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”
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Lion Gulch -Homestead Meadows, Lyons, CO 2/17/13
Lion Gulch #949 > Griffith Homestead #979-2> Homestead Meadow Loop #971 > forest Road 120 Lowest Elevation: 7300 Ft Highest Elevation: 8700Ft ( according to the Nike GSP watch Aaron wears) We think we had a total gain of 2000 ft with the ups and downs. Trail Length: The route we took got us 10Continue reading “Lion Gulch -Homestead Meadows, Lyons, CO 2/17/13”
North Table Loop – North Table Mountain Park, Golden CO 2/9/13
North Table Loop ( Jefferson County Open Space) Lowest Elevation: 5850-ish Feet Highest Elevation: 6500-ish feet (we went up and down a few times so the overall elevation gain was 900-ish feet) Trail Length: Officially 7.5 miles via a full loop and my fitbit wasn’t too far off at just over 8 miles. It tookContinue reading “North Table Loop – North Table Mountain Park, Golden CO 2/9/13”
Weight in day 2/1/13 +1.8LBs 43.6lbs lost 46.4LBs to go……
Yes its a weight gain and not all that great of a feeling but if I really thought it through, I am sure I lost around 5 lbs from my trip. Which means I ate enough in a little over a week to put on almost 7 lbs…….. WOW! Ok a good thing to knowContinue reading “Weight in day 2/1/13 +1.8LBs 43.6lbs lost 46.4LBs to go……”
Repeater hike(s) Roxborough State Park – Carpenters Peak & Fountain Valley Trail 1/25/13
Whenever I go out-of-town, especially to sea level, coming back to Denver is an adjustment, an almost 2 week adjustment. Since I went to LA for my annual girls trip last Thursday and returned just this past Tuesday, I was not optimistic about my ability to hike anything new or tough. We decided to goContinue reading “Repeater hike(s) Roxborough State Park – Carpenters Peak & Fountain Valley Trail 1/25/13”
Waterton Canyon, Littleton 1/12/13
Waterton Canyon/ The Colorado Trail Segment 1: Starting elevation: 5550 Ft Highest Elevation: 5721 Ft ( total gain of 171 ft but strangely I got 90 flight of stairs on my fitbit….) Trail Length: We did a total trip of 8.5 miles, 4.25 in and back. This is a trail with endless possibilities given itContinue reading “Waterton Canyon, Littleton 1/12/13”
My Break from EVERYTHING!!!!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!! I am getting back from self imposed break from everything…. I am re-energized by my visit with my family (most of them pictures above) for Christmas but to be honest I didn’t care a lick about what I ate and the quantities in which I ate it. I have not stepped onContinue reading “My Break from EVERYTHING!!!!”
Apex Trail in Apex Park – Jefferson County Open Space 12/15/12
Apex Trail > Enchanted Forest Trail > Apex Trail Starting Elevation: Approximately 6200 Ft Highest Elevation: Approximately 7400 Ft, elevation gain is 1200Ft, but the trail goes up and down so the total gain was likely more. Trail Length: 5.8 miles is what we did but there are more options to make it longer. TrailContinue reading “Apex Trail in Apex Park – Jefferson County Open Space 12/15/12”
Ben Tyler Trail #606 – Pike National Forest 12/1/12
Ben Tyler Trail #606 Starting Elevation: Approximately 8300Ft Highest Elevation: Approximately 11,700Ft ( total gain would have been 3400ft) ….Unfortunately we only made it to just shy of 11,oooFt, we think Trail Length: 11.5 miles officially but since I left my fitbit at home I have no idea what it would have tracked. In theContinue reading “Ben Tyler Trail #606 – Pike National Forest 12/1/12”
Green Mountain via Gregory Canyon Trail 11/17/12 The Assessment
Sorry for the double posting and duplicate seeming emails- something weird happened with the original post and almost all of it was deleted so I had to rewrite it! The whole week before we did this hike I was pretty nervous about how hard it would be. From everything I had read, if itContinue reading “Green Mountain via Gregory Canyon Trail 11/17/12 The Assessment”
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