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Colorado Lifestyle
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Descriptions of many trails throughout Colorado plus profiles of local wildlife, restaurant reviews, and non-Colorado travel diaries.
- Added on: Nov 12th, 2008
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Sylvia Murphy
- Listed in: Outdoor Recreation Destinations
- Tags: Photography hiking wildlife colorado trail snowshoeing
Recent Posts
Lost Lake Snowshoe
Distance: 6 miles round trip (from winter trail head)Elevation: 8,810ft-9,780ftElevation Gain: 940 ftLost LakeLost Lake is a popular, close to Denver, snowshoe that won't take you all day to get to or to complete. The route can be confusing, however,...
Gashouse Gulch-Baldy Trail Loop
Distance: 7.7 miles round tripElevation: 7,500 ft - 8,100 ftElevation Gain: 600 ftVerdant green grasses disguise the horror of the fire that blazed through the Buffalo Creek areaIn 2004, I went camping over the Memorial Day weekend in the Buffalo C...
Monument Valley
The world fameous view of the approach to Monument Valley. Everyone stops and takes pictures from the center of the road.The drive into Monument Valley is one of the iconic images of the American Southwest. I journeyed there a couple of years ago on...
Big Horn Sheep of Mount Evans
Ewe in a field of wild flowers. She is not as scruffy as some of the othersBig Horn Sheep have star appeal. Between a grid iron physic and showy head gear (only on the males), they fascinate us with their dramatic mating rituals and high country ant...
October Dumper
It is not Halloween yet and we have already had a major snowstorm. My house received 20 inches. The last time this happened to Denver was 1997. Here are a couple of photos. The hot tub became our official measuring site. That is 20 inches on top of...
Barr Lake
Distance: 9 mile loopElevation gain: none, flatDogs: Not allowedCritters: Birds, birds birds!Distant view of birds out on Barr LakeBarr Lake is a State Park filled with waterfowl. I went there to try out my new 500mm Canon lens. The lake was too ...
