Hōʻoluʻoluʻo Colorado i nā mile he mau mile o nā ala hele wāwae: lōʻihi, pōkole, maʻalahi, paʻakikī, hiʻohiʻona, kewalewa,ʻae mai ka malihini a me ka pilikino. Ua kūpono kekahi i ka nānāʻana i ka loli o nā kumu'ola ma ka hāʻuleʻana, akāʻo nā mea'ē aʻe i ola i kēlā me kēia punawai me nāʻano puaʻa nani.
ʻOiaʻiʻo, e kiʻi i kahi alahele a hele. ʻAʻole loa e hōʻehaʻo Colorado. ʻAʻohe ala hele hewa.
Akā ināʻoe eʻimi ana i nā mea kūpono o Colorado-a me kēlā wahi kaulana a hanohano paha - aia kekahi mau hikes e kū ana mai ke koena. ʻO kēia ka hikes iconic, nā ala e kaulana aiʻo Colorado. ʻO ia hoʻi, he nui ke koʻikoʻi o ka hoʻolimalimaʻia e nā poʻe holoholo'ē aʻe, no laila e makaʻala; e haʻalele i ke kakahiaka a hoʻomākaukau no ka'ākau mauna. ʻAe, hiki iā mākou ke hōʻiliʻili i nā pūnaewele ma ke alanui.
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ʻO ke kai eʻe
Anthony Pidgeon / Getty Images ʻO kēia alahele ma kahi o 10 mau mile mai Glenwood Springs, e lilo ia i lālepa kaulana no ka poʻe huakaʻi e hele aku i nā puna wela kaulana mai Interstate 70.
He pōkole ke ala - ma kahi o 2 a me ka hapa mile wale nō ka huakaʻi hele - akā, mai hoʻopunipuniʻoe. ʻAʻole kēia he wikiwiki a me ka lepo, i ka hike a me ka māmā. He pali ke alanuiʻo Lake ma ke kahakai, pōhaku a hiki ke lawe iʻelua aʻehā hola, e like me ka nui o ka ikaika, ka manawa o ka lā, peheaʻoe e piʻi ai me ke kiʻekiʻe a me ka nui o ka heleʻana o ke alahele. Mai ho'āʻo e pākilo i ka wikiwiki. E hoʻolālā i ka manawa e piʻi mālie ai a laila e hoʻolālā e nānā i ke kai kūʻono me nāʻauwai ma luna. E lawe mai i kahi kāmera nui.
Ma luna, e hoʻomau a hiki i ka wā e hele ai i Sprouting Rock no nā manaʻo'ē aʻe.
Ke kapaʻiaʻo ke alanuiʻo Lake ma waena o nā pūkuniahi a me ke kahawai. Ināʻaʻoleʻoe i komo i nā kāmaʻa maikaʻi a mākaukau, hiki iā ia ke noʻonoʻo ma mua o kēlā. E hōʻoiaʻoe e lawe mai i kahi kīʻaha me ka nui o nā wai a me nā lako hana pilikia. ʻAʻole kāu hana kelepona maʻaneʻi.
E like me nā hika kaulana kaulana o Colorado, hiki i ke kaiʻo Hanging ke ulu nui,ʻoiai ma ke kauwela (ʻoiai he hāmama ia i ka makahiki a heʻano kupaianaha nā pākī hau e like me ka'ōnoho a me ka hau). ʻO kou ala maikaʻi loa: E haʻalele i ke kakahiaka, ma mua o ka alaʻana o nā kānaka, hiki iāʻoe ke loaʻa kahi wahi kaʻa a komo i waho a ma mua o 9 a 10 am i ka wā e hiki ai nā kānaka.
Mea nui: Mai'ānai i ka "kuahuehue." Mai komo i loko o ka wai aiʻole e hele ma kahi o nā loka i ka moana. ʻO ke kaiaolaola maʻaneʻi he mea momona loa a he meaʻino ke hoʻokomo i nā mea kūlohelohe i loko o ka wai. E mahalo i kēia, aʻaʻole paha e hele.
ʻO kēia kahawai he mea kupaianaha maoli ia, e hoʻonaneaʻia ana ma ke kihi o ka pali, i hanaʻia e kahi mea hōʻailona travertine. ʻO nā'ōmaʻa'ōmaʻomaʻo e kālai ana i ke kai anuanu. Hiki paha iāʻoe ke ho'āʻo e makemake e lele i loko.
ʻO ke keʻeʻo Lakeʻo ia kahi Hōʻailona Honua.
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Ka lōʻihi lōʻihi
ʻO ke Kai Peʻe a me Chasm Lake. Nā kiʻi kiʻi kiʻi / Ethan Welty ʻO ka home o Colorado he nui "heʻumikumamāhā" (mauna kiʻekiʻe ma mua o 14,000 kapuaʻi ma mua o ke kiʻekiʻe o ke kai), akāʻo Longs Peak kekahi o nā mea kaulana loa. Kū pololei a maʻalahi kahi e kū ai ma ke alahele mauna, keʻoleʻoe e hele ana i ka pae mua o Northern Front o Colorado. ʻO ia ke kuahiwi kiʻekiʻe loa ma ka Papa Pākīpika Rocky.
Hoʻolālāʻia ke kuamoʻo lōʻihi i kahi hōʻihi no nā kama'āina a me nā malihini kipa, akā,ʻaʻole pono nā kānaka a pau. ʻOiaiʻo kēia kekahi o nā mea kaulana loa o Colorado, a nui hoʻi i kālepaʻia,ʻo ia hoʻi he mea koʻikoʻi nui loa aʻo ka ho'āʻoʻana e piʻi i luna, e waiho waleʻia i nā kānaka i mākaukau, me ke olakino maikaʻi a hoʻonāukiukiʻia i ka kiʻekiʻe. Uaʻike nā holokoʻa iʻoi aku ma mua o 5,000 kapuaʻi ke kiʻekiʻe o ka waiwai ma ke alanui holoʻokoʻa. ʻO ka'ōleloʻana,ʻaʻoleʻoe e hele i ke ala a hiki i luna. Hiki iāʻoe ke lawe wale i kahi hapa o kēia hike a keʻoluʻolu nei i nā manaʻo maikaʻi a me ka pahuhopu kino.
ʻO ka Longs Peak Trail kahi 13.6 mile a laweʻia i kahi 14 mau hola e hoʻopau ai. ʻO ka pahuhopuʻo ka piʻiʻana a ma lalo o ka mauna i mua o ke awakea (aiʻole ma kahi lōʻihi paha mai luna mai), i ka wā e hoʻomaka ai kaʻino o ka ahiahi e hoʻololi i ka hike. Uaʻikeʻia ka lōʻihiʻo ia no kona uila. ʻAʻoleʻoe makemake eʻike i kēlāʻaoʻao o Longs mua. Hiki ke loaʻa iā ia ka makani a me ka hauʻoli ma luna,ʻo iaʻoʻAukake.
Ponoʻoe e hoʻomaka i kāu holo ma mua o ka piʻiʻana o ka lā. E hoʻomaka i ka 2 am (i ka wā hou) i ka pōʻeleʻele pitch; makemakeʻoe e ho'āʻo e paʻi i ka piko ma ka hola 10 am Ke holo hikaʻo ka hana holoʻokoʻa a me ka hoʻouluʻana i nā pilikia. E kahaha auaneʻiʻoe i ka nui o nā mea hoʻokele'ē aʻe i kēlā manawa o ka pō. He hopena hōʻoia ia eʻike ai i nā poʻo o ke poʻo e hoʻokūkū i ke alahele.
ʻO kaʻike ma luna nei kekahi o nā mea kupaianaha o kou ola. ʻO nā hiʻohiʻona e pili ana i ke alanui,ʻo iaʻo Chasm Lake, ka Keyhole, Glacier Gorge a me nāʻike o ka Rocky Mountain National Park.
Eia kekahi mau'ōlelo hou aku:
E hoʻomākaukau i mua o kēia holo. E lawe mai i ka wai a me nā pōpō.
ʻO ka manawa kūpono e hana ai i ka lōʻihi o ka Peak ma waena o Kekemapa a hiki i ka mahina o Kepakemapa, no ka wā. E nānā mau i nā kūlana a me nā'aupū ma mua o ka haʻalele.
Inā hiki, e pākuʻi i ka alahele i ka lā hebedoma, ināʻaʻole i loli (a weliweli no ka hoʻokuʻuʻana i nā kānaka ma mua o nāʻanuʻu a kali i nā mea'ē aʻe e hiki iāʻoe ke pilikia).
Inā makaʻuʻoe i nā kiʻekiʻe,ʻaʻole kēia hike iāʻoe. ʻAʻole maoli no nā'ōpio'ōpio.
E makaʻala i "ka wela piha" a me ka maʻi kiʻekiʻe.
Mai hele i kēia holo wale.
Ināʻino kaʻilikai, mai hoʻohuli i kou luhi. Ke poʻo i lalo koke.
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Paʻiʻo Conundrum
ʻO ka Conundrum Hot Springs. Flickr ka mea hoʻohana Chris Bartle ʻO Conundrum Hot Springs kahi holo wāwae kaulana i kahi mamaoʻole mai Aspen e pau i kahi punawai maikaʻi, kūlohelohe, alpine:ʻelua punawai nui a meʻehā kaukiki liʻiliʻiʻehā.
Ma muli o ka hoʻoneleʻana, ua kūkākūkāʻia ka paniʻana a iʻole ka palenaʻana i nā kumu wela. No ka mahalo i keʻano,ʻaʻole mākou makemake e hele i ka moana maʻaneʻi. Nui ka nui o nā kumuhana wela a puni o Colorado i hanaʻia no kaʻauʻauʻana, me ka loaʻaʻole o ka pilikia o ka pōʻino.
E hāpai ka hike i ka hapanui o kou lā, no ka mea, he 17 mau mile ka holo a hiki ke maʻalahi (hiki paha i kahi o nā mile heʻehā ma mua o ka haʻahaʻa). No ka lōʻihi o ka wā, nui ka poʻe malihini kipa i wāwahi iā ia i nā lāʻelua a noho ma kahi o nā wahi i kūkuluʻia ma ke alanui. Ua manaʻoʻia he maikaʻiʻole i kahi hoʻomoana ma waho o hoʻokahi lā, no ka noiʻana o nā wahi hoʻomoana.
E manaʻo e hele i loko o ka ululāʻau, ke kahawai a ma waho o nā māla. E hoʻokiʻekiʻe iāʻoe i kahi kiʻekiʻe, a he 11,200 kapuaʻi ma mua aʻe o kaʻilikai. Ma kahi o ke ala, e kali i nā pua nani, nā kahawai, nā alanui, nā holoholona hihiu, a me nā mauna.
ʻO kēia alahele, ma ka Māroon Bells-Snowmass wao, heʻoihana nui loa (a me ka uluʻana i ka kaulana), no kaʻike a me ka puna wai wela, no laila, e hele i ka wā wikiwiki.
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Mount Elbert
ʻO kaʻike mai ke kumu o Mount Elbert. Loaʻa kiʻi kiʻi / Mark Lewis Inā eʻimi anaʻoe e hele i kahi "ʻumikumamāhā" mai kāu papa kekeke, e hoʻoholo iā Mount Elbert. ʻO kēia kahi kiʻekiʻe loa ma Colorado. ʻAʻole wale ka mauna kiʻekiʻe loa o ka moku'āina, akā,ʻo ia hoʻi ka piko kiʻekiʻe loa ma nāʻaoʻao he 48.
ʻO Hike (Mount Mount Elbert) no nā kuleana hakakā. E pīhoihoiʻoe i ka maopopoʻole i ka paʻakikī e like me ke kani. I kaʻoiaʻiʻo, eʻike mauʻoe i nā huakaʻi āpau kula e hoʻonohoʻia maʻaneʻi. Inā maikaʻi kouʻano a noʻonoʻoʻoe i ke akamai (ʻo ia ka hopena i ka kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe), hiki iāʻoe ke lanakila ma 14,433 kapuaʻiʻo Elbert. ʻAʻole ia he maʻalahi, akā,ʻaʻole i like ka nui me kekahi o nā "fourteeners". Eia nō naʻe, e mālama i nā palekana, akā e hoʻomaopopo pono e iho i mua o ka holoʻana o kaʻino i ka hora awakea a he uila ka uila.
ʻElima mau ala likeʻole e hoʻokiʻekiʻe iāʻoe i luna, ma mua o ka pae. ʻO ka manaʻo ma luna, he mea make. ʻO Mount Elbertʻaʻole mamao aku ia mai ke kūlanakauhaleʻo Leadville.
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Ka Maroon Bells
ʻO ka Maroon Bells kaulanaʻo Colorado. Loaʻa kiʻi / TerenceLeezy ʻO ka Maroon Bells, kokoke i Aspen, heʻelua mau mauna kaulana loa o Colorado a me kekahi o nā kiʻi i kaha kiʻiʻia ma ka lāhui. Ponoʻole e'ōlelo, ua kaulana ka pae'āina'āina a hiki ke hoʻohana.
Nui nāʻano likeʻole e holo ai i nā Maea Maroon.
Hiki iāʻoe: E ala aʻe i kakahiaka (ma mua o 8 am) a holo i Maroon Lake no kahi $ 10 o ke kaʻa. E hele a puni ka moana. Hoʻopau kēia kīpili ma waena o ka 8 am-5 pm I laila, ponoʻoe e lawe i kahiʻoihana lehulehu i ke kai.
Makemake : Ma kahi kaʻahele māmāʻo Maroon Lake Scenic Trail. He mile wale nō ka holoʻana. Loaʻa iāʻoe ka manaʻo ma waho o ka wela.
Wahi :ʻAʻole iʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o ka Trail Maroon Creek, akā ua lōʻihi, e hoʻonui ana i ka pono no nā mea holoholo e makemake e hoʻokomo i kahi hana aʻike i nā mea hou aʻe. ʻO kēia holoʻana ma ke kahawai he 3.2 mau mile ma kēlā me kēia ala.
Harder :ʻO nā holokaʻi e makemake i ka pilikia e pono iā Crater Lake Trail a hiki i Crater Lake. Hiki ke piʻi a piʻi pōhaku (ua manaʻoʻia he "kūpono"), akā heʻekolu wale nō mile ka heleʻana, he lā nui ka holo. ʻAʻole iʻoi aku ka piha o kēia hike ma mua o nā mea'ē aʻe, no ka liloʻana i mea punahele a puni. ʻO mākou ke aloha iā Crater Lake Trail i ka hopena no ka mea e lele neiʻo ia ma waena o kahiʻohe gula.