When I have a long weekend ahead all I can think about is how I get to hike 2 times in the course of the weekend. A hike we haven’t visited forever was the Rawhide Trail ( Click the link for hike details) at White Ranch Park. It is now an easy hike for us butContinue reading “White Ranch Park – Rawhide Trail, *Repeater* Hiked 9/2/13”
Category Archives: Weight Loss
James Peak (2nd time’s the charm!) Via St. Mary’s Glacier, Alice CO hiked 8/31/13
James Peak has been haunting me since we had to turn around with the summit in view because of lightning. I had figured doing a 14er over a long weekend would make more sense but I struggled a little bit at 12,550Ft last weekend so I decided to put it off one more week andContinue reading “James Peak (2nd time’s the charm!) Via St. Mary’s Glacier, Alice CO hiked 8/31/13”
Weigh in Day 8/30/13 – No Change
I guess after losing that weight I gained back, I can’t be too surprised by not losing anything this week. I am also not all that concerned, it was a crazy week at work and I am just glad I didn’t eat my stress which I normally would do. I kept to working out onContinue reading “Weigh in Day 8/30/13 – No Change”
Pawnee Pass Trail – Brainard Lake Recreation Area, Ward CO 8/24/13
Pawnee Pass Trail Starting Elevation: 10,500 Feet Highest Elevation: 12,550 Feet ( total elevation gain approx. 2200 feet) Trail Length: 9.2 miles, my pedometer said we got around 10.5 miles but we did venture around quite a bit, It took us about 5.5 hours total Trail Uses: Hiker only Degree of DIfficulty: Moderate difficult givenContinue reading “Pawnee Pass Trail – Brainard Lake Recreation Area, Ward CO 8/24/13”
Catching up – 2 posts in 1. Weigh in and my 8/17/13 hike
It has been a weird and crazy couple of weeks, as a result I have been very neglectful to my blog so I am going to catch it up with this combined post. I have been fighting really hard to not give in to my bad eating habits and it paid off….I managed to takeContinue reading “Catching up – 2 posts in 1. Weigh in and my 8/17/13 hike”
Chicago Lakes Trail #52, Arapahoe National Forest – Idaho Springs CO 8/10/13
The Chicago Lakes Trail #52 Starting Elevation: 10,650 ( Lowest point of the hike 10,320) Highest Elevation: 11,740 ( Lower lake at 11,420ft. Total elevation gain approximately 2000ft) Trail Length: Officially I saw everything from 9-10 miles, my fitbit said we went 11 miles but we did walk around the upper lake a lot. TrailContinue reading “Chicago Lakes Trail #52, Arapahoe National Forest – Idaho Springs CO 8/10/13”
To confess or not to confess…. The stress of the weigh in….UGH
I have been decidedly not talking about my weight loss journey and as you can probably guess, for all the bad reasons no one ever wants to talk about it. ….It is not going well. I want to say that I have been hard-core, and kinda I have been but at the same time IContinue reading “To confess or not to confess…. The stress of the weigh in….UGH”
Finch Lake – Rocky Mountain National Park – Allenspark trailhead, Allenspark CO 8/3/13
The Finch Lake trail Starting Elevation: 8526Ft Highest Elevation: 10,165 ( Total Elevation gain around 1900Ft) Trail Length: Officially 8.2 miles but we wandered around the lake a lot so we ended up with 9 miles total, it took us approx. 4 hours total Trail Uses: Hiker only Degree of difficulty: Moderate Bathrooms: None Pets:Continue reading “Finch Lake – Rocky Mountain National Park – Allenspark trailhead, Allenspark CO 8/3/13”
Meyer Ranch Park- Jefferson County Open Space 2nd Official Girls Hike , Conifer CO Hiked 7/28/13
Owls Perch > Lodgepole Loop > Sunny Aspen Trail > Old Ski Run Loop > Sunny Aspen Trail > Lodgepole Loop > Owls Perch Starting Elevation: 7900 ft Highest Elevation: 8770 ft ( total gain was around 900 feet in elevation gain) Trail Length: 5 Miles Trail Uses: Hiker, Biker & Horses Degree of Difficulty:Continue reading “Meyer Ranch Park- Jefferson County Open Space 2nd Official Girls Hike , Conifer CO Hiked 7/28/13”
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”
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