Hiking, Camping, Backpacking, and National Parks weren't always a part of my life.
I would have previously classified myself as a pretty inactive person who hated the outdoors. Flash forward to 2013, I had graduated from college and found myself living in my childhood bedroom in the White Mountains of New Hampshire and looking for a new activity to try. A friend at the time was planning to hike Mt. Washington and I decided to tag along.
After that first (slightly terrifying) hike in the White Mountains, I was hooked.
I started gaining confidence while hiking, branched out into camping, and later backpacking once I moved to Colorado. Here is my collection of all of my hiking/ backpacking/ camping reviews and below you'll find some of my favorite posts.
Posts All About Hiking:
Hiking through Flume Gorge in the White Mountains of NH
Taking the Mt. Washington Cog Railway as part of hiking Mt. Washington in NH
Hiking Mt. Pierce in the White Mountain of NH (4,000')
Hiking Mt. Washington via Lions Head Trail in NH (this was my FIRST "official" hike)! (4,000')
Cross-country skiing around Stagecoach Reservoir in Oak Creek, CO
Snowshoe hiking to Uranium Mine in Steamboat Springs, CO
Hiking in Yosemite National Park to Nevada & Vernal Falls in Yosemite, CA
Hiking Mt. Washington via Ammonoosuc Ravine Trail in NH (4,000')
Hiking Sarvis Creek Trail outside of Steamboat Springs, CO
Hiking Mt. Willard in Crawford Notch State Park in NH
Hiking Rabbit Ears Peak outside of Steamboat Springs, CO
Hiking Mt. Zirkel in the Mount Zirkel Wilderness outside of Steamboat Springs, CO
Hiking My First Fourteener, Mt. Elbert outside of Leadville, CO (14,000')
Hiking My Second Fourteener, Mt. Bross, outside of Breckenridge, CO (14,000')
Hiking to Flat Top Mountain & Hooper Lake in the Flat Tops outside of Oak Creek, CO
Hiking to Smith Lake in the Flat Tops outside of Oak Creek, CO
Hiking to Mosquito Lake in the Flat Tops outside of Oak Creek, CO
Posts All About Backpacking:
Backpacking at Middle Rainbow Lake Outside of Steamboat Springs, CO
Backpacking in the Flat Tops Wilderness at Black Mandall Lakes outside of Oak Creek, CO
Backpacking to Havasupai Falls in AZ
Backpacking along the Zirkel Circle in Zirkel National Forest outside of Steamboat Springs, CO
Backpacking along the Continental Divide Trail to the 6 Fishing Lakes outside of Steamboat Springs, CO
Backpacking along Silver Creek Trail in Routt National Forest outside of Oak Creek, CO
Posts All About Camping:
Camping in Dinosaur National Monument outside of Dinosaur, CO
Our impromptu camping trip to Turquoise Lake outside of Leadville, CO
Posts All About Our National Parks:
Reviewing my trip to Acadia National Park in ME
Reviewing our long weekend trip to the north side of Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park in CO
Reviewing our trip to Zion National Park in UT (including running the Zion Half Marathon!)
Camping & Hiking in Bryce Canyon National Park in UT
Driving through Death Valley National Park in NV/ CA
Camping & Sight-seeing in Yellowstone National Park in WY
Driving through Badlands National Park & Mt.Rushmore in SD
Driving through Rocky Mountain National Park in CO
Hiking the sand dunes at Great Sand Dunes National Park in CO
Visiting the Grand Teton National Park in WY
Driving through King's Canyon National Park & Sequoia National Park in CA
Posts All About Our State Parks & National Forests:
Sharing our hiking experience and staying at one of the yurts (in the winter!) at Pearl Lake State Park
Camping in Sequoia National Forest in CA
Sharing our hiking experience at Mount Ascutney State Park in VT
Posts All About Travel:
Reminiscing on our trip to Cinque Terre in Italy
Driving up Pike's Peak outside of Colorado Springs, CO
Reviewing my trip to Lake Powell in UT
Sharing my story how I moved from Maine to Colorado without knowing a single person here
Sharing all of my favorite places in Lake Placid, NY
Sharing my top things to do when traveling to Western Maine in October