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Geoff Weatherford (geoffw)  > Colorado Trail Hiking > Comanche Peak Wilderness, CO, with Conor, July 29, 2007
My second hike, in as many years, into the Comanche Peak Wilderness area of Colorado was with my son, Conor. Please go to my trail blogging site (opens a new window) for a full description of the trip.
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Geoff Weatherford (geoffw) > So, Conor got in to DIA late Friday night.  I got him back to Fort Collins and let him make a sandwich.  I didn't have much of a bed set up for him, but we took care of that the next day by picking up a new mattress.  I told him we would go take a little walk on Sunday so he could kinda ease into some Colorado hiking.  Little did we know : )

Decided to head to Comanche Peak Wilderness.  Pretty close by, lots of good scenery, and I wanted to try and reach a certain place that I missed out on when I hiked it last time.  And, we almost made it.  But, we did (I think) have a good time.
The last time I went on this trail it had been pretty vacant as far as other hikers.  Well, this time it started off with much more traffic, but we eventually left them behind.
Geoff Weatherford (geoffw) > Here is a group that is getting ready to do some old time horse pack'n.  We never saw them on the trail, but I'm sure they had a good time.
Geoff Weatherford (geoffw) > The trailhead is across the road from the parking area.
Geoff Weatherford (geoffw) > And there lay the trail.  Waiting for us.
Geoff Weatherford (geoffw) > After the first mile or so you start gaining enough altitude to see distant mountains.
Geoff Weatherford (geoffw) > There had been enough rain to make the mushrooms pop up here and there.
Geoff Weatherford (geoffw) > Looking to the north.  Wyoming is on the far distant horizon (behind that mountain).
Geoff Weatherford (geoffw) > After a couple of miles, we made it to the wilderness boundary.  This was also the point where a person could kind of "look ahead" and see what type of hiking was coming up.   So, yeah, you can see the trail winding up over that ridge in the distance.  Conor and I followed the trail up to the ridge top, and then headed cross country to the right.  Right along the top of the ridge.
Geoff Weatherford (geoffw) > And here was where I pointed out to Conor ".....that's where I'd like to hike to......"  Yeah, nice looking little green spot with a little bit of snow still on the north facing slope just above the trees.  It looks so........close.  Ooops. Forgot I was zoomed : )
So, Conor got in to DIA late Friday night. I got him back to Fort Collins and let him make a sandwich. I didn't have much of a bed set up for him, but we took care of that the next day by picking up a new mattress. I told him we would go take a little walk on Sunday so he could kinda ease into some Colorado hiking. Little did we know : )

Decided to head to Comanche Peak Wilderness. Pretty close by, lots of good scenery, and I wanted to try and reach a certain place that I missed out on when I hiked it last time. And, we almost made it. But, we did (I think) have a good time.
The last time I went on this trail it had been pretty vacant as far as other hikers. Well, this time it started off with much more traffic, but we eventually left them behind.
 > So, Conor got in to DIA late Friday night.  I got him back to Fort Collins and let him make a sandwich.  I didn't have much of a bed set up for him, but we took care of that the next day by picking up a new mattress.  I told him we would go take a little walk on Sunday so he could kinda ease into some Colorado hiking.  Little did we know : )

Decided to head to Comanche Peak Wilderness.  Pretty close by, lots of good scenery, and I wanted to try and reach a certain place that I missed out on when I hiked it last time.  And, we almost made it.  But, we did (I think) have a good time.
The last time I went on this trail it had been pretty vacant as far as other hikers.  Well, this time it started off with much more traffic, but we eventually left them behind.
So, Conor got in to DIA late Friday night. I got him back to Fort Collins and let him make a sandwich. I didn't have much of a bed set up for him, but we took care of that the next day by picking up a new mattress. I told him we would go take a little walk on Sunday so he could kinda ease into some Colorado hiking. Little did we know : )

Decided to head to Comanche Peak Wilderness. Pretty close by, lots of good scenery, and I wanted to try and reach a certain place that I missed out on when I hiked it last time. And, we almost made it. But, we did (I think) have a good time.
The last time I went on this trail it had been pretty vacant as far as other hikers. Well, this time it started off with much more traffic, but we eventually left them behind.
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