Bridger Wilderness

These are a bunch of pictures from our trip to the Wind River Range, WY, in July 2002. Most of these pictures are from the Bridger Wilderness. I have some pictures from the Tetons, plus some pictures from places we checked out on the drive between Denver…

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Colorado Trail Journal

I tried to keep a trail journal for awhile.  A lot of this overlaps the photo reports, and the future photo reports became a more reliable way to document the trips.  But here’s what I wrote at the time. 28 Jun – 3 Jul 02 – Wind…

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Lone Pine Lake

In June 2002, Jessica, Tracy, and I hiked the Lone Pine Lake trail on the south west side of the Rocky Mountain National Park. It was a great hike once you made it the 1/2 mile past the tourists. My water bladder had leaked out in my…

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Red Deer Lake

In May 2002 we decided to hike to Red Deer Lake in the Indian Peaks Wilderness before they started charging parking fees for the summer, and before the crowds hit. Of course, it was already getting crowded at the trailhead, but we headed up anyway.  We made…

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Nokhu Crags

In February 2002 we hiked around the Nokhu Crags in the Colorado State Forest. We also drove around looking for moose. We actually found our first moose here. It was at a moose overlook…which we thought was ridiculous. We drove out to the overlook just so we…

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Devil’s Causeway

In January 2002 we hiked up to the Devil’s Causeway in Flat Tops Wilderness. We weren’t able to go across the Causeway because the snow was too deep, and I didn’t want to risk the fall down the 1500 foot cliffs…go figure. But this is an awesome…

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Arches and Canyonlands

These are some pictures from our trip to the Moab, Utah, area in January 2002. These pictures are from Arches National Park, Canyonlands National Park, and some neighboring BLM areas.  This was our first time in southern Utah. [mapsmarker marker=”176″]

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Silver Dollar Lake

In November 2001, Tracy and I did up to Silver Dollar Lake, and Jessica and I did a hike up to Square Top Lake. Both trails are at Guanella Pass. It’s nice up there, and it’s not a far drive from Denver. [mapsmarker marker=”112″]

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Lost Creek

In October 2001, we hiked a lot in the Lost Creek Wilderness and on the Lost Creek Trail. I really liked that place, just because it was relaxing and didn’t have a lot of other people. [mapsmarker marker=”105″]

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Hunter-Fryingpan Wilderness

In September 2001, we took our first backpacking trip in Colorado into the Hunter-Fryingpan Wilderness.  It was a really nice hike, and there weren’t any other people out there. The lake was nice, and the elevation gain wasn’t too bad. [mapsmarker marker=”113″]

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