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 […]

This Memorial Day weekend, I plan on going down to Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Forest for some day hikes. I will be bringing my overnight gear as well so if we get lucky to find some good spots, we can hike in and camp. I’m expected to end up at a camp ground […]

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 […]

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 […]

This was a good trip gone bad. First of all this would be more like car camping. We only hiked about a quarter mile in to a pre-established camp site. Weather was amazing to start with but ended up getting chilly fast. We didn’t gather enough fire wood to keep the fire going more than […]

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 […]