Monthly Archives: July 2013

Elk Range Trail, Centennial Cone Park- Golden CO Hiked 7/27/13

Elk Range Trail> Travois Trail>Juniper Trail>Mayhem Gulch Trail> Travois> Elk Range Trail Starting Elevation: 7750 ft Highest Elevation:  7900- ish ft ( Lots of ups and downs gave us a total of 1100 feet in elevation gain) Trail Length:  The whole park can get you around 12-15 miles of hiking but we hit up 9Continue reading “Elk Range Trail, Centennial Cone Park- Golden CO Hiked 7/27/13”

Weigh in day 7/26/13 +.6, 56.8lbs down 33.2 left to go

This small gain is not a surprise to me and I am not overly concerned about it.  With my inability to exercise for almost two weeks and break from counting calories last week, I am surprised it wasn’t more.  I will take this little gift and turn it into a challenge for my weigh inContinue reading “Weigh in day 7/26/13 +.6, 56.8lbs down 33.2 left to go”

Healing Hike – Deer Creek Canyon, my home away from home 7/20/13

I have learned so many big lessons these past 2 weeks, most I don’t ever want to talk about.  The big word I want to focus on is I LEARNED a lot last week…. outside of those things I never want to talk about here, I did learn that while Aaron and I can sitContinue reading “Healing Hike – Deer Creek Canyon, my home away from home 7/20/13”

Upper Mohawk Lakes, Partial Repeater-Hiked 7/4/13

When we started our vacation week in the mountains, the original goal was James Peak on Saturday(done), Mohawk Lakes on Sunday ( done Thursday), Quandary Peak on Tuesday ( Done), Upper Crystal Lakes on Wednesday (Skipped) and Thursday a drunken celebration (delayed), Friday up in the air since we knew the tattoos would be intense.  ButContinue reading “Upper Mohawk Lakes, Partial Repeater-Hiked 7/4/13”

Weigh in day 7/12/13 -.4, 56.4 down 32.6 left to go

I am going to be honest, I am suspicious of this loss. Not because we over indulged on vacation last week, we absolutely did, but I kept true to our aggressively active vacation attitude so I wasn’t too worried about a huge gain and I would have been happy with a maintain. We did 3Continue reading “Weigh in day 7/12/13 -.4, 56.4 down 32.6 left to go”

Quandary Peak 14,265 Ft (our first 14er!!!!!), Breckenridge CO 7/2/13

Quandary Peak Trail, East Approach Starting Elevation: 10,995Ft Summit Elevation:  14,295 Ft ( 3300ft total elevation gain) Trail Length: 6.5- 7 miles miles officially ( my fitbit said 8 miles at the end)  It took us 6.5 hrs; 3:45 hrs going up  2:45hrs coming down Trail Uses: Hiker, Biker, Horses Degree of Difficulty:  Strenuous Bathrooms: ThereContinue reading “Quandary Peak 14,265 Ft (our first 14er!!!!!), Breckenridge CO 7/2/13”

James Peak Via St. Mary’s Glacier, Alice CO 6/29/13

The Glacier Hike> Jamaica Flats> James Peak: Starting Elevation: 10,423 Ft Highest Elevation: 13,294 Ft (2900 total elevation gain) Trail Length: 8 miles ( It varies as you cross the Flats and start the summit) It took us 4 hours total. Trail Uses: Hiker Degree of Difficulty: Moderate to Difficult due to elevation Bathroom: Port-o-pottyContinue reading “James Peak Via St. Mary’s Glacier, Alice CO 6/29/13”