View over Camden harbor and Penobscot Bay from a hilltop with red fall foliage A river winding through a valley of bright fall foliage in Shenandoah A turquoise alpine lake below jagged grey peaks on the Blue Lakes Trail
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Rich creek trail loop — Rich Creek & Rough and Tumble Loop, Buffalo Peaks Wilderness COHiking · Colorado · Jul 2016

Rich Creek & Rough and Tumble Loop, Buffalo Peaks Wilderness CO

I found myself back in the Buffalo Peaks Wilderness area again on Monday. I had been there before but I had hiked in from the opposite end on the… Denny creek — Denny Creek to Hartenstein Lake, Buena Vista COHiking · Colorado · Jun 2016

Denny Creek to Hartenstein Lake, Buena Vista CO

 A vivid turquoise alpine lake surrounded by pine trees and rugged mountains under a partly cloudy skyHiking · Colorado · Jun 2017

Alpine Tunnel and Lost Lake

 Lakeside to interlaken — Lakeside to InterLaken, Twin Lakes COHiking · Colorado · Jun 2016

Lakeside to InterLaken, Twin Lakes CO

 A rugged alpine cirque with snow-streaked cliffs and slopes, seen across a grassy, rock-strewn ridgeHiking · Colorado · Jul 2017

Off Trail, Cottonwood Pass, Buena Vista CO
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