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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”

Weigh in Day 6/28/13 -1.8lbs, 57lbs down 33 to go.

I am THRILLED.  I was just hoping for a maintain but to get this type of loss, well I can say it was so much more than I could have imagined. As it is probably obvious, I am late in posting my weigh in and that’s because we are on vacation.  This is our favoriteContinue reading “Weigh in Day 6/28/13 -1.8lbs, 57lbs down 33 to go.”

Colorado Mines Peak( 12,493) & Mt. Flora* Repeater *(13,132), Mt. Eva – Fail, Berthoud Pass Between Winter Park & Empire CO 6/22/13

Continental Divide Trail to> Mines Peak Road> Mt. Flora Trail > Traverse to Mt. Eva Starting Elevation: 11,315 Ft Highest Elevation: 13,132 Ft ( We had a total elevation gain of approximately 2800Ft) Trail Length: Officially, if we had finished 10 miles. We Turned around about a mile short of Mt. Eva so officially weContinue reading “Colorado Mines Peak( 12,493) & Mt. Flora* Repeater *(13,132), Mt. Eva – Fail, Berthoud Pass Between Winter Park & Empire CO 6/22/13”

Weigh in Day 6/21/13 -1lb, 55.2 lbs down- 34.8 left to go

I was pretty thrilled with my loss this week especially since I was so sore from Saturday’s hike that I was essentially a slug on Sunday. This has been a transformative week for me as our hike this past weekend really made me break through a wall I have let creep up over time.  TheContinue reading “Weigh in Day 6/21/13 -1lb, 55.2 lbs down- 34.8 left to go”

St. Vrain Mountain Trail, Allens Park CO 6/15/13 – Part 2

Check out part 1 here When we finally got to the top of St. Vrain mountain, the views were really breath-taking and if the wind hadn’t been so bad we would have spent a lot more time up there.  We knew there was a chance of a storm rolling in so we kept a closeContinue reading “St. Vrain Mountain Trail, Allens Park CO 6/15/13 – Part 2”

St. Vrain Mountain Trail, Allens Park CO 6/15/13 Part 1

Starting Elevation: 8940ft Highest elevation: 12, 162 Ft ( With all the snow fields we ended up going for a total elevation gain of 3400Ft) Trail Length: Officially it is 8.6 miles but going around some of the snow fields and our route up my fitbit said 13 miles. It took us 8 solid hoursContinue reading “St. Vrain Mountain Trail, Allens Park CO 6/15/13 Part 1”

Weigh in day 6/14/13 No Change….

I am OK with this no change.  It was a tough week in terms of staying on track so in and of itself, not gaining is a win. Colorado has again been racked by wildfires and the devastation is staggering.  There is so much beauty here and seeing it lost in a matter of daysContinue reading “Weigh in day 6/14/13 No Change….”

Twin Sisters Trail, Estes Park/Rocky Mountain National Park *Repeater* 6/8/13

Last week when I was hiking with my girlfriends, we were admiring Twin Sisters (Hike details here) at all of our different amazing view spots.  I think it took me 3 looks to realize that there was not all that much snow showing at the summit and by the end of that hike I knew thisContinue reading “Twin Sisters Trail, Estes Park/Rocky Mountain National Park *Repeater* 6/8/13”

Weigh in Day 6/7/13 -1.2lbs, 54.2lbs down 35.8 to go.

I am thrilled with the loss this week!  I have been working out extra hard, not because I was focused on weight loss( even though I was sort of) but because I wanted to get extra conditioning for our weekend.  We have decided that we are going to really push our hiking these next 4Continue reading “Weigh in Day 6/7/13 -1.2lbs, 54.2lbs down 35.8 to go.”