Ivy (And One Patriot) Peaks

A mountain pass outside of Pagosa Springs, Colo., offers a breathtaking view Wednesday. The night finished at a campground at 10,000-feet altitude near Cripple Creek, Colo. Next on tap: The cog railroad to the top of Pike's Peak as our vacation winds down.

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Today's Colorado/Dartmouth football trivia question. Can you name the five peaks in Colorado that have the same name as Dartmouth football opponents? Here they are:

• Columbia
• Harvard
• Princeton
• Yale
• Mount of the Holy Cross

A few quick notes. Robin Harris, the new executive director of the Ivy League, has taken office. Find a short story here and keep your fingers crossed that she recognizes the unfairness of every Ivy League sport being able to go to the postseason except for football.

New Jersey.com has a story about new Princeton men's lacrosse coach Chris Bates, a former Dartmouth player. (Former coach Bill Tierney went to Denver University and having had a chance to check out the campus at the start of our trip we can see why he and former Princeton men's basketball coach Joe Scott could be enticed out this way. It's very nice.)

A regular emailer sent a link to a story about a 13-year-old football player commiting to play at Tennessee. Oh my.

And finally this: That softball team that the certain Hanover High senior-to-be co-captained last fall has won the state sportsmanship award for the sport. Neat stuff.

More tomorrow (hopefully) as our trip winds down.