Tweet "…Nature, who is superior to all style and ages, is now, with pensive face, composing her poem Autumn, with which no work no will be to be compared." —HDT This past Saturday was National Public Lands Day. Another day to give back and celebrate the lands we all use and love. Perhaps it a [...]

Tweet One of my favorite hikes is what I call the Beer Thirty Hike. An approx ~14 mile stroll from Copper Mtn to Frisco mainly along the CT/CDT with a veering off the main trail to walk directly into Frisco for a beer. The free shuttle bus back to Copper makes this hike a wonderful [...]

Tweet Sometimes the most memorable trips are ones of perfect weather, far reaching views and where the whole day seems to be done delight after another. This was not one of those trips. The hike for this past weekend, was to enter Paradise by going through Hell. Into Hell's Canyon, over Hell's Pass and then [...]

Tweet When I hiked the CDT in 2006, a series of major snowstorm hit the Colorado mountains in early and mid-September. Three feet of snow was at Vail Pass and people were skiing! I was in a snow storm near the San Juans, bailed out and ended up taking a lower route through the mountains. [...]