In my last two posts (9/29 and 10/6) I have been describing our summer climb up one of Colorado’s intrepid “14ers”, peaks in excess of 14,000 feet above sea level. We had climbed Mt. Shavano at 14,229 feet and finally reached the summit, then headed down due to storms threatening to move in. The descent
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In my last post, I detailed most of our strenuous hike up Ute Mountain on the Colorado/New Mexico border which had been billed as “…a steep hike in a wilderness setting, with no trail.” As delightful as that sounds, we were excited to join this guided hike as we had been looking for a way
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The invitation put out to the public read as follows: “This is a steep hike in a wilderness setting, with no trail” then followed with “Wear pants, long sleeves and sturdy footwear.” This would not sound very appealing to most people reading the notice, but we had been looking for an opportunity to climb Ute
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