Adventure Musings on Life

Climbing the Mountain I Can See From My Window

Rosalie Peak dominates the northwestern skyline in Bailey, Colorado. It is a mountain with girth. A rock solid mass. In contrast to, say, the Matterhorn’s ribbon-like delicacy, Rosalie is a stout linebacker. It defends the southeastern shoulder of Mt. Blue Sky. Running off the eastern arm of Rosalie are a series of lesser peaks: Pegmatite Points, Rosedale, East Pegmatite Point, and Meridian Hill. This ridgeline slowly trickles downward into the towns of Conifer and Evergreen.…

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Backpacking in Spring Canyon

Day 1 – May, 2021 A Hallway of Stone, A Ribbon of Sky I STAND IN A hallway of stone. The sky, a thin, winding ribbon of cerulean above me. Millions of years of the geologic record soar overhead, a towering dominion of arcane time. In fact, the rock record here displays nineteen different formations, more than any other National Park in America (yes, more even than the Grand Canyon). The sheer depth of time…

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