Sunday Tara and I were finally free to get out for a hike. Our final impediment to leaving was a goose road block. From the winter gate at Brainard Lake we picked up the Snowshoe Trail (most other trails were set aside for those on skis) and kept out of the wind as we hiked [...]
Archive for January, 2012
Snowshoe Trail
Posted in hiking, tagged Brainard Lake, CMC cabin, Snowshoe Trail on January 30, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Ouray Ice Park
Posted in climbing, tagged ice climbing, Ice Park, Ouray on January 18, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Trying to drive to Ouray Friday night to maximize the time available for ice climbing resulted in sleeping in on Saturday. The three-day weekend turned out to be a popular one for the ice park with plenty of guided groups. We squeezed in where we could and ended up climbing next to some people we [...]
Winter Camping
Posted in backpacking, tagged Indian Peaks Wilderness, snow camping, winter camping on January 10, 2012 | 1 Comment »
This certainly hasn’t been the snowiest winter on record, so I was unsure just how much of the white stuff I’d find in the Indian Peaks Wilderness. The Rollins Pass Road was completely clear on the drive in, but the trail was snow-packed (if thin) and fresh flakes were starting to fall as I left [...]
Holidays
Posted in hiking, tagged Blue Heron, Breckenridge, Fireworks on January 3, 2012 | 3 Comments »
My favorite photos from Christmas time were of a blue heron spotted along the edge of Centennial Lake near Columbia, Maryland. New Year’s included watching the fireworks from Maggie Pond in Breckenridge, Colorado. And we started the year off right with a hike (not really enough snow this year to break out the snowshoes) complete [...]
