Another of my favorite hikes. A bit but kicking, but delightful! We have a day off of work, so I phoned a friend and said, hey, this will be fun, wanna go? Luckily she said yes! This is a beautiful mountain lake hike, with the trail head right off of 70, which makes it easy…
This is indeed one of my most favorite hikes! It’s at altitude, so it’s cooler in the summer, and there are not 1 but 2 lakes to treat you! This year another friend and I decided to go early to “beat the crowds”. We got the very last official parking spot at the top. We…
It was going to be high 90’s but I still wanted to get some miles under my feet! I had book marked a nice page on hikes with shade. Spruce mountain looked like a pretty decent hike, some nice shade and a good parking lot! It is located in Larkspur which can be known for…
I enjoy how close Apex Park is home and how many trails are available! I had a random monday off and decided to enjoy nature. Since it was close to home and generally full cell signal I wasn’t too nervous about going solo! The wild flowers were on point and the quiet and mostly solitude…
Made a jaunt for this hike with a friend between the storm clouds after work. There are a number of ways to reach the trail to the arch and my friend showed me yet a different one. It always surprised me how quickly the altitude kicks your butt on the initial up hills at chautauqua!…
I had done this hike years ago with the hubby and the pups, in the dead of summer. This time it was with a friend, in the winter! Still beautiful, quiet, and mostly just myself and my hiking buddy! It was march, and surprisingly very icy after the turn off. Not recommended without spikes! We…
Took a nice walk with a friend and their dog near Standley Lake this past weekend. I have never specifically walked around this lake, but I have been near it and the views were lovely. My friend had hurt their back, so needed something with nothing too steep and nothing too muddy. We got the…
2 miles, out (really more like up) and back. Initial elevation 10 thousand feet – ish Summit elevation 13 thousand feet – ish Elevation gain 1500 ish (let’s just say – a lot) When I was training for Kilimanjaro, we did some 13-ners (aka, 13 thousand plus feet at the summit). The gals and I…
We were lucky enough to get a place to stay close to the trailhead for the Lily Pad Trail. We were in the area for a women’s ski clinic at Breckenridge, and chose this location for it’s view. It was a lovely February weekend so we brought our snowshoes to enjoy nature and get some…
