Our fourth hike of the season kicked off with beautiful summer temperatures and some eventful encounters with the Park Rangers. We arrived at Main Parking Lot #2 just before noon to set up and stake out our spot. Garden of the Gods is a very popular tourist destination, and traffic proved to be heavy due…
Well, we have finally entered those Summer months. If last week’s hike was any indication, Summer is in full swing, and the 90+ degree temperatures are hitting Boulder and Denver and much of Colorado. Luckily for us, Evergreen experienced a bit of a cool down period before our third hike of the season, so the…
This year, one of my goals was to prehike every CannaVenture hike close to when the actual event was taking place. My thought was that this would allow me to gauge trail conditions, check for closures, see what parking was like, as well as get a firsthand understanding of how much heavily trafficked the trails…
Even the most seasoned disc golfers were put to the test this past weekend at the second annual Discs-N-Dabs tournament. The 2018 tournament featured two divisions, a sold out crowd, and two nights of live music. Plus, attendees got to camp onsite and were required to take one dab per person per team (6 dabs…
In between planning camping and hiking events, it’s often hard to find time to simply enjoy the outdoors without planing and running an event. When the opportunity to escape for a few days comes my way, I have a hard time saying no. So, in spite of all of the stress that is common leading…
Our second event of the year was a huge success in spite of the rainy weather! The plan was to hike the entire Mountains Sanitas & Mount Sanitas Valley Trail Loop, around 3-4 miles in total (Depending on how many excursions you take). While many worried if the rain would hold up long enough for…
It’s been more than ten years since I’ve been backpacking. That realization was shocking to someone who hikes and camps more often than most. It had been ten years since I’d fired up that backpacking stove, used a water purifier in a creek, or enjoyed waking up on the side of a mountain without a…
I’m taking full advantage of the nice weather we’re experiencing in Colorado. For the first time in a long time, I went hiking two days in a row this past weekend. That’s right, I spent two full days in the middle of the woods on mountains far from the distractions and obligations of day-to-day life….
The warm weather is finally here in Colorado. I know it snowed only a week ago, but I’m being optimistic that the sunny, 70-degree days are here to stay. In preparation for the next CannaVenture Hike, I decided to hit Mount Sanitas and make sure the trail hadn’t closed and that there were plenty of…
Today marked the first event of CannaVenture’s third season and our tenth event ever. This hike was also special as it wrapped up the annual 4/20 weekend in Colorado with an elevated excursion into the mountains, something that the Westword remarked was a noteworthy addition to this year’s festivities. In spite of the snow and…