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”

Baker Loveland Trail #60, Bakerville CO Hiked 6/7/14

Starting Elevation: 9800 Highest Elevation 10,714 ( 900ft total elevation gain)Ft Trail Length: 10 miles round trip Trail uses:  Hiker, Biker, Snowshoeing, Crosscountry skiing Degree of difficulty: Easy Fees: None Bathrooms: None Pets: Yes My new Keens have not been kind, I am so sad because these bad boys have kept me hiking relatively pain-freeContinue reading “Baker Loveland Trail #60, Bakerville CO Hiked 6/7/14”

Hiking repeaters over the weekend of 5/31 & 6/1/14

My usual hiking buddy was not available for a Saturday hike so I leaned on one of my friends…. and frankly kind of tricked her.  At first I was all sweet, I will pick something easy but with good views…something close.  But Lisa has been working out like crazy so after a few probing questionsContinue reading “Hiking repeaters over the weekend of 5/31 & 6/1/14”

Mason Creek Trail – Staunton State Park, Conifer CO Hiked 2/1/14

Mason Creek Trail Lowest Elevation: 8200 ish feet Highest Elevation: 9300 isn feet( Total Elevation gain 1100Ft) Trail Length: we were shooting for 7-9 miles, what we got was 6 miles round trip. Trail Uses: Hiker, Biker, Horses and in winter snow shoe and cross country skiing Degree of difficulty:  Moderate Fees: $7 a day ORContinue reading “Mason Creek Trail – Staunton State Park, Conifer CO Hiked 2/1/14”

My hiking adventures on 1/18 & 1/19/14

My one goal this past weekend was just to make it above 9000Ft on our hike.  I had wanted to hit a new trail and then we got on I70 going west on a Saturday morning.  It was a parking lot even before Evergreen which is pretty bad.  With the traffic nightmare ahead of us,Continue reading “My hiking adventures on 1/18 & 1/19/14”

Belcher Hill Trail – White Ranch Park, Golden CO 2/23/13

Belcher Hill Trail Lowest Elevation:  Approximately 6100 feet Highest Elevation: 7800 + ( total Elevation gain of almost 2000 feet with a few declines and then having to climb back up) Trail Length:  According to the Park Map it is 8.8 miles roundtrip but my fitbit said we got 10.5 miles and every account ofContinue reading “Belcher Hill Trail – White Ranch Park, Golden CO 2/23/13”