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What an incredible place it was. Surrounded on three sides with jagged peaks and steep scree fields, the alpine bowl opened up down the valley to an expansive view of the Dillon Reservoir. Colorado Trail Segment 7 of 28 Start: Copper Mountain End: Gold Hill TH Distance: 13.2 Miles Hello,McFly, McFly, anybody home? Yep, we're … Continue reading Colorado Trail Segment 7 of 28
The air is changing. The energy is changing. The landscape is changing. We are changing. Everything is changing. Colorado Trail Segment 6 of 28 Start: Kenosha Pass End: Gold Hill TH Distance: 32.7 Miles Segment 6 of the Colorado Trail is where things begin to really change. For us, it is a gateway to the … Continue reading Colorado Trail Segment 6 of 28
Sure, we weren't in the high alpine yet, but we were getting there, and after our low point with the early heat, this was an unexpected gem at lower elevation. Colorado Trail Segment 5 of 28 Start: Kenosha Pass End: Long Gulch Distance: 14.6 Miles We hiked segment five in reverse, we are a little … Continue reading Colorado Trail Segment 5 of 28
There are campsites here and there in the trees that line the meadow, a creek running down the middle, mostly hidden in the reeds, and evidence of a multitude of wildlife, footprints included, along the trail. Colorado Trail Segment 4 of 28 Start: Long Gulch End: Rolling Creek TH Distance: 16.6 Miles The turning point. … Continue reading Colorado Trail Segment 4 of 28
Who would have thought, the first three segments are among the easiest elevation-wise, and yet, throw in some heat and dry conditions and you would have thought we were trekking through some of the hardest terrain on the trail. Colorado Trail Segment 3 of 28 Start: Little Scraggy TH End: Rolling Creek TH Distance: 12.2 … Continue reading Colorado Trail Segment 3 of 28
We have had a share of hardships over the years, we have certainly dealt with our share of challenges, but we chose to do this! Colorado Trail Segment 2 of 28 Start: South Platte River TH End: Little Scraggy TH Distance: 11.5 Miles Segment two, where do we even begin? It was hot, dry and … Continue reading Colorado Trail Segment 2 of 28
We were tired, it was steamy hot after the storms and the thought of continuing on felt daunting. Camp was set up and we called it a day. Colorado Trail Segment 1 of 28 Start: Indian Creek TH (alternate) End: South Platte River TH Distance: 13.3 Miles We did it! We completed our journey across … Continue reading Colorado Trail Segment 1 of 28
The weather will be perfect, it will be raging...there will be times we will see all four seasons in one day. It will be as predictable as any one raindrop finding its way to earth July 2019, 24 Hours till the Colorado Trail And so it begins, a journey of some five hundred miles across … Continue reading Colorado Trail – 24 Hours To Go
There were three water crossings ahead of us, the creeks were raging with snowmelt and the temperatures the night before had dipped below freezing. The thin log bridges that we would need to traverse were now covered in ice. Our latest outing was in the Mt Evan's Wilderness, a wilderness area that encompasses over 74,000 … Continue reading Abyss Lake Trail
We were thinking this is just going to be a unique season in the high country, but the more we thought about it, they are all unique. Every season offers up its own particular experience. Every day has its own personal gift for the adventurer. June 2019, 2 months till the Colorado Trail Time is … Continue reading Colorado Trail – 2 Months to Go
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