When we started our vacation week in the mountains, the original goal was James Peak on Saturday(done), Mohawk Lakes on Sunday ( done Thursday), Quandary Peak on Tuesday ( Done), Upper Crystal Lakes on Wednesday (Skipped) and Thursday a drunken celebration (delayed), Friday up in the air since we knew the tattoos would be intense. ButContinue reading “Upper Mohawk Lakes, Partial Repeater-Hiked 7/4/13”
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Weigh in day 7/12/13 -.4, 56.4 down 32.6 left to go
I am going to be honest, I am suspicious of this loss. Not because we over indulged on vacation last week, we absolutely did, but I kept true to our aggressively active vacation attitude so I wasn’t too worried about a huge gain and I would have been happy with a maintain. We did 3Continue reading “Weigh in day 7/12/13 -.4, 56.4 down 32.6 left to go”
James Peak Via St. Mary’s Glacier, Alice CO 6/29/13
The Glacier Hike> Jamaica Flats> James Peak: Starting Elevation: 10,423 Ft Highest Elevation: 13,294 Ft (2900 total elevation gain) Trail Length: 8 miles ( It varies as you cross the Flats and start the summit) It took us 4 hours total. Trail Uses: Hiker Degree of Difficulty: Moderate to Difficult due to elevation Bathroom: Port-o-pottyContinue reading “James Peak Via St. Mary’s Glacier, Alice CO 6/29/13”
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”
Twin Sisters Trail, Estes Park/Rocky Mountain National Park *Repeater* 6/8/13
Last week when I was hiking with my girlfriends, we were admiring Twin Sisters (Hike details here) at all of our different amazing view spots. I think it took me 3 looks to realize that there was not all that much snow showing at the summit and by the end of that hike I knew thisContinue reading “Twin Sisters Trail, Estes Park/Rocky Mountain National Park *Repeater* 6/8/13”
Spruce Mountain Trail (open space), Larkspur Colorado 5/26/13
Spruce Mountain Trail> Spruce Mountain Loop> Access Road> Spruce Mountain Trailhead Starting Elevation: 7127Ft. Highest Elevation: 7568, for 550 feet elevation gain, but there is some up and down to if you do the loop I think you get closer to 650 ft Trip Length: Officially 5.5 miles and that is about what my fitbitContinue reading “Spruce Mountain Trail (open space), Larkspur Colorado 5/26/13”
Ben Tyler Trail #606 – 3rd time is NOT the charm! 5/25/13
Ahh how we are gluttons for punishment! This past week was another perfect, warm week in Denver and as a result we convinced ourselves that we would try Ben Tyler ( Hike Details here) this weekend in hopes the snow was manageable enough to make it to the top. I cannot tell you how desperateContinue reading “Ben Tyler Trail #606 – 3rd time is NOT the charm! 5/25/13”
St. Vrain Mountain Epic Fail- Hall Ranch Park To the Rescue 5/18/13
Last week was a perfect week here in Denver, very warm and sunny with the mountains taunting us all week with their insane beauty. We really wanted to climb up high and see it for ourselves up close, I know it was our naiveté but we made the decision to try another high hike aboveContinue reading “St. Vrain Mountain Epic Fail- Hall Ranch Park To the Rescue 5/18/13”
Ben Tyler Trail #606-Pike National forest. 2nd attempt failed- 5/11/13
When we kind of stubbornly decided we were going to do Ben Tyler Trail (hike details here) this weekend, I knew deep down there was no way in hell we would make it to the top……. AGAIN. It is really close to Kenosha Pass and one of the areas that probably got 4-5 feet ofContinue reading “Ben Tyler Trail #606-Pike National forest. 2nd attempt failed- 5/11/13”
Riverside Trail A Breckenridge *Repeater* Hike 5/4/13
When I booked our weekend in Breckenridge a couple of months ago I thought that we would be able to do some higher hikes by this point in time. Of course that was before the 5 weeks of blizzards and the 4-5 feet of snow Breckenridge got during April. The last storm finished dropping aContinue reading “Riverside Trail A Breckenridge *Repeater* Hike 5/4/13”
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