Every Yurt is a base camp for adventure! This blog about my yurt lifestyle at 11,800' in Colorado.
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Ever since my first fort as a kid I have always had an interest in alternative structures, and growing up in Colorado I have seen Yurts at many ski resorts. In 2011 I decided to get one of my own.
Read more Save SaveHi to everyone. My name is Joe! As a Colorado native and avid outdoors-man I have seen Yurts throughout the backcountry and at many local ski resorts. In 2009 I decided I was going to get a backcountry yurt of…
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A question that I get all the time – What’s that thing under the dome? The short answer is that it’s a sunshade. There are two options for domes from the Colorado Yurt Company, a clear dome or an optional…
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I get a lot of questions of why some of my photos have a railing on the deck while others do not. Because of the large amount of snow I receive (300” average) and my inconsistency in trips over the…
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Six years ago today I closed on my first property, a small one-acre lot at 11,800ft in the Colorado backcountry. I only had one weekend to camp on the lot before winter set in that year but I was able…
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When I first bought my property I was amazed at all the wildflowers on the lot because it was a natural garden that never had to be watered or maintained but over the past two years, a non-native thistle has…
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While Memorial Day Weekend is the kick of to summer for most up at the yurt you never know what season it will be. Some years you can drive all the way to the yurt and some years you still…
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Early this March my friend Sam brought his new Girlfriend Katie, and her friends up for their first yurt experience and to celibate Katie’s birthday. We played some games explored the neighborhood and had a great time celebrating Katie’s birthday…
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It turns out that the 13,000ft and 14,000ft peaks surrounding the yurt make the perfect training ground for the the 10th Mountain Division to practice altitude helicopter landings and maneuvers. I’m not sure how frequently they train but I have…
Continue readingHaving not made any trips up to the yurt since Halloween, I was eager to see how much snow had accumulated in November. The previous Thanksgiving weekend on the drive back to Golden, I decided to make a short detour…
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Each summer I try to complete one or two improvement projects on the yurt, and this past summer I finally got around to a storage project. Storage in the yurt is limited, and during trips gear usually ends up thrown…
Continue readingAbout a dozen moose were transplanted to Colorado in 1978. Without many natural predators the moose soon found an ideal safe home in Colorado’s high country, multiplying rapidly and migrating across the mountains. The National Forest surrounding the yurt is…
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