indian peaks

Hello everyone, Below are photos from a beautiful loop hike I completed a few weeks ago in the Indian Peaks Wilderness. From the Mitchell Creek Trailhead, the route follows the Mt Audubon trail to its end at the summit of Mt. Audubon. From there, the route scrambles cross country along the...

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...