A Quest into the Wild
A week away from the summer solstice, we decided to try our luck with a mountain hike in Rocky Mountain National Park. The weather has been memorable to say the least this year in Colorado, and we weren’t entirely sure what to expect on…
Distance: 4.0 miles (.89 mile up incline; 3.1 down Barr Trail ) Elevation Gain: 1,944 ft. (total) Max Elevation: 8,576 ft. Min. Elevation: 6,605 ft. Usually in early spring or winter, we are quite content leaving the task of ascending 2000 feet in just under a mile to the mechanical…
Perhaps it was a our desire to breathe some fresh mountain air that brought us back to Mount Bierstadt this late September Sunday. Or maybe it filled a longing to see some of the early signs of fall in the form of brown and…