McCoy Park

The weekend of 26 Jun 10, Tracy, Eric, and I went to McCoy Park in the Uintas. We wanted to head to Island Lake, but when we got to Burnt Fork Creek, the river was running way too high to be able to cross. The drop down…

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Glacier NP

Over the long Memorial Day weekend of May 28, 2010, Tracy and I took a long road trip up to northwestern Montana. Besides my work trip up here a week earlier, we had never been in this part of Montana, and we wanted to check it out.…

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Great Bear Wilderness

On May 19, 2010, I went to Kalispell, MT, for work, and took the opportunity to explore and hike around. Our very first trip to the Rocky Mountains was in 1997, when we went to Glacier National Park. We haven’t been back to Glacier since then, and…

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Coyote Gulch

The weekend of 9 Apr 10, Tracy and I headed out to Coyote Gulch in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in southern Utah.  We had once hiked down to the confluence of Hurricane Wash and Coyote Gulch, but we didn’t hike past the confluence.  This time, however,…

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Bruneau Dunes State Park

The weekend of March 26, 2010, I took a drive up to Boise to meet Chris and Stacia for the weekend. We spent some time hiking at the Bruneau Dunes State Park and at Bruneau Canyon. We also checked out the Birds of Prey Refuge, which was…

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Southwest Tour

The weekend of February 19, 2010, Jessica and David came out for one last hoo-rah before they became parents. Since it was the dead of winter, and it seemed to be snowing as much in southern Utah as it was in the mountains, we decided to make…

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Stump Creek Guard Station

The weekend of 12 Feb 10, Tracy and I headed up towards the Tetons to stay at a Forest Service cabin and to do some snowshoeing around the Tetons. On Friday night we braved the gloom and doom snow forecast and headed to the Stump Creek Guard…

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Wildhorse Canyon

The weekend of 15 Jan 10, Tracy and I did an 8 mile loop in Wildhorse Canyon.  This was a nice, relaxing hike.  We hiked to the end of the canyon then hiked across the slickrock back towards the road and then finished the loop via the…

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Yellowstone

Over the the long New Year’s weekend of January 1, 2010, Tracy and I went to Yellowstone with Jess and Amber. Winter is a great time to see animals, and we especially wanted to find wolves. We ran into some blowing snow on the drive into West…

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Various Utah Pictures – 2010

These are various pictures from Utah trips in 2010 that I didn’t think warranted a complete trip report. Moab Rim, UT – November 12, 2010   Dry Fork, UT – September 19, 2010   Meteor Shower – August 13, 2010   Yellowstone Creek, UT – July 31,…

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