Hickison Petroglyphs Interpretive Trail, Hickison Petroglyphs Recreation Area, September 2020 Highway 50, which stretches for more than 400 miles across central Nevada, is called the “Loneliest Road in America” for a reason. Services and cell service are in limited supply as travelers skirt the desolate mountain ranges and sagebrush-studded valleys of the Great Basin region. …
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Dinosaur Hill Trail, McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area, September 2020 In western Colorado’s Grand Valley, between the modest town of Fruita and splendid Colorado National Monument, lies one of the most famous dinosaur dig sites in the United States. It was here in 1901, on a multi-hued hill composed of rock of the Morrison formation, …
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Otto's Trail, Colorado National Monument, September 2020 Otto’s Trail is a short and easy hike ending at a scenic viewpoint overlooking Wedding Canyon and Monument Canyon in Colorado National Monument, an excellent park on the edge of the Uncompahgre Plateau overlooking Grand Junction, Colorado. The fine stroll descends gradually from Rim Rock Drive, working out …
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Colorado National Monument, September 2020 Colorado National Monument—named for the river, not the state—is a marvel of winding canyons, prominent spires, and multi-hued cliffs, Colorado’s closest rival to the canyon parks of Utah, such as Arches, Canyonlands, and Capitol Reef. Here the power of erosion has carved deep gorges in the eastern flank of the …
Moderate hike to Browns Creek Falls in the Collegiate Peaks area near Salida.
Lost Lake is a stunning, turquoise-green tarn in the shadow of the Continental Divide in central Colorado.
Moderate out-and-back hike to Ptarmigan Lake, high in the Collegiate Peaks above Buena Vista, Colorado.
Short hike in Curecanti National Recreation Area in central Colorado on the Dillon Pinnacles Trail.
Exclamation Point, Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, August 2020 !!!!! More than a mere punctuation mark, Exclamation Point is also the name for a prominent vista along the North Rim in Colorado’s Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park. Longer and perhaps more rewarding than the nearby Chasm View Nature Trail, the North …
The Chasm View Nature Trail is a short hike along the North Rim of Black Canyon of the Gunnison, offering quick access to the canyon rim.
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