Deep in the heart of the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness lie many peaks of epic renown, peaks which jut far and away into the azure skies. We didn’t climb any of those peaks on this hike. Rather, we decided to hike to Copper Lake, a body of water in the wilderness area just below East Maroon […]
Read more "A Penny for Our Thoughts"With the end of August comes cooler weather, gentler sun, windier skies, and, for one of the Overcast Adventurers, school! Skyler was back up in Gunnison for classes, and I briefly left my life of state park maintenance to join him for a hike. We departed Gunnison on August 27th for the Fossil Ridge Wilderness […]
Read more "Silence of the Lamphiers"With my undergrad degree finished and behind me, you might think I’d be done with making poor personal health decisions. Yet, somehow, on the evening of the 20th, I found myself meeting up with Skyler and his friend David in Denver. We were gearing up to do a sunrise summit of La Plata Peak. That […]
Read more "Trip Report: Livin’ La Plata Loca"Hi everyone! I know it’s been a few months since we posted anything, but we are not gone. Now that winter is on the retreat, we’ll soon be back to a more regular hiking schedule. That means more amazing pictures and uninspired writing for you all! For this particular adventure we made the short hike […]
Read more "Campbell Ramble"In a previous post, Order of the White Lottis, an account was made of trying to reach Henry Lake in the Fossil Ridge Wilderness. That attempt didn’t work out, and so we decided to give the South Lottis trail another go this last Saturday (October 24th). We departed Gunnison around noon and made the drive […]
Read more "Oh Henry, Where Art Thou?"This post will detail two separate trips. Part one covers climbing Sunshine Peak and Redcloud Peak. Part two is about the climb of Handies Peak. Without further ado… Part One September 6, 2015 Sunday morning arrived with only darkness and wanderlust to greet weary eyes. The 3 AM wake-up in Gunnison and the subsequent drive […]
Read more "Trip Report: Sunshine on a Cloudy Day"On August 30th we (Tyler, Skyler, and Tshering) hiked Wetterhorn Peak. It wasn’t the conventional route, but perhaps a more exciting one. We left from Gunnison, CO at about 3:30 AM. The drive up to Lake City, and up Engineer Pass, was clear. We parked at the fork for the Henson Creek Road. It’s possible […]
Read more "Trip Report: The Non-Standard Route"As indicated by the lack of recent posts from either Skyler or I, school has started! In our finite wisdom, we both decided to sign up for a class that took place during the two weeks prior to the official school start day. It was called Colorado Ecoregions. Essentially, this upper division biology course would […]
Read more "A Path Less Traveled"Like many great days, this one started with… classes? Yes, this adventure actually happened on a Thursday, so Skyler and I were hard at work until the afternoon. Upon fleeing geology lab, Skyler suggested that we actually go and do something, rather than a spend another evening working on projects. I couldn’t agree more, and […]
Read more "A Coal Day in Hell"Good day faithful followers and casual perusers! What follows here will be a fascinating account of excitement and intrigue… in two parts! Read in awe as the Overcast Adventurers brave the Black Canyon of the Gunnison not once, but twice! The Black Canyon is an ancient geologic feature in the Southwest quadrant of Colorado, roughly […]
Read more "We All Needle Little Love"
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