Taryn and I got out for our first hike of the season. We did a 9…maybe a 10…mile round trip hike in the early morning after it had been raining all night. At least the trails weren’t muddy 😉 Weather was perfect. It wasn’t too hot and it wasn’t muggy…thank God! We hiked to the […]

James and I finally got out and got our first hike of the season. We went to Castlewood Canyon SP just south-southeast of Denver. We did about a 4 mile loop. Wasn’t too difficult, but it was hot and very humid. Thunder and lightning coming from behind us, we definitely though we were gonna get […]

My first hike of 2017 was at Flying J Ranch park near Conifer, CO. It’s part of the Jefferson County Open Space program. Small hike roughly 3 miles round trip. The start sure showed how out of shape I was with difficulty breathing but after a bit of hiking, it seemed to get easier and […]

My first 14er of 2016 and my first 14er in 4 years. This was a little easier than when I did Gray’s Peak in 2012. It was still difficult but much easier now that I’ve been hiking out here these last few years. Weather was amazing. It was about 60-70 degrees and sunny the entire […]

I wanted to go to this a couple years ago but it was hit by a wildfire. The plan this year is to head down, hike around for the morning, and then stop for pizza on the way back to Denver. The pizza place, Godfather’s Pizza. This day will be amazing because we’ll be hiking […]

Hiked on Green Mountain today over off of Alameda Parkway. My friend and I started late in the afternoon after we got off work. She claimed to be outta shape but she out hiked me…as expected haha. We took the shorter of the trails which I believe to have the greatest elevation gain for the […]

Instead of Eldorado Canyon we chose Chautauqua Park to start of the season. We hiked a total of roughly 2 miles round trip. Total time approximately 3 hours. The trail was snow packed nearly the entire way as well as full of ice. I lost count of how many times I fell on my butt […]