My friends Al and John, and I took another winter trip to live and play in the Rocky Mountain backcountry in early February this year. This time we reserved 3 nights each at two yurts in the Colorado State Forest State Park in northern Colorado. The two yurts we visited were the Grass Creek and Ruby Jewel Yurts.The red star on the map below shows the general area where we were to the west of Ft. Collins and east of Steamboat Springs. The terrain we were in was the western foothills of the southernmost Medicine Bow Mountains.Sunset light on the Medicine Bows from Grass Creek Yurt.The yurts provide "basic" essentials such as roof, wood stove for heat and a 2- or 3-burner propane cooking ...