Penitente Canyon: A Climbing Ghost Story
What is our pagan holiday Samhain without a good spook story? This is the time of year, after the harvest...
1876 & 2005: Helen Hunt Jackson and I Name The Whale in Red Rock Canyon
Red Rock Canyon Open Space, a 1,474-acre open space parkland on the western edge of Colorado Springs, opened to the public in November...
Time Traveling to the World's Largest Dinosaur Trackway
esterday, my daughter Aubrey and I went way, way, way back through the wilderness of time, actually to 150,439,697 years ago when I was...
NEW BOOK! Best Hikes Albuquerque Now Available from Falcon Guides
I'm pleased to announce the release of my newest book BEST HIKES ALBUQUERQUE on October 12 2020 by FalconGuides! The book details 37...
NEW COLORADO PARK! Sandstone Ranch Open Space
I spent today roaming around Sandstone Ranch Open Space, a 2,038-acre nature preserve between Palmer Lake and...
Losing Colorado's Heritage to Time and Vandals
One of the most disheartening things in this modern age is the disappearance of so much of Colorado's old heritage. I've tramped...
Celebrating the Autumnal Equinox
Tomorrow morning at 7:30 Mountain Daylight Time marks the Autumnal Equinox, the day when the celestial equator passes over the midpoint...
CLIMBING PIKES PEAK Book Signing September 19 at Mountain Chalet
I'll be signing my newest book CLIMBING PIKES PEAK: A HIKER'S GUIDE TO THE PEAK in front of the Mountain Chalet in downtown Colorado...
Angry Prairie Rattlesnake at Ute Valley Park
This was my morning wake-up call today at Ute Valley Park in Colorado Springs. I was doing a quick hike up Popes Bluffs, an unranked summit,
Kasha Katuwe: A Persuasion of Rocks
There's something about the Western land that attracts my eye and sensibility. The land is elemental, defined by a storm of sunlight, ar
