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It’s an impressive building, no doubt. Built sturdily with large pieces of rock anchoring its walls and a cross hatch of hewn logs, massive logs, anchoring its thatched roof. But it would have to be, given the harshness of its climate 365 days a year. The Alpine Visitor Center of…
Continue readingThe views kept getting better and better. As soon as we broke out of the woods, and got above timberline, high peaks appeared in almost every direction. I felt like breaking out into song. “Climb Every Mountain” seemed appropriate as we walked along the tundra, the large expanses of green bordering…
Continue readingThe line of cars extended as far as the eye could see. License plates read like a convention — Nebraska, Illinois, Texas, Florida, Missouri. Watching these tourists to the Rocky Mountains trying to navigate our little town of Nederland was even more amusing. You see, Nederland, with its population of…
Continue readingSkiing season is long over. The big running race that I’ve been training for is over. Memorial Day is over. By all rights, it’s time for summer activities, namely hiking camping and backpacking. Early June is a weird time up in the Rocky Mountains. It’s the in between season. Temperatures…
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