Category: Colorado
The Rocky Mountains Compared to the Sierra Nevada Mountains
This comprehensive guide compares the two mountain ranges in size, location, historical and cultural influence, and the present condition and future outlook of human impacts. Physical Comparison Length Width Highest Peak Sierra Nevadas 400 miles 40-80 miles 14,505 Mt Whitney Rocky Mountains 3000 miles 300 miles 14,440 Mt Elbert About the Author Gloria worked as…
Clark Colorado, Where People Wait for Winter
Hahns Peak Village, a unique place that is quite literally still a ‘village’. It may look like a Colorado mining ghost town, but it is in fact still a lively town! So lively with locals who come and go; some stay all year, some stay until the snow sticks, while others arrive only for the…
Best Spots in Fort Collins for Adventures
I moved to Fort Collins in 2013 right after graduating from my high school class of 40 in Maui, Hawaii. My priorities in life were riding horses, and skiing. Colorado immediately caught my attention boasting all of its skiing in the great Rocky Mountains and endless horseback riding opportunities on the front range. I moved…
Living in the historic Hahn’s Peak Village, Clark, Colorado
I moved out to Clark Colorado to a ranch called Vista Verde Ranch. They advertise as being in the more infamous Colorado mountain town, Steamboat Springs. But in reality the ranch was about 30 minutes from Steamboat and only 5 from Clark. I had been to Steamboat a couple of times in college before moving…