In the quiet corner of Colorado where Skyler and I attended college, early fall is an exciting time of year. That’s because this region, the high-altitude Gunnison Valley, is home to vast forests of aspen trees, which change to a golden-leafed glory in the first few weeks of autumn. With weather still warm enough for […]
Read more "Storming The Castles"While much of the United States prepared to protest recent political affairs, I stared at the snow incessantly falling outside my apartment window. My thoughts drifted away from academia and to adventure-emia. West Elk Wilderness, one of Colorado’s largest and most immaculate wilderness areas, lies just fifteen minutes away from the campus of my university. […]
Read more "Powder to the People"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"Unprompted excursions often give way to the most sincere adventure. Beset with staggering senioritis, I decided to trade a Saturday of homework on campus for a Saturday amidst the peaking fall colors in the Gunnison area. Despite only being two days into autumn, snow had already fallen in areas above 8,000 feet. Kebler Pass, a […]
Read more "Autumn’s Lost and Found"To the north of Lake Irwin, a popular recreation area near Crested Butte, a wall of cliffs acts as a gate to the pristine Raggeds Wilderness. These cliffs span roughly three miles and rise hundreds of feet above the basins that sculpt the Raggeds. It was over the course of millions of years that erosion […]
Read more "Blue Note"It was only a few weeks ago; I sat across the desk from the editor of the newspaper I work for in a moderately dim office. I’m an intern-photojournalist for the “Gunnison Country Times” – the main newspaper of the Gunnison Valley in Colorado, and I have these weekly meetings with the editor (who I […]
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The Overcast Adventurers 