Tag: backpacking
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Capturing lesser-viewed beauty en route to Colorado’s Conundrum Hot Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Almost 20 years ago, back in what she calls her “nomad, ski bum, vagabond, climbing days,” Katy Nelson heard someone speak of a magical place in Colorado’s Rockies. “I remember someone telling me there’s this hot spring called Conundrum way up in the mountains,” she…
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Capturing lesser-viewed beauty en route to Colorado’s Conundrum Hot Springs
Almost 20 years ago, back in what she calls her “nomad, ski bum, vagabond, climbing days,” Katy Nelson heard someone speak of a magical place in Colorado’s Rockies. “I remember someone telling me there’s this hot spring called Conundrum way up in the mountains,” she said. “Then I remember reading a description of it and…
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What to bring on the Colorado Trail
The Denver Gazette’s own Kyla Pearce and Jonathan Ingraham tell you what they’re bringing along the Colorado Trail, a scenic hiking, biking and equestrian trail traversing through the Centennial State’s various mountain ranges for nearly 500 miles.
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Eating good in the woods: Backcountry cooks share tips, favorite meals
Trail mix. Granola bars. Beef jerky. Those dehydrated meals hanging in packs at the store. We have our go-tos in the backcountry. But maybe we all too often settle. “I’m a firm believer that just because you’re camping and backpacking does not mean you have to sacrifice on flavors and the quality of food,” says…
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Tackling bucket list hike between Aspen and Crested Butte more of a challenge than expected
My limp started just after mile nine. For five hours, I’d carried a 15-pound pack up 3,000 vertical feet of dirt and rock paths, and my right knee was throbbing. Traversing from Aspen to Crested Butte via the 11-mile West Maroon Pass had been on my bucket list for years, but I was beginning to…
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New ski terrain, hidden canyons, classic wilderness: Ideas for 2024 adventure in Colorado
How about this for a New Year’s resolution: to explore sides of Colorado you’ve never explored before, feeling your gratitude grow and your physical, mental and emotional health improve as you do. We tend to think a bucket list can set us down that path. Here we offer some ideas: Feast on new terrain Steamboat…
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New ski terrain, hidden canyons, classic wilderness: Ideas for 2024 adventure in Colorado
How about this for a New Year’s resolution: to explore sides of Colorado you’ve never explored before, feeling your gratitude grow and your physical, mental and emotional health improve as you do. We tend to think a bucket list can set us down that path. Here we offer some ideas: Feast on new terrain Steamboat…