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Tuesday & Wednesday, July 29-30, 2014 The Decalibron is a name given to a route in the Mosquito Range that allows you to summit four of Colorado's 58 named 14ers in one 7-mile loop; Mount Democrat (14,148 feet), Mount Cameron (14,238 feet), Mount Lincoln (14,286 feet) and Mount Bross (14,172...

Saturday & Sunday, July 26-27, 2014 After staying up late on Friday night to catch a concert in Grand Junction, we slept in a little later on Saturday morning before driving down to Ouray to get some hiking in for the weekend. The plan was to hike two trails that have been on my list for a...

Friday - Sunday, July 18-20, 2014 Diane and I decided to spend a relaxing weekend in the San Juan Mountains around Silverton camping, hiking, peak-bagging, driving high mountain passes and looking for wildflowers. We left after work on Friday and headed over Red Mountain Pass to the South Fork...

Saturday & Sunday, July 12-13, 2014 This weekend I set out to climb my first 14er of the season. I chose to try Huron Peak since it's in an area of the Sawatch Range that I haven't really spent much time in, plus it's not supposed to be too difficult of a hike which would be a good warm-up for...

Upper Cascade Falls & Baldy Peak Saturday & Sunday, June 21-22, 2014 This weekend for the summer solstice, Diane and I headed down to Ouray to get in a little hiking in the San Juan Mountains. Since there's still a lot of snow up high and it would be our first time really hiking in the...

Saturday, June 14, 2014 The desert has been heating up recently and I've been looking to start getting up into the mountains soon. The first reports of roads opening up in the San Juan Mountains have been coming in, so I decided to head up towards Silverton and Ouray to see just how fast the...

Backpacking Red Rock Canyon Saturday & Sunday, June 7-8, 2014 Deep, Steep and Narrow. That's how the National Park Service describes the Black Canyon of the Gunnison, and it's pretty accurate. The Black Canyon is comprised of some of the steepest cliffs, oldest rock, and craggiest spires in...

Tuesday, May 20, 2014 I hiked to Hanging Lake for the first time last spring, but I didn't really take any photos that day so I've wanted to return again and get some better photos. Diane ended up having Tuesday off from work and has wanted to hike Hanging Lake with me, so I took the day off...

Saturday, May 10, 2014 This morning Diane and I woke up early and drove up through the Colorado National Monument to reach the Black Ridge Road which we took to the Mee Canyon trailhead. I have wanted to hike to the very large Mee Canyon Alcove for a few years now and it was finally time to do...

Stream bed, Dry Fork Canyon A couple of friends and I decided to spend a few days in Big Dominguez Canyon last week. I love this place because it is a spectacular 13 mile long canyon with a beautiful stream, numerous water falls etc. And the Bridgeport trailhead at the Gunnison River is only 90...

Sunday, April 27, 2014 Since I never made it to Flume Creek Canyon yesterday, Diane and I decided to hike it this afternoon together. I wasn't expecting too much from this hike, but it turned out to be a really beautiful and fun hike. Had we only stayed on the main trail it would have been...

Saturday, April 26, 2014 I was originally planning to hike Flume Canyon near Fruita this morning when I left my house shortly after sunrise, but the unusual clouds in the sky and beautiful light in the canyons of the northern end of the Uncompahgre Plateau made me change my mind. Instead, I...

Monday, April 21, 2014 Hope you aren't tired of seeing photos from the Colorado National Monument yet... After hiking up the Fruita Dugway just over a week ago and being treated to some nice views down into Kodels Canyon for part of the way, I decided that I wanted to check out that canyon...

Easter | Sunday, April 20, 2014 My original plan for Easter Sunday was to hike and explore Sieber Canyon. Unfortunately, this road closed sign across Bs Road changed those plans when I tried to reach the trailhead first thing in the morning. Change of Plans by IntrepidXJ, on Flickr With no...

Friday & Saturday, April 18-19, 2014 Since I have a three night backpacking trip coming up at the beginning of May and I never did get out on a backpacking trip last year, I wanted to get in a quick overnight trip this month. I have also wanted to camp in the backcountry of the Colorado...

Sunday, April 13, 2014 My original plan for the day was to hike the Fruita Dugway trail first thing in the morning. I woke up early and was out the door well before the sun came up with hopes of catching a nice sunrise from the trail. I knew that rain was in the forecast for the day but I...

The Face of the Monument | West to East Saturday, April 12, 2014 Years ago I had the idea of hiking across the face of the Colorado National Monument from one entrance to the other but never seemed to get around to planning the route and following through on the hike because I was usually...

Tuesday, April 8, 2014 After work I decided to get a little hike in and explore a new area of the Colorado National Monument. I wanted to check out Otto's Staircase above Gold Star Canyon and try to reach the top of Monument Mesa via this route. Please excuse my poor pictures in this trip...

Thursday, March 27, 2014 The Original Trip Report on ADVENTR.CO After work this evening, Diane and I met up for another short hike in the Colorado National Monument. We started from the White Rocks trailhead and then hiked the steep trail beside Gold Star Canyon up onto the Precambrian Bench...

Every year we celebrate St Pat's Day and my B-day by skiing across the Hogan Park Trail on Rabbit Ears Pass to the Steamboat ski area. It's about a 7 1/2 mile trek across the pass at roughly 10,000 ft of elevation. The adventure starts on the pass (Hwy 40) and ends at the base of the ski area...