Category: America – West

Basic Information Name: The Garden of the Gods Perimeter Trail Where: Colorado Springs, Colorado Distance: 4.5 miles Difficulty: Easy (259 feet of elevation gain) More Information: Garden of

The local Gazette newspaper is featuring one of Colorado’s 54 fourteen thousand foot peaks every week.  The first peak they featured is the 14,276 foot Mt. Antero which

This picture was taken in a neighborhood near Cheyenne Mountain.  At the base of the mountain it is common to see deer wandering around the neighborhoods foraging for

This picture of the 14,115 foot Pikes Peak was taken from a viewpoint on the southwest side of the Garden of the Gods.  You can read more about

This is a picture I took of Helen Hunt Falls which is currently frozen over for the winter.  Though it is frozen over the sounds of the water

Basic Information Name: Paint Mines Interpretive Park Trail Where: Calhan, Colorado Distance: 3.35 miles Difficulty: Easy (243 feet of elevation gain) More Information: El Paso County website GPS

Basic Information Name: Cheesman Ranch Trail Where: Mueller State Park, Colorado Distance: 8.5 miles Difficulty: Medium (525 feet of elevation gain) More Info: Mueller State Park website GPS

It looks like there is going to be some major construction happening soon at Franklin Mountains State Park: Local and state parks and wildlife officials say they have

Basic Information Name: Mt. Bierstadt Trail Max Elevation: 14,065 Where: Guanella Pass, Colorado Distance: 11 miles Time: 6-8 hours Elevation Gain: 2,838 feet Difficulty: Medium-Hard More Information: 14ers.com

Basic Information Name: Outlook Ridge Trail Where: Mueller State Park, Colorado Distance 3.0 miles Elevation Gain: 494 feet Time: 2 hours with snowshoes Difficulty: Moderate in the snow