With any luck and a little skill, I’ll be hiking my way to the top of Mt. Elbert (14,440 feet! Highest peak in Colorado!) by this time on Sunday. (Not my photo – source here) We’ve packed our packs, planned … Continue reading
In a few weeks, I’ll be running up Mt. Evans (a mountain that stands 14,264 feet tall) in the Mt. Evans Ascent race. This race is *really intimidating* to me but as the race (run? I’m definitely not racing anyone!) … Continue reading
This weekend, Alex and I enjoyed a fun, non-hiking class weekend with our friend, Sana, who visited us from Georgia! Sana and Alex became fast friends when he worked in Florida and I liked her immediately. No matter how long … Continue reading
Sometimes on Wednesdays, I like to post about my husband and teeny snippets of married life. Today is one such Wednesday. If you poke around my blog, it becomes pretty obvious I like to play outdoors with my husband. We … Continue reading
File this one under: Incredibly glad I learned it but hope I never have to use it. This week in Wilderness Trekking School (Dry Land Travel & Navigation weeks here), we learned about traveling in snow. Less winter camping and … Continue reading
This week’s lesson in Wilderness Trekking School was navigation – learning how to use a map and compass to navigate our way around and off trails. Until last week, I hadn’t used a map and compass together since 5th grade … Continue reading
Hiking and backpacking in the spring, summer, fall (and now winter!) is one of my favorite ways to spend my weekends. When Alex signed us up as members of the Colorado Mountain Club, we knew we wanted to take Wilderness … Continue reading
One great thing about Colorado is that there is never a shortage of new, fun races to try. Whatever your running flavor, Colorado has it – road races, mud runs, obstacle runs, overnight relays, ultra marathons & 100 mile ultra … Continue reading
Man! Have I missed the boat with trail running or WHAT?! This weekend I went trail running for the first time ever. I’ve hiked, snowshoed and skied trails but never run ‘em. But now I’m jumping squarely on the Trail … Continue reading
For the last 7 weeks, Alex and I have been learning about how to camp and backpack in the cold, snowy winter through the Colorado Mountain Club’s Winter Camping School. Our school consisted of 3 classroom sessions and at least … Continue reading