Welcome to the Colorado backcountry

The vast acreage of wilderness and backcountry beauty in Colorado make it one of the more popular locations for camping, backpacking, and day-hiking.

In addition to a eight National Parks and Monuments, Colorado boasts an equal number of Wilderness Areas, millions of acres of National Forest and BLM land, and over three dozen state parks.

From mountains to deserts, and grasslands to canyons, one could spend a lifetime hiking the trails of Colorado and not cover all of them.

plenty of snow in the high country

The middle elevations (5000-8000 feet) received a lot of rain in May.  The higher elevations got a lot of snow.  After a relatively dry winter, things changed completely, and now the snowpack is much greater than average.

colorado mountain snowpack


We took a hike up to Savage Lakes this past weekend.  Well, we tried to, anyway.  About three-quarters of the way up the trail, we were forced to turn back due to so much deep snow.

savage lakes, colorado, wilderness area