West of Denver on the mostly 2-lane highway 285, a short ways before the iconic Kenosha Pass, there’s a jagged dirt road up to the trailhead for Gibson Lake. This was meant to be an easy hike for us: relatively low mileage and good scenery. However, we hadn’t accounted for the amount of smoke in […]
Read more "This Was Supposed To Be A Martini"My car whined and groaned in pain as we drove up the county road toward the trailhead of the standard route up Grays and Torreys Peak. “It’s OK, lil’ Subaru,” I reassured the struggling automobile, “you’ve done this before.” Grays and Torreys, by way of their novice and popular standard route, were my fourth and […]
Read more "Aurora Torreyalis"With Skyler and I both moving on to adventures far distant from one another, we decided to do one more big hike before the upcoming year. Lone Eagle Peak towering to a fine point over Mirror Lake is an iconic image of the Rocky Mountains. The neighboring water body, Crater Lake, is another well-regarded destination […]
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The Overcast Adventurers 