TABLE OF CONTENTS

• SkyBlueOverland Description/Adventure Town Article
• Trail Reviews
• Backcountry Skiing
• Scrambling Reviews
• Timo’s Favorites Inconvenient Scrambles
• Timo’s Favorite Backcountry Skiing Areas and Lines

SkyBlueOverland:

I write articles for this website as a freelancer. Since I was 10 years old I’ve been in love with the mountains, and have developed a library of useful information for people to get into the outdoors. Topics, so far, include trail reviews, adventure towns, scramble reviews, and backcountry skiing! Check them out for an in-depth look at some of the greatest parts of the Colorado Outdoors.

Adventure Towns

• Top Adventure Sports Towns 2021: Boulder, Colorado (Jan.3, 2021)

Trail Reviews

1. Climbing a Colorado 14er: The Quandary Peak Trail (Jan. 12, 2021)
2. Climbing a Colorado 14er: Grays and Torreys Peaks (Jan. 18, 2021)
3. Mount Ida-RMNP (June 27th, 2021)
4. Best Trails in Rocky Mountain National Park (May 24, 2021)
5. Best Hikes within an hour of Boulder, Colorado (July 25, 2021)
6. Hiking to Estes Cone-RMNP (July 26, 2021)
7. Hiking to Bluebird Lake-RMNP (August 3, 2021)
8. Hiking to the Lion Lakes-RMNP (August 8, 2021)
9. Hiking to Lake of Many Winds-RMNP (August 9, 2021)
10. Hiking to Eagle and Box Lakes-RMNP (August 22, 2021)
11. Crater Lake from Monarch Lake (September 6, 2021)
12. Hiking to St. Vrain Mt. (September 14, 2021)
13. Hiking Chapin, Chiquita, & Ypsilon-RMNP (September 15, 2021)
14. Hiking the Boulder 5 Peaks Challenge (May 14, 2022)
15. Hiking to Columbine Lake, San Juan Range (May 26, 2022)
16. Hiking to Gourd Lake, IPW (July 31, 2022)

Backcountry Skiing

• BEFORE YOU GO: Gear and Planning
  • Backcountry Gear: Essentials for Human Powered Skiing (Feb. 1, 2021)
  • Guide to Planning a Backcountry Ski Adventure (Feb. 7, 2021)

• Backcountry Skiing in Rocky Mountain National Park
  1. Hidden Valley and Sundance Mountain (Feb. 13, 2021)
  2. Bear Lake Area (Feb. 22, 2021)
  3. Longs Peak Area (March 8, 2021)
  4. Best of the Rest (March 12, 2021)

• Backcountry Skiing (I-70 West: Frisco to Edwards)
  1. Colorado’s Most Legendary Backcountry Ski Run: The Minturn Mile (March 2, 2021)
  2. Vail Pass East (May 4th, 2021)

• Backcountry Skiing in the Indian Peaks Wilderness
  1. St. Vrain Area (March 23, 2021)
  2. Brainard Area (March 29, 2021)

• Backcountry Skiing in Far Northern Colorado
  1. Cameron Pass (April 23rd, 2021)

• I-70 North
  1. Skiing the Herman Gulch Backcountry Area (May 1, 2022)

• Creative Pieces
  1. Backcountry Skiing During the Alpine Spring (April 5th, 2021)
  2. How to Ski All Year In Colorado (April 8, 2022)

Scrambling Reviews: YDS 3-low 5’s.

• Compilations
  1. Best Alpine Scrambles in RMNP (September 27, 2021)

• Rocky Mountain National Park
  1. East Ridge Hallett Peak (mixed snow/scramble) (June 16th, 2021)
  2. Little Matterhorn (July 3rd, 2021)
  3. GLR (Gorge Lakes Rim) Scramble (July 3rd, 2021)
  4. Upper Glacier Gorge, including scrambling routes up the Spearhead (July 6, 2021)
  5. Lake of the Clouds (July 11, 2021)
  6. Scrambling the Lead Mt. and Hart Ridge Loop (Never Summers) (July 19, 2021)
  7. Scrambling Lookout Mt. and Horsetooth Pk. (July 27, 2021)
  8. Scrambling Tanima Pk. and the Cleaver (August 3rd, 2021)
  9. Scrambling the Eagles Beak (August 24, 2021)
  10. Scrambling McHenry’s Peak (August 28, 2021)
  11. Scrambling Sawtooth & Algonquin Peak (Dec. 11, 2021)

• Indian Peaks Wilderness
  1. Scrambling Navajo Pk. & Niwot Ridge via Airlane Gully (August 14th, 2021)
  2. Scrambling The Blue Lake Traverse (June2, 2022)
  3. Scrambling the Arapaho Traverse (July 16, 2022)
  4. Scrambling UN 12,130 “Cherokee”, IPW (July 23, 2022)
  5. Scrambling Cooper Peak, IPW (August 4, 2022) (3 scrambling routes/1 mixed climb)

• I-70 North
  1. Scrambling the Citadel and Hagar (July 16, 2022)

• Tenmile Range
  1. 10 Mile Traverse (Peaks 1-5) (June 18, 2022)
  2. Scrambling Pacific Pk. via Father-Dyer & the Mohawk Valley (June 23, 2022)