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I’m focused on the trail ahead. With so many rocks akilter, I know if I’m not paying attention, I run the risk of turning my ankle and cutting my hike short. I come to a flatter part of the trail for about twenty feet and pause for a second on…
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Of course, the last half mile was the worst. The trail clung to the steep hillside, the dirt disappearing around the bend. James Peak loomed in the distance, snow fields dotting the green tundra. I walked slowly, employing the “Tishma method.” Walter Tishma volunteered at the Longs Peak Ranger Station…
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“You haven’t been hiking on the trails unless you finish with wet and muddy boots!” my co-worker crowed. Reflecting back on my recent hikes in the Indian Peaks Wilderness, truer words were never spoken. Earlier this month, while hiking out of Brainard Lake Recreation Area, I encountered all kinds of…
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It’s true. Boulder County and its cycling community has gotten under my skin at times. Like the time I drove an SUV on Foothills Parkway, hauling a trailer behind me. Fighting to keep the car on the road while battling the cross winds proved difficult enough. But then when I…
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