Navajo Lake Trail

July 7 and 8, 2018           Trailhead: The trailhead is about 90 minutes form Cortez, CO. Take Hwy 145 our of Dolores toward Rico. Turn left on MC Road 38, at the sign to Dunton. This road is paved for about 12 miles and then it turns to gravel. Keep going […]

Lizard Head

  Today we were out for Maya’s birthday hike (13 years!) and our first mountain hike of the summer. There is still lots of snow up there. We had to keep the day short because her brother needed to be back home for an evening ball game. So we didn’t get far but had a […]

Winter Trail

In the summer of 2009 we backpacked on the Winter Trail. This in near the Lizard Head Wilderness area. We have also done it as a day hike with my dad in 2008. I don’t remember all of the details of the trail that I would like to, but I will update the information next […]

Lake Hope

June 24, 2011 What to do on a Friday afternoon in late June? Go in search of snow. We succeeded. The kids and I hiked the trail to Lake Hope with our friend Rebecca. Trail Head: It took us about 1 1/2 hours to get to the trail head from our home. After the drive […]