Starting Elevation: somewhere in the mid 9000’s Highest Elevation: A little over 10,000 Ft- our watch that gives us the elevation is no longer working so this is a guestimate. Trail Uses: Snowshoeing and Cross Country Skiing Winter only trail as it is an actual road in summer. Trail Length: 5.5 miles Round trip butContinue reading “Trail Ridge Road, Rocky Mountain National Park( RMNP)- Estes Park CO- Snowshoed 3/22/14”
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Cow Creek Trails Via Gem Lake, Estes Park CO Hiked 11/16/13
Gem Lake Trail> Cow Creek TrailHead Starting Elevation: 7882 Ft Highest elevation: 8830 Ft Trail Length: Officially we did 9.2 miles around trip, my Fitbit said we did close to 11 miles ( it took us approximately 5.5 hours) Trail Uses: Hiker only Degree of difficulty: I consider Gem Lake Moderate, after the floods IContinue reading “Cow Creek Trails Via Gem Lake, Estes Park CO Hiked 11/16/13”
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”
Gem Lake, Estes Park CO; a repeater & the first Girlfriend hike – 6/2/13
One of the best parts of moving to Colorado so far has been the amazing friends I have made! These friends have been a great source of motivation, information and comfort for me. Because of them I seen such beautiful parts of the state that I may never have adventured too if not for theirContinue reading “Gem Lake, Estes Park CO; a repeater & the first Girlfriend hike – 6/2/13”
Gem Lake -Rocky Mountain National Park, Estes CO 3/6/13 ( Spring Break Hike #2)
Gem Lake Trail Starting Elevation: 7882 Ft Highest Elevation: 8830 Ft ( Total elevation gain 948 ft) Trail Length: According to the map it is 1.8 miles one way to the lake for a total of 3.6. We did a lot of walking around taking pictures so in the end we had a little overContinue reading “Gem Lake -Rocky Mountain National Park, Estes CO 3/6/13 ( Spring Break Hike #2)”
Twin Sisters Trail, Estes Park/Rocky Mountain National Park 9/16/12
Twin Sisters Trail Starting Elevation: 9200 ish Ft Final Elevation: 11400 ish Ft ( total gain in Elevation of 2200Ft) Trip Length: 7.2 miles is what I found officially everywhere…My fitbit tracked just over 9 miles but we wandered a lot for pictures. Trail Uses: Hiker only mostly, there is limited Horse access. Degree of DIfficulty:Continue reading “Twin Sisters Trail, Estes Park/Rocky Mountain National Park 9/16/12”
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