The Manitou Incline
The Basics
Who: Make sure you can physically handle this intense hike and the effects of altitude if you’re not used to the elevation of this area, but we saw a wide variety of folks the day we went.
The Basics
Who: Make sure you can physically handle this intense hike and the effects of altitude if you’re not used to the elevation of this area, but we saw a wide variety of folks the day we went.
The Boulder History Museum had two exhibits going on when we went and checked it out. One was about the history of beer and brewing in Boulder County and the other is a permanent exhibit about the history of Boulder County. The price was right; it was only $6 per person and we found the exhibits…
Mt. Bierstadt is generally considered one of the easiest of Colorado’s 14,000+ foot mountains to climb. Although there is nothing easy about climbing steep trails at that altitude. From the top of Mt. Evans, Mt. Bierstadt’s summit is less than a mile and a half away. After driving up there twice, C and I had…
Mount Magazine is a really nice state park that we just happened to stumble upon while we were looking up places to rock climb nearby. It was a little over an hour drive from our campsite. The state park sits up on the ridge overlooking a large valley. The views are amazing. There is a…
Tuzigoot National Monument is an ancient dwelling in the Verde Valley of Arizona. Originally, it was a 2 to 3 story pueblo with 110 rooms. Like nearby Montezuma Castle, it was abandoned some time around 1450 A.D. About 500 years later the site was owned by a mining company. When it was discovered that this…
As we packed up and left our campsite in ND, the weather had actually cleared up and made for a very nice drive down to SD. Once we were setup in our new location, we went to bed early so we could meet our climbing guide in Custer State Park first thing in the morning….
The climbing is so great around here and the hiking is no exception. There are so many gorgeous views, cliff faces and rock formations, challenging elevation gain, and cool forests, that we have to use a term our caving friend P coined, that it is “outrageously scenic.” We hiked out and back to Little Devil’s…