The stone that sits up on the very top of the mountain’s mighty face does it think that it’s more important than the stones that forms the base. Birthday Girl…
I worked the morning shift then hustled home, unpacked from the South Fork Loop, repacked and headed up to Copper Mountain to help prepare Janet’s Cabin for the winter season….
South Fork Trail is an unsung local beauty. Just outside the attentive, well funded, and volunteer active Summit County, trail signs along this loop trail are sparse and the few…
Just North of Summit County, in Sulphur Ranger District, lies the South Fork Trail Loop. The three sources I encountered say it’s a different distance. The maps state 23. The…
We ate couscous and tuna under a mushroom soup night sky. The fire crackled as we conversed, then tucked into the bright orange pod of a tent and wriggled into…
The chafe from the Gore had abated to an itch…time to hike again.As I was sitting on the floor, peering at maps and dreaming, Andy of Andy, Leda, Hobbes, rings…
Despite its slippery start, my second day on the Gore Trail was about making miles. Without distractions I simply walk all day. A few times I made myself to stop…
The trail climbs until I-70 looks like a shoe lace and the semi trucks are ants, hustling about pressing business (1600 ft). The trail switchbacks through the trees until. Abruptly….
It’s the good girls who keep diaries; the bad girls never have the time. ~Tallulah Bankhead Plans for a four day hike were delayed by a white water rafting trip…
