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This is Elk Falls in Staunton State Park near Conifer, Colorado.
I`m not going to pretend to be humble; I crushed this hike. I did 14.5 miles in 4.5 hours with 2400 feet of elevation gain. It wasn`t that hard of a hike, but I`m also not in that great of shape. But I`m getting better.
I have a backpacking trip in South Dakota later this month and I am very optimistic about how easily these miles came and went.
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This is Browns Creek Falls in the San Isabel National Forest near Buena Vista.
This hike required over 5 miles of post-holing to get a photo of this "waterfall." I use that term loosely. My legs are absolutely chewed up. I sunk so deep in the snow that my cell phone popped out of my pocket more than once.
Well, I came for the exercise and I certainly got it. So there`s that, I guess. I would not do this again.
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My photos app just reminded me of this #selfie from seven years ago. I think this is dawn on Black Balsam Knob, a popular part of the Art Loeb Trail in the Blue Ridge Mountains. This was the morning after what was probably the coldest night I had spent in the wilderness at that point. Where does the time go?
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I caught an Uber this morning and got dropped off on the other end of the Beaver Brook Trail in Genesee. I hiked it all the way back to downtown Golden. My microspikes might as well have been ice skates because I slid all over the ice, snow, and rocks on the ridge above Clear Creek Canyon. It made for a challenging 11-mile walk.
But the funny thing about Colorado is that the temperature can seem irrelevant. If you`re in the sun—and the wind is not blowing—it`s warm.
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