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Basic Information Name: Mt. Evans Max Elevation: 14264 ft / 4348 m Where: Idaho Springs, Colorado Distance: 5 miles Time: 5-7 hours Elevation Gain: 1,503 feet Difficulty: Moderate More Information: 14ers.com Route Up Mt. Evans from Summit Lake Topographic Map …

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Basic Information Name: Ute Valley Park Max Elevation: 6,612 feet Where: Colorado Springs, Colorado Distance: 2 miles Time: 1 hours Elevation Gain:  150 feet Difficulty: Easy More Information: City of Colorado Springs Topographic Map of the Ute Valley Park Hike …

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Something that many of us who enjoy hiking in Colorado do to challenge ourselves is to see how many of the state’s 14 thousand foot mountains we can climb.  Since moving back to Colorado in November 2011, I have concentrated …

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Prior Posting: The Quandary Peak Trail, Colorado – Part 1 Narrative (Continued) From treeline I found myself slowing trudging up a monotonous stretch of a snow covered ridgeline.  This was basically the view ahead of me I had for about …

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On Walkabout On: The Quandary Peak Trail, Colorado – Part 1

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Basic Information Name: Quandary Peak Max Elevation: 14265 ft / 4348 m Where: Breckenridge, Colorado Distance: 6 miles Time: 6-8 hours Elevation Gain: 3,468 feet Difficulty: Moderate More Information:  SummitPost.org Route Up The East Ridge of Quandary Peak Topographic Map …

 

What Happens When Blair Underwood Goes Hiking

I saw this video posted over at 14ers.com and it gave me a good laugh.  I hope everyone doesn’t take it too seriously and gets a good laugh from it as well: Black Hiker with Blair Underwood from Blair Underwood …

 

On Walkabout On: Almagre Mountain Via Frosty Park – Part 2

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Previous Posting: Almagre Mountain Via Frosty Park – Part 1 ___________________________________________________________________________ From the basin where Stratton Reservoir is located at in the center of Almagre Mountain I headed up to the south summit of the mountain often called Baldy Peak.  …

 

On Walkabout On: Almagre Mountain Via Frosty Park – Part 1

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Basic Information Name: Almagre Mountain Max Elevation: 12367 ft / 3769 m Where: Colorado Springs, Colorado Distance: 17.5 miles Time: 8-10 hours Elevation Gain: 3,428 feet Difficulty: Hard More Information: SummitPost.org Route Up the Mountain View of Almagre Mountain from …

 

Operation Iraqi Freedom: Life On Forward Operating Base (FOB) Speicher, Iraq

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As I explained in my previous posting describing my time serving in Iraq, my unit of Bradleys was tasked to secure Al Sahra Airfield located just north of Saddam Hussein’s hometown of Tikrit.  The Marines at the time were mopping …

 

Panorama of Colorado Springs from Lower Gold Camp Road

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Here is a panorama photograph I took using my iPhone 4S of Colorado Springs as viewed from Lower Gold Camp Road.  You can view my prior posting about Lower Gold Camp Road at the below link: On Walkabout On: Lower …