Lair o’ the Bear Park

It continues to be gorgeous weather here in the Front Range and so we decided to go hiking with Will and Moses in the Foothills on Saturday, November 12th.  We had heard of a little park called Lair o’ the Bear Park near Morrison…

Bluebird Lake Rocky Mountain National Park

Distance: 12.44 miles (out and back) Elevation Gain: 2,974 ft. (net)  Max. Elevation: 11,016 ft. Min. Elevation: 8,527 ft. Date hiked: November 6, 2016 The cool evenings and brisk winds of fall brought us crunchy leaves beneath our feet and colors of brown and…

Mount Sniktau, Front Range, 13,234 ft

We’ve driven by this unassuming peak on numerous occasions on our way up I-70 towards other mountains and adventures. Most of the time, we fail to even notice Sniktau as we focus our attention on 14ers, Gray and Torreys or lately, at the smattering of…

Two Rivers Lake, Lake Helene, Odessa Lake, and More

Miles: 8.0 (out-and-back) Max Elevation: 11,000 ft Min Elevation: 9,473 ft. The weather was iffy this weekend, and we didn’t want to get ourselves stuck on a 14er during a thunderstorm; so we opted to head over to Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP) and…