Golden, CO

We returned to Denver and used out time to verify that Denver is over-the-top big, expensive and has pretty big rush hour traffic jams. But it's also close to Golden, so we visited and found it to be very nice, although very much a college town - CSU's school of mining is a large presence.

It's about 25 minutes west of Denver, surrounded by table top plateaus and low mountains. Great views all around!

It is also home the American Mountaineering Museum, so we visited that. They have a pretty extraordinary library of mountaineering. I found that my 1970's Robinson/Chouinard "Clean Climbing" book/catalog is now a valuable item. I did the obligatory check and found 0 first ascents by Morfits. Ah well, maybe me?Read more