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Gore Range Trail
 | Well, exhilarating or not, you may want to consider parking your tent and self away from trees. The forests in the Gore and elsewhere in Colorado are dying, particularly and immediately the pines. The aspens are dealing plague also, but of a fungi and bacterial nature. Do NOT camp near trees.......FE! We set up our tents just before dark as the rain was really starting to come down. The forecast predicted a few small isolated showers along the Continental Davide, earlier in the day. Isolated my ass- it rained hard for about 6 or 7 hours!!! It was around 10pm when I was awaken by a VERY unfamiliar loud crackling, popping, and snapping sound. I've never in my life heard anything that closely resembled the sounds I was hearing. The first one that woke me & lasted about 30 seconds, the next came about 5 minutes later and lasted a few seconds longer. This time after the same noises as before ended, there was a horrific crashing sound that shook the area where my tent was pitched. That's when I realized the tree's were falling due to the rain softening the soil around the Tree roots. I thought for sure one of the up-rooted tree's were going to crush me & my tent like a Grape. God must have lent a helping hand because in the morning we counted 17 tree's that fell. One of the 40 foot tree's landed w/ in 20ft of my tent. That was the one that nearly made me soil my pants....... Over... |
Upper Piney Lake
 | We had a great time hiking to Upper Piney Lake over 4th of July weekend, 2006. Although the views are out of this world, the hike will take everything out of you that you've got. I would highly recommend this hike. Make sure you have everything you need for AT LEAST 2 days. The hike to Upper Piney will take 8 hours (all up hill)...But only 4 hours to get back to Piney River Ranch.... |
Beaver Creek
 | 16 miles away 5 PHOTOS At the gate you leave the world behind. Nestled at the feet of North America's World Cup mountain, Beaver Creek is a custom-designed resort with the safe, unhurried feel of an Alpine hamlet. From the skating rink in the village square to chocolate-chip cookies served fresh from the oven each afternoon at the lifts, and from the ''Ivy League ski school'' to the world-famous performing arts center, this is perhaps the very best of luxury family skiing. And there is a mountain of prestigious awards for food, wine, and customer service to prove it.... |
Lily Pad Lake Trail
| 18 miles away It is only a couple hours at most to Lily Pad Lake from either Frisco or Silverthorne. Maybe 6hrs from Copper Mtn, but not Frisco or Silverthorne....Im looking for Lily Lake Trail.I've been there once it took about 6hrs to get to the small lake but it was worth it.Im after its location latitude, longitude....A detailed description, photographs, and maps of Lily Pad Lake Trail is available at http://www.fenskefoto.com/index1.html... |
Copper Mountain
| 21 miles away 1 PHOTO ...on or summer vacation getaway. Copper offers shopping, dining, convenient lodging and family activities, including snow tubing, snowshoeing and snowmobiling in the winter, and hiking, biking and rafting in the summer. Copper Mountain is a full inclusive resort with three distinct villages (The East Village, The Village at Copper and Union Creek) ideally suited for different personalities, all within easy walking distance of the slopes and activities. Copper has 17 mountain establishments located in the East Village and The Village at Copper for coffee, fine dining, quick bites and grill options. For those guests seeking other recreational pursuits, Copper offers snow tubing, snowshoeing, dog sledding, scenic sleigh rides, snowmobiling, an athletic club and ice skating. For up-to-date weather, photos and more, visit www. Coppercolorado. Com. Make sure to check out Woodward at Copper, the first of its kind indoor/outdoor ski and snowboard camp on the planet. Year round it features the Barn, an indoor ski and snowboard training facility with 20,000 sq ft of terrain park an... |
Crested Butte
| 26 miles away 3 PHOTOS ...will add a basket check for overnight storage of boots, bags or any of those extras that you need to peel off or store for the day or overnight. Elevation Hotel & Spa will complete a 25 million dollar remodel which includes all 260 luxury rooms, 11,000 sq ft. spa and fitness center, slope side sundeck and fire pit and completely new Atmosphere Restaurant & Bar. Snow Igloos, Crested Butte's new, fun addition to the mountain experience will sprout up around the resort for aprŠs ski cocktails or even adventure play areas for the kids. The solid snow structures will be at Camp CB and mid mountain outside the Ice Bar Restaurant. Additional Terrain On-mountain improvements will include expanded terrain off the Headwall Lift into the Teocalli Bowl area into what is known as Teo-2 and Teo-2.5 adding additional expert terrain to the mix. CBMR's commitment to providing world class terrain park and pipe facilities continues with the addition of new and expanded features in the DC Terrain Park and the addition of a completely new intermediate terrain park. Trail maintenance is al... |
Keystone
| 28 miles away 4 PHOTOS Photo by Leisa Gibson, Copyright ©... Photo by Bob Winsett, Copyright ©... Photo by Leisa Gibson, Copyright ©... Photo by Leisa Gibson, copyright ?... At Keystone, you'll find everything that makes a perfect vacation all in one place. From lodging, dining and activities, Keystone has incredible vacation packages to accommodate your needs, offering unique activities like night skiing, Cat skiing the bowls, tubing and dinner sleigh rides.... |
Rocky Mountain National Park
 | 62 miles away I'm tring to get incontact with the tour office at estes park colorado. I would like to order some sourvoners/ tee-shirts, etc. And would like to see a picture of the founder joel estes and family . their is a very strong possiblity that they are my ancestors. contact me at bluedove1949@yahoo.com... |
