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We’re Jason & Robbi, a couple living and chasing adventure in Creede’s historic backcountry—exploring the trails, dispersed camping, geology, history, wildlife, and those endless Creede skies.

This is very useful knowledge to have, y’all. Do with it what you will 🤣🤣🤣🤣 We do have suggestions on the best places to...
06/10/2026

This is very useful knowledge to have, y’all. Do with it what you will 🤣🤣🤣🤣 We do have suggestions on the best places to get lost, IJS

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Love from the high country,

Jason & Robbi🌲🌲🌲❤️❤️❤️🏔️🏔️🏔️

Creede is a land full of waterfalls, and we are definitely here for it ❤️ Some are world famous (we’re looking at you, N...
06/10/2026

Creede is a land full of waterfalls, and we are definitely here for it ❤️ Some are world famous (we’re looking at you, North Clear Creek), and some are relatively obscure. For geology nerds like Robbi and I, the obscure ones are a special treat.

Fairly close to South Clear Creek Falls is the “natural waterslide” of Rex Falls. The cascade flows over a broad, tilted slab of hardened rhyolite and tuff. These materials were laid down during the active periods of volcanism in the area. Instead of fracturing during an uplift event—possibly the same uplift that created North Clear Creek Falls—this particular tuff layer was instead pushed upward into a cohesive sheet that dips at a relatively steep angle. Over time, the drainage of the stream cut away softer surrounding layers and exposed this welded rhyolitic slab.

Rather than plunging over a fracture in the layer, the creek spreads across the smoothed rock face, flowing in a fast, thin sheet that hugs the stone. This tilted layer reflects larger forces at play, specifically the expansion and later collapse of multiple large calderas, to include La Garita, which probably created the tilt.

We hope you are all having a beautiful Wednesday! Be blessed and safe. Weekend is in the sights now, it’s all downhill from here 🤣🤣🤣

Love from the high country,

Jason & Robbi 🌲🌲🌲❤️❤️❤️🏔️🏔️🏔️

We are busy cranking out new and expanded Creede Life content for you guys, running around to some of the coolest locati...
06/09/2026

We are busy cranking out new and expanded Creede Life content for you guys, running around to some of the coolest locations here in the San Juans.

Quick reminder: we are a little over a week away from deep dive history, even more geology, expanded short form and long form video content on Facebook and the Gram, as well as pop-up giveaways of FREE Creede Life swag for our followers—both in-person here in Creede AND on our upcoming livestreams.

Every follow, every like, every share, and every comment helps us with our big 3 goals: Keeping Creede Real, Supporting our Local Businesses, and promoting Leave No Trace ethics. It’s a team effort to responsibly share and honor this beautiful place we call home.

You guys are amazing and we can’t even begin to convey how grateful we are for the love you show Creede Life every day! Thank youuuuuu 🙏🙏🥰

With all the love from the high country,

Jason & Robbi 🌲🌲🌲❤️❤️❤️🏔️🏔️🏔️

It’s a bluebird sky day here in Creede this morning, with forecasted high winds and severe drought conditions persisting...
06/09/2026

It’s a bluebird sky day here in Creede this morning, with forecasted high winds and severe drought conditions persisting in the area. With the availability of dry fuel and 30-40kt gusts predicted, fire danger is actually quite high.

Although we’ve posted a decent amount about the history of the 1892 Jimtown/Creede fire, it seemed fitting to talk about it again today—since the 1892 fire happened at roughly the same time of year (June 5th, 1892), and weather conditions largely mirrored what are experiencing now.

It’s hard to understate just how much weather played a role in the 1892 fire. Although detailed scientific records are limited, anecdotal and written accounts speak of a dry spring and early summer in the greater San Juan mountains. This would have left wooden structures, brush, and debris highly combustible. The town itself (then Jimtown) was built almost entirely of fresh-cut timber, much of it resin-rich and quick to dry. Set in the narrow canyon, the town was especially vulnerable to wind tunneling effects, which would spread an ember very rapidly from structure to structure.

The fire broke out on a blue sky, gusty June day—then proceeded to consume nearly all of the business district. Most accounts trace its origin to John Kinneavy’s saloon, where an earlier small fire had been contained a few weeks prior. On this day, however, the flames spread unchecked—possibly intensified by an initial explosion of fuel—and fed by the gusting June winds as they cranked down through Willow Creek. Even the use of dynamite to create firebreaks was of no effect, and the entire town was changed forever.

If you’re in the area today, stay weather aware and fire safe. Keep those spark arresters on, avoid driving over dry grasses or other fuel sources, and obviously don’t discard any lit or combustible materials. Although there are not any current fire restrictions in the Rio Grande National Forest, today is probably not the day for those s’mores around the campfire 😉 You can get official information on fire safety in the area from Mineral County here: https://mineralcountycolorado.com/office-emergency-management/page/fire-information

Be safe y’all!

Love from the high country,

Jason & Robbi 🌲🌲🌲❤️❤️❤️🏔️🏔️🏔️

The Hobbit Trail just north of Creede is a favorite haunt of ours for, well… geology nerd reasons. 🤓🤓🤓 You can see diffe...
06/08/2026

The Hobbit Trail just north of Creede is a favorite haunt of ours for, well… geology nerd reasons. 🤓🤓🤓 You can see different outcomes of volcanism and erosion in one beautiful frame.

In this photo, the foreground rock framing the view is welded tuff, formed when superheated pyroclastic debris from one of the many San Juan Volcanic Field eruption events was deposited, then compressed by subsequent eruptions. It cooled and solidified into the dense rock layer you can see here, later revealed by uplift and erosion.

In the center of the photo, across the valley, you can see partially-welded tuff, showing up much lighter in color. These deposits are less dense, so they erode faster than the welded tuff deposits when exposed—creating the light-colored rock pillars and spires that are visible today.

Finally, in the distance is the looming summit of San Luis Peak, one of Colorado’s southernmost fourteeners. Unlike the sharper peaks of the nearby Rockies, this smooth summit profile was created by rainfall and glacial erosion, sculpting the thick volcanic ash flow into wide basins and gentle shoulders. At 14,014ft of elevation, it is a window to the sky in our own backyard.

Love from the high country,

Jason & Robbi 🌲🌲🌲❤️❤️❤️🏔️🏔️🏔️

We love waterfalls, and our home in Mineral County is central to some of the best that Colorado has to offer. North Clea...
06/08/2026

We love waterfalls, and our home in Mineral County is central to some of the best that Colorado has to offer. North Clear Creek Falls, South Clear Creek Falls, Phoenix Park, Copper Creek… they’re all amazing in their own right. Even so, when we’re out exploring the Alpine Loop—especially during spring or early summer melt—it is always worth a quick detour to Cunningham Gulch when we descend from Stony Pass into Silverton, if only to see the cascading waterfalls coming down from Little Giant Peak and Canby.

This seasonal falls is coming down from the west edge of the drainage (Little Giant side), then flowing into Cunningham Creek, where it meanders past the lower Old Hundred Mine and the myriad remnants of Silverton’s mining past before joining the Animas River just west of Howardsville.

Fun fact: if you spin around 180 degrees from the spot we snapped this photo—and look up—you’ll see the Old Hundred Mine Boarding House opposite the valley, perched precariously at nearly 13,000ft on the side of Galena Mountain. This structure was used until 1937, but it struggled to maintain profitability due to the extreme nature of the location and poor ore quality. You can hike to the location, but it’s definitely not for the faint of heart. Some Class 2 and Class 3 scrambling is def in your future during an attempt.

Love from the high country,

Jason & Robbi 🌲🌲🌲❤️❤️❤️🏔️🏔️🏔️

Look what just came in!!! Robbi is modeling our June 2026 pop-up giveaway Creede Life limited t-shirt! We can’t wait to ...
06/07/2026

Look what just came in!!! Robbi is modeling our June 2026 pop-up giveaway Creede Life limited t-shirt! We can’t wait to give these away to you guys 🎉🎉🎉🤘🤘🤘

Starting June 20th, be looking out for our pop up livestreams! They’ll be happening in some of our favorite places in and around Creede, greater Mineral County, and even out in Hinsdale County.

We will post our location and start the livestream—giving away some of these awesome tees to the first followers who show up in person OR participate in the livestream. We will also be giving away Creede Life window stickers! Super cool design on those as well, we will post it up when the proofs come back.

More deets to come before June 20th. Thank you guys as always for being so amazing and positive, y’all are the best! The energy here on the page is so beautiful, and that’s because of YOU. We love you all 😍😍😍

From the high country,

Jason & Robbi 🌲🌲🌲❤️❤️❤️🏔️🏔️🏔️

The Alpine Loop is open!!! Cinnamon Pass showing off her early summer self in this snap, as we truck the old jeep in fro...
06/07/2026

The Alpine Loop is open!!! Cinnamon Pass showing off her early summer self in this snap, as we truck the old jeep in from Creede via Lake City to Animas Forks. Gotta hand it to the old XJ, she’s still got it after 26 years. Although she’s outfitted with a 4” lift, Fox suspension, front and rear lockers and 35” MTs, even a mostly-stock Jeep or mild truck build should have no problems with Cinnamon this year. Corkscrew is also pretty forgiving.

We’d definitely exercise some caution before attempting lower Engineer from Mineral Creek, however. Stock rigs definitely not recommended, and it’s not completely crazy to expect some mild body damage on the initial climb from 550. The high SxS traffic has definitely rutted it up, but the county is doing remedial earthwork M-F to restore the trail access. It’s still available to wheel on Saturdays and Sundays for “adventurizing” while that work continues.

What sort of adventures are you guys getting into this weekend? Let us know in the comments! Happy Sunday!

Love from the high country,

Jason & Robbi 🌲🌲🌲❤️❤️❤️🏔️🏔️🏔️

Guys, it’s been an amazing first week of June 2026 here on the page. Y’all have been liking, commenting, and sharing—and...
06/07/2026

Guys, it’s been an amazing first week of June 2026 here on the page. Y’all have been liking, commenting, and sharing—and the page growth hasn’t slowed down even a little bit! It’s been such a blessing to hear from so many of you personally and via DM, sharing your stories and memories of Creede and the surrounding area with us.

Robbi and I are so grateful for each and every one of you for being a part of this, and helping us through your interactions on every post to Keep Creede Real, Support Local Businesses, and promote Leave No Trace. As we always say, this page is a team effort and we cannot express just how grateful we are. God is good, all the time. ❤️

It’s time for the weekly recognition of our new followers! There are hundreds more, but Facebook only allows recognition of 50 at a time 😞 Just know, we see all of you! Also, a huge Creede Life hug and a thank you to our , you guys are the real MVP. You’re rockstars🤘

Remember: we are about 10 days out from pop-up giveaways, new long-form content—even more history and geology—and some perspectives of this beautiful land that we guarantee you’ve NEVER seen before 😉

Love from us in the high country,

Jason & Robbi 🌲🌲🌲❤️❤️❤️🏔️🏔️🏔️

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It’s Donkey Dash Day in town today! If you’re in the area, come by and enjoy the awesome festivities, food, and a race s...
06/06/2026

It’s Donkey Dash Day in town today! If you’re in the area, come by and enjoy the awesome festivities, food, and a race so uniquely Creede that you won’t see it anywhere else! Get your a$$ to Creede! 🤣🤣🤣😉

Jason & Robbi 🌲🌲🌲❤️❤️❤️🏔️🏔️🏔️

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