As the snow slips away from the highest mountain peaks the lower elevations have small stalks of greening grasses slipping above the clumps of dirt that lay smashed over the coldest months. As the floor of the forest transforms away from muted colors into a blanket of colorful décor, colonies of greenish-white barked trees with [...]
Spring is in the air and that means backpacks are being pulled out of storage, spokes of mountain bikes are being checked and saddles for horses are being oiled. Many of the places we hike are multi-use recreation areas. Simply, this means there may be hikers, bikers and horse riders on any section of trail [...]
When I was a child I loved playing in the sandbox … I had one of those green turtles sandboxes filled to the top. At that age it was impressive in size – its width and depth seemed ample enough that everyone could play in the dirt. And, if there was an occasion when more [...]
The following is a blog written following a trip into the backcountry. Regardless of your outdoor recreational activity, your attitude for the day will dictate your enjoyment of the experience. True grit is what gets you up each step of a staggering high mountain or through the day to day hurdles of “real life.” Though [...]
With all the leaf changing, autumn colors unfolding, bright orange hunting vests and elk bugling it has been hard to find time to write. How about a picture instead. About Step Outdoors, LLC Step Outdoors wants you to go outside and we lead individually inspired one foot in front of the other adventure pursuits to [...]
Last week I went for a hike specifically seeking the leaves coloring from green to an array of yellow, orange and red. Somewhere along the way I was sidetracked with another Pagosa trail opportunity of beauty. The Details Trail: Fish Lake Trail No. 574 Distance: 8.5-miles to Fish Lake/12.2-miles to the Continential Divide Trail Elevation [...]
I remember the first time I looked through a pair of binoculars … a good pair of optics. Literally, in a few moments of glassing the hills I knew I would need a pair of these for no other reason than they were damn cool. The clearness of images at dusk, both near and far, [...]
Photo Courtesy: Incredible Pagosa Vacation Rentals The Bonito Pass trail is 0.5 miles long. It begins at End Of Forest Road 388 and ends at Continental Divide Trail 813. The trail is open for the following uses: Horseback Riding, Foot and Horse Travel, early Fall Hunting. This high altitude trail is open year around but is [...]
It all started with an early morning; 5:40 am to be exact. The minute I got up I was excited, but also unsure of how well I would do on this journey into the wilderness. By the time we hit the road my mind was racing with a million different thoughts. What kind of work [...]
Something was foreboding in the air. It could have been the clouds that were building much quicker than they had the previous days. Plan Ahead and Prepare. For me, the most important principle of backpacking! It is what you do at home before you go and what you consider is necessary to do the trip [...]
