Hiking & Camping

Here is my page of my hiking adventures mainly in Colorado and one trip to Utah. These are all taken with my DSLR of my trips. If I had a good cell phone back when I used film I could have taken a lot more snapshots of the nearby landscape without taking time to set up the tripod. Now I use my phone for the GPS, camera and taking notes and planning. Of course charging it at night if I get the chance, with my USB charger of course not my car or hotel.

Backpacking with a heavy load

I was with my friend John backpacking through the Rawah Wilderness in the northernmost part of the Front Range of Colorado. These Llamas carried our heavy load of overnight gear. We carried stuff that we needed frequently.

Rawah Wilderness Camping

There are some wildflowers in the foreground with some majestic mountains behind.

Star Trails with tent next to Windy Ridge

Overnight at Windy Ridge Scenic Area in Central Colorado. 42 minute exposure of the stars spinning around the north Star which is just off the photo to the left.

Muddy Trail

I was going through the swamp at 10k ft high below Lower Cataract Lake in the Eagles Nest Wilderness

Waiting for sunrise

People all lined up to take the exact same shot. I stepped to the right and you can see my shot in the Western Gallery

Found a campsite

Beautiful terrain in the Rawah Wilderness

Shrine Pass in the Holy Cross Wilderness

This is a 12 minute exposure of the tent and stars spinning around the north star which above the tent and near the top.

View of trail up Mt Lincoln.

On a different day I went up to the right of the mountain, then up a slope just to the right of dead center of the pic seems like a 45º angle and down in the middle of two ridges and down to the lake where hail started to fall. Definitely the hardest mountain I have climbed mainly because of the route we took.

Lower Cataract Lake Trail

Nice gentle terrain with wildflowers abound. I had a friend that lived just a few minutes away from here at his mountain house at 10k+ ft elevation.

Rawah Wilderness backpacking trip with John.

I went on a 4 day hike with my friend John Fielder to capture nature pictures. It was awesome but a little bit of rain. We didn't have to haul a heavy load since we had llamas carrying most of the heavy load.

Maroon Bells Scott & Jackie

I took my mom on a wonderful moderate hike into the mountains up around 10,000 ft. Weather was perfect which made it possible

Llamas taking a break

They carried our heavy load for 3-4 days and their breaks consisted of a stake in the ground so they could lay down and eat grass. Probably roll over too, no sure.

I saw this sign in a parking lot on a car and you can see my reflection in the window. This shot was taken in New England.