The day was young and I was less than a mile into my hike… but something was amiss. I had embarked on a hike in the Eagles Nest Wilderness and thought a perfect morning had been assured. The uphill was gentle but each step forward became more painful than the last. In the tunnel vision […]
Read more "Gore Hard or Gore Home"The adventure started as so few do… with a Google Maps mishap! I’ve been to the Homestake Road corridor several times at this point (like for this post or this adventure with Tyler) and it’s one of my favorite places in Colorado. The directions to get there from Denver are simple: take I-70 west, exit […]
Read more "Pollen No Punches"A little over a year ago, in May of 2023, I embarked on an unsuccessful bid for the summit of Bison Peak in Lost Creek Wilderness. I had approached the peak from the south via the Ute Creek Trail, but the ascent was cut short by deep snow drifts somewhere above 10,000′. This year I […]
Read more "Bye, Son"This entry will be brief: consider it a warm-up for my next post! It has been about six months since my last solo blog and I am back to being a bit rusty with the writing… but please come along as I try my best to regale you with an account of a small start-of-season […]
Read more "A Tip of the Platte"Readers: it has been about a year since I last created an entry without Tyler here to weave the post’s intricate tapestry of words. I’ve had to dust off the cobwebs around the writing parts of my brain, so please bear with me! Anxiety gnawed the recesses of my mind as my hiking boots hit […]
Read more "Absent With Leaf"The waning crescent moon glowed luminously above the cerulean backdrop of the mid-October sunrise over Rocky Mountain National Park. I felt a hint of relief from the colorful display, having almost completely missed out on the autumn season of hiking between work and moving to a new part of Denver. But here I was, ready […]
Read more "The Fern Believer"Hello, dearest readers! This is Skyler writing to you once again, back to deliver on a promise I made in my last post. I mentioned there that Tyler and I had embarked on a glorious hike to Beartrack Lakes (which I had misnamed as Beartracks Lake; sorry!) in the Mt. Evans Wilderness area, but the […]
Read more "Lake It Easy!"Happy August! This is Skyler writing to you with a special extended post; my first solo post in over a year! The ~2 months of downtime from our blog is by no means the result of a lack of trying, but I apologize regardless for the long hiatus. If you stick around to the end […]
Read more "The Heavens Below Mount Evans"If ‘heavily trafficked’ is used to describe the volume of other potential recreationists one might see on a trail, I often make a point to seek out a lesser-trafficked path. One of the great comforts of nature for me is solitude, quiet—a respite from Denver’s constant cacophony—somewhere to clear my thoughts and enjoy the natural […]
Read more "Continental Divide and Seek"I needed an escape: a recess from the existential gloom that is living through this pandemic. Ty unfortunately could not join for this escapade, he has been hard at work helping to run time-sensitive COVID-19 diagnostic tests for CU Boulder through his lab research gig. Godspeed, Ty! Lurking just beneath the jagged precipices of the […]
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The Overcast Adventurers 