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,
Rock Climbing Questions from Tourists at the Garden of the Gods
Tourists watch climbers on White Twin Spire in The Gateway at the Garden of the Gods on a busy summer afternoon. Photo @ Stewart M. Green...
Climbing in the 1970s: Winter Days at the Garden of the Gods
I was thinking this morning about climbing in the 1970s. A couple days ago I was talking with my friend and climbing partner Brian Shelton a
Candlemas: Winter's Warm Midpoint
Yesterday was Candlemas, the ancient festival of lights marking the midpoint of winter between the shortest day of the year on the winter so
Colorado Springs & Pikes Peak Avenue: 1890 and Now
One of my many projects is recreating the same scenes as old photographs of Colorado Springs. So much of the city's old ambiance and arc
Haunted Tunnels: Chasing Ghosts on Colorado's Gold Camp Road
Restless spirits have long haunted the Pikes Peak region. Cripple Creek, an 1890s gold mining town on the west side of Pikes Peak, is repute
Dateline 1978: Climbers at The Cobbler in Colorado Springs
Back in the late 1970s, the local climbers in Colorado Springs would congregate every day at the Cobbler Mountain Shop at 10 South 25th Stre
A Pikes Peak Prospector Photograph by William Henry Jackson
This amazing portrait from 1900 by William Henry Jackson, entitled "A Pikes Peak Prospector," offers lots of detail of a miner'
Two New Books Released May 1 by FalconGuides
I wrote the second and the new third editions of the best-selling Best Easy Day Hikes Colorado Springs book, detailing 25 hikes in the Pikes
