This time was different.  Previous years I had settled into a tent near the car at the viewpoint below Richmond Peak, a timbered ridge to the north and east of Seeley Lake, Montana.  Time and again I had enjoyed the awesome view of the mighty wall of mountain ridge that rose up from the canyon […]

Mount Gunnison was calling as we three 13 year old boys laid our plans and set out on our next Colorado back country adventure.  We had studied our Forest Service map and convinced our parents that we knew what we were doing.  It seemed fairly straightforward.  We would follow the Forest Service trail about a […]

Winter Park has so many outdoor activities to choose from, you could spend the whole summer here and never see and do everything.  Regardless of the activity you choose, you will enjoy some of the most spectacular views of the Continental Divide that Colorado has to offer. A 600-mile trail system spreads throughout Winter Park […]

The trout literally leaped to snag our hooks as we cast them again and again into the small pools of Trout Creek as it cascaded down through the brush, waterfalling from rock to rock.  No, really, that is one of those rare memories from childhood that stands out as a boggling phenomena, one of few […]

600 miles of trails stretch throughout Winter Park and the Fraser Valley.  Whether you choose to follow a babbling brook, stroll through a wildflower meadow, or climb up the side of a mountain, Winter Park offers hiking for every skill level. Winter Park Resort has 50 miles of trails that are accessible by chair lift.  […]

I still can’t believe it.  It’s been 40 or so years since that fateful summer.  My buddies Steve and Larry and I were around 12 years of age when we were dropped off early in the day on a rainy, muddy little trail of a road off  Highway 135 north of Gunnison, Colorado up toward […]