The mountains north of Gunnison, CO are an old haunt for the Overcast Adventurers. It was therefore pretty nostalgic to find ourselves back that way recently. We and two fellow adventurers were pouring mai tais and poring over maps at a condo in Crested Butte when something caught our eye. It was a tiny blip […]
Read more "Wish Upon A Star"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"The rising sun in the rear-view mirror promised a mild winter day for Denver. Unfortunately for us, we knew that the mountains in front of us promised the opposite. Despite unseasonably warm weather in the lowlands, the peaks remained snowbound, and we were bundled up accordingly. It didn’t help as much as we had hoped. […]
Read more "Short Lake, Long Lake"Note: This hike occurred in August of 2023. East of Sedro-Woolley the skies had turned grey, and what had been a long-planned trip was suddenly seeing a lot of changes. We had traveled to Washington in hopes of hiking Cascades National Park. However, those hopes were dashed, as a rapidly growing forest fire in the […]
Read more "Butcher, Baker Lake, Candlestick Maker"Colorado’s 14ers are one of the state’s most popular features. Over the past few decades, summiting 14ers has become an increasingly popular pastime, and Mt. Bierstadt is one of the peaks that consistently draws the highest crowds. That means Guanella Pass, the thoroughfare along which the Bierstadt trailhead lies, is a household name in Colorado. […]
Read more "Shelf Confidence"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!"The day, characteristically for a hiking day, started before sunrise. Out of convenience and partiality we journeyed again to Rocky Mountain National Park. Our goal this time was to reach a mountain lake called Helene Lake. Not often visited in the winter, Helene Lake’s lack of traffic is the result of the lake shore being […]
Read more "When Helene Freezes Over"We left for the mountains before sunrise. With a sparse 2020 now behind us, we were anxious to get outside and start making 2021 a brighter year. Looking at forecasts and trail conditions, we decided that brighter year would be best begun at Rocky Mountain National Park, specifically the hike to Mills Lake near the […]
Read more "Mills To Pay The Bills"This will be a quick blog for a quick hike. Brady Lake and Sopris Lake are neighboring entities isolated far out in the Holy Cross Wilderness of Colorado, closest by road to the small town of Minturn. The hike had been meant as a something to do midway through a camping trip near the larger […]
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