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Holidays in Hovenweep

Posted onDecember 28, 2020December 28, 2020AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

Joan and I spent the Christmas holiday camped out and enjoying Hovenweep and the Canyons of the Ancients national monuments. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsCanyons the Ancients, Colorado, Hovenweep, utah

Canyon exploration

Posted onNovember 12, 2020November 12, 2020AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

Our usual weekend of poking around the red rock desert. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsAncestral Pueblo, Colorado, utah

Other side of the La Sals

Posted onOctober 27, 2020October 27, 2020AuthorPaul Mags2 Comments

We did some camping and hikng on the other side of the La Sals from our home. So close, yet so lightly visited. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsColorado, La Sals, Paradox Valley, Unaweep Canyon, utah

Grand Mesa – Crags Crest

Posted onOctober 19, 2020October 20, 2020AuthorPaul Mags2 Comments

I’ve wanted to check out Grand Mesa for over a decade now. And this past weekend, Joan and I enjoyed some backpacking there. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsColorado, Grand Mesa

Autumnal Bliss in the San Juans

Posted onSeptember 28, 2020AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

More San Juans bliss. Perhaps our last weekend this year in my favorite Colorado Range? Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsColorado, San Juan Mountains, san juans

San Juans in the Smoke

Posted onAugust 17, 2020January 19, 2021AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

A smoky weekend exploring more of the San Juan Mountains. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsclimate, Colorado, San Juan Mountains, san juans

San Juan Lollipop

Posted onAugust 10, 2020AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

A classic weekend backpacking on a stick, to a loop, and back again in the not-so-distant San Juan Mountains. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsColorado, San Juan Mountains, san juans

Edge of our World – San Juan Mountains

Posted onAugust 4, 2020AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

A trip to the San Juans mountains of Colorado – fewer than three hours away. But a world of a difference. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsColorado, San Juan Mountains, san juans

Colorado National Monument – The joy of hiking

Posted onJune 4, 2019July 6, 2019AuthorPaul Mags2 Comments

We enjoyed a relaxing weekend in the Grand Junction area while exploring the nearby Colorado National Monument with Joan’s parents. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsColorado, Colorado National Monument, Colorado Plateau

From Desert to the Rockies

Posted onFebruary 25, 2019April 13, 2020AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

Some more scoping out of potential hikes and a quick weekend on the Front Range. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsColorado, skiing, utah, winter

On the cusp of the solstice

Posted onDecember 17, 2018December 19, 2018AuthorPaul Mags2 Comments

Two days of exploring the Colorado Plateau’s landscape and its relation to the ancient people’s viewing of astronomical events. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsAncestral Pueblo, archeoastronomy, Behind The Rocks Wilderness Study Area, Colorado, Colorado Plateau, Moab, solstice, utah, Ute Mountain Tribal Park, Wilderness Study Area

Gray Wolf Mtn S24O

Posted onAugust 28, 2018August 28, 2018AuthorPaul Mags1 Comment

A quick overnighter trip in the Mt. Evans Wilderness. Fall weather, elks bugling, a lonely 13er, and caught up with friends. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsColorado, S24O

S24O – Englemann Peak

Posted onJuly 16, 2018July 18, 2018AuthorPaul Mags2 Comments

A quick backpacking trip with a good friend. An appropriate way to spend some time before I leave for Canada (and move from the Front Range next month!) Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsColorado, S24O

Tiptoe through the wildflowers: Another Skurka Guiding Trip

Posted onJuly 4, 2018July 18, 2018AuthorPaul Mags1 Comment

Two trips and eight days of guiding. Slushies, alpine views, mountain lakes, fascinating people, skills taught, and lots of wildflowers. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsAndrew Skurka, Colorado, guiding, RMNP

More off-season backpacking ideas in Colorado

Posted onFebruary 22, 2018January 3, 2021AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

Additional ideas for spring or late fall shoulder season backpacking destinations in Colorado. Read More …

CategoriesTrip PlanningTagsBeaver Creek Wilderness Study Area, Black Ridge Canyon Wilderness, Colorado, Colorado Plateau, colorado-tip, Golden Gate Canyon State Park, High Plains, shoulder season, White Ranch Open Space

Colorado Ancestral Pueblo Meanderings

Posted onJanuary 10, 2018July 4, 2018AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

Weather conditions made me modify my trip plans. But the new plans proved to work out just fine. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsAncestral Pueblo, Canyons of the Ancients, Colorado, Colorado Plateau, Mesa Verde, southern tier road trip

Some down time in Colorado

Posted onJanuary 6, 2018July 4, 2018AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

Spending some post-Christmas time in Colorado. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsColorado, New Years

Festivus Hut Trip – 2017

Posted onDecember 27, 2017February 20, 2019AuthorPaul Mags2 Comments

Another holiday spent in the mountains of Colorado. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTags10th Mountain Hut, Colorado, hut trip, winter

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@ramblinghemlock had relatives in town over the ho @ramblinghemlock had relatives in town over the holiday. After our backpacking trip we met up with them for dinner and took them for a sunset stroll at Arches. #hiking #utah #moab #moabutah #archesnationalpark
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@ramblinghemlock and I camped with our good friend @ramblinghemlock and I camped with our good friends @hollywoulddream and @danielgarey at Fish Lake, the home of Pando, and where the Old Spanish Trail traveled. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pando_(tree)
More San Juan fun during August, "The Sunday of Su More San Juan fun during August, "The Sunday of Summer." ... We did our customary camp the night before and then went backpacking. We followed an old mining trail currently used for the Hardrock 100 and then looped back to the CT. .. A touch of fall up high, with the ground cover starting to show yellow and red and the wildflowers fading. ... #hiking #backpacking #camping #colorado #ColoradoTrail #sanjuanmountains
Friday night camping before backpacking. A good me Friday night camping before backpacking. A good meal, some drinks, and a sunset. #hiking #camping #colorado
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