Distance: 8.60 miles (out and back; spurs, exploring) Elevation Gain: 3,203 ft (total) 2,922 ft (net) Max Elevation: 13,312 ft Min. Elevation: 10,390 ft “Every mountain top is within reach if you just keep climbing.” Barry Finlay, “Kilimanjaro and Beyond” While we visited St. Mary’s Glacier in early Spring, it was surrounded and covered in many feet of snow and difficult to
Read MoreTimberline Falls Via Loch Vale Trail: RMNP
Distance: 10.02 miles (lollipop; spurs) Elevation Gain: 1,563 ft (net) 2,981 ft (total) Max Elevation: 10,798 ft Min. Elevation: 9,235 ft The weather predictions estimated a window of about 4 hours for which we would have a clear break from the pelting rain and thunderstorms that have blessed the region for the past several days. We set our alarms
Read MoreOuzel Falls and Lake: Wild Basin
Distance: 11.13 miles (out-and-back; spurs) Elevation Gain: 1,702 ft Max Elevation: 10,033 ft Min. Elevation: 8,517 ft For our Fourth of July celebration, we thought what better way to celebrate than by exploring a little bit more of the country on foot. Thus, early on Independence Day morning we awoke from our cool mountain slumber at Estes’s Park Discovery
Read MoreJeeping and dirt biking the San Juan Mountains: Silverton and Durango
Today, we are pleased to share a guest post from Will Sandifer about his recent trek into the miles and miles of dirt bike and jeep trails that run through the remote (maybe more crowded these days) backcountry of the San Juan Mountains near Durango, CO. Though we were not with him on this fantastic
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