Author: R. Scott Rappold
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5 Colorado Fourteener Hikes for Parents with Kids
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save For those who might want to introduce their kids to fourteeners, here are five of the easier high peaks. The best resource for maps, directions and hike details is 14ers.com. 1. Mount Sherman One of the…
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The 5 Best Spots for Backcountry Camping in Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save When it comes to choosing a backcountry campsite, the only things you really need are a water source and a relatively flat spot for your tent. But there’s a lot more you could ask for.…
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Photographing Flowers in Colorado’s Mountains
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado is a pretty photogenic place. Images of our golden aspens, glassy mountain lakes and snow-capped peaks can be found in innumerable calendars and coffee table books and adorning waiting room walls. But in the…
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First 14er Climb Sure to Be Thrill of a Lifetime
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save It was a gorgeous Saturday morning in the mountains, but Megan Lovell was feeling “kind of sucky.” Maybe it was the 3:30 a.m. departure from Colorado Springs, or the thin air and exertion of dragging…
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Colorado’s Lakes of the Clouds
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save After a long week in Colorado Springs, we needed an escape. We settled on a place that sure seemed promising: Lakes of the Clouds. It proved to be a good choice. High in the Sangre…
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9 Tips to Help You Not Be a Jerk on the Trail
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A note for hikers, cyclists, mountain bikers, horseback riders, dirt bikers and tourist gawkers: We can all just get along. Outdoors lovers in Colorado use trails in a lot of different ways, and conflicts are…
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The Pikes Peak You Haven’t Heard of Yet – In Iowa
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Pikes Peak towers above the town, visible from almost any vantage point. Named for Zebulon Pike, the explorer who first climbed the peak, it has been a symbol of the town for generations, ingrained in the community’s…
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How to Experience the Winter Wonder of Rocky Mountain National Park
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save “Welcome to the winter wonderland of the sub-alpine forest.” It’s frigid, snow is falling in nickel-sized droplets of fluff, and the jagged peaks I know are towering above us are obscured by pea soup. And…
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A Trip Up Lake Como Road, the Roughest Road in Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save “Sorry, guys, just a little rock in the road there.” The “rock,” a German shepherd-size boulder, jarred us, but it was otherwise no match for Jess Caton’s hand-built, heavily modified Jeep. The road is one…
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The Little-Known Secrets of Colorado’s Chimney Rock
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save On a barren hill of knotty pines, incredibly hot even in mid-May, a question occurred. Why would people move here? “Even though it seems somewhat harsh, actually it was not a bad place to be…