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IColorado yiparadesi yokunyuka intaba, edweliswe rhoqo phakathi kwamazwe aphezulu okubetha iindlela. Urhulumente uneendlela ezingama-5,257 zokuhamba ezidweliswe kuzo alltrails.com, uninzi lwazo zingaphakathi kohambo olufutshane ukusuka kwizixeko ezigudle udederhu olungaphambili. Oku kwenza olona hambo ludumileyo luxinene kakhulu ngeempelaveki kulo lonke ihlobo. Kwabaninzi, ezo ndlela zilala zilele ukusuka kwixesha lokubhabha kwekhephu ekwindla de linyibilike ngasekupheleni kwentwasahlobo. Noko ke, abanye baye bafumana indlela yokuyonwabela le mizila unyaka wonke.

Usapho lwam kunye nam sasiphakathi kwabakhenkethi ehlotyeni kuphela de kwaba yiminyaka eliqela eyadlulayo xa sagqiba kwelokuba sizame ukukhwela ikhephu. Kuhambo lwethu lokuqala, amanyathelo ethu okuqala aziva engathandeki. Enye yeentombi zethu yakuchaza “njengokuhambahamba ngezihlangu ezihlekisayo.” Kodwa njengoko sasihamba sityhutyha imipayini ezele likhephu nee<em>aspens ezingenanto, ikhephu laqalisa ukuwa, yaye saqalisa ukukhululeka nokuyonwabela imekobume yomlingo. Sasinomzila wethu, yaye ukuba sodwa kwakungafani nantoni na esasikhe sibe nayo ehlotyeni.

Ukubuyela ebusika kwiindledlana esasikhe sahamba kuzo ehlotyeni kwakungamava abangel’ umdla. Njengomzekelo, indawo yaseWild Basin yeRocky Mountain National Park inikezela ngeyona ndawo ithandwayo lusapho lwethu lokuhamba intaba. Utat'omkhulu womfazi wam wayenekhabhathi ekufutshane, ngoko ke mhlawumbi siye sawuhamba lo mzila amaxesha angaphezu kweshumi elinambini ehlotyeni kunye namalungu osapho amaninzi kunye nabahlobo kule minyaka idlulileyo.

Ubusika kwi-Wild Basin bubonelela ngamava ahluke ngokupheleleyo. Ehlotyeni, i-St. Vrain Creek iqhuma ngamandla apheleleyo kwiingxangxasi ezininzi ecaleni kwendlela; ebusika, yonke into ingumkhenkce kwaye igqunywe likhephu. Kwi-Copeland Falls unokuma embindini we-St. Vrain Creek enomkhenkce, into engenakucingelwa ehlotyeni. ICalypso Cascades ehlotyeni yenza isandi esinamandla njengoko ihamba phezu kwezigodo namatye awileyo; ebusika yonke into izolile kwaye izolile. Ilanga lasehlotyeni livelisa iintyatyambo zasendle ecaleni kwendlela; ebusika ilanga emini emaqanda alikhange likrobe nje phezu kweenduli nasemithini. Oonomatse basemhlabeni, ii<em>chipmunks, ii<em>marmots, neentaka zazo zonke iintlobo zixhaphakile ehlotyeni; ebusika zifukama okanye kudala zibhabhela emazantsi. Noko ke, sabona isiqongqothwane esinentloko ebomvu yamelana nekhephu ngasemva, yaye imivundla eyayisekhephuni yayisasebenza njengoko kungqinwa ngumkhondo wayo.

Okunye ukuphuma kwe-snowshoe kuye kwasithatha kwimibono ecacileyo yokwahlukana kwelizwekazi, iinkampu zemigodi ezilahliwe, iindawo zangaphambili ze-ski, kunye nezindlu ezakhiwa kuqala yi-Army's 10th Mountain Division. Noko ke, ngokufuthi siye sonwabe xa sihamba emithini size sonwabele ukuzola kwasebusika, siphazanyiswa kuphela kukungcungcutheka kwekhephu “kwezihlangu” zethu.

Imisebenzi emininzi yasebusika eColorado ifuna izakhono ezikhethekileyo, kunye nezixhobo ezibiza kakhulu kunye nokupasa. I-snowshoeing, kwelinye icala, iphantse ilula njengokuhamba, izixhobo azibizi kakhulu, kwaye iindlela zikhululekile, ngaphandle kokuba mhlawumbi ngeemali zokungena kwimo yethu emangalisayo okanye kwiipaki zelizwe. abathengisi bangaphandle ezifana REI kwaye Imidlalo kaChristy Renta izihlangu zekhephu ukuba ufuna ukuzama ngaphambi kokuba uthenge, okanye unokufumana isibini esisetyenzisiweyo kubathengisi bezemidlalo abasetyenzisiweyo okanye iimarike ze-intanethi. Rhoqo okona kukhephukhaphu kulungileyo kukwindawo ephakamileyo, kodwa ikhephu elinzima kunye namaqondo obushushu abandayo ukuza kuthi ga ngoku kulo nyaka kwenze ukuba kube lula ukuya kukhephukha naphi na. I-28 kaFebruwari luSuku lwe-Snowshoe lwase-US, kutheni ungazami kwindlela oyithandayo?