Archive for the ‘Colorado Adventures’ Category

You might have seen the viral video being passed around showing some Labs sledding down hill sans sleds! They looked like they were having a lot of fun — not to mention, it was a really funny video.

About an hour or so outside of Denver, while traveling with McMoose, we came across a snowfield. With this viral video fresh in our minds, we headed out with McMoose! Within minutes, he was having a ball sliding down the hill with no sled!  Have a look at this short video, it’s great!

Get Out and Play with Your Dog!

With temperatures close to 90 degrees in the Denver area this weekend, we knew it was time for another high country hike with our dog.  This hike is located about an hour outside of Denver, off I-70 near Idaho Springs at Chinns Lake and then to Sherwin Lake — a good 4 miles round trip.

In August, you would normally be able to get all the way up to the lakes via a 4 wheel drive, but with the late snows in May this year, the area still had plenty of snow on the ground. It’s about 20 degrees cooler up there, making it a great escape from the heat of Denver.  The views and scenery do not disappoint either…

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Lake Powell must be close to heaven for dogs. Lake Powell is the second largest man-made reservoir in the US, located between Utah and Arizona border. If you visit via houseboat, there are literally hundreds of coves where you can relax and your dogs can run free.  The scenery is spectacular, I call it “Grand Canyon on a lake”.  Check out this video to see for yourself.  If you’ve never been there, it’s another place to add to your list of places to see before you die (in my opinion at least). While technically not in Colorado, I added it to our google map of Dog-friendly places in the Colorado area.

This is part 2, if you missed part 1, click here.

One of the great things about Lake Powell is once you are out on the lake, you don’t need to worry about breaking out your wallet and spending money everytime you need to eat or want to do something.   If you vacation there via boat, once you are anchored in your own private cove or beach you can relax and enjoy yourself.  If you rent a houseboat, you’ll have all the luxuries of home without all the dirt and other things many people don’t like about camping.

In addition to the incredible Grand-Canyon-like scenery, it’s a paradise for dogs.  Dogs can run and swim to their hearts content, and at night they sleep like dead dogs!

Here’s a video of some beautiful mountain scenery in Colorado from a recent trip with our dogs. It’s still early in the Fall, but you can catch a glimpse of some of the dazzling colors that will soon cover the mountainsides. This footage is from a vantage point on Highway 133 just outside of Crested Butte. From here we traveled over Kebler Pass and McClure Pass.

We originally planned to go on a fishing trip, but everytime we saw a good spot, the dogs jumped in for a swim and the fish were gone.  Oh well! The important part was that we got outside and all had a good time!

Our Colorado Adventures Google Map is here.

Tanglewood Trail is a dog-friendly hike along Deer Creek about one hour southwest of Denver in the Mt. Evans Wilderness area. It’s a really nice hike 3.7 mile hike (each way).  What I liked most about this hike is the trail runs along aside a stream most of the way, and there’s a goal to reach — the saddle or summit. Here’s a link to our Colorado Adventures google map.

If you just “Get Out and Play”, it’s amazing what you can see and how great you will feel after you are done!

Here’s a video of our Kyjen Colorado sales team doing a little R&D (ha! ha!).  We left the office early one day with our dogs for a short, but fun hike up Devil’s Head Fire Lookout. You can see our well-outfitted pack of dogs enjoying the hike in their Outward Hound dog backpacks.

The Devils Head Fire Lookout is a great hike about 45 minutes southwest of Denver in the Pike National Forest.  The US Forest Service maintains a fire observation post at the top. It’s a relatively short hike at 1.3 miles each way (but it can be tough if you are not used to the elevation).  Some of the great views from the hike can be seen in the video. Stay tuned for the outtakes at the end for some good laughs!

We’ve stayed at the Peaks Resort Hotel in Telluride, Colorado twice with our dogs.  It’s a very dog-friendly place, as you’ll see in the video.  The views from the rooms here are amongst the best anywhere.  If you have kids like us, they’ll prefer the indoor, year-round water slide to the views, but it keeps everyone happy!  In my opinion, Telluride is the most beautiful mountain town in Colorado. We’ve made an interactive google map of the dog-friendly places I’ve visited in Colorado (and we’re adding more in the future!).