Buffalo Creek Archive

  • Peak Review: Raleigh Peak (Elevation 8,183-Feet)

    Peak Review: Raleigh Peak (Elevation 8,183-Feet)

    Posted on December 5, 2010 | 2 Comments
    In my last “Peak Review” I had a photo of Raleigh Peak in the distance with a caption saying I’d probably climb it next year. Well, being that I like this area so much, it’s fairly close to home, and I could not resist the...

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  • Peak Review: Baldy Peak (Elevation 7,872)

    Peak Review: Baldy Peak (Elevation 7,872)

    Posted on November 20, 2010 | 1 Comment
    I know what you are thinking, “Wow, that’s high!” Yeah, right. Actually, this is the third shortest mountain I have hiked in Colorado. I prefer to climb something in a more impressive altitude range, but a mountain is a mountain, and if it’s in my...

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  • Short Spring Hikes

    Short Spring Hikes

    Posted on May 3, 2010 | 1 Comment
    Here in Colorado, April and May are crap shoots weather-wise for dry hiking conditions. Unless you want to go wandering around in Denver parks, the pickings are sometimes slim in more natural areas. Myself, the wife, and our dogs become a little stir crazy after six months...

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