Tag: durango
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We are rounding away from river sports entering into rock…
As the animas water starts to hit the low 400s cfs and the tubers are out in full force, we are starting the uphill climb to the local crags. It’s been a hot (literal) minute, since we have pulled on our harness on over our hips and shoved our feet into some climbing shoes. Our…
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Some Mountain Scrambling with a Hot Shower in a Thunderstorm and Pancakes
We woke up early to run a local haunt, Engineer. We had really projected doing Snowdon, but when we woke up – our mutt followed us around the house begging to come with and we caved. She can do Engineer, no problem. We set out in the morning, and hiked fast. Engineer is a local…
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San Juan Brook Heaven
Mid-week, we started a mission to travel from Missionary Ridge in Durango to Pine River Trail near Vallecito. We started after work and made our way to our first lake, City Reservoir. Our first night, we hiked well into the dark – set up the tent and fell asleep. In the morning, I ventured out…
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Babcock Traverse
In this day and age with lines of people trying to summit mountains, the La Plata Mountain range has for the most part kept people away. With steep vertical approaches and no cairns, it can be challenging. Speaking of the lack of cairns, my partner and I had attempted this Traverse previously. We ended up…
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