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I get a lot of questions of why some of my photos have a railing on the deck while others do not. Because of the large amount of snow I receive (300” average) and my inconsistency in trips over the…
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Six years ago today I closed on my first property, a small one-acre lot at 11,800ft in the Colorado backcountry. I only had one weekend to camp on the lot before winter set in that year but I was able…
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When I first bought my property I was amazed at all the wildflowers on the lot because it was a natural garden that never had to be watered or maintained but over the past two years, a non-native thistle has…
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While Memorial Day Weekend is the kick of to summer for most up at the yurt you never know what season it will be. Some years you can drive all the way to the yurt and some years you still…
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Early this March my friend Sam brought his new Girlfriend Katie, and her friends up for their first yurt experience and to celibate Katie’s birthday. We played some games explored the neighborhood and had a great time celebrating Katie’s birthday…
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It turns out that the 13,000ft and 14,000ft peaks surrounding the yurt make the perfect training ground for the the 10th Mountain Division to practice altitude helicopter landings and maneuvers. I’m not sure how frequently they train but I have…
Continue readingHaving not made any trips up to the yurt since Halloween, I was eager to see how much snow had accumulated in November. The previous Thanksgiving weekend on the drive back to Golden, I decided to make a short detour…
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Each summer I try to complete one or two improvement projects on the yurt, and this past summer I finally got around to a storage project. Storage in the yurt is limited, and during trips gear usually ends up thrown…
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