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Paint Mines Interpretive Park Loop

A bit of National Park feel in a small park in Colorado, the Paint Mine Interpretive Park is full of beauty, wonder, and painted rocks.

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by FatmanLittletrail

Hikes

An Index of all the hikes I have done so far. Find your next hike or live vicariously and see some of the amazing pictures of nature.

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Food

What is a Fatman page without some of the best food to be found close to a great hike. I try to eat at local restaurants and want to share them with you!

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Thoughts

My posts that are more of a blog and don’t fit a category. The very popular “Screw It I’m Trying” can be found as well the Getting Started Series.

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Fat Man Little Trail the Podcast

If you are looking for even more FatMan you can now listen to the podcast!

Winter Hikes and Winter Gear – Fat Man Little Trail

I recently took a trip to Rocky Mountain National Park and saw so many visitors ill prepared for hiking in the winter weather.  People were slipping on the snow and ice of the trails and didn't seem to be dressed properly for the blustery conditions.  I wanted to do a quick podcast of some of the tips I have learned in my year of hiking in the mountains of Colorado in the winter.  Plus a hike of the week that really had my legs shaking. #hiking #nature #outdoors #weather #winter #hikinggear #hikes #colorado #winterhiking #adventure #explore — Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fatmanlittletrail/support
  1. Winter Hikes and Winter Gear
  2. Adventure on Us with John and Erica
  3. National Park Capable
  4. First Moose Sightings Other Wildlife Musings
  5. The first Night Hike and Fall Colors
  6. Hiking with Kids with RaisingHikers.com founder Kristin Tillack
  7. 14er's and recovery with Physical Therapist Cristin McGetrick
  8. Living a Legend Life after 40 with Guest Damian Geleyns
  9. Change of Plans
  10. Rocky Mountains and Estimations

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This week's #Sundayselfie is from @rockynps with my nee friend Amanda from @nationalparkcapable It was so great to meet in person and have a really fun hike to 3 frozen alpine lakes! So much fun hiking in a new region while visiting family over the holiday. This is the Cumberland River at Bledsoe Creek State Park in Tennessee. The trail to Ouzel Lake had a little bit of everything. The Calypso Cascade, Ouzel falls, Ouzel Lake and this view on the walk on the Ridgeline. It was such a fun hike and my first time in the Wild Basin section of Rocky Mountain National Park. I have a new blog post with a full description of the hike on my website now. (Link in bio) We have a fun Thanksgiving tradition where @amsako gives everyone a recipe when we show up for T-day. That way everyone cooks a part of the dinner and it is so much fun. Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Hopefully this wild Turkey I saw earlier this year at Rocky Mountain National Park got a reprieve this year. Is there anything better than having a full row to yourself on plane. I even had room for my new @kuhl Kove bag to have its own seat. First time using it and it is a great bag for travel. Made the 5am flight much easier to deal with. The Juniper Valley Loop at Sandstone Ranch Open Space is a very enjoyable hike with great views of thr foothills and in fall it has some tall golden grasses that really showed off what the front range has to offer. I like this park because the trails are on the easier side for anyone who is looking to get outside but looking for easier trails with nice views. I have a new blog post available now on my website about the Juniper Valley Loop (link in bio) This was a cool moment when one side of the peak is bathed in sunlight and blue skies and the other side has snow and storm clouds and looks a bit menacing. Mountain weather can get crazy this time of year! This week's #Sundayselfie comes from the Ouzel Lake trail. Plenty of snow by the lake but the stream was still flowing. It was my first time at the Wild Basin side of @rockynps and I really enjoyed it.