Hi, I’m Kylie
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Food, Theater, Travel, Adventure, Mental Health & Everything Else
2022 Moab Road Trip
Moab is one of my favorite road trips from Denver - the drive is only 5 hours and the hiking, biking & off-roading trails are seemingly endless. This was my fifth trip to Moab and I was still amazed at the beauty and found new trails to explore. I knew it would...
Prescribing Park Passes for Health – Go Canada!
Canada has started doing something incredible: prescribing National Park passes! According to the Washington Post Article, studies show that time in nature has a "range of benefits, from lower stress hormones and heart rate variability to higher self esteem among...
Visiting Denver on a Budget
Denver can be an expensive city to live in and visit, but there are also a ton of ways to enjoy the Mile High City and the mountains on a budget. It can take a little creativity and lots of time outside, but here are my favorite ways to save money & still enjoy...
Discussion Combustion Podcast
I am so incredibly honored that the lovely men behind Denver's Discussion Combustion Podcast invited me to come and chat! After interviewing people on the news for a decade now, it's always funny to be in the other seat and honestly I was a little nervous about...
Best Hikes For Fall Colors in Colorado
Best fall hikes for fall colors in Colorado
Mental Health Check In
I haven’t talked about mental health publicly in a while and it’s for a couple of reasons. The first is actually pretty wonderful: this is the best I’ve felt mentally in years. I feel like after years of turbulence my life feels settled, stable and full of purpose....
Hike For A Cause
What an amazing weekend! There's nothing better then spending time outside with wonderful people who genuinely care about making an impact in our community. When the team behind HalfDays first approached me about teaming up to do a fundraiser, I was immediately on...
Best Road Trips from Denver
1. Southwestern ColoradoFrom Crested Butte to the Black Canyon then rounding off the trip with a stay in Ouray and Telluride, southwestern Colorado is an absolute must visit! Must hike: Black Canyon of GunnisonOuray Perimeter Trail We did a mix of camping and Air...
Top 10 Waterfall/Lake Hikes
The best waterfall hikes close to Denver
AO’s First Fundraiser
It's been almost a year since Approachable Outdoors launched last summer as a fun side project during the Pandemic and I'm still blown away every day at what it's grown into. In the very early days I would dream about using this site as a source of good, to make an...
Weekend Getaway: Estes Park
Estes Park is one of my favorite places in Colorado! It's only an hour and a half from Denver (which is a gorgeous drive) and it has so many options for a weekend away. Obviously the big focus of our trip was hiking: Hikes: Mill's Lake (4.9 Miles/886 ft. Elevation...
My First Guided Hike
I usually find my hikes on AllTrails or through recomendations from friends and had never been on a guided hike before but the YMCA of the Rockies offers a guided hike for free when you're staying there. One of the best parts was that I didn't have to worry about...
