For all of you hikers out there, add this to your 100 trails you must hike before you die list. It is a 10 mile circular trail, traveling over a crest and looping back to the start point.
When I was young, 11, 12, 13, and 14, we lived on Grand Mesa (Colorado) every summer due to my health.
(It is just an hour away).
Every week for the first two years, Momma, my brother and I would hike this trail.
I don’t remember it being such a hard thing to do, but whew! It is!
(Pant, Pant, Wheeze…man the things I do to post on a blog!!! Whew!)
On the crest both sides of the path drop off steeply allowing the hiker to look into Mesa County on the right
See the bookcliffs in the distance?
and Delta County on the left. Grand Mesa has 100’s of lakes.
We gradually get back to tree line.
Walking along the lower edge
Until we get back to the cars.
There you have it, a top of the world tour from Grand Mesa, Colorado!
Life on a Colorado Farm 
Hi there, Thank you for sharing this with us-there is still so much of Colorado I’ve yet to see and may never get to it all so I love seeing new places via my friends. Hope all is well with you.
Hugs, Noreen
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Wow! I love it. Another thing to check off on that list of things to do before I die. So beautiful up there.
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Look at the lovely wildflowers. Too high for the Aspens, so sad. They are my favorite.
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gorgeous photogs and youre gonna be in “kick butt” shape… woo hoo
gp
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WOW…..that is certainly a “HIKE” of a lifetime!
Did you ever encounter Bears? Or any other threatening wildlife on your hikes?
Even here where I live…….25 miles SE of Erie PA…we have Black Bears. I live on a dirt road and I don’t think I would take a walk near sundown or after dark alone on my road……even for 1/2 mile!! I’m a chicken for sure.
The picturesque scenery is absolutly beautiful!
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WooHOOOO!
Wonderful. Thank you so much for sharing this amazaing hike. 🙂 I do miss so many things in the west. I can just almost feel like I’m there with you.
What great memories you have of hiking as a child.
~Faith
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Wow, my little mountain adventure pales compared to your’s! Just awesome, I would be huffing and puffing too!
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Thanks for doing all the hard work so we could see all the scenery. Truly a beautiful hike!
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Wow, that is just beautiful!! I really would love to visit colorado one day!!
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Hi Linda , what pretty country. I can’t hardly hike to the mailbox anymore , LOL . One of these days we are going to take a trip out your way . My hubby would love it.He has never been anywhere except Tenn. and Georgia . Alabama, and Florida.
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Such beauty!
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I LOVE your tours and appreciate the effort ;-). Thanks for sharing!
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What a fantasic walk. I would love to do that but 10 miles sounds a long way. It is beautiful scenery. Thanks for taking me on that hike.
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I love when you do this, thank you so much! It’s absolutely gorgeous, and I SO want to come up there and ride that trail. Not hike. I might die if I had to walk that far uphill. Good job girl!!
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I’m so happy you took the effort to walk this blog. This is the kind of trail I like (walking and looking at).
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Hi Linda. That looks like a great trail for a hike. What a shame it is such a long way away.
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Hi..just found your blog. It is amazing. I lived in Colorado 17 yrs ago, but only for a year. I loved the beauty of the country and miss it a lot. Your pictures are incredible and love the old mining town tour….thanks for sharing:) Erica
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Looks great. We camped on the Mesa once and we got eaten up with mosquitos. The wrong time to be there evidently. We will have to go back that way. What health problem did you have? Great that you were able to hike.
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OMG gorgeous and I love that you share this!
Sunday (or monday’s) post will be just for you and I will share some of where we are from as well. You have allowed me to go for a hike without getting tired or having to pay for a plane ticket to get there!
🙂
Lisa
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Absolutely gorgeous! The Grand Mesa is such beautiful country. Thank you for sharing.
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Oh I really enjoyed your hike! Beautiful country! Love the views from the top! Ten miles..that is a long hike..I could do a few miles but not ten. 🙂
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Loved seeing those pictures. I always visit your blog when i get homesick. :-)) I’m not able to go to the western slope because of MY health right now, so seeing these pics were awesome. Thanks for sharing!
~Brenda
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Wow, what a beautiful hike. Reminds me of the summer we spent in Silver Springs, CO — we found some awesome hiking, I just don’t remember where it was. That was over 10 years ago, when my son was 16. We let him bring a friend and we took my dalmatian with us too. It was so beautiful!
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What a beautiful place to hike, and that view makes the climb worthwhile. Thanks for sharing.
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are you the same farm that makes goat cheese? We were at the Gunnison Farmers Market and had the pleasure of purchasing Roubideau Farm to you products.
This is our second summer on the Western Slope and enjoy it so very much the area is a photo takers dream.
Thanks for a great blog…..definitely a book mark
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