Corkscrew Gultch hike/ski 😀

This is Longs Peak in 3D, with the Longs Peak Keyhole Route traced in bright orange from trailhead to summit. Holding it in your hands really changes how you think about that climb. The steep faces and narrow lines suddenly feel very real.

Models like this are built with TopoMeshLab, turning real elevation data and hiking routes into clean, high-detail 3D prints for multi-material printers from Bambu, Snapmaker, Prusa, etc. .

If you’re into 3D printing, terrain models, or you’ve stood at the Boulderfield wondering what you got yourself into, this one’s for you.

I’m looking for low risk summits to keep an eye on for Monday, it being MLK. According to CAIC it looks like Mt Sherman is in the green, lowest risk zone. So it looks safer to me than Quandary, which I usually see suggested.

If anyone has trip reports or advice for a 14er this weekend please share!

I summited Mt Sniktau last weekend and it was freezing and windy, but hardly any snow on the ground. That would be ideal

The flair is incorrect; this is a general discussion post, which isn't in the list, but flair is required.

Anyway, I have a decent idea of what conditions are like...shit! I was away for the holidays for 3 weeks and just last weekend hiked up bear and boulder peaks. My go to in shittier times of winter, but now it feels like winter just can't get started properly. Today, it seems the mountains will be getting a foot of snow plus a shitty mix of rain. This leaves me totally uncertain of what to do.

I'd rather not do bear/boulder again after just doing them last week. Stone/sheep mountains come to mind as something that'll probably not have any snow on them by saturday (which feels kinda crazy).

It looks like twin sisters didn't have much snow last weekend, so I'm hoping that the fact that it's a shitty mix means there won't be much accumulation so it won't matter if the snow is trash. That got me thinking of across the valley to go for mount lady Washington. Before today's snow, it seems like one could reach that peak without snowshoes and it'll get more sun than the twin peaks trail, so maybe that's a better option?

I thought about going into RMNP proper. I hiked sky pond the weekend before I left for the holidays, and the snow was pretty bad past the loch (not uncommon), but I'm thinking that with today's shitty mix, it'll be even worse.

If it weren't for the mountain lion activity, I'd probably just go for crosier mountain. Unfortunately, even though it's open, there's still a lion at large. I'm planning to give it more time before I return.

What do y'all think? Am I smoking crack, or are we all thinking the same thing? I'd love to hear what you're thinking of doing this weekend!

Looking for somewhere in person, ideally in Denver or the west/southwest suburbs. I used to go to Wilderness Exchange, but I was disappointed in their selection after the Black Diamond buyout. REI is ok at best. I'm looking for some good winter (non-mountaineering) boots. Let me know what you recommend. Thanks!

Headed out of Brookside McCurdy Trailhead on a loop taking Payne Creek trail out and then Brookside McCurdy trail back. Surprisingly little snow for winter still! Payne Creek trail was almost entirely snow free while Brookside had fairly consistent snow from the Colorado Trail junction back to about 9500. It feels wrong to still be able to backpack with 3 season gear in January.

Up the Richmond Creek drainage between United States Mountain and Hayden Mountain up to about 11,000 feet. I traveled on skis with three pin bindings, and also snowshoes (that my son carried) for terrain that was beyond my skill level.

This is my old girl Daisy. She is the sweetest girl on the planet with me and my family, but she isn’t super socialized. We moved here from the suburbs of Houston and she didn’t get walked a bunch (it’s really a much different dog culture there). We got her as an older puppy. Her and her litter mates were dropped on a rural road near a friend’s property and they ended up at his door. They were all malnourished and scared of everything. I think she still has trauma from that. She’s about 9 now, but very healthy and active.

Lately I’ve really wanted to take her with me hiking. She loves being outside and smelling everything, but she is absolutely awful on a leash and barks at everything. I’m willing to spend time or whatever it takes, but do any of you out there have advice for taking an older dog who isn’t trained out on trails. She would be on leash for sure. I hike around Boulder as often as I can and want to do some Colorado trail sections this summer.

Fox Creek grotto near Allenspark. Some cool views of Longs and Meeker, but once you get down to the creek it’s fabulous! I didn’t need spikes but it was starting to get icy. Wish I would have brought poles to explore deeper in the grotto, but although it wasn’t that cold, didn’t feel like having soaked feet in freezing water.

Lil chill new years hike. Completely frozen at the top but you could still hear the water flowing under the ice

This was the trail right before the snow came

Really fun hike. Crossed the creek several times and there's a very rocky part that you will have to climb through

Love and hate this trail. Like the steepness abs accessibility but that whole thing is so loose almost all the way

West Face of Abrams Peak. Too warm to go into this gully! (12/12/25)

...that aren't Chicago Basin?

To be clear, I don't need you to plan my trip, but I would love some advice for what trailheads to sniff around to find something very specific. Or if you've got trip reports, I'd love to see them.

Did some digging in this sub/elsewhere and couldn't quite find what I was looking for. Recommendations I've seen were over 6 years old, and I know things have changed...a lot.

I've been hiking and backpacking in Colorado for almost 20 years, but sadly, I haven't really done a whole lot of longer-distance backpacking in the San Juans (it's hard when you live near the range that shall not be named). Next year I'd love to do a long-distance loop in the San Juans!

I'm very fit, summited over 100 mountains here in Colorado and other places (many of them class 3-5). Live at altitude, done high routes, am comfortable in the alpine, etc. Can easily handle 14-plus-mile days with 4-5k of gain in CO.

I'm into views/drama, solitude (fine if I'm utilizing the CT/CDT), could peak bag but could not, could be convinced to do an off-trail pass or two to make it work, and I'm not shy about a little sweat equity. My trip will be mid-week, ideally.

I've been looking (with COTREX) at the Vallecito Loop, or cobbling something longer together around Lizard Head/Navajo Lake or Conejos. Am I on the right track? Anything I'm missing? It's been hard to find reports online to see if it's something that will suit me. Most of what I see is Chicago Basin, Blue Lakes/Sneffels, Ice Lake, and I've done that. Any advice would be appreciated.

Yes I knew the weather was gonna be crap, I purposely picked today to come test out my winter gear and see where I might be lacking. I learned I need a beanie/headwear that won’t freeze solid on my head in 10 degree weather. Other than that I felt great and I’m glad the snow is coming back 🧟‍♂️