One of the things that really sets northern New Mexico and Southwest Colorado apart is our relative isolation. Southern Colorado is too far away from the bustle of exploding Denver …
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Cross the Rockies by Trail Above Santa Fe; Incredible Hike
My 25 year old niece joined us for the beginning two miles of our annual “up and over” hike from the Santa Fe Ski Basin to the Winsor trailhead in …
Fundraiser at Fire and Hops Aug 22…Good Beer
Fire and Hops, that little brewpub on North Guadalupe in Santa Fe is raising money for the Forest Guild Wednesday August 22. From 5 to 10 at night. Fire and …
Hazy IPA Sweeping the Country
The team here at Rocky Mountain Beer Explorer has always been fond of IPAs among all the beer styles we’ve tried all over the country. Recently we’ve found the regionally …
Nowhere More Beautiful: The San Juan Loop
Leaving the low country and heading into the high country means sensory overload, pleasure, bliss, extreme exercise, danger, possibility of hypothermia, nudity, clinging to rocks with toes and fingertips and …
Tripping in the San Juan Mountains
The San Juan Mountains of southern Colorado define the four corners region. They dominate the skyline from a vast area of Utah, New Mexico and Colorado. Their massive peaks …
Independence Day 2018
The long empty skies of June are past now and clouds come over the mountains weakly, hovering for a time before abandoning us for the meaningless expanses of Oklahoma or …
Caught in an Eddy in Buena Vista, Colorado
Those of us who live in northern New Mexico are really lucky to have so much excellent outdoor adventure opportunity around us. When I was a kid growing up …
Beyond the Fun; Reckoning with Durango’s History
Most of us live in the West because of the exceptional outdoor opportunities here, the vast areas of wild land, big mountain ranges, rivers, climbing cliffs, beautiful deserts and solitude. …
Beer Without Hops?????
Anyone with an ounce of sense agrees that craft beers are a good thing with few downsides. Quality beer tastes good, it hydrates you and provides nutrition. Most of all …
