Early spring is quite the tease in Colorado. Warm days in the Front Range have a way of thawing our dormant love of mountain hiking but alas, many of the trails we are eager to explore are not yet ready to go. Mud, snow and seasonal closures can make getting to just the start of [...]
Standing at the bottom of the Legends Lift, I gaze upon a flat, vast alpine meadow that is void of trees and stretches to the horizon. No roads, no machinery, no utility buildings or power lines, just the chilly rush of powder spinning over the tundra, rendering distant peaks in foreboding, opaque, jagged outlines. For [...]
There comes a time when we must admit we enjoy something that is a stunning bore to others. Whether it’s stamp collecting or archiving gum wrappers, we have some pretty dull thrills. Most of the time, I wouldn’t wear my ”born to be mild” side on my sleeve but I’m going to put one out [...]