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Nice to see places we visited for the first time this summer! What happened in 2000?
Thanks for posting all these wonderful photos, it makes me want to get a scanner or digital camera! We hike every weekend or ski here around Portland-- the Gorge, beach, Mt. Hood, Adams, St Helens, Jefferson and it's quite different from the Rockies. Karen Ashford
I just happened to navigate in to your site via Ron Miller's Unimog photo and his aircraft crash site info page. As a potential Unimog buyer, aircraft wreckchaser and hiker in southern California, I found your site to be quite interesting and informative. Doug, Los Angeles, CA
Enjoyed your list. Look forward to your updates and new information. I have collected news clippings of Colorado-Wyoming crash sites for many years and have visited a few in person as well.
Keep up your excellent work. Particularly interested in your corrected GPS coordinates.
Alan Cass 4560 Hanover Avenue Boulder, CO 80305 (303) 494-5345
Nice site. You have put a lot of time and effort into this. Great job. One day I may see you guys up and out there. Love your stories. I can't help but to get the lump in the throat and tears in my eyes when I see the beauty the sits outside our door. I wish everyone can come to see these sites. I can't understand when people are closed to this wonderful adventure.
Keep on HIKING..
BA
Nice site. You have put a lot of time and effort into this. Great job. One day I may see you guys up and out there. Love your stories. I can't help but to get the lump in the throat and tears in my eyes when I see the beauty the sits outside our door. I wish everyone can come to see these sites. I can't understand when people are closed to this wonderful adventure.
Keep on HIKING..
BA
Great site. Very informative. Will be in Estes next week. 4th trip there and love it. After reading your info I feel I will enjoy it more. We're from the flatland of the Texas Gulf Coast. Love the mountains. Randy and Janie Spell
Winnie, Texas
Wow! What a great site. We are having a family reunion the week of June 17 and plan to do a hike. The ability levels are varied, so I wanted to find something where folks that wanted to go farther could. All the info you provided has really helped. Thanks!!!
After reading about your hike to Long's Peak, I wish I could have been there. At least I imagined it and it felt great. Thanks for letting me experience it !!
Hey mike, cmon buddy-most recent hike is from 99? are you still alive?? hope everythings ok....
Great site. I'm researching backpacking in the Never Summer Mtn Range. Very helpful info on RMNP.
Great Site! Plan on doing Long's Peak (my first 14er) for the first time in August!
Hey Mike, Great site, I liked reading your adventure on Long's. I recommend climbing Mt. Richthofen in the Never Summer Wilderness, what a pup! Great views of Noku Crags!
I just read your first guest hike story from the summer of '99. It will suffice until Friday when my brother and I make a trip out to RMNP for a week of hiking. Thanks for sharing your journey up CCY! Just look at those clouds over the majestic mountains! I can't wait!
Hi Mike. Thanks so much for the site. I've just moved here and have been wanting to get started hiking but didn't know really where to start. Your website helped me narrow down the list a little. Do you know of any hiking clubs in the area? I don't know any people yet, so I thought that might be a way to make some friends... Thanks, Michelle
Hi Mike, My name is Phil Benincaso, I am from Phillipston, MA and will be in the Denver area for work the first week of December. I have been able to manuever a day where I can take off and dayhike something in the RMNP. I was in the same situation last year and dayhiked Deer Mountain. I was awed by the spectacular views that I had and wished I had more time to burn to attempt something slightly more difficult. If I had one minor complaint about the hike it would be that I had lugged a ton of gear with me of which 99% of it stayed back in the car-I think I just about could've done it in shorts and tennis shoes. I have hiked extensively throughout the Northeast (White Mountains, NH and Green Mountains, VT) and relish the idea of having an opportunity to once again hike in RMNP. Any suggestions where I might be able to make use of my snowshoes? I will be hiking alone and would like a trail that is marked fairly decently. Incidentally, I was very impressed with your website. It has great pics, links and is extremely informative. My Brother-in-law, Dave Lister has created a web site that chronicles some of our hikes in the Northeast along with trail descriptions and links as well. If you want to check it out it is at http://www.leisurelybackpacker.com/ The mountains in the Northeast don't have near the elevation that the peaks in the RMNP have although when you look at elevation gain there isn't such a drastic difference. If your ever in our neck of the woods and have free time you should check out the White Mountain National Forrest (WMNF) It has a great network of trails maintained by a multitude of different private and public organizations. This seems to work quite well as it is rare that I have found trails in poor condition. It has it's own style of awe-inspiring beauty. Look forward to hearing from you soon-thanks.
Hi, You did a great job on your web page! Please visit the Puckett Family Home Page at www.angelfire.com/tx5/puckettfamily Please sign in the Guest Book.
Merry Christmas, Tyler Puckett
Enjoyed your article (and pictures) on your first hike to Long's Peak with Terry Brands (GO HAWKS)! I, along with four others and a guide, did my first climb ever on July 26, 1999 to Long's Peak. Your experiences pretty much sum up the experiences we had. I'm glad that at least one person (my hubby) in our group had not seen your article before we made our climb because I'm sure he wouldn't have been along. His note in the log at the summit was if he made it back down he'd be going to divorce court. Must have just been the altitude sickness, because he was pretty proud of himself when we finished. Thanks for the great website. We'll be back in Colorado in the summer of 2002 and will use your site to research our next hike. JZ from Muscatine, IA
Thanks for all the hike info and photos! Love exploring new areas - even if only "virtually".
Hey, I hiked up to Gem Lake last summer and I thank I was pretty close to to the same rock outcropping as you were . It was a gem of a lake I belong to a local hiking club in Indiana ciwclub@.org and will led a trip in August to Indian Peaks .Going to cascade creek via Pawnee pass and other areas Great site enjoyed pic's
VERY FINE SITE
enjoyed it very much...climbed longs last summer...what a trip....thnx.....scb
Cool. You are welcome to visit my site too.
I've found your site very informative. Thanks to people like you, I will have an itinerary that anyone will be jealous over. We are going to RMNP again this year.
Thank you for all of the information. I have just printed out EVERYTHING to give to my husband. We are coming up this month (june 2002) and he will be with Colo. Mtn School.....
Your hikes and trail descriptions have really helped my husband and me plan some awesome day and overnight hikes in and around RMNP. Your site inspired us to start our own 3-ring binder of trail descriptions and a list of trails we've completed, as well as a trails-to-do list. Since there isn't any single source that has all the information we need, we use a combination of your website, hiking books, and maps to select trails. So far, your trail descriptions and lengths have been accurate. I hope your site will remain on-line for a long time. Thanks! -The Narus', Avid hikers and backpackers in northern Colorado
We ran across your site a few years ago and really appreciate it. We looked for a link recently and didn't find one at the Estes Park website, but finally remembered enough to find this again. Very nice resource.
Thanks for sharing your Longs Peak pics and story. It was especially interesting since my friends and I made the trip to the top two weeks ago.......our trips had alot in common! For sure, it's one trip that I will never forget!
Happy Hiking!
Bill W
Hi Mike!
I climbed Long's Peak on August 7th and I think you have written the most accurate account of the climb that I have read to date.
For those contemplating a climb of Long's it is similar to raising children. The hike to the Boulderfield being like the young years where you thought it was tough. Then you get to the teenage years where you go through the keyhole, ledges, trough, notch, narrows and homestretch. After you children are grown and graduate from college you have reached the summit where you suddenly realize all the hard work was worth it and you feel the greatest sense of accomplishment.
GO FOR IT!
Hey Mike, great site! I climbed Longs Peak back in 1977 and it remains as one of my favorite experiences. Thanks for having this site available. Happy hiking buddy!
hallo, das war ja jetzt nett zu erfahren, das es einen bierstadt see und einen bierstadt berg gibt.
wir leben in bierstadt es ist ein vorort von wiesbaden hier in deutschland.
grüsse von bierstadt nach bierstadt
We sure loved your site, best of luck and good job!!!!
Very nice web site and keep up the very good work!!!!
Very informative!! I love the pic's........and the tips!!
Your site is a representation of the spirit of that area! I used to do some backpacking to unknown places in the national park. This was in the 70's. At 46, I wish to get back out to traverse among you folks! Thanks for the inspiration.
Excellent site!
great site
Just found your site, awesome-thanks. My wife and I discovered RMNP a few years ago and fell in love with it. Have done probably 95% of the hikes both in summer and snowshoeing winter. Some of the trails 5 or 6 times (Cub Lake, Loch Lake, Haihawa, Deer Mountain, Odessa, Gem Lake, Deer Lake) to name a few and never tire of the Awesome Rockies. I am from South Africa and my wife Maria is from Holland. I remember getting to the top of Grey`s one September day, and being greeted by another South African who heard my accent over the edge. Small world! Certainly wish there was a way to make a living out of guiding people in the park. We could do this for the rest of our lives! We are both professional skydiving instructors and just sold our Drop Zone out in Brush Colorado. Any ideas anyone? Blue Skies & Happy Hikes, Steve`n Maria.
What a beautiful site. Thank-you for providing this site. We come up to Estes every summer from New Orleans, and we can't wait for June so we can go to the Park.
Venus and Robert Masakowski
Thanks Mike!!! Great website! I am getting ready for visitors and your list of hikes in the park has helped soo much.
Mike, what happened to you? No updates in a long time, did you quit hiking? We'll be going back out again next year. Let me know if you're still around. http://www.geocities.com/rmnphiker
Great website, I hope to be back to the park very soon. Actually I hope to be back to the mountains very soon, as living in the bigthicket of s.e. Texas just does not cut the mustard. Keep up the good work. Allen
Mike, Your Long's peak report and pictures inspired me give Long's peak a try. My very best friend and I made it to the Keyhole and would have tried to summit, but we were too early in the year (6-30-03) to attempt without snow gear. The climb was absolutely the best part of our trip. We both really enjoyed it. (we'll be back sometime for the summit).
Great Website - Thanks for taking the time to share with everyone!
8/22/03 - You have quite an informative site. I only wish I had found it sooner. I'm doing some research for some hiking trails when I venture out to RMNP next week. I'll be back and will be looking forward to updates in the future. Shane Powell Birmingham, AL
Great Site. The only website that makes you feel like you are really there. Really enjoyed your descriptions of your hikes. Makes we want to put our house up for sale and move today! Thank you for this excellent site.
Your Long's trip was a great write-up. I just did for my second time in early August with my son and his fiance (first for them). You went faster than we did by about an hour and we left earlier about 1:00 (had to wait at boulderfield for enough light to cross). Thanks. I love the park. Been backpacking there since early 80's. Favorite was Thunder Lake/Boulder Gran/Lake Nanita/Andrews Glacier/The Loch.
Great stuff! I'd planned to do Ypsilon in 2001 but didn't have the time.. hit Twin Sisters instead though. My time is spent further west, please drop in at http://www.granitic.net and enjoy!
just checked out your site from colo wreckchasing site I'm always one who is interested in wrecksites in colo. The Larkspur B-17 has been one of my favorites.
Thanks, Mike! Reading your excellent write-up on your Long's Peak hike was what inspired me to make the hike in August 2002 at age 49. Did it with my son, daughter, son-in-law, and a friend who had been up once before. Had no idea how exhausting it would be at my age, but we made it. I still read your write-up every now and then to relive the experience. Thanks! Bill in Cheyenne
Great site its helped me get ready for my hike in the Rockies keep up the great work.
Neat site. Our family is going to Estes Park for a week in July '04. We have 3 children under the age of 10 and will be using your site to help plan our days in the mountains. Shafer from AZ
Mike: Where are you? You've been gone to long. We need more hikes and adventures to read about
You have some very nice hikes listed and some great pictures. Thank you! - Cory S. Boulder
I'm visiting Boulder for the month of October. I drove here from Newark, CA. I can't wait to hike/backpack. I hear the weather will be great this weekend. Thanks for the references.
hi my nameis shayna and i need some ideas for a report like were to go hiking in the colorado mt. can u help?
I think your web page is a great resource for people interested in hiking the beautiful Rocky Mountain National Park! I am was a camper for many years and now am a counselor at Cheley Colorado camps located in Estes Park, right outside of the park, so I have spent much time in that area's splendor. I always love running across people with the same passion for hiking and the natural world as I have. Enjoy those beautiful mountains...I wish I lived closer to join in the adventures!
HELLO GREAT WEBSITE
I enjoyed reading your account of several hikes in RMNP. I am planning a reunion there in July, 2006, and your site will be very useful in choosing a couple of hikes. I am beginning to hike regularly to prepare, but unfortunately, in Memphis, TN, there is no way to prepare to fend off altitude sickness. Can you recommend a source of information on that, such as any diet plans, etc. that may help to that end? Thank-you for taking the time to document and post your experiences, as I am sure they have been a useful source for many others like myself. - Steve P Allen
i cilmb deer mountain in summer 1998 im trying to do a project about the mountian can you please help me its for school thank you.
moin moin Jungs eure seite ist echt sehr gut gemacht un d vorallem mit so viel liebe !!!! MFG CONI CU
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Thank you for your hike site! I am new to Loveland and need info on hikes & X-C skiing. Bruce Harshberger
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