The Great Outdoors - Hiking and so on…
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Ready to roll! This is a Christmas gift I was allowed to open a bit early.
Similarly, Otis was able to open his gift early as well.
Plenty of Backcountry adventure to come, including hiking Black Canyon of the Gunnison over Christmas.
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Thanks @neph93 for pointing out!
So many beautiful pictures and moments, thank you all for sharing them, love that Thread already!
I‘am in the Dolomites at the moment and will return monday evening, but will then share some pics as well.
Typing english on a german iphone sucks!
This morning I made a short skitour and in the afternoon a short hike, a view pics are attached. Also wearing my new 666-XHS, cant belive how comfortable it is already!
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@mclaincausey, that’s sweet! Are you based out of Colorado? Over the years, I’ve explored most of Colorado, done black canyon too. Few 14ers on the bag. We’ve friends/family in Boulder next time we visit, would love to toast a beer or two at the Sun brew pub? Unfortunately, just couldn’t get into skiing and related sports.
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@mclaincausey, that’s sweet! Are you based out of Colorado? Over the years, I’ve explored most of Colorado, done black canyon too. Few 14ers on the bag. We’ve friends/family in Boulder next time we visit, would love to toast a beer or two at the Sun brew pub? Unfortunately, just couldn’t get into skiing and related sports.
]Not only am I in Colorado, I'm a former fellow Minnesotan. Definitely drop me a line any time you're coming out west!
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@marlin for the win! Those are some amazing pics
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Thanks! @gaseousclay and @JDelage
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Last weekend I went on a 3 day motorcycle trip to a small town, Santiago de Chiquitos, 440 km east of where I live. It was a group of friends, each one on a different bike.
It is a hilly area with many rocky outcrops and expansive views.
Typical of rocky areas around here, rattlesnakes abound and we got to see one as we hiked. It was mid size, probably about 80 cm or so. It only had 4 or 5 rattlers but it was loud enough.
It was a hot day so we were all sweaty by the time we got to the top. We mostly see cold pics in IH gear so here are some damp ones…
IHT 1610
IH 666 D
Scarpa
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Wow! What a gorgeous place.
Here's Cascade Falls on Ouray's Perimeter Trail. Ouray, CO is in a box canyon in the San Juan mountains, to my eye the most scenic of Colorado's ranges (which is saying something). Imogene Pass takes you out of this box canyon and into the neighboring one that's home to Tellurode. They are both mining towns, as this range is rich with minerals, one of the reasons they have such a beautiful, jagged, striated appearance.
You get nice views of Ouray from the trail.
Elsewhere, about 45 minutes northwest of Ouray in the woods, the mountain that looks like a tit is Mt. Sneffels. South from this view on the far side of it is Telluride.
Then if you go north and east towards Gunnison and Crested Butte you encounter the Black Canyon of the Gunnison, so called because it's so steep little sunlight gets in. If you ever visit Colorado I'd encourage making it out to this far-flung region.
