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For years I’ve come to Keystone in July for an important work related trip. Every year I drive up from Denver and take Loveland Pass over the divide. There’s dozens of worthy mountains in the area. Grays Peak and Torreys Peak are the most prominent and well traveled. But there’s plenty of lesser climbed 13ers...
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With the closure Mount Blue Sky Scenic Byway in September 2024 (for repairs/road upgrades) a normally congested 14er has become quite wild. Here’s an option for a wilderness hike of a Front Range favorite. I hiked Mount Blue Sky via the Chicago Lakes trail from Echo Lake Park in July 2025. Here’s some of my...
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Mount Yale in October was a fun late-season bid for a 14er. Its a relatively straightforward hike with some class II scrambling
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Quandary Peak in October is a wonderful, less congested way to climb Colorado's most popular 14er. Here's my trip report and field notes
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After doing Grays/Torreys combo, the DeCaLiBron and Mt Quandary, I set my sights on the Sawatch Range with a climb of Mt Massive in October. This is the third tallest summit in the contiguous US and the second tallest summit in Colorado at an altitude of 14,429′. It had been a while since I was...
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Adventure is out there! The Pursuit of Life is an outdoor adventure blog that’s dedicated towards providing guides on a variety of outdoor activities and wild places in the United States and Canada. This is a blog for people of all levels and experience and is not limited to any state, province or sport. Activities that are covered in this blog include hiking, mountain biking, climbing, kayaking, mountaineering, thru-hiking, caving, trail running, trekking, canoeing, ice climbing and general exploring.
