Dave Backus' HikaNation Photos
Colorado

August 5th, 1980  to  October 6th, 1980
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Cortez Valley

Shellie Newell, Janet Parsons, Lyle Bialk
On a side trip to Mesa Verde National Park
Arranged by Gudy Gaskill, Colorado HikaNation Coordinator
August 6 - 8, 1980


Cliff Palace
Mesa Verde National Park


Monty Montgomery
On-site HikaNation Coordinator


Camp 123 Rainbow
Somewhere betwen Dove Creek and Rico


View of Graysill Mountain
Rico to Silverton Trail
San Juan National Forest


Flowers along the Rico to Silverton Trail
San Juan National Forest


Cascade River
Rico to Silverton Trail


Cascade Falls
Rico to Silverton Trail


Camp 128 was next to the rock slide
Rico to Silverton Trail


Looking back down Rico to Silverton Trail


Looking ahead on the Rico to Silverton Trail
with Twin Sisters on the right


Rex Halfpenny, Monty Montgomery, Marce Guerrein, Mary Oswald
Postum Feast in Silverton, Colorado


Jerry Benson, Jiamie Pyles, Gomer Pyles
Postum Feast in Silverton, Colorado


Durango to Silverton Narrow Guage Railroad
Official Website


Durango to Silverton Narrow Guage Railroad
Official Website


Silverton, Colorado
One of the highest towns in the United States,
at 9,318 feet (2,840 m) above sea level.


Silverton, Colorado
One of the highest towns in the United States,
at 9,318 feet (2,840 m) above sea level.


Camp 136, one day out of Silverton


Sharon Chrostowski
13,000 foot pass out of Silverton
Possibly on Kendall Mountain

HikaNation along the Continental Divide Trail
August 24 through September 3, 1980


Sharon Chrostowski, Shellie Newell, David Chernow
Continental Divide Trail


Dave Backus
Continental Divide Trail


Camp 137 - Kite Lake
Continental Divide Trail


Camp 141
Continental Divide Trail


Shellie Newell & David Chernow on the trail
Continental Divide Trail


"Golden Brigade"
Marcie Guerrein, Al Frost, John Stout
Continental Divide Trail


Dave Backus
Overlooking Ricon La Osa
Continental Divide Trail


John Stout leaving Williams Lake
Continental Divide Trail


John Olmsted filming The Knife Edge
Continental Divide Trail


The Knife Edge
Continental Divide Trail
version above             ...& a horizontally reversed version


Dave Backus - The Knife Edge
Continental Divide Trail


The Knife Edge
August 31, 1980
(photo from William Ewart)


John Olmsted Filming The Knife Edge
August 31, 1980
(photo from Rich Warnick)


The Whale's Backbone
Continental Divide Trail
version above             ...& a horizontally reversed version


Williams Creek Reservoir
Continental Divide Trail


Trout Creek Valley
Continental Divide Trail


Palomino Peak
Continental Divide Trail


Highland Trail View
Continental Divide Trail


Dave Backus
Continental Divide Trail


Dave Backus
Continental Divide Trail


View across Table Mountain
Continental Divide Trail


Rio Grande Valley
Continental Divide Trail


West Fork Valley
Continental Divide Trail


Sawtooth Mountain
Continental Divide Trail


Sawtooth Mountain
Continental Divide Trail


Camp 141 - Sawtooth Mountain Ridge
Sharon Chrostowski, ??, David Chernow
Continental Divide Trail


View of the Rio Grande Pyramid
from South River Peak


View of the Continental Divide
after leaving it


Heading towards Del Norte


House before arriving in Del Norte


Sharon Chrostowski heading towards the
Great Sand Dunes National Monument
September 11, 1980


Tim & Peggy Williams' ranch
Loading up to go see Dinosaur Prints
September 21, 1980


Tayanna and the Dinosaur Prints
Tim & Peggy Williams' ranch
September 21, 1980


Indian pictures (petroglyphs) on Tim Williams' property
September 21, 1980


Tim Williams addressing the HikaNation group


Peggy Williams with the HikaNation group


Marika Matyus & Jerri Hudson at the campsite
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
September 28 - 29 1980


Entrance to The Fort
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
September 28 - 29 1980


Joe Shute, Jerry Benson, & a Fort Ranger at the Fur Press
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
September 28 - 29 1980


Blacksmith Demonstration
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
September 28 - 29 1980


Jerri Hudson, Jiamie & Gomer Pyles, Tish Butcher, Tim Mingus
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
September 28 - 29 1980


John Stout starting a fire
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
September 28 - 29 1980


Camp 174 - October 2, 1980
Somewhere in Colorado


Dave Backus hoisting his Kelty backpack
October 5, 1980


A typical Dave Backus cairn
Approaching the Kansas border

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