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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Quandary Peak Winter Ascent
Since it’s the last day of winter – why not celebrate with a climb up Quandary Peak! And since hiking and climbing is…
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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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Another Lost Lake
Well, not "another" Lost Lake, just another trip to Lost Lake. When you get an opportunity to camp nearby, and it’s a super-easy,…
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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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Mount Shavano and Tabeguache Peak
Mount Shavano and Tabeguache Peak make number 27 and 28 on the 14er list. Another last-minute hare-brained idea to make use of a…
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Camping at Winfield Ghost Town
My last-minute decision to climb Huron Peak meant that I’d be overnighting at the start of the trailhead in the Winfield Ghost Town…
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Climbing Huron Peak
Huron Peak rounds out the Collegiate Peaks for me, a subset of the gorgeous Sawatch Range in the Rockies. One more 14er crossed…
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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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Hiking Lily Mountain
Lily Mountain makes a good also-ran, when you get a too-late start into the Park and can’t get a decent parking spot in…
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Forest Canyon Overlook
A damp, drizzly day at home at 7,300 feet – so we headed into the Park to hike up to the Forest Canyon…
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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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