More High Plains Drifting – Comanche Grassland canyons
Exploring Carrizo and Picture canyons in the Comanche Grassland. Along with Amache Internment camp and the site of the Sand Creek Massacre. Read More …
Category: Other Outdoor Jaunts
An outdoor website should have some outdoors trips.
Pawnee Grassland – A changed landscape
The Pawnee National Grassland is (was?) a quiet, desolate and lonely area. But it is rapidly changing. Read More …
Colorado Canyon Country – Little Bookcliffs WSA
An overnight backpacking trip to an area that featured canyons, desert flowers in bloom and mustangs. Read More …
Wednesday Reset
A mid-week hike is just the reset I needed after a busy April. Read More …
Easter stroll in the Plains
This time of the year is typically difficult for me. The high country has sloppy, warm snow…but a bit too much for hiking. And I am not always in the mood to drive four hours to get to Colorado’s red Read More …
Spring time Colorado Trail stroll
An ~10 mile or so hike on section two of the Colorado Trail with Cam Honan of “The Hiking Life”. Read More …
Backpack to day hike- Beaver Creek Wilderness Study Area
A planned backpacking trip to the Beaver Creek Wilderness Study turned into an unplanned day hike. Read More …
Spring on the High Plains – Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR
An unusually warm spring day, after a busy few days, was a great opportunity to check out the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge. Read More …
The snows of Arapaho
A winter backpacking trip where out shelter of choice was a snow cave. Read More …
Winter in the park 2015
Another winter backpacking trip with Andrew Skurka in Rocky Mountain National Park. Read More …
Mesa County Weekend – Two short jaunts; one long weekend
Some much needed backcountry time in the canyon country outside of Fruita and Grand Junction, CO. Read More …
Car-less in Boulder – Let’s go to the foothills
No car means my weekend plans had to be changed
New Year’s weekend ski tours
Just some tours over New Year’s weekend. Anxious to get out overnight, but the day trips will do for now.
Finally some skiing!
Just a few ski tours over Christmas Weekend.
Giving thanks in the desert – Capitol Reef
Another Thanksgiving spent outdoors. This time in Capitol Reef National Park.
Red Mountain Open Space – A walk through time
Geological and scenic wonder in the Red Mountain Open Space outside of Ft. Collins, CO.
Last bit of Fall: Third Flatiron Climb
A climb on Boulder’s classic Third Flatiron.
More fall wanderings…Roxborough State Park
A loop in Roxborough state park and the nearby USFS lands