Beaver Mountain Trail
We had planned on doing the Beaver Mountain Trail a month or two ago, but the road to the trailhead was gated due…
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Hike to Chasm Lake
Chasm Lake is listed as a must-do classic Colorado hike, worthy of an early Saturday start. The hike starts at the extremely popular…
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Guadalupe Peak – Texas High Point
Guadalupe Peak – take two, and finally in the rearview mirror. When the NOAA weather forecast looks like this, you know it’s going…
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Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Carlsbad Caverns National Park was on our list in Christmas 2018 as we headed west from visiting Shelby in Houston. Coming north from…
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White Sands National Park
White Sands National Park has been on the list for a long time – but as White Sands National Monument. When we threw…
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Bear Lake to Bierstadt Lake
Bear Lake to Bierstadt Lake – when Colette is away, the kids must play. We picked through good snowshoe options, and Tom picked…
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Hallett Peak Otis Peak Flattop Mountain
Hallett Peak smacks you right in the face every time you drive up Bear Lake Road to the Bear Lake/Glacier Gorge area. Rising…
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Storm Pass Snowshoe
Storm Pass hasn’t been on my list, since we’ve already hiked to Estes Cone from the Long’s Peak Trailhead and there’s nothing else…
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Aspenglen Deer Mountain Loop
The Aspenglen Deer Mountain Loop started out on our hike list, but the the road to the campground is always closed in the…
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Snowshoeing Cub Lake Loop
The Cub Lake Loop Trail hasn’t been high on our list since there are so many other trails, but as we start to…
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Snowshoeing Bierstadt Moraine
The Bierstadt Moraine has never been our list in all our time spent in RMNP. We drive past the trailhead constantly, without a…
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Snowshoeing West Creek Falls
West Creek Falls has been on our list since last year, but it was closed for a long time due to the Cameron…
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Capitol Reef National Park
Capitol Reef National Park is amazing when the tourist hordes have gone! It may not have Angel’s Landing or the Bryce Amphitheatre, but…
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Bryce Canyon National Park
Bryce Canyon was a tough group of photos to cut down and sort through! With so much color and texture, you spend a…
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Queens Garden and Navajo Loop
Navajo Loop is the most popular hike in Bryce Canyon, and Queens Garden is a close second. By combining the two, you get…
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Many Pools Trail
One of the hikes in Zion National Park’s lesser-visited high East rim, the Many Pools trail lets you get away from the tourist…
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Angel’s Landing
Angel’s Landing – the scariest hike in North America? Well, I guess all of the superlatives are accurate if you’re wearing sweat pants…
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Zion National Park
Zion National Park has been on our must-do bucket list for years, and it’s an experience that does not let the expectations down….
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Longs Peak via the Keyhole Route
Longs Peak – a fitting climb for my 14er halfway point! I was tossing around ideas to get #29 under my belt before…
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Hiking to Loch Vale
Loch Vale, also known as The Loch is a perfect snapshot of why Rocky Mountain National Park is a National Park. A relatively…
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Glacier Gorge to Black Lake
Another Sunday to play in the Park – this time it’s Glacier Gorge up to Black Lake. This is the hike we were…
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