By Claire Walter on March 29, 2013
The Caribou Townsite is perfect for free-form, no-trails-needed snowshoeing After too many winter months off from snowshoeing due to chronic back pain and surgery, I was finally back on snowshoes this week. I couldn’t have a better companion than Dave “Bigfoot” Felkley for the late-season excursion to the Caribou, an old silver mining ghost town [...]
Posted in Boulder, Snowshoeing |
By Claire Walter on February 6, 2012
Fabulous close-to-home snowhsoeing follows major Front Range It starting snowing sometime on Thursday evening. It kept snowing all day Friday. And all Friday night. And much of Saturday. By the time it stopped, 22 1/2 inches had accumulated on our back deck — a local record. Someplace identified only as “four miles north of Blackhawk” [...]
Posted in Boulder, Dogs, Snowshoeing, Trails | Tagged snowhoe hike |
By Claire Walter on January 2, 2012
Boulder Valley Ranch is a working ranch & also part of Boulder Open Space My first Nordic Walk of the New Year was at Boulder Valley Ranch, an true multi-use parcel that remains a historic and working ranch and also is part of the Boulder Mountain Parks & Open Space system. Recreational uses include hiking/walking, running, [...]
Posted in Boulder, Trails | Tagged bald eagles, Boulder Valley Ranch |
By Claire Walter on June 10, 2011
Jayah Faye Paley came to Boulder — and we went for a walk The other day, I wrote a post called “Jayah Faye Paley Coming to Boulder” about the well-known and highly regarding pole advocate, personal trainer and mobility coach presentations in at REI in Boulder on Thuraday and group hike with poles in Rocky Mountain National Park [...]
Posted in Benefits, Boulder, Instruction, People, Trails | Tagged poles for mobility |
By Claire Walter on June 9, 2011
California personal trainer and mobility expert at REI this evening Boulder’s REI hosts a free talk this evening, 6:30p.m., on “Poles for Hiking, Walking & Exercise” with personal trainer and mobility expert Jayah Faye Paley. Through Adventure Buddies , she helps people get more enjoyment and fitness benefits from hiking and walking with poles, and through Poles [...]
Posted in Benefits, Boulder, Events, Pain Relief, People, Stores | Tagged Nordic Walking presentation, Nordic Wallking Talk |
By Claire Walter on May 31, 2011
Boulder County leads the way with programs for beginners & beyond Is Nordic Walking finally getting a toehold in Colorado? I certainly hope so. I was delighted when I saw a front page story on May 23 in the Denver Post’s Fitness section called “Take Your Workout to the Great Outdoors.” There was a photo of Annette [...]
Posted in Benefits, Boulder, Clinic, Groups, Health Benefits, Instruction, Starting Out, Stores |
By Claire Walter on December 23, 2010
First snowshoe of the season in Indian Peaks area Last year, 19 inches of snow fell on Boulder in late October, and my first snowshoe walk of the 2009-2010 season was in Rocky Mountain National Park. This year, the Front Range has been bone-dry (just 1½ inches of snow so far). The Colorado Rockies west of [...]
Posted in Boulder, Snowshoeing, Trails, Winter | Tagged Brainard Lake, Forest Service |
By Claire Walter on June 7, 2010
On Saturday, in the middle of our Boulder neighborhood’s 64-family annual rummage sale, my husband alerted me to three (3) Nordic Walkers purposefully walking with fitness poles. Right on our street. In the middle of the morning. Wow! I didn’t have a camera handy. I didn’t even have time to rush across the street to [...]
Posted in Boulder, Groups |
By Claire Walter on May 4, 2010
Recreational, guide and instructor training classes scheduled I Nordic Walk year-round in Boulder, and I keep expecting this sport/fitness/outdoor activity to skyrocket in Colorado. It may not be skyrocketing, but it is growing at a deliberate pace. Right off the bat, I can think of several people right in my orbit who would benefit greatly from using poles but [...]
Posted in Boulder, Certification, Clinic, Organization, Stores |
By Claire Walter on March 1, 2010
Winter morning on rerouted Doudy Draw Trail The Doudy Draw trailhead just south of Eldorado Springs Drive was closed for months while the parking area was rebuilt and the trail was rerouted, and I haven’t been there since it reopened. My husband, our friend Dave and I decided that Saturday morning was a good time to check out the [...]
Posted in Boulder, Snow, Trails |
