Colorado Trail Article
College Avenue Quarterly Magazine
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The Colorado Trail is a continuous hiking trail that runs about 500 miles from Denver to Durango. I decided to take on this expedition and carried camera weight to document the immensely grounding and deeply personal experience of being in the backcountry for a month at a time.
Colorado Trail 2025 Selects
Summit of the Elk Creek Descent near Silverton, Colorado.
At the southern junction of the Collegiate East and Collegiate West.
Smokey sunrise on Indian Trail Ridge near Durango, Colorado.
Moniker standing at sunrise near Cottonwood Pass.
Foggy trail morning near Marshall Pass.
Marmot in the San Juan Range.
Mount Garfield from the Animas River, near Silverton, Colorado.
Doe and two Fawn in the San Juan Range.
Marmot and her pup resting near Salida, Colorado.
Marmot and her pup near Salida, Colorado.
Sunrise in the San Juan Range.
Seed bank on CSU campus supports worldwide agriculture
CSU is home to the world's best kept gene bank in the world. Dr. Daren Harmel gave me access to the facility and spoke to me about the bank and how it actively supports agriculture internationally.
Giant Pumpkin sets Wyoming State Record in Fort Collins
Fort Collins Nursery hosts the Giant Pumpkin Weigh-off and Fall Jamboree annually. In 2023 Andy and Amy Corbin set the new state record for Wyoming with a 2,062 pound fruit.