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 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 November 5, 2011
Schedule leaves no time for New Zealand coastal city’s fine recreational paths I’m in New Zealand to attend the Society of American Travel Writers annual convention that will take place in Wellington on the south end of the North Island. My husband and I are part of a small group exploring wineries and restaurants of the Hawke’s Bay/Napier [...]
Posted in Trails, Travel | Tagged Napier, New Zealand |
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 2, 2011
Annual event showcases & honors America’s recreation trails I have a quiver of walking poles. These include various brands of specific Nordic Walking poles and a pair of hiking poles that have hundreds of miles and many seasons on them. I keep the rubber booties on some of the Nordic Walking poles and grab those [...]
Posted in Benefits, Festival, Trails | Tagged American Hiking Society |
By Claire Walter on January 2, 2011
Front Range finally gets snow, meaning doorstep snowshoeing for Boulderites Colorado’s Front Range cities (Denver, Boulder et al.)received just 1½ inches of snow until last Thursday, when 6 to 8 inches fell. Oh, was that soft-falling snow beautiful! Friday, New Year’s Eve, dawned cold but still without wind. My friend Jeannie and I declared a [...]
Posted in Snowshoeing, Trails, Winter | Tagged Boulder trails, robin |
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 August 29, 2010
Planned Rocky Mountain National Park hike becomes a Nordic Walk much of the way My husband, Ral, our friend Dave and I set out yesterday for a 9-mile (plus or minus) hike with significant a elevation gain and several steep, rocky sections in Rocky Mountain National Park. I took my robust hiking poles and hiking boots, [...]
Posted in Trails |
By Claire Walter on July 10, 2010
Virginia state park promoting Nordic Walking Lake Anna State Park in northern Virginia is roughly 2,800 acres of trail-rich land surrounding a 13,000-acre lake. Once a monthm it offers a Nordic Walking program about which I know virtually nothing except that it exists. I don’t know who conducts the program, whether it is a class or a [...]
Posted in Groups, Starting Out, Trails |
