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Ravine Ravings: January 2015

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Outdoor adventure. Mountain biking, hiking, and whitewater trip reports. Travel. Thursday, January 8, 2015. Cripple Creek, Colorado. From Tuesday, August 19, 2014. Getting from Mueller State Park over to Cripple Creek involved a winding mountain highway that crossed over this 10,200 ft pass somewhere on the flanks of Pikes Peak. Cripple Creek. The mountains in the distance are probably some of those around Monarch Pass, and possibly the Sawatch Range in the heart of the Rockies more off to the right.

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Ravine Ravings: February 2014

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Outdoor adventure. Mountain biking, hiking, and whitewater trip reports. Travel. Sunday, February 23, 2014. Hiking Great Smoky Mountains National Park - The Laurel Falls Trail. February 22, 2014. Laurel Falls is easily accessible from Little River Road on the north side of the park and is only a 1.3 mile hike from the road. That is part of the problem. It has a reputation for having too many. The upper set of falls above the footbridge where the trail crosses - beautiful cascade! Somehow I managed to cap...

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Ravine Ravings: October 2014

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Outdoor adventure. Mountain biking, hiking, and whitewater trip reports. Travel. Tuesday, October 21, 2014. Camping at Mueller State Park, Colorado - Peak View Pond Hike. From August 18, 2014. Pikes Peak from the "back side." Normally Pikes is seen from Colorado Springs, which is at a lower elevation, and consequently the mountain looks much larger. Mueller State Park is mostly above 9,000 ft. above sea level, so the vantage point is much closer to the treeline. This little dude acted suspiciously like h...

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Ravine Ravings: April 2014

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Outdoor adventure. Mountain biking, hiking, and whitewater trip reports. Travel. Saturday, April 12, 2014. Mountain Biking - Forest Service Roads Benton McKaye ( Kayaking). From April 5, 2014. Back out with the playboat. First time since last year. Signs of spring everywhere. That is the dry channel of the Ocoee River in the background. Signs of the Olympics, leftover from 1996. The first view on Forest Service Road 45 via power line cut. Second view. I believe this was still taken from Road 45. A view e...

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Ravine Ravings: The Schultz Creek Trail

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Outdoor adventure. Mountain biking, hiking, and whitewater trip reports. Travel. Tuesday, June 2, 2015. The Schultz Creek Trail. A section of the Schultz Creek trail as it nears 8000 feet above sea level. The white barked quaking aspen trees are just leafing out. The difficulty of the trail is not reflected here. These teepee shaped piles of logs indicate preparation for a controlled burn. This is the dry, lower section of the trail, where the forest is predominantly pine. At least ride the bike. The tra...

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Ravine Ravings: May 2015

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Outdoor adventure. Mountain biking, hiking, and whitewater trip reports. Travel. Sunday, May 24, 2015. Rain Hiking Mt. Elden - Fat Man's Loop. I assume this is why the trail is named "Fat Man's.". The rainy cliffs of Mt. Elden. Too dark but a nice rainy view of a mine of some type. The hills in the distance are extinct cinder cone volcanoes. Mt. Elden is an extinct lava dome volcano. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Rain Hiking Mt. Elden - Fat Mans Loop. View my complete profile.

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Ravine Ravings: May 2014

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Outdoor adventure. Mountain biking, hiking, and whitewater trip reports. Travel. Monday, May 26, 2014. Mountain Biking the Pinhoti Trail - Snake Creek Gap to Pocket Road, Chattahoochee National Forest. A tiny turtle in the trail, about 2 inches across. Some of the smoother trail in a sunny section of pine forest. Video from the crest of Horn Mountain. A creek crossing that is now churned into a state that is impassible, because horses. I had to hike through the woods to find another spot. The crest of Ho...

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Ravine Ravings: Rain Hiking Mt. Elden - Fat Man's Loop

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Outdoor adventure. Mountain biking, hiking, and whitewater trip reports. Travel. Sunday, May 24, 2015. Rain Hiking Mt. Elden - Fat Man's Loop. I assume this is why the trail is named "Fat Man's.". The rainy cliffs of Mt. Elden. Too dark but a nice rainy view of a mine of some type. The hills in the distance are extinct cinder cone volcanoes. Mt. Elden is an extinct lava dome volcano. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Rain Hiking Mt. Elden - Fat Mans Loop. View my complete profile.

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Ravine Ravings: April 2015

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Outdoor adventure. Mountain biking, hiking, and whitewater trip reports. Travel. Thursday, April 23, 2015. Arizona Trail - Flagstaff to Fisher Point via Mountain Bike. The view from Fisher Point, with the Arizona Trail below. It was a lot of work to get up there. As far as I can tell, the weather is like this most of the time. The wide track of FUTS next to the Rio de Flag. Yep, that's a "river." It's flowing only because of sewage treatment. The road bridge is I-40. The sandstone cliffs beckoned! Here i...

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Ravine Ravings: June 2014

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Outdoor adventure. Mountain biking, hiking, and whitewater trip reports. Travel. Monday, June 9, 2014. Mountain Biking - Urban Assault on Chattanooga. Over the last decade or more, Chattanooga has been building up a series of interconnected greenways that are very popular for bicycling. Unfortunately, not all the segments are linked up yet, so I decided to explore a new section that has not been connected by making my way through back streets to create my own connection. There are several neat bridges on...