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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 March 23, 2012
Simon Beck creates magnificent patterns in the snow Artist Simon Beck snowshoes on the frozen lakes of Savoie, France, tramping intricate patterns in the snow. This is not a casual endeavor, but an effort to which he commits 5 to 9 hours a day as he creates large, outdoor and yet epehmeral pieces that typically are the size of three [...]
Posted in People, Snowshoeing, Winter | Tagged snowshoe patterns in the snow |
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 24, 2012
The snow is lying deep in the central Colorado mountains, which makes them paradisaical for snowshoers. Snowshoeing opportunities abound. Check out these opportunities in the Gunnison-Crested Butte area: Gourmet Dining on Snowshoes Use snowshoes (or Nordic skis) for an easy trip to a delicious brunch or dinner at the yurt prepared by personal chef Tim Egelhoff. Brunch [...]
Posted in Snowshoeing | Tagged Crested Butte |
By Claire Walter on January 12, 2012
Snowshoeing and other winter pleasures celebrated this weekend Estes Park, eastern gateway to Rocky Mountain National Park, and the park itself are the place to go for snowshoeing immersion this weekend. And what a weekend it promises to be. The town and the park got some accumulation from yesterday’s snowstorm that deposited 5 inches of fluff [...]
Posted in Festival, Snowshoeing | Tagged Echo Lake, Estes Park, Estes ParkRocky Mountain National Park |
By Claire Walter on January 6, 2012
“Winter Feels Good” is the snowsports industry’s promotional slogan, and Winter Trails Day 2012 on Saturday, January 7, is designed to provide a no-cost and easy way to sample winter outdoor activities and an opportunity to try equipment on your own or go on a group tour. Problem is that in much of the country’s snowbelt, [...]
Posted in Events, Snow, Snowshoeing, Starting Out | Tagged free winter event, learn to snowshoe, Snowshoeing |
By Claire Walter on January 1, 2012
Free entry to & activities in archeological park in January and February My resolution again is to be more conscientious about maintaining this blog to encourage people to pick up poles for Nordic Walking whenever and wherever the ground is bare and poles plus snowshoes when it’s covered in white. There’s good news for snowshoers [...]
Posted in Snowshoeing, Trails, Travel | Tagged Mesa Verde National Park, Snowshoeing |
By Claire Walter on October 28, 2011
New cabin near Leadville, Colorado, ready for winter occupancy Access to most of the 19 huts, cabins and A-frames owned or managed by the 10th Mountain Division Hut Association is quite challenging for most snowshoers, requiring a long trek with a full pack from a trailhead and an equally grueling return, often with significant elevation gain. [...]
Posted in Snowshoeing, Travel | Tagged 10th Mountain Division Hut Association, backcountry cabin, backcountry hut |
By Claire Walter on September 3, 2011
Well-priced snowshoes for winter walking on the white stuff Unless they have been abducted by aliens for more than half a century, Coloradans all know Sniagrab (“bargains” spelled backwards) is the first harbinger of winer. Gart Brothers, a pioneering Denver sporting goods retailer, launched this Labor Day weekend sale 57 years ago as a ski sale. [...]
Posted in Poles, Snowshoeing, Stores | Tagged cheap snowshoes, sale |
By Claire Walter on August 27, 2011
Ed Urbanski, Certified Master Nordic Walking Instructor and co-moderator of Nordic Walking eNews, paid a visit to Colorado this week. We have been cyber-friends for some time, so I was delighted to get to meet him in person, and he was eager to meet Dave “Bigfoot” Felkley, whom he described as “my snowshoeing idol.” Easy to make that happen. Ed came to Boulder, and together we drove up the canyon to Nederland.
Posted in People, Seniors, Snowshoeing | Tagged Nordic Walking instructor, Snowshoeing |
