colorado trail
Right Place, Right Time When Bad Things Happen: Getting Sick on Trail
Getting sick during a long-distance hike is pretty awful. It’s up there with losing your water filter down a river and hiking down 1.5 miles only to realize you are...
Week One in Colorado: Coming Home to the Trail
It’s amazing how easily it is to return to the trail. Even though I had never stepped foot in Colorado before this week, as soon as I started walking I...
2017 Adventure: Mini Triple Crown
After completing the Appalachian Trail in September of 2016, I almost immediately started looking for my next adventure - despite having sworn during several moments of my AT thru to...
A Photographic Journey of the Colorado Trail
On August 2, 2016, I stepped off the plane at Denver International Airport wearing trail runners, a new pack, and a giant sunhat. I was about to start hiking the We start...
How a Warm-Blooded Southerner Preps for the Colorado Trail
Date: November 2014 Location: Grayson Highlands, VA Temps: below freezing Snow fall: more than I'd ever seen in my life (somewhat facetious) We were two days away from the end...
Three Gems in the Triple Crown of Hiking
The Triple Crown The oldest of them all, the green tunnel blazed by white, the Appalachian Trail. The Pacific Crest trail, where the highest peaks of the Sierra ebb...
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86 Absolutely Stunning Photos from the Colorado Trail [Part II]
This is part two of a two-part series of our 315-mile trek along the Colorado Trail. Get caught up with fancy mirrorless camera. I use an iPhone 5. The few...
86 Incredible Photos from the Colorado Trail (Part I)
The Colorado Trail, one of the country's premier long trails, is 486 miles in length, runs from Denver (technically, Littleton) to Durango, and most importantly, sits conveniently in my backyard.
My Colorado Trail Gear List: The September Edition
In a hot minute, I will be taking on a 315-mile section of the Colorado Trail, from Durango to Leadville. This will put me just a few miles shy of completing the entire...
Hiking the Colorado Trail: Segment 18 and 19(ish)
In my continued quest to section hike the Colorado Trail during the next year, I decided to take on a couple of the western sections not currently covered in snow- segments 18 and 19,...
