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Climbing a Colorado Fourteener
Want to climb one of Colorado's 54 Mountains over 14,000 feet? This article covers training, equipment, and other advice for reaching the summit.
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Volunteer Tourism in Colorado
There are many opportunities for volunteer tourism in Colorado, especially for those who want to build trails and protect the eco-system in the Rocky Mountains.
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Hiking Colorado Trails
Hiking is an ideal sport, requiring very little gear and you can take your children along. Colorado has more than 50 peaks higher than 14,000 feet in elevation, so the craze of bagging fourteeners will be included during fourteener season.
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Missouri Mountain
Well, if you have ever had a yearning to strip down to your undies and plow through a waist-deep, ice-cold, Rocky Mountain river, this is the article for you! Let me introduce you to Missouri Mountain, our latest 14'er summit.
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Mount Columbia
Mount Columbia is in the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness of the Sawatch Range. We did this one in 11 hours in mid-June. We did face the nightmare of a scree slope descent. We'll tell you about an alternate route you may want to take up and back.
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Mount Shavano
Mount Shavano is near the southern end of the Sawatch mountain range and 15 miles northwest of Salida. The peak is often combined as a double-bagger with Mount Tabegauche, but we encountered a storm and completed only Shavano. Come hear the story.
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Mt. Quandary
Wow, a 14'er in the snow and the cold and the wind! You really have to hear our story.
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Mt. Yale
Ahhh ... a late-season fourteener in the deep fall. What a deeply cold thrill! What fantastic views!
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Preparing for a 14'er
Someone asked me, ""How do I prepare for a fourteener?" Let's discuss how you prepare to hike a fourteener or just a very long hike in the mountains.
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The Democrat, Lincoln, and Bross Series
Yes, you can do three 14,000 foot peaks in one day! See the first fourteener set for Summer 2000.
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Mount Belford
Mount Belford offers a moderately challenging hike for those looking for a weekend dayhike in Colorado.
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Climbing Grays Peak, West of Georgetown, CO
Grays Peak Trail rises 3,000 feet in a little over three miles up to 14,270 foot Grays Peak, the highest point in Colorado's Front Range
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Mt. Bierstadt
How to climb Mt. Bierstadt via the Mt. Bierstadt Trail.
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Mount Shavano and Tabeguache
Mount Shavano and Mount Tabaguache are two Colorado Founteer that are an extended hiking opportunity for climbers.
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Artist Albert Bierstadt
German-born Albert Bierstadt's vast, romantic paintings captured the spirit and promise of the early American West.
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Longs Peak Keyhole Route
A quick guide to climbing the Keyhole Route on Longs Peak, with specific advice for summiting this high Colorado mountain.
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Colorado's Terrific Twins
Colorado trout fishing through the ice and from bankand boat at Twin Lakes
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Camping Along Colorado's Cache La Poudre River
A lesser-known, less crowded destination among all of Colorado's outdoor playgrounds, the Cache La Poudre River & canyon is a hidden treasure.
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The Wildflowers & Birds of McCullough Gulch
An hour's drive from Denver, Summit County offers multiple high mountain hiking opportunities. McCullough Gulch, under Quandary Peak, has cascades, flowers and birds.
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Expert Mountaineer
According to the Colorado Mountain Club, when travelling in the backcountry "the most important thing to take on a mountain adventure is your brain — good decision-making skills, the ability to adapt to changing, even life-threatening, situations, and to make the most of the equipment and resources that you have with you." Sometimes it takes a few mistakes to reach that ideal.
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Barr Camp Trail
Barr Camp trail is a long hike - seven miles one way! It is as exciting in the winter as in the summer, but autumn, when the Aspens change color, is the best season for this hike. Great trail for dogs, good trail for the more advanced small hikers, and it ends at a camp ground.
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Christmas Shopping for the Outdoor Enthusiast
What do you get that hard-to-gift outdoor geek? Stop here for some easy online holiday shopping.
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