Starting Elevation: 6530 Ft Highest Elevation: 8550 Ft Trail Length: We did the Standard loop so 3.7 miles Trail Uses: Hiking only up the incline Degree of Difficulty: Strenuous Bathroom: Yes in the parking lot Pets: Supposed to be no dogs but there were lots and off leash too and 2 almost knocked me down no owner in sight.Continue reading “The Incline, Manitou Springs CO, Hiked on Easter – 4/5/2015”
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North Fork Trail- Reynolds Park Jefferson County open space, Pine CO Hiked 1/18/15, 3/21 & 3/28/15
Starting Elevation: Approx. 7200 ft Highest Elevation: Approx. 8000 ft. You can get as much descent and gain you want just go further. Our last hike we climbed a total of 2300 ft, most of that heading back to the trailhead. Trail Length: 9.3 miles one way – Each time we did different lengths butContinue reading “North Fork Trail- Reynolds Park Jefferson County open space, Pine CO Hiked 1/18/15, 3/21 & 3/28/15”
Mt. Sniktau 13,243 Ft, Loveland Pass, Colorado – Hiked 9/21/14
Starting Elevation: 12,000 Ft Highest Elevation: 13,234 FT at the Summit – total elevation gain was around 1600 ft. Trail Length: Approximately 4 miles Trail Uses: Hiking only (I think I couldn’t find any guidelines) Degree Of Difficulty: Difficult mostly because of altitude Bathroom: None Pets: I didn’t see any and I didn’t see anyContinue reading “Mt. Sniktau 13,243 Ft, Loveland Pass, Colorado – Hiked 9/21/14”
Beginning again – Weigh in Day +9LBS ( 50lbs down 40 Lbs left to go)
So this is the first time I have really weighed in – in months. I have to say I was surprised it wasn’t more, which makes it about a pound a month. I can tell though that I have lost a lot of the climbing muscles in my legs which makes me think it mayContinue reading “Beginning again – Weigh in Day +9LBS ( 50lbs down 40 Lbs left to go)”
Chief Mountain (11,700) & Squaw Mountain ( 11,398) Evergreen CO Hiked 7/6/14
Starting Elevation: 11,000Ft Highest Elevation: 11,700 Ft ( total elevation gain was around 1800 ft.) Trail Length: Officially I thought 4.8 miles…8.7 miles later I am pretty sure the book was wrong Trial uses: Hiker, biker & Horses some portions are a 4×4 road Degree of difficulty: Moderate Bathrooms: None Pets: Yes – Although onContinue reading “Chief Mountain (11,700) & Squaw Mountain ( 11,398) Evergreen CO Hiked 7/6/14”
Herman Gulch Trail #98 to Herman Lake, Bakerville CO hiked 6/28/14 & 7/4/14
Starting Elevation: 10,340 Highest Elevation: 12,000 is where the Lake is at. We had a total elevation gain of around 1800ft Trail Length: 8 miles officially, we made it about 7 miles on 6/28 and the full 8 today. Trail Uses: Hiker, Biker & Horses Degree of Difficulty: Moderate to difficult Mostly because of elevation.Continue reading “Herman Gulch Trail #98 to Herman Lake, Bakerville CO hiked 6/28/14 & 7/4/14”
East Castlewood Canyon Trail, Franktown CO hiked 5/26/14
Starting Elevation: 6604 ft Highest Elevation: 6653 Ft ( there is some up and down overall I think we climbed maybe 400 ft total) Trail Length: 4 Miles from the trailhead but we had to park a mile away so we hiked 6 miles total. Trail Uses: Hiker Only Degree of Difficulty: Easy Fees: $7Continue reading “East Castlewood Canyon Trail, Franktown CO hiked 5/26/14”
Bergen Peak(Repeater), Evergreen CO hiked 5/24/14
The snow is still plentiful all over the mountains and frankly I didn’t feel like dealing with it last weekend but I really wanted to get close to 10,000 ft high. Plus I have been feeling sadly out of shape so I picked my favorite standby, Bergen Peak (Hike Details here). The day was actuallyContinue reading “Bergen Peak(Repeater), Evergreen CO hiked 5/24/14”
Matthews/Winters Park, Lakeview CO Hiked 5/17/14
Zorro Trail> Dakota Ridge Trail> Village Walk>Red Rocks Trail> Morrison Slide> Red Rocks Trail> Dakota Ridge> Zorro Trail Starting elevation: 6055 ft Highest Elevation: 6800ft ( total Elevation gain was around 1600 ft) Trail Length: Approximately 9 miles, it took us 4 hours to do the whole hike Trail Uses: Some sections are hiking &Continue reading “Matthews/Winters Park, Lakeview CO Hiked 5/17/14”
Mt. Falcon (repeater), Morrison CO hiked 5/10/14
This past weekend I had a meeting I had to attend at 11AM on Saturday and to be honest I figured we would just hike on Sunday. Then this wicked storm was predicted to hit on Sunday, it started out not being so bad and moved to a couple of feet in the mountains severalContinue reading “Mt. Falcon (repeater), Morrison CO hiked 5/10/14”
hiking to healthy 