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Crawford, Colorado

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  • Exploring Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park

    Black Canyon of the Gunnison is the only National Park we hadn’t visited in Colorado yet so we decided to pack up the camper and take a little road trip to check it out. It was about a 4.5-hour drive from where we live so not too far plus the drive was gorgeous. After leaving Black Canyon we stop...
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  • Crested Butte, Colorado

    A Weekend Adventure Guide to Crested Butte, Colorado

    Check out more photos from the weekend on my website! Camping: Variety of camping on Slate River Rd. - primitive and uniformed (Oh Be Joyful) campgrounds. The road goes back about 15 miles up to Paradise Divide, where it starts to swerve back down toward Gothic with camping the whole way just ...
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  • A Beginner Backpacker's Trek in the Maroon Bells Snowmass Wilderness

    My wife and I conquered the Four Passes in 3 days, 2 nights on July 28-30, 2020. Our mileage splits were 10, 8, and 10 miles each day, respectively. Temperatures ranged from high 30s-70F and there was light isolated showers every afternoon, including one day we had 5 minutes of corn sized hail! T...
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  • The Adventure of Connection

    "Does she like stuff outdoors?" "What?" My dad's seemingly out of the blue question startled me from my daydreaming, lulled by the blurred scenery passing by my window and Henry Jamison singing through my earbuds. We were in my dad's packed up Jeep, well into our drive to Colorado for one of ou...
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  • Ouray, Colorado

    Ouray, Colorado: A Tiny Town With a Giant History of Ice Climbing

    Crammed into a pocket of the San Juan Range at approximately 8,200 feet, just below Red Mountain Pass, lies a small town taken over each year by a large community of Alpine climbers - weekend warriors and legends alike. Like most lost mining towns in the high Rockies, Ouray, Colorado is a remnant...
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  • Ouray County, Colorado

    My Final Backpacking Trip of the Year: Blue Lakes, Colorado

    In mid-October I took a quick trip to Colorado. I had been craving one more mountain getaway before winter set in so I decided to head to Colorado and complete an overnight hike I had been wanting to do for over a year. I called up one of my friend Chelsea, who lives in Colorado and asked if she ...
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