Fast Fall
Here in the mountains, every season seems to fly by. Fall is by far the fastest, and this year the temperatures went from toasty to chilly overnight and have continued cooling ever since. Unlike the...
View ArticleThanksgiving Staycation Part 2: Vail Hike and Aspen World Cup
Here in the Vail Valley, we were blessed and cursed with beautiful spring-like weather over the Thanksgiving holiday. Blessed because it was 50 degrees and sunny, and cursed because we need snow, and...
View ArticleRomp to Stomp Out Breast Cancer
This weekend I mixed up my routine of ski-apres-sleep, ski-apres-sleep with a really fun event: the Tubbs Colorado Romp to Stomp Out Breast Cancer snowshoe series benefitting Susan G Komen for the...
View ArticleTaking it Easy
After so many weekends in a row packed with skiing hard, snowshoeing and patio partying, I guess I was about due for a low-key weekend. Although I was sure to get up to Beaver Creek for a few runs...
View ArticleFalling for Portland
I spent a spectacular 3-day weekend visiting friends in Portland, Oregon with the boyfriend. Neither of us had ever been to Portland or anywhere in the Pacific Northwest and only had a vague idea of...
View ArticleHiking the Black Canyon
The last item on our Paonia weekend’s agenda was quite possibly the one I was most excited about: hiking in Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park. I drive through this part of the state fairly...
View ArticleMt. Sanitas Hike
Last weekend I arrived in Boulder, Colorado eager to hike. It has been feeling warm and summery up in the high country, but snow still covers most of the trails in the mountains (this is a huge plus...
View ArticleWalking among Wildflowers – Stag Gulch Hike
I took the prettiest – and most pleasantly surprising – hike I’ve ever taken in Edwards this weekend. I hiked up the Stag Gulch trail in Cordillera with a friend expecting nice views and a good...
View ArticleBooth Falls Hike
The weekend before I left town for my fabulous beach getaway, I had a chance to hike Vail’s Booth Falls trail. Booth Falls is one of the most popular trails in the valley, and I quickly remembered...
View ArticleHut Hut Hike
Last time we met, I was lounging on the deck of our gorgeous hut after watching an amazing sunrise over the mountains. After hanging out for a while and scarfing down delicious breakfast burritos, my...
View ArticleA Perfect Colorado Evening
When the sun started to go down on the Saturday night of our hut trip, it was sweet relief from the heat and intense sun we’d had all day. For dinner, we had each brought something to “grill” over the...
View ArticleMachine Gun Ridge Hike and Farewell to the Hut
On the Sunday morning of our hut trip, I woke up early, but not quite early enough to take in another sunrise, thanks to some late-night birthday celebrations the night before. We were almost out of...
View ArticleCordillera Play Day: Hike and Lunch
I’m going to pat myself on the back for this one: I may have found the perfect Vail Valley hike for visitors from sea level. You see, exercise at high altitude can be ridiculously hard for those...
View ArticleThe Best Views in Vail
Because we clearly didn’t get enough knock-your-socks-off gorgeous views in Cordillera the day before, my family and I decided to take the gondola up to the top of Vail the next day and explore. Now...
View ArticleMica Mine Trail
Now that I’ve finally finished recapping my fabulous trip to Boston and Cape Cod, it’s time to get back to regularly scheduled programming and catch up on some wonderful late summer and early fall...
View ArticlePitkin Lake Trail
Before the snow rolled in and turned my beloved Vail trails muddy, I got in my longest hike of the summer on the Pitkin Lake Trail in East Vail At about 9 miles, 2,900 vertical feet and 5.5 hours...
View ArticleAnother Day in the Office: Ouray to Durango
Have I mentioned lately that sometimes I love what I get to do while traveling for work? Yes, yes I have. But I’ll say it again. Last week I drove more than 850 miles in three days to conduct a...
View ArticleThe Most Beautiful Day: Maroon Bells Hike
I recently experienced one of the most beautiful days of my life. Along with a few friends, I ventured out to Aspen for a hike to see the fall colors in the Maroon Bells Wilderness. Yep, that’s real –...
View ArticleA Tale of Two Hikes
I hiked the same trail two times, two weeks apart, with two different friends. Apparently in the same shirt. This time of year, those two weeks made a huge difference in the scenery, with the leaves...
View ArticleFull Moon Hike in Arches National Park
I remember when I first moved to the mountains about 5 years ago, a friend who used to live in the area told me that he loved escaping to camp in the nearby desert when the snow first started to fly....
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