Hessie Trailhead has been incredibly busy any time I’ve ever been up there. On weekends the road leading up to the trailhead has a half mile or more of cars parked along the side of the road coming from the tiny town of Eldora. We left Denver around 7:30am and got up there around 8:45am. We were one…
The drive to Silver Plume from Denver takes a little over 45 minutes when you’re not fighting ski traffic. It often takes more than double that on a weekend as the route is one of only a couple from Denver to the ski areas. This Saturday morning we left around 9:30am and ended up driving for…
Not really snowshoeing actually, I carried the snowshoes on my back the entire way. My original plan was to try and hike the Arapaho Glacier Trail. It would have been 12 miles round trip. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to drive to the Rainbow Lakes Trailhead as I expected. The roads were closed just beyond the…
Carpenter Peak Trail is in Roxborough State Park in Littleton, CO. It’s about a 45 minute drive from Denver and costs $7 to enter the park. The entry station was closed so we had to pay cash using the self serve envelope/sticker system and there were a bunch of rangers in the park when we were there so…
This Saturday we went for a drive up to the Mount Evans Wilderness, this was attempt number 2 since early in the spring I tried to drive up here without realizing the road was closed for winter. We didn’t realize, but we went in on National Parks Day which meant the normal $6 fee for driving up was…
Over the Labor Day weekend my girlfriend and I went up to do some camping near Lake Granby, about 2 1/2 hours west of Denver. The drive was surprisingly reasonable for a holiday weekend, though Google Maps did route us off I-70 and onto 6 to dodge some traffic. I’m actually glad it happened as 6…
This weekend a couple friends and I decided to go fishing in the Missouri Lakes region. After what seemed like a pretty long drive into the middle of nowhere, we hit a parking lot and realized just how popular this destination really is. There were at least 30 cars there and probably half or more…
My girlfriend and I went up into the mountains Saturday morning to get some fishing in on the South Platte River in. A few hours of throwing the line in and several different lures and we had caught nothing. The wide open area surrounding the reservoir is pretty, and there’s almost no terrain. The wind made…
I was looking for something close to home and found this section of South Boulder Creek about an hour from Denver. The entire drive in both directions is beautiful with a good variety of sweeping views, canyons, and thicker wooded areas. The drive took a few dirt roads but was very accessible. The trail head…
The 12 mile round trip hike is only an hour away from Denver. It’s on the north side of 285 in Parker, CO and is pretty easy to miss. Staunton State Park opened only a couple years ago and the paths are all very well graded gravel. There seems to be lots of mountain biking and one could…