays – why not a hike in the Park? We figured that crowds would be low, so we would…

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Rocky Mountain Lakes

Rocky Mountain Lakes

Posted on December 8, 2020December 31, 2020 by jim

Off-season means low crowds, might as well bang out some of the hikes you just can’t get to in the summer without hordes…

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Balanced Rock Hike

Balanced Rock Hike

Posted on December 6, 2020December 17, 2020 by jim

Although we’ve already done the first section of the Cow Creek Trail, we haven’t done the circuit up to Balanced Rock. While the…

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Gem Lake Hike

Gem Lake Hike

Posted on November 17, 2020December 9, 2020 by jim

The very nice thing about Rocky Mountain National Park being mostly closed – fewer tourists! Slowly as bits of the Park have reopened,…

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Cameron Peak Fire

Cameron Peak Fire

Posted on November 5, 2020November 11, 2020 by jim

Fire is like radiation or gossip. It can be used for good, it can be used for bad, but no matter what –…

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Oberstaufen Cows

Oberstaufen Cows

Posted on October 11, 2020October 20, 2020 by jim

When you’re in Bavaria, you simply must take cow photos! Why? Because they’re there! And they’re very photogenic. And they’re curious. And the…

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Einodsbach Bavaria

Einodsbach Bavaria

Posted on October 10, 2020October 17, 2020 by jim

Einodsbach is listed as "the charming little village at the end of the road", so of course we had to go there! A…

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Breitachklamm Gorge

Breitachklamm Gorge

Posted on October 10, 2020October 17, 2020 by jim

Another Oberstdorf must-do is hiking up the Breitachklamm. A deep gorge that starts flat enough, and quickly becomes tall and narrow. With the…

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Feldhorn Peak

Feldhorn Peak

Posted on October 9, 2020October 18, 2020 by jim

Going up the Feldhorn is something all visitors do. The top of the mountain is the dividing line between Germany and Austria, and…

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Hiking Vintgar Gorge

Hiking Vintgar Gorge

Posted on August 31, 2020September 15, 2020 by jim

Filled with small waterfalls, rapids, and erosion potholes, the Vintgar Gorge is a 1600m long spectacle of nature. With gloomy skies, we loaded…

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Mount Snezka Czech High Point

Mount Snezka Czech High Point

Posted on August 13, 2020August 23, 2020 by jim

While we technically could have taken the cable car to the top and checked the Czechia high point off the list, why not…

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Mont Blanc Climb

Mont Blanc Climb

Posted on July 5, 2020October 15, 2020 by jim

With so much information on the family pre-climb page, I’ll just let the photos here do the talking. Here are some extra photos…

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Mont Blanc Climb Extras

Mont Blanc Climb Extras

Posted on July 5, 2020July 17, 2020 by jim

Extra photos! Such an amazing climb that I can’t write it all down. Hopefully this set captures the little things – the huts…

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Taubenlochschlucht Switzerland

Taubenlochschlucht Switzerland

Posted on June 28, 2020July 14, 2020 by jim

One of the big things about getting out of Zurich was finding some green places to hike. Google never disppoints, and the Taubenlochschlucht…

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Climbing Zugspitze

Climbing Zugspitze

Posted on June 6, 2020September 30, 2020 by jim

Altitude, Check. Snow, Check. Safety Cables, … 5:54 AM This was supposed to be a Via Ferrata with steel cabling in most of…

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Bad Liebenzell

Bad Liebenzell

Posted on May 17, 2020May 17, 2020 by jim

What started as a random hike pulled from Wikiloc turned out to be a beautiful late spring day. 67 degrees and sunny is…

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Ottenbach Hike

Ottenbach Hike

Posted on May 9, 2020May 10, 2020 by jim

Another excellent crowd-sourced hike from Wikiloc!  Websites like Alltrails, Komoot, and Wikiloc are amazing resources for those of us who want to get…

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Schonbuch Hike

Schonbuch Hike

Posted on May 2, 2020May 5, 2020 by jim

If you’re going to do a 25.2 mile hike, why not make it a full marathon? A huge part of training for my…

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Reussenstein Loop Hike

Reussenstein Loop Hike

Posted on April 19, 2020April 19, 2020 by jim

A hike I dug up on Wikiloc, it looked interesting due to the old castle ruins and some elevation. 12.4 miles and 2,300…

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