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From Orange Flames to Green

Peter Skiba wrote 1 week ago: Smoke and fire covered the hillside. Several weeks ago we were surprised by the smoke in our western … more →

Tags: Hiking, Renee Skiba, fort collins colorado, Lory State Park, Well Gulch Nature Trail, Horsetooth Reservoir, new growth after fire, wildfire

Geo-hiking along St. Vrain Creek

Peter Skiba wrote 1 month ago: Beginning at the trailhead we knew hiking sticks were going to be an important prop on this adventur … more →

Tags: Geocaching, Hiking, Renee Skiba, Denali41, Roosevelt National Forest, pixel magic, Ceran St. Vrain, St. Vrain Creek, "cannon mountain"

Eleven Caches on South Table Mountain

Peter Skiba wrote 2 months ago: Renee and Douglas near the top of South Table. Early on a gray overcast Saturday morning Renée and I … more →

Tags: Geocaching, Hiking, Renee Skiba, Golden Colorado, Douglas Skiba, pixel magic, south table mountain, Mediocre Climber

Red Rock Touring2 comments

Peter Skiba wrote 2 months ago: This February like the last several years Renée and I have jumped into our vehicle and driven to Sed … more →

Tags: Geocaching, geocaching in Arizona, Maris Fried, Mike Carey, Paul Fried, Pink Jeep Tours, Red Rocks, Renee Skiba, Sedona Arizona

Green Mountain deep freeze

Peter Skiba wrote 4 months ago: Saturday morning the outdoor thermometer read minus 3 degrees Fahrenheit.  Brr, that’s cold.   … more →

Tags: Hiking, Colorado, Doug Skiba, Boulder, climbing, Skiba, mountains, flat irons, NCAR

New personal best for Pixel Magic

Peter Skiba wrote 4 months ago: Peter and Renée, geocachers, known as Pixel Magic On the first day of the new year we quietly celebr … more →

Tags: Geocaching, Renee Skiba, northern colorado, pixel magic

Hiking to Bear Peak

Peter Skiba wrote 4 months ago: Over the last three weeks I have hiked to the summit of Bear Peak in Boulder Colorado three times as … more →

Tags: Hiking, Colorado, Doug Skiba, Heidi Skiba, Boulder, mountains, snow-covered mountains

Skiing down from 12,000'

Peter Skiba wrote 4 months ago: Christmas day at Loveland Basin Last year snow was virtually non-existent in many of the ski areas i … more →

Tags: Skiing, Renee Skiba, Heidi Skiba, Skiing, Christmas, Loveland Basin, Skiing at Loveland Basin, Douglas Skiba, Downhill Skiing

Devils Tower Summit1 comment

Peter Skiba wrote 9 months ago: My dark glasses concealed the tears that were forming in my eyes.  Each new step hurt my feet more t … more →

Tags: Climbing, Doug Skiba, Heidi Skiba, climbing, Rock Climbing, mountains, Wyoming, Andy Skiba, Exercise

Alaskan Cruise

Peter Skiba wrote 10 months ago: Renée and I made a quick decision to cruise to Alaska.  We’d been talking about it for quite s … more →

Tags: Geocaching, Travel, Renee Skiba, Alaska, Alaskan Cruise, Seattle, sawyer glacier, Tracy Arm, Juneau Alaska

Cathedral Rock

Peter Skiba wrote 10 months ago: Each year Renée and I travel to Sedona Arizona in the winter to take in a change of scenery and weat … more →

Tags: Skiba Fine Art, Photo Art, Photographs, Western Landscapes, art sales, Sedona, arizona, water reflections, RED ROCKS

School of Fish?

Peter Skiba wrote 11 months ago: Last Saturday and Sunday was spent studying the science and art of fly fishing.  The local experts, … more →

Tags: Trout Fishing, Renee Skiba, @ vacation, outdoors, Nature, Fly Fishing, Saint Peter's Fly Shop, fort collins colorado, old town fort collins

Packing 40 Pounds up to Chipmunk Lake

Peter Skiba wrote 11 months ago: With the car loaded on Friday night Renée and I were ready to travel at 6:30 AM on Saturday to Rocky … more →

Tags: Hiking, Colorado, climbing, Rock Climbing, Rocky Mountain National Park, mountains, Doug, Renee, heidi

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reneeskiba wrote 1 year ago: For the past 2 months or so, Peter has been planning and preparing for a hike to Crosier Mountain ne … more →

Tags: Hiking, Colorado, Geocaching, peter, drake, Crosier Mountain

Hiking Fool At the Top

Peter Skiba wrote 1 year ago: Over the past couple of weeks I have become known as a hiking fool.  The hiking part of the name is … more →

Tags: Geocaching, Hiking, Colorado, mountains, Exercise, Cacheman48, PixelMagic, Dick Ledman, Cache La Poudre River

Mapping Our Way Up Bobcat Ridge1 comment

Peter Skiba wrote 1 year ago: On Saturday my friends Dick and Eric picked me up to complete a complex multi-cache involving mappin … more →

Tags: Geocaching, Hiking, Colorado, Fort Collins, mountains, Mapping, Cacheman48, Estrek, Denali41

Up and Down North Table Mountain

Peter Skiba wrote 1 year ago: Doug and Heidi both live at the north end of North Table Mountain in Golden Colorado.  Whenever we h … more →

Tags: Climbing, Doug Skiba, Heidi Skiba, jefferson county open space, North Table Mountain, technical climbing at North Table Mountain, Tom Ressman

Three years ago

Peter Skiba wrote 1 year ago: On this day in 2009 Renée and I were in the high desert of California for the first time in our live … more →

Tags: Travel, Renee Skiba, California, Alabama Hills, rock arch

Rock climbing and Ice skating

Peter Skiba wrote 1 year ago: My family joined me in Fort Collins for my 65th birthday celebration.  My sons, Doug and Andy, and t … more →

Tags: Climbing, Colorado, Renee Skiba, Doug Skiba, Heidi Skiba, Boulder, climbing, Rock Climbing, Fort Collins


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