Des Hikes Thru

Miles Hiked: 16 Total Milage: 1089.4 Location: Silverthorne, CO This morning I woke up at 5:30 am and starting hiking by 6am. We knew we would reach the top of a 14er about 12 miles into the day, so we wanted to start hiking early to allow some time for breaks. I hiked out withContinue reading "Day 68: Gray’s Peak"

Miles Hiked: 11 Total Milage: 1100.4 Location: Hippo Trail Junction ** I wrote a post for day 68 but I have no idea what happened to it 😦 *** I'll have to take time to re write it but for the sake of getting things published here is day 59!** This morning I woke upContinue reading "Day 69: Hippo Trail"

Miles Hiked: 19.2 Total Milage: 1073.4 Location: Near Highway 70 This morning we all woke up at Alicia's house around 5:30am. I got some amazing sleep on a comfy floor mattress next to one of the dogs and I didn't want to get up and leave. I've been so exhausted lately its been hard toContinue reading "Day 67: Sketchiness"

Miles Hiked: 15.4 Total Milage: 1054.2 Location: Winter Park, CO This morning I woke up in our awesome campsite to a great sunrise. None of my things got wet from dew last night which was awesome. I didn't sleep well and I had a headache when I woke up. The first thing we did todayContinue reading "Day 66: 13k Twice in One Day!"

Miles Hiked: 16.5 Total Milage: 1038.8 Location: Rogers Pass This morning I woke up around 5am. I started the day by making some hot tea and doing my stretches. I love when I have some extra time to do this in the morning! I ended up hiking out of camp before hummingbird and 12 PackContinue reading "Day 65: Hellacious Blow Downs!"

Miles Hiked: 22.3 Total Milage: 1022.3 Location: Junco Lake Trail Head This morning we woke up around 6:30 am and left Karen's house around 7:30 am. Before we left town we all wanted to grab breakfast and 12 pack needed to find a phone charging cord. I grabbed a bagel sandwich at a local placeContinue reading "Day 64: Granby Lake"

Miles Hiked: 11.4 Total Milage: 1000 Location: Grand Lake Colorado This morning we all got up around 6:30ish and started hiking by 7:30. We only had to hike 11.4 miles to get to the highway at Willow Creek Pass where we will have to hitch around our first fire closure. 12 pack and I willContinue reading "Day 63: Parkview Mountain"

Miles Hiked: 18.2 Total Milage: 988.6 Location: Arapaho National Forest This morning I slept in so much. I think I'm practically slept with one eye open last night because I was paranoid about the paw prints I saw. I'm glad that everyone else was very set on sleeping in too. I made some hot chocolateContinue reading "Day 62: Sheep Mountain and Poison Ridge"

Miles Hiked: 21.2 Total Milage: 970.4 Location: Arapaho National Forest This morning I woke up and did the last of my town chores. Luke left around 9am and I was bawling my eyes out about it. I got my bag all packed up and ready to go and went to 12 Pack and Hummingbird's room.Continue reading "Day 61: 12 Pack Finds a Plate!"

Miles Hiked: 16.6 Total Milage: 949.2 Location: Steamboat Springs This morning I was so sore I didn't want to get out of my sleeping bag. Eventually we all left camp around 7:30. I was expecting the snow to be a lot worse than it was but it ended up freezing overnight so we got toContinue reading "Day 59: Rabbit Ears Pass"

Miles Hiked: 21 Total Milage: 932.6 Location: Summit Lake Campground This morning I woke up at 4:30 as planned. I went to the bathroom and packed some of my things up before realizing that no one else was moving around. I asked to see if they were awake and no one answered me. I reallyContinue reading "Day 58: Lost Ranger Peak"

Miles Hiked 24.5 Total Milage: 911.6 Location: North Three Island Creek This morning we all woke up at 5:30 and started hiking around 6am. Before we left I got some good stretching in. Hummingbird and I lead the way for a little bit at the start of the day. We were walking on a dirtContinue reading "Day 57: Surprisingly Easy"

Miles Hiked: 20.5 Total Milage: 887.1 Location: Wyoming/ Colorado State Border This morning I woke up around 6am to start getting my things packed up. Ari drove us back to the trail and we got there at 7am. Soars and Flash didn't come along because Soars stepped on a tent stake last night and itContinue reading "Day 56: Colorado Border Round 2!"

Miles Hiked: 11.4 Total Milage: 866.6 Location: Lazy Acres Campground, Encampment Wyoming Last night I didn't sleep well at all. I haven't been sleeping well for the past three nights which is really frustrating for me. I planned to wake up at 5:30 am but since I was already awake, I made some hot chaiContinue reading "Day 55: Encampment, Wyoming"