Reservoir Ridge - Michaud Lane

First Trail Junction and view Northeast

If you are new to Fort Collins or have lived here for years and never been to Reservoir Ridge you should check it out. It is a fantastic area for hiking, trailrunning and mtn biking and it is minutes from Fort Collins. A perfect place to go for a 3 to 5 mile hike and be back in town in less than 2 hours door to hike to door. In fact, the trailhead is exactly 9 minutes by car from my doorstep. I would guess it is about 20 minutes or so by bike. I ride by the turn all the time on my bike rides, but as I do not have a mountain bike I just keep on spinnin' by. I have been trail running over there lately, which is fantastic! Here are some pictures from a this past Sunday on a sunset hike with Christi and Winston. The first is the view from the first trail junction just at the top of the first little set of switchbacks. You can see northern Fort Collins and the south end of Wellington.

Deer on the Ridge

A little further south on the trail we came across six deer. Here you can see two silhouetted on the ridge line below this lone pine. It really is a very neat place 10 minutes from our house.


What would be a sunset hike without some pictures of the sunset. The sky just keep getting better and better!

Moose Viewing

Cameron Pass is probably the best place around to see a moose. Christi and I travel over Cameron Pass about once a month and I would say the odds are 50/50 that we see a moose sometime during our drive. If you spend just a little bit of time in the area your odds rapidly increase. This picture is from November. This little one was staying very near the road but would spook every time a new car drove past. The moose was very interested in licking the salt that had been recently applied to the road. Seems like a hard place to make a life to me, but then I guess moose enjoy cold weather and snow!

First Post and Purpose

Welcome! The goal of this blog will be to share cool events happening in Fort Collins with a smattering of real estate related insight mixed in for good measure. I hope to keep readers informed of events and opportunities in the area blended with a good dose of eclectic information. Please make comments and topic recommendations are always welcome.

Erik

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