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Indian Peaks Wilderness

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Breaking the Isolation

The photos showed clear blue skies, sparkling lakes, snow-capped peaks and — people in khaki uniformed shirts smiling.  Memories of days on the trail in the Indian Peaks Wilderness overwhelmed me. All of this came up because as April has rolled around, I find myself interviewing prospective volunteers for this…

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Mt. Sanitas

Spring in the Colorado Rocky Mountains can be a tease.  One day, temperatures soar to 60 degrees and you swear spring has arrived.  The next, it’s 20 degrees and snowing. On those warm days, summer feels like it is just around the corner.  I long for a good hike.  But…

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Am I Crazy?

When we first moved to Nederland ten years ago, we did so to live in the mountains.  We didn’t know much about this town of 1,500, other than it lay on the doorstep of the Indian Peaks Wilderness.  But we soon came to find out that throughout Colorado, Nederland had…

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