Harvard Columbia Traverse
The *in*famous Harvard Columbia Traverse. First you climb to 14,420 feet on Mount Harvard (3rd highest in Colorado, 4th highest in the continental…
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Backpack into Horn Fork Basin
If you’re climbing Mount Harvard and/or Mount Columbia, Horn Fork Basin is a perfect launching pad. Located directly beneath both 14,000 foot peaks,…
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Climbing Mount Princeton
Mount Princeton has to be the single most boring 14er I’ve done to date. A nice thing about driving in on Thursday night…
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Climbing Mount Yale
Mount Yale makes number 22 checked off the 14er list. I was going to hit some peaks south of here, but a late…
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Lovers Leap via Wagon Wheel Trail
Let’s go do an exposed hike when the forecast is over 100 degrees – said nobody ever… Except Colette. In my best caveman-must-please-little-woman…
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Black Elk Peak
Black Elk Peak – the South Dakota high point at 7.244 feet, one more high point checked off the list. We’ve done a…
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Spearfish South Dakota
Spearfish South Dakota was nowhere on our radar. And despite being an amazing chunk of canyon with towering sandstone walls, pines, and small…
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Indian Peaks Backpacking
After our two days at Pawnee Lake, we headed down to Crater and Mirror Lake on our outbound leg. But not too quickly…
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Pawnee Pass Trail
Pawnee Pass Trail – Day One of our Indian Peaks Trip. It’s always best to have the hardest day of your backpacking trip…
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Storm Mountain Hike
Since we look out at Storm Mountain every single day, it seemed like a nice hike to do with Shelby and Tom before…
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South Arapaho Peak
We decided last-minute to get away for the weekend, and the Arapaho Peaks in the Indian Peak Wilderness "peaked" my interest. 3 13ers…
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Indian Peaks Sunrise
Watching the sun come up as I head up the Arapaho Glacier Trail in the Indian Peaks Wilderness. A beautiful morning, the pictures…
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Lost Lake Revisited
It’s been just under 10 years since our last hike up to Lost Lake in the Indian Peaks Wilderness, and we decided that…
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Pikes Peak via Barr Trail
Pikes Peak – another 14er crossed off the list. Since the extended family was coming to Colorado Springs for a camping visit, this…
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Flat Top Mountain
When you’re a peakbagging fiend, you can’t visit somewhere without climbing the highest thing around. Since we’re currently boondocking in the Flat Tops…
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Devils Causeway Loop
The Number One hike in the Flat Tops Wilderness area is the Devils Causeway, a 6 mile out-and-back hike to a narrow 4-foot…
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North Gap Trail
It’s been a long time since we’ve gotten properly hailstormed during a hike, so we were lucky enough to reset that counter. The…
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Medicine Bow Peak Loop
Part of training for my upcoming Pikes Peak climb is mountains, mountains, mountains – and the Medicine Bow Peak Loop is good practice….
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Lookout Lakes
Lookout Lakes is the perfect first hike in the Snowy Range! Out of the 30 or so hikes I had dropped into my…
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Stone Mountain Trail
It’s been a month to the day since our last post, we’ve been heads-down with work and same-old same-old. We’re helping a neighbor…
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Hiking Sky Pond
When the forecast calls for 52 degrees and sunshine, we must play hooky again! Back into Rocky Mountain National Park to bang out…
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