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If you don’t live in Colorado, it’s hard to explain what the attraction is for people to put themselves through such suffering as traipsing up a 14,000 foot peak. But in Colorado, climbing Fourteeners isn’t just a hobby, but is something of a cult following. It’s hard to live here…
Continue readingOne of the main reasons for taking the train from Durango to access Chicago Basin is climbing Fourteeners. Windom Peak, Sunlight Peak and Mt. Eolus all ring Chicago Basin and are part of the 54 official 14,000 foot summits in Colorado. They are also considered three of the most remote…
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In continuation of my prior post about one of the more unique and spectacular backpack trips I’ve ever done here in Colorado. After being dropped off by the train at the Needleton Trailhead, eight backpackers of varying ages struggled into their weighty packs and began the long, slow, steep ascent…
Continue readingFor my dedicated readers who read me regularly, I apologize for being off the grid — we have been gone the past week out of cyberspace and into the wilderness. But the trip was so full of interesting Colorado stories, that I find I must write about it over multiple…
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