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"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 […]
Read more "Absent With Leaf"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"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 […]
Read more "The Heavens Below Mount Evans"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 […]
Read more "Skaguay or the Highway"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 […]
Read more "Continental Divide and Seek"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"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 […]
Read more "Brady Bop"With the global situation being such as it is this summer, Rocky Mountain National Park has made the (rather wise) decision to do a slow reopening. Visitors arriving during the day are subject to timed entry restrictions. However, for those willing to be up before the sun, it’s possible to enter the park sans pass […]
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