You don’t have to visit Rocky Mountain National Park to see what the state has to offer. Check out these Colorado state parks!

Six easy, beautiful hiking trails in and around Colorado Springs to explore in any season!

If you want to visit popular parks or trails over the summer, the winter months are the ideal time to start planning that outdoor adventure.

Read about this lakeside trail at the base of the tallest peak in Colorado that leads to a late 19th century historic resort!

Looking for some great nature, environmental, or adventure writing reads? Check out these three books from big names in the subgenre.

Eleven Mile Canyon Recreation Area, conveniently located an hour away from Colorado Springs, boasts many activities for the outdoor lover.

I’ve learned to stop relying on trail ratings because the simplistic rating system is subjective at best and not meant for disabled bodies.

In the middle of our first Colorado winter, I could think of no better place to visit than the warm red rock wilderness of southeastern Utah

Stacia and I walked along the trail, poking our heads into Talus House, climbing wooden ladders into the few cavetes the NPS allows visitors

Other than a quiet, peaceful hike, here are five reasons to get out early on your trek to Zapata Falls in southern Colorado.

February 4th, 2021 Identifying trails that are appropriate for the hiker with a disability is easier said than done, right? Finding easy,...

January 9th, 2020 I’m confident that 2020 will be a year to remember, for the most obvious reasons. The pandemic and the resulting...

As we walked slowly up the trail, eyes and ears on alert for more deer or wildlife, we saw the buck jump back on the trail and join the two

I wanted to spend the entire day on these trails, exploring along the river, then further up the hillside into the Aspen grove, then deeper

In Hermosa, we followed a sign for the Haviland Lake State Wildlife Area to Wagon trail. A plaque at the trailhead explains how this trail

Great Sand Dunes National Park is absolutely stunning, and if you’re looking for a campsite that allows access to all of this park’s

As it turns out, hiking as a form of exercise has a lot more to offer than indoor exercise routines. So how does hiking affect your overall

San Pedro Parks Wilderness is this lush, green 40,000+ acre wilderness area within the Santa Fe National Forest. The wilderness is named for

Even in the high-elevation desert around Albuquerque, it’s not wise to be hiking out in an open, unshaded area during the summer months

Chronic pain, unlike acute pain caused by short-term illness or injury, cannot easily be rested, iced, and medicated away either.

The Las Conchas trail weaves closely along the river with multiple shaky wooden bridges for trail crossings, surrounded by strips of grassy

From up here, we could observe the wilderness area around us, the line of the mountains reaching south past the city boundaries, and the web

So what do we do, now that our outdoor adventures for 2020 and the foreseeable future are in limbo?

This landscape that I see, framed by limbs and pine needles, may look radically different in years to come--not the geology of it, but...

As I write, most of us living are under strict social distancing and stay-at-home ordinances. While these measures are absolutely necessary

But from the north, the mountains look slightly less abrupt as the juniper and pinion-covered foothills ease toward the crest and the crest

At most points along this drive it’s not visibly obvious that the edge of the McCarty lava field is only feet away, since sage brush and

In other words, there’s a wealth of blogs and online resources for the skilled and able hiker, but there’s markedly less out there for those

Albuquerque is a growing city, but in a way it still carries on the legacy left behind by the author and environmentalist Aldo Leopold.

Instead of resolutions, set goals to do more of the good things from the year before. Read my outdoor goals for 2020.

A weekend camping with the dogs by the lake in scenic northern New Mexico.

Hiking with dogs can be fun and provide great exercise for your furry family members, as long as you're aware of dangers and prepared.

Our October explorations of ruins at Canyons of the Ancients National Monument, along the northern and southern ends of Sand Canyon Trails.

I believe technology and wilderness can co-exist, as long as both are accompanied by a solid dose of responsibility.

No signs, no trail markers, and no shade. Only some old tire ruts mark the way to the Seismosaurus dig site.