We’re Steph & Ted, and we LOVE mountains! We love them so much, we spend most weekends hiking and climbing them, or researching new trails to check out ASAP. We also love getting out and exploring with new people, capturing love and adventure, and doing our part to keep nature awesome for future generations. We agree there are no better decorations than those found in nature.
Named after the Great Range, our passion for adventure was born in the Adirondack Mountains in 2007. The peaks of the Great Range were among the first mountains we hiked together and are some our favorites! The outdoors is an essential part of our lives and colorful landscapes offer inspiration, motivation, and rejuvenation.
As practical people who appreciate the simple things in life, we’ve never quite understood the traditional wedding scene. We aren’t big fans of being the center of attention and we’re terrible dancers. When we thought about getting married, we realized we didn’t want to manage the stress, opinions, and expectations that often come with planning a big wedding and many wedding traditions weren’t personally important to us.
We wanted to get married OUR way - to do something that reflected who we are and what we love, in a meaningful location, and in a way that we were comfortable with. Since the first place we lived together was in Colorado, we got married in Rocky Mountain National Park and enjoyed sharing our favorite hikes with loved ones. We watched the sunrise from 11,000ft and did our portraits out on the tundra with my sister. We chose to have a very short, intimate ceremony with only 13 guests, officiated by a mutual climbing partner.
Our group stayed together in a gorgeous, private vacation home with woodsy decor, and our reception involved dinner in Estes Park, visiting rock shops, spending way too much on labradorite, and enjoying our view of Longs Peak at sunset from the hot tub. Read about our wedding adventure on the blog!
