2022 – Gunnison and Rocky Mountain NPs

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8 Perfect Days in Colorado
ByNadya B February 25, 2023August 11, 2026

Colorado is a beautiful state with a lot of amazing scenery to enjoy. You could easily spend a month here. This itinerary is a giant clock-wise loop starting and ending in Denver. It focuses on two of Colorado’s national parks – Rocky Mountain and Black Canyon of the Gunnison – with the classic mountain resorts…

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Rocky Mountain Half Marathon and Trail Ridge Road
ByNadya B February 18, 2023February 19, 2023

[Estes Park / Rocky Mountain National Park, Jul 30, 2022] Finally, the day this entire trip was centered around arrived. It was time to run 13.1 miles in Estes Park, just outside Rocky Mountain National Park. The only problem? We were all tired from all the hiking, and severely undertrained! And with the course being…

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Sky Pond
ByNadya B February 11, 2023January 21, 2023

[Rocky Mountain National Park, Jul 29, 2022] The crappy weather the day before turned our hiking plans around quite a bit. We did not intend to hike a strenuous 10.5-mile hike the day before our half marathon, but we didn’t have much of a choice. The hike to Sky Pond is one of the most…

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Oh Hail No, aka What Happens When You Don’t Listen to the Weather Girl
ByNadya B February 4, 2023January 14, 2023

[Rocky Mountain National Park, Jul 28, 2022] After a leisurely morning in our little cabin, I finally got the gals out the door around 9 am. We stopped by the visitor center to get souvenirs and passport stamps, then headed to our trailhead. On the agenda for the day was a 3.6-mile hike to Emerald…

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Gondola(s), Hike, Scenic Drive – Vail
ByNadya B January 28, 2023March 8, 2025

[Vail, CO, Jul 27, 2022] Unlike Aspen, Vail is modeled after European ski villages, which appealed to me much more. It is a much bigger mountain than Aspen and so it has 2 gondolas. I was pretty sure that there must be a way to go up one, do a hike and end up at…

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