Category: America – West

Basic Information Name: Ute Valley Park Max Elevation: 6,612 feet Where: Colorado Springs, Colorado Distance: 2 miles Time: 1 hours Elevation Gain:  150 feet Difficulty: Easy More Information:

Something that many of us who enjoy hiking in Colorado do to challenge ourselves is to see how many of the state’s 14-thousand foot mountains we can climb. 

Prior Posting: The Quandary Peak Trail, Colorado – Part 1 Narrative (Continued) From treeline I found myself slowing trudging up a monotonous stretch of a snow covered ridgeline. 

Basic Information Name: Quandary Peak Max Elevation: 14265 ft / 4348 m Where: Breckenridge, Colorado Distance: 6 miles Time: 6-8 hours Elevation Gain: 3,468 feet Difficulty: Moderate More

Previous Posting: Almagre Mountain Via Frosty Park – Part 1 ___________________________________________________________________________ From the basin where Stratton Reservoir is located at in the center of Almagre Mountain I headed

Basic Information Name: Almagre Mountain Max Elevation: 12,367 ft (3,769 m) Where: Colorado Springs, Colorado Distance: 17.5 miles Time: 8-10 hours Elevation Gain: 3,428 feet Difficulty: Hard More

Here is a panorama photograph I took using my iPhone 4S of Colorado Springs as viewed from Lower Gold Camp Road.  You can view my prior posting about

This is a picture I took of Silver Cascade Falls outside of Colorado Springs from Lower Gold Camp Road.  You can read more about these falls at the

Summary Name: St. Peter’s Dome Trail Where: Colorado Springs, Colorado Distance: 1.4 miles Difficulty: Easy if not climbing the rock dome (305 ft elevation gain) More Information: SummitPost.org

This is a picture I took this past weekend of the Garden of the Gods here in Colorado Springs that is backdropped by the snow capped 14,115 foot