Blackjack, and 21 types of wildflowers (almost)

Okaaaaaay….I guess this blog has been neglected long enough. I hope to eventually post some of the hikes I’ve been doing this year, but at least this one will be current.

Summer 2013 Colorado retro reports

As described on the Retro Reports info page, I plan to incorporate hiking trips from the past along with current hikes, and will backdate the reports so they can be organized by actual hike dates. However, I plan to write these “retro reports” in batches and upload them en masse to make it easier and I don’t want to directly mix new stuff with tons of old stuff. This is a meta-post linking to the current batch of 4 retro posts from my August 2013 trip to Colorado:

August 2013 in Colorado: Part I – Dodging the monsoon

August 2013 in Colorado: Part II – Names and No Names

August 2013 in Colorado: Part III – Peak, James Peak

August 2013 in Colorado: Part IV – To kilopeak

Double double, toil and Trumbull

I’m back!  I’ve been doing some hiking, but haven’t been posting for a variety of reasons.  I’ll try to fill in some of the previous trips, but most recently I decided to go to one of the most remote places in Arizona.

August 2013 in Colorado, Part IV – To kilopeak

To finish off the Colorado trip, I needed three peaks to reach a lifetime total of 1000 peaks. 

August 2013 in Colorado, Part III – Peak, James Peak

James Peak is one of the more straightforward 13ers in northern Colorado, but I had never quite managed to climb it yet.  I wanted to use the more remote route from the north to pick up other peaks on the same day, but that is a much longer drive than a popular route from the east.

August 2013 in Colorado, Part II – Names and No Names

Farther north into Colorado, I did get somewhat better weather and had some storm-free mornings.