Little Church on the Colorado Prairie
Two historic Orthodox churches rise from the shortgrass prairie in eastern Colorado five miles north of Calhan. The humble churches...
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...
Bullet the Blue Sky: Climbing Photo Perfection
This perfect climbing photograph that I shot in late 1995 depicts a climber on the perfect arete of Bullet the Blue Sky, a mega-classic...
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...
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'
Coyote at the Great Sand Dunes: Omen of the Trickster
Coyote (Canis latrans) is the wily trickster of mythology, who, like Prometheus, stole fire from the gods as a gift to the people. In Native
Learning to climb at the Garden of the Gods
I learned to climb on the soft sandstone at the Garden of the Gods, a city park on the west side of Colorado Springs. The first route I ever
1912: Ute Indians Ride Through Garden of the Gods on old Ute Trail
The Garden of the Gods is a sacred place to the Ute Indians. The Mouache group used the area as a winter campground in the 19th century, roa
Albert Ellingwood: Colorado's First Real Climber
Technical climbing in Colorado began with Albert Ellingwood, a political science professor at Colorado College. Ellingwood, born in Iowa in
Captain Jack: Colorado Springs Feisty and Fearless Woman in 1900
Colorado Springs hikers often follow Captain Jack's Trail from the High Drive above North Cheyenne Canon up to Jone's Park. Most fol
