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Fire safety tips for the coming dry season

Apr 072013

Tweet After the fire in Lory State Park, one thing has become crystal clear: this year’s fire season may be a tough one. This winter, we haven’t had enough snow [more...]

Posted by Kevin Bartz on April 7, 2013 at 1:00 pm Weekender Tagged with: Colorado, Fire, Hiking, kevin bartz, Lory State Park, Smokey Bear, United States, Wildfire No Responses »

Grey’s Peak and how I struggled to climb it

Mar 042013

Tweet Before summiting the first peak of the day, I started to hit an unexpected mental wall. I considered myself to be a strong-willed, able-bodied climber who was capable of [more...]

Posted by Brooke Lake on March 4, 2013 at 1:00 pm Opinion Tagged with: climbing, Colorado, Hiking, Mount Everest, Mountaineering, Recreation, Rocky Mountains, Wine tasting descriptors No Responses »

Hike close to Fort Collins at Lory State Park on South Valley Trail

Mar 032013

Tweet This weekend, as we still have snow lingering, I am recommending a hike just up the hill at Lory State Park. This is definitely not the first time that [more...]

Posted by Kevin Bartz on March 3, 2013 at 3:00 pm Weekender Tagged with: Fort Collins Colorado, Hiking, Horsetooth Mountain Park, Lory State Park, outdoors, Overland Trail, Snow, Valley No Responses »

Hike Coyote Ridge

Feb 172013

Tweet After last week’s trek up to Wyoming, this weekend’s recommendation is quite close. In comparison, you’ll almost be staying in your own backyard. But sometimes the best gems are [more...]

Posted by Kevin Bartz on February 17, 2013 at 2:28 pm The Well, Weekender Tagged with: Colorado, Foothills, Hiking, Horsetooth Mountain, Horsetooth Reservoir, Trail, Valley No Responses »

Hike Vedauwoo

Feb 082013

Tweet To act on last week’s valiant basketball victory over the Cowboys, I am sending you all northbound to conquer some Wyoming trails. This week you’ll travel across the state [more...]

Posted by Kevin Bartz on February 8, 2013 at 1:00 pm News Tagged with: Colorado, Front Range, Hiking, outdoors, Vedauwoo No Responses »

Timber Trail

Feb 012013

Tweet Before I delve into this week’s recommendation, I must give you all a quick disclaimer: obviously we have seen some snow this week, and I did not happen to [more...]

Posted by Kevin Bartz on February 1, 2013 at 12:00 am Weekender Tagged with: Hiking, Horsetooth Reservoir, Overland Trail, Park, Timber Ridge, United States No Responses »

Hike up to Bobcat Ridge, unless it finally snows

Dec 072012

Tweet I was going to send you all up to Rocky Mountain National to maybe squeeze in one more long hike, but then I looked at the weather forecast. Snow [more...]

Posted by Kevin Bartz on December 7, 2012 at 12:00 am Weekender Tagged with: Fort Collins, Fort Collins Colorado, Front Range, Hiking, Horsetooth Mountain, Recreation, Snow, Weather forecasting No Responses »

The “great” outdoors are unreasonably worrisome

Nov 152012

Tweet Kevin Bartz’ column, with all its worldly wisdom about hiking trails and the great outdoors, will not be featured today. Instead, I’m going to cover for him. I know [more...]

Posted by Em Kribs on November 15, 2012 at 10:47 pm Opinion Tagged with: California, Florida, Hiking, National Weather Service, ocean, outside, spiders 2 Responses »

Mt. McConnel makes for a nice hike after High Park Fire

Nov 082012

Tweet I honestly am shocked that I have been able to harp on hiking for so long! Where is winter? But I will stop that sort of talk for fear [more...]

Posted by Kevin Bartz on November 8, 2012 at 11:10 pm Weekender Tagged with: High Park Fire, Hiking, mcconnel, Mountain, mt. mcconnel 1 Response »

Hike to Colorado’s Gem Lake this weekend

Nov 012012

Tweet Normally, I am a big fan of heading up into the mountains and disappearing for the whole day. But sometimes school and work take up so much time that [more...]

Posted by Kevin Bartz on November 1, 2012 at 9:56 pm Weekender Tagged with: estes park, Estes Park Colorado, Front Range, gem lake, Hiking, Lumpy Ridge, Stanley Hotel, Thompson River, Trail No Responses »

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