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Mt. Yale
Mt. Yale, about 10 miles west of Buena Vista, Colorado is 14,196. This 9.5 mile hike was in October and snow had already fallen on the peak.
Crater Lake #2 North
This hike was to the same location as the last one in my last blog. The difference was, there was no snow, so we stayed on the trail and after the middle lakes we went up and did not visit the first one. We started on South Boulder Creek Trail and...
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Crater Lake #2 South
The Crater Lakes are in the James Peak Wilderness in the Front Range of Colorado. We snowshoed from Moffat Tunnel up to these frozen lakes.
Arrowhead Lake (or is it Right Turn Arrow Lake)<br>Love Lake is just to the right and above the point of the arrow.
Hiking cross-country in Rocky Mountain National Park. After the lakes, we saw a couple moose, followed social trails and walked on logs before climbing out of the valley to the road.
Inkwell Lake
Rocky Mountain National Park has a road called the Trail Ridge Road, which goes above treeline for several miles. At its Forest Canyon Overlook, you can see several lakes in a side canyon. Many people stop and stare at them, but they get few visit...
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South Arapaho Peak
This trail starts from the Rainbow Lakes campground, crosses into the Indian Peaks Wilderness and quickly climbs above treeline. The trail goes along the border of a restricted area where part of Boulder's water supply comes from.
Th...
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Elephant's Head
Last weekend went hiking around Long Lake in the Indian Peaks Wilderness. My main camera was having problems, so I had my old camera with me and the pics are not as sharp as usual. After about a half mile I was really wishing for my other camera. ...
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Chasm Lake is one of the most scenic lakes in the park, especially when the ice is breaking up on it. The lake is at 11,800 ft with Longs Peak towering above it. 
Last Tuesday night and Wednesday morning we got about 4 inches of snow. This time of year, the snow down here is a lot wetter than usual and sticks to things. This picture is of a bike path bridge over Foothills Parkway. The bridge is covered with...
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Aspens
Photo essay of a powderday Powerderhorn Ski area in Colorado. It was 10", but it was deep enough to have fun snowboarding through the Aspens.
Grand Mesa Trip 8-09 - Crags Crest Trail
Grand Mesa rises several thousand feet above the Grand Valley and is covered with pine forests and lakes. Crags Crest National Scenic Trail is a 10 mile loop on the Mesa.
Grand Mesa Trip 8-09 - Rifle Falls
On my way out to Grand Junction last August I stopped by Rifle Falls State Park. About a 20 minute drive from the interstate. It is a small park with a few trails, a campground and of course a tr...©2022 - 2026 Mountain Adventures LLC all rights reserved (Designed by On the Grid Web Design LLC)