“Winter Storm Warning!” is practically screaming from the computer monitor. The next line reads, “Hazardous winter weather conditions pose an immediate threat in your area.” Locals move their snow boots to the front door, stuff a pair of gloves into their jacket pocket and warm up the snowplow for hours of snow pushing. Me, I’m […]
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If You Can Walk … You Can Snowshoe In Pagosa Springs
Posted by stepoutdoors
· Thursday,
December
15th,
2011
at 07:21 PM
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Categories : Cross Country/ Snowshoeing
Pagosa Is Home – A Winter Playground
Posted by stepoutdoors
· Monday,
December
5th,
2011
at 04:01 PM
I’ve been gone for 29 days; gone from my home in Colorado. And though that may not seem a big deal it proved to be an internal reminder of who I am and what is important. Now, don’t get me wrong, it was wonderful to see friends I’d missed over the years and to hike […]
Categories : Cross Country/ Snowshoeing, Skiing / Snowboarding
It Could Happen To You – Outdoor Adventure in Pagosa Springs
Posted by stepoutdoors
· Wednesday,
November
16th,
2011
at 05:08 PM
Okay. This may be a sneaky way to get your attention but now that you are here … it could happen to you. It is getting late in the season but the snow has not yet fallen to the lowest elevations so you head out for a backpack trip that requires only a two mile […]
Categories : Cross Country/ Snowshoeing, Hiking & Biking
Hiker Gone Rogue – Hunting In Pagosa Country
Posted by stepoutdoors
· Saturday,
October
29th,
2011
at 07:00 AM
The following is a somewhat true, maybe snippets of a somewhat exaggerated recounting of my experience as a hiker gone hunting. Background. It was over thirty years ago that I spent a day out with an elder neighbor friend with the plan of going bunny hunting. What I remember is that I didn’t particularly like […]
Categories : Hiking & Biking
Hiker Gone Rogue – Hunting In Pagosa Country (cont.)
Posted by stepoutdoors
· Saturday,
October
29th,
2011
at 06:50 AM
Day Two. No time for coffee or tea. Shove in some oatmeal and pull on the same clothes as yesterday with the one extra layer I’d wished I’d had last night. The sun is still hours from rising but we have to find our spot before the elk can spot us. Yesterday, I’d learned that, […]
Categories : Hiking & Biking, Hunting
Hiker Gone Rogue – Hunting In Pagosa Country (last cont.)
Posted by stepoutdoors
· Saturday,
October
29th,
2011
at 06:40 AM
Day Five. Leaving the house early, it was a 45-minute drive to the pull-over I wanted to stop. This was my third choice of where I considered the elk would be found in the midst of rifle season. Alone, and armed only with a camera, the frozen grass shared my foot prints with anyone who […]
Categories : Hiking & Biking, Hunting
The First Big Snow – Pagosa’s Lobo Overlook
Posted by stepoutdoors
· Wednesday,
October
19th,
2011
at 10:41 PM
It often seems like this road is open a couple of weeks a year. A gate sways back not blocking the way for vehicles but that is meaningless. Vehicles can’t pass this way now anyway. In the heat of the summer (or at least as hot as it gets at 11,200-plus-feet) you can drive three […]
Categories : Cross Country/ Snowshoeing
Away From The Crowds – Leche Creek Trail
Posted by stepoutdoors
· Monday,
October
10th,
2011
at 02:41 PM
When you think of Colorado the most often conjured thought are peaks jutting 14,000-feet into the Colorado blue sky. A line of rugged precipices bring “oh’s” and “ah’s” and then the gasping of breath that only climbing that elevation can bring. And while, yes, they are beautiful those of us who live here in southwest […]
Categories : Hiking & Biking
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