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Just past Lake Isabelle, I catch my first glance. It’s long and white, and from this distance, it could be just a large patch of snow hanging from the top of the mountain. I keep up my pace, and encounter the season’s first new snow — first just a couple…
Continue readingFirst things first. Feeling groggy, I stumble downstairs and get the coffee going. Then, to the next task, and Simon and Shawnee peer up at me, tails wagging. Hooking on their leashes, I opened the door to take them out. Brrrr!! The first thing that greets me is the smell…
Continue readingI’ve never been a very good mountain biker. Walking on a trail in Breckenridge this past week, I watched a very confident woman cruise down a steep single track hill with ease. That’s the thing about sports like mountain biking and downhill skiing. To be really, really good, you have…
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Arriving at zero dark hundred, we pull into the barren parking lot, our headlights illuminating the one other car already there. That in itself is an atypical start to a summit hike up one of Colorado’s 54 14,000-foot peaks. But it is a Tuesday in September, and it did rain…
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