June and I wanted to check out Texas Creek over in Taylor Park. We decided to make a round about route of it by going over Weston Pass on the way to Cottonwood Pass then into Taylor Park.
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7/14/2007 Rabbit Ears Pass
Jen had a soccer tournament in Steamboat so, she and June went up early and were staying in town. Jamie and I headed up later with the camper and found a spot at Dumont Lake Campground on Rabbit Ears Pass.
1981 Jim Bridger Wilderness Backpacking
1981 June and I backpacked into the Jim Bridger Wilderness in the Wind River Range, Wyoming. We went in at New Forks Lake and headed up the New Fork/Porcupine Trail. Up and over Clark Creek Trail. Up Highline Trail. then up Shannon Pass Trail and over Vista Pass and Cube Rock Pass. Up the Glacier Trail to Peak Lake. Then over Shannon Pass to Highline Trail to Summit Lake to Doubletop Mountain Trail to No Name Lakes, Cutthroat Lakes and Palmer Lake. Past Doubletop Mountain, Rainbow Lake, Martin Park and back on the Lowline Trail. my alltrails map
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9/18/1976 Longs Peak
September 18 1976, Longs Peak, Rocky Mountain National Park. We arrived at the parking lot after dark and slept in the open, next to the car. Backpacked to about tree line and dropped our packs. Then headed over the boulder field, through the keyhole, across the ledges and up the trough. With Bill and Leslie Allen
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September 1976 14ers
September 5th 1976 – La Plata Peak with Bill and Sue Allen via Ellingwood Ridge. I got a strong static electric pop on the nose at the summit and our hair stood on end.
September 11th 1976 – Mt Massive with Bill and Sue Allen from North Halfmoon Creek on the south west side (last 3 photos).
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The Great Colorado Centennial Fourteener Climb – August 1st, 1976
August 1st 1976 was Colorado’s Centennial. We climbed Mt Princeton from the south west in Chalk Creek Canyon from the little town of Alpine. We backpacked in, I was with the Allens who have a cabin just west of St Elmo. Mr Allen, Leslie, Bill and Sue.
70s Fun
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8/27/1975, Crestone Needle
Crestone Needle, CO via South Colony Lakes. Packs were Jan Sport and my sleeping bag was a Holubar Timberline. Doug Sherry’s tent was a TNF St. Elias.
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1975 Longs Peak
1975 Longs Peak, Rocky Mountain National Park CO
Colorado Outward Bound School – San Juan Mountains June 1973
Colorado Outward Bound, San Juan Mountains 1973. This was the summer between my junior and senior years of high school.
I’m the skinny one with the red white and black sweater in the pictures. My instructor was David Goth and my crew included Elton, Bob, Chris, Grant, Doug, Mark, Paul and Vince. Great lessons and memories from over 50 years ago.
The sunrise photo is from the top of White Dome and the last one is a 14er we climbed, Redcloud Peak.
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