On May 3, 2013, Tracy and I met our friends, Megan and Jason, to do an overnighter in Robber’s Roost Canyon. Tracy and I camped near the San Rafael Swell on Friday night, and then we met Megan and Jason in Hanksville on Saturday morning. Form there…
Coyote Gulch is a classic southern Utah backpacking trip. The desert walking, the arches, and the deep canyon work together to make this one of the best backpacking trips in southern Utah.
The weekend of 15 Mar 13, I took a solo trip down to Robber’s Roost Canyon, starting from the east side of the Dirty Devil at the Angel Point Trailhead. I camped on Friday night near the trailhead, and then started early on Saturday. The hike down…
The weekend of 28 Dec 12, Tracy and I went snowshoeing with some friends up to Colton Guard Station on the eastern end of the Uintas. We drove in on Friday morning and started the trail later on Friday morning. Most of the trails out to the…
From August 30, 2012 to September 3, 2012, Chris, Paul, and I took a four day backpacking trip in the Weminuche Wilderness in Colorado. We originally planned to do five days on the trail, but, as many longer trips usually go, the plan was modified as we…
The weekend of 18 Aug 12, Tracy and I took a couple of friends up to Spider Lake in the Uintas. I have never hiked past Swasey Lakes on this trail, and the hike to Spider was close to 10 miles, but I figured it would be…
On July 25, 2012, Benjy flew out and we took a trip to Cirque of the Towers in the Wind River Range. Of course, for Benjy this was a climbing trip, but I convinced him to spend a couple of days backpacking with me. I had never…
The weekend of 20 Jul 12, Tracy and I headed up to Tosi Creek in the Gros Ventre Wilderness of Wyoming. We had checked out this trailhead a few weeks earlier, and I wanted to see if we could make it up to Tosi Basin. There isn’t…
On 30 Jun 12, Tracy and I took a backpacking trip up the East Fork of the Bear River. We had just checked out this trail for the first time a couple of weeks earlier, and it seemed flat enough for Tracy to try with her healing…
New Zealand was one of those perfect outdoor vacations. With mountains and glaciers and fjords and oceans and huts and nice people, New Zealand simply can’t be beat.
