When my brother came and we hiked the Glacier Gorge Trail in Rocky Mountain National Park a couple of years ago, it was Carly and I’s first foray into winter hiking. We rented snowshoes, and quickly realized that you need quite a bit of snow before they become really necessary – we would’ve been fine […]
Chief Mountain Trail – First Time With Microspikes! Read More »
I attempted to summit Old Baldy in early July last year, not realizing at those elevations that snow would be such an issue. I trudged through hip deep snow for a while before deciding that I just wasn’t going to make it. Ever since then, I’ve been wondering about what was beyond the snow and
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Getting to the Booth Lake Trail near Vail, Colorado Some people might say that waking up at 4am on a Saturday morning to go hiking is crazy. I say it’s the only way to experience the best of some of the more popular trails in Colorado. This is especially true when you get into the
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My hike Sunday and this post are dedicated to my Grandma Branch that passed away on Friday. When I was little, I used to write one or two page stories for her to read, and almost every time I talked to her growing up, she would bring them up and how much she enjoyed them.
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Driving to Berthoud Pass Waking up early and heading to the mountains for a morning hike has been my escape of choice over the last couple of months. There’s something about breathing the cool mountain air and getting some exercise that brings about a feeling of freedom and accomplishment to my weekends. I think that’s
Facing Fears on the Stanley Mountain Trail – Berthoud Pass Read More »
Carly and I have been dating for over six years and married for just under three now, which seems like such a short time when I write it like that, but we’ve packed a whole lot of adventure into those 6 years. In that short time, we’ve also started to develop some family traditions. There
Returning to St. Mary’s Glacier – 2020 Read More »
I’ve explored a number of different hikes in the front range near Denver, and I decided to put together my list of personal top 5 hikes – even though as the title suggests, there’s way too many more places to explore for this to be anything but a “way too early top 5”. I’ve had
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