Wish Upon A Star

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 […]

Gore Hard or Gore Home

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 […]

Bye, Son

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 […]

Short Lake, Long Lake

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. […]

Butcher, Baker Lake, Candlestick Maker

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 […]

Absent With Leaf

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 […]

Shelf Confidence

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. […]

The Heavens Below Mount Evans

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 […]

Skaguay or the Highway

We, The Overcast Adventurers, have an issue with planning ahead of time. It isn’t that we don’t plan ahead, it’s that we plan too far ahead. This is a major problem in Colorado, where weather can change on a dime, and was a problem for us yet again when planning this trip. The original plan […]

Continental Divide and Seek

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 […]