indian peaks

3:45 am. It never fails; I’ve woken up 15 minutes ahead of my alarm going off. As a 63 year old carpenter who still works 5 days a week, you would think that I could really use my sleep, but I had rested over the weekend and planned an adventure for the Indigenous Peoples Day holiday on Monday...

Nine years ago, soon after moving out here, I went on my first CO backpacking trip. Over the last four days, I had the pleasure of returning to that area with my 15-year-old son Caleb and doing a longer variation of that loop: Day 1 We got nice views right from the trailhead: Despite it...

I headed out to the West side of the Indian Peaks Wilderness, looking to climb my last 2 peaks in the wilderness, Hopi and Cherokee peaks. For those that don't know, the Indian Peaks is a continuation of the peaks to the South of Rocky Mountain NP. There are 37 peaks in the wilderness, and...