Most people have not heard of or know about the San Juan Mountain Range in southwest Colorado. Perhaps the obscurity is a good thing because there are fewer people there. More folks are familiar with the front range of mountains in Colorado. Located in the front range are the towns of Vail, Breckenridge and Aspen….
Category: Telluride
Bear Creek Falls Trail
The hike up Bear Creek Falls Trail went much better than the Jud Wiebe Trail Hike. While both trails climb over 1000 feet above the canyon floor, the Bear Creek Falls Trail is an out and back trail 2.5 miles each way. While most of the hike was still between 9,000 ft and 10,000 ft,…
Million Dollar Highway
Driving the “Million Dollar Highway” is both beautiful and frightening. The road has many steep sheer drop offs that are not protected by guard rails. I’ve now driven and cycled this road, and I am not sure which is scarier. If you fell off the road on a bicycle, you might be able jump off…
How Blue Mesa and Paso Robles Got Their Names
Continuing with the story from Telluride back in 1997 – Two days after leaving Telluride, we rode from Montrose to Gunnison. A little background for this story. PC was a dear cat of mine, one of the original three black cats. He died in 1994, and I never quite got over his passing, he was…
Jud Wiebe Trail
Finding myself winded within one minute of starting the hike up Jud Wiebe Trail, I struggled during the entire hike. The trail is only a three-mile long loop, but gains 1300 feet of elevation in little over a mile, averaging over a 20% grade. The trail climbs steeply on the east side of Telluride. The trail…