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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Afternoon at Redfish Lake
It’s not always mountains, snow, and crushing the altitude. Sometimes you have to sit by the lake and just chill. A Redfish Lake…
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Sawtooth Lake via the Iron Creek Trail
Sawtooth Lake via the Iron Creek Trail is the number one hike in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area. At 10 miles and approximately…
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Stanley Lake Sunrise
One of our big rocks here in the Sawtooths has been to catch a sunrise over Stanley Lake. 0500 wakeup, coffee, make extra…
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Custer Ghost Town Idaho
We knew that we wanted our Sawtooths trip to be more than mountains and snow, and the Custer ghost town area in the…
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Pettit Lake Afternoon Hike
The workday is done, with no time left in the day for a big backcountry excursion we headed down to Pettit Lake to…
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Fishhook Creek Trail
We were looking for a high-value, low-effort, close-by afternoon hike when I wrapped up work for the day, and the Fishhook Creek trail…
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Comanche Peak Wilderness
When the 66,000 acre Comanche Peak Wilderness is right out the back door, why not make the most of a beautiful winter day!…
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Not Fun Snow Drive
a.k.a – This Really Sucks Snow Drive. This album is out of sequence, but we spent so much extra time driving 5mph through…
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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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