9 Ways to Spend Colorado Day Outdoors
Celebrate this year's special Colorado Day (August 1st) in the great outdoors!
Upcoming Events
Fri, Jul 3, 2026
Hiking – Maryland Mountain Quartz Valley Open Space Park
This hike is the second in a series of Women of the Colorado Gold Rush Era. This hike features Albina Washburn, who authored an article in 1875 "Women Voting in Colorado" which was a territory in 1875. In 1876 when Colorado entered statehood, Albina was appointed Secretary of the Colorado Women Suffrage Association. Hear the " rest of the story" during this hike.
Fri–Tue, Jul 3– 7, 2026
Mountaineering – Gannett Peak via Titcomb Basin
Trailblazers mountaineering trip to summit Gannett peak over the 4th of July weekend
Fri, Jul 3, 2026
Ascending Hikes – East Portal TH - Heart Lake
Ascending Hikes Section (AHS): a ~9 mile and ~2200 ft elevation gain out and back hike along South Boulder Creek to two alpine lakes: Rogers Pass Lake and Heart Lake. This is the tenth in a summer series of AHS hikes.
Fri, Jul 3, 2026
Rise and Grind – Crater Lakes
Special R&G: hike to Crater Lakes in the Indian Peaks
Fri, Jul 3, 2026
Scramble – Quandary Peak via West Ridge
This is a Technical Trip Leader in Training (TTLIT) for Bobby with Dimitri being the Mentor Trip Leader. We will plan to ascend Quandary Peak via the West Ridge, which involves class 3 scrambling. We will start from the Blue Lakes TH, ascend the West Ridge, and then descend the East Ridge to the standard Quandary TH.
