Ptarmigan Lake Trail July 3, 2016 Three week change in weather and trail conditions. No snow and a carpet of Alpine Wildflowers Got on the trail about 8 am to cloudy and cool weather. By the time I got to the first pot hole lake in the upper meadow, the […]
Trail of Highways™ Quandary Peak Hike Peak Elevation 14,165 feet Trail Sequence 4 This was one of my favorite hikes of the summer, not including the Weminuche Wilderness hikes. Quandary Peak is just up the pass from Breckenridge, Colorado. One item to understand about hiking 14er’s is that they are straight up and not […]
Trail of Highways™ Castlewood Canyon State Park West Side Trail 1.30 2016 Travel Sequence 1 Castlewood Canyon State Park encompasses 2,303 acres, offering hiking, picnicking, rock climbing, sightseeing, Photography and nature study. Castlewood Canyon preserves a great ecologically area Black Forest region of Colorado. West Side Trail along of Cherry Creek, goes past the […]
Trail of Highways™ Hoosier Pass to Grand Lake Colorado 9 18 15 Highway Sequence 5 Beautiful morning for a drive to Grand Lake. Decided to take the Blue Highways instead of the interstate. Took U.S. 24 west to Co. 9 at Hartsel and headed North. On Hoosier Pass hooked up the Camera and continued […]
Trail of Highways™ South Platte River Trailhead Colorado Trail in and Out 11.18.2015 Trail Sequence 1 Once you leave the valley floor you enter 2 miles of deforestation by fire a few years ago. On the hike we went as far as the second old quartz mine, then descend down the ridge to Spring […]
Highway 67 North from Woodland Park to the South Platte River Trailhead, which is part of the Colorado Trail. Highway 67 is only 71 miles long, it was build in the 1920’s. We took a few mile hike down the trail and through the forest looking around. Highway Sequence 1 RoadTrek TV© All […]
