I’d originally planned to visit some friends in Denver last weekend but it was 90+ degrees there and I don’t go ANYWHERE (voluntarily) if it’s above 80 degrees. LOL! Instead, I headed over to the Telluride area. No specific plans were made (I didn’t…
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Colorado
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Yesterday, I got a late start heading up to the Native Lake trailhead. The afternoon storms were in full swing but, once I got to the parking lot, it let up. The BEST part about hiking on a rainy day is that not many…
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Last week, I wanted to go for a hike up on Cottonwood Pass but all the normal trails were CRAMMED full of people so I decided to hike off trail and up… and I do mean UP. This hike was, maybe, 2 miles (one…
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Alpine Tunnel Last year I traveled up to the Alpine Tunnel Trail but this year, there was a LOT more snow. (Actually, the first time I tried hiking this trail this year, you couldn’t get to the trailhead due to the snow.) I just…
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Wow. I haven’t posted anything in AGES and that’s mostly because I haven’t done anything exciting since last year. That makes me rather sad too! lol. I’m back in Buena Vista Colorado this year until October so I’ll be repeating some of the hikes…
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I decided to leave my RV in Buena Vista and travel around Colorado to visit 4 National Parks and 2 State Parks with just my truck and camping gear (1400 miles round trip). I didn’t realize it when I started my trip, but the National Park system…
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The Colorado Trail, from the Avalanche Trailhead, starts off steep and stays that way. According to my GPS, I hiked 3.65 miles (one way) with an elevation gain of 2700+ feet. I stopped at the ridge of the trail (12,054′) right before it starts…
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This is a lightly used trail that starts from the end of a dirt road and climbs gradually toward the Continental Divide. It parallels the Little Cochetopa Creek and, while the hike is actually 9 miles round trip, I only hiked a little over…
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The hike to Pass Creek Lake trail climbs to a high mountain basin and a small lake at the treeline. The beginning of the hike is rocky and steep, but the middle gets easier with a gently rolling trail along Pass Creek through pine…
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Kroenke Lake Trail, Collegiate Peaks Wilderness, CO (and Ptarmigan Lake revisited)
by Hillary
So… I finally made it back up to Ptarmigan Lake last Thursday. I had tried in late May and early June but with all the snow, I kept losing the trail. Teddy didn’t mind tho. He LOVES the snow. It’s always a beautiful hike…
This is another one of those parks that I really enjoyed. There’s nothing fancy here: no cable tv, no paved and landscaped RV spots, no bingo every Friday night (lol!), but it’s perfect if you want a quiet, smaller park, located slightly out of…
This trail goes to the top of La Plata Peak, which is the fifth highest peak in Colorado at 14,336′, but I didn’t even attempt to climb it. *laughs If you WERE to hike the entire trail it’d be 9.25 miles roundtrip with an…
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