Stick Goes to Colorado

Tag: moderate

  • [Walker Ranch Loop Trailhead] South Boulder Creek Via Walker Ranch

    [Walker Ranch Loop Trailhead] South Boulder Creek Via Walker Ranch

    SEP 8, 2024 SUN 12:13 pm 28c/82f | Partly cloudy | 23% humidity | 7,232 ft highest point | Another Sunday hike with Branch. This is a trail in the mountains about a 35 minute drive West that I’ve been wanting to go to for a long while now. It features a big river, the…

  • [Gregory Canyon Trailhead] Gregory Canyon, Range View, Flagstaff Loop

    [Gregory Canyon Trailhead] Gregory Canyon, Range View, Flagstaff Loop

    SEP 7, 2024 SAT 10:18 am 23c/73f | Mostly sunny | 31% humidity | 6,947 ft highest point | Gregory Canyon is a trailhead near Chatauqua. I’ve passed through it once on the linked hike fairly recently. Last week, my mom sent me an Instagram video of a couple people hiking the Gregory Canyon trail,…

  • [Centennial Trailhead] Red Rocks + Anemone Trail Part 2

    [Centennial Trailhead] Red Rocks + Anemone Trail Part 2

    SEP 4, 2024 WED 11:02 am 26c/79f | Partly cloudy | 30% humidity | 6,314 ft highest point | See part 1 here. I’m back to the same trail as last week to do the whole thing – this time, the plan is to speed through the first half without taking ANY pictures. Well, things…

  • [Centennial Trailhead] Red Rocks + Anemone Trail Part 1

    [Centennial Trailhead] Red Rocks + Anemone Trail Part 1

    AUG 28, 2024 WED 10:05 am 24c | Sunny | 36% humidity | 6,072ft highest point | I’ve been in a depressive episode lately and stopped hiking for a week or two. That was definitely not helping me, so I made it a point to get back into the habit this week. I chose a…

  • [Fowler Trailhead] Fowler Trail

    [Fowler Trailhead] Fowler Trail

    AUG 11, 2024 SUN 11:28 am 24c/75f | Partly cloudy | 40% humidity | 6,333 ft highest point Branch and I decided to go for a hike together this Sunday. This post will feature some of his photos and commentary at the bottom. We were originally planning on going to Doudy Draw, one of our…

  • [Chatauqua Trailhead] Meadow Trail + Amphitheater Trail Loop

    [Chatauqua Trailhead] Meadow Trail + Amphitheater Trail Loop

    AUG 7, 2024 WED 10:30 am 27C/80F | Partly cloudy | 39% humidity | 6,346 ft highest point Chatauqua trailhead is probably the most popular one I regularly go to. It’s got perfect views of the Flatirons, so it’s a major tourist spot. It’s usually impossible to park in the lot on weekends (parked cars…

  • [South Mesa Trailhead] Homestead & Mesa Trail Loop

    [South Mesa Trailhead] Homestead & Mesa Trail Loop

    AUG 1, 2024 THU 9:40 am 28C/82F | Sunny | 33% humidity | 6,130ft highest point My first time getting back into solo hiking since I got sick at the beginning of July. Feels good to be back. My usual Wednesday hike plans were canceled yesterday due to all-day water heater replacement (???) so I…