Needles
The Needles District of Canyonlands National Park offers some of the best backpacking in southern Utah. I have found many hidden gems throughout this area that have left me awe struck.
Category: Backpacking Trips
Burnt Fork
The weekend of 16 July 11 I took a solo backpacking trip into the Uintas. The snow was finally mostly gone up there, so I thought I would give it a shot. Initially, I wanted to hike out to Garfield Basin but the Weather Service snow models…
Granite Highline
It’s hard to find a bad hike anywhere in the Rockies of western Wyoming, and the Gros Ventre Wilderness is no exception.
Grand Canyon
The weekend of April 1, 2011, Tracy and I made a trip out to the Grand Canyon to finally backpack down to the bottom. We took half a day off from work on Thursday to drive to the hotel outside the park, and then we started the…
Grizzly Ridge Yurt
The weekend of 11 Feb 11, Tracy and I decided to try snowshoeing out to a yurt, again. The last time we did the Limber Flag Yurt, but this time we decided to do the Grizzly Ridge Yurt that was just a little south-west of Limber Flag.…
Virgin Narrows
On 15 Oct 10, Tracy and I drove down to Zion National Park to hike the Narrows of the Virgin River. We drove to Springdale on Friday night and then got up early in the morning to pick up our overnight permit. We had reserved a permit…
San Luis Peak
[Jump to Photos] Over the long weekend of September 3, 2010, Tracy and I made our third annual trip to Colorado to climb a 14er. This year we decided to do San Luis Peak. The hike up to San Luis is longer than most 14ers, so…
Naturalist Basin
The weekend of 28 Aug 10, Tracy and I decided to try our luck with Naturalist Basin. We had tried to hike here a couple of times in the spring, but there was always too much snow. I didn’t want to hike it in the summer because…
Washakie Wilderness
The weekend of August 6, 2010, Eric and I went to check out the Absaroka Mountains outside the east end of Yellowstone. I decided I wanted to try to see grizzly bears on the high mountains feeding on Army Cutworm Moths. They gather in large groups to…
Beartooths
Burnt Fork
The weekend of 16 July 11 I took a solo backpacking trip into the Uintas. The snow was finally mostly gone up there, so I thought I would give it a shot. Initially, I wanted to hike out to Garfield Basin but the Weather Service snow models…
Granite Highline
It’s hard to find a bad hike anywhere in the Rockies of western Wyoming, and the Gros Ventre Wilderness is no exception.
Grand Canyon
The weekend of April 1, 2011, Tracy and I made a trip out to the Grand Canyon to finally backpack down to the bottom. We took half a day off from work on Thursday to drive to the hotel outside the park, and then we started the…
Grizzly Ridge Yurt
The weekend of 11 Feb 11, Tracy and I decided to try snowshoeing out to a yurt, again. The last time we did the Limber Flag Yurt, but this time we decided to do the Grizzly Ridge Yurt that was just a little south-west of Limber Flag.…
Virgin Narrows
On 15 Oct 10, Tracy and I drove down to Zion National Park to hike the Narrows of the Virgin River. We drove to Springdale on Friday night and then got up early in the morning to pick up our overnight permit. We had reserved a permit…
San Luis Peak
[Jump to Photos] Over the long weekend of September 3, 2010, Tracy and I made our third annual trip to Colorado to climb a 14er. This year we decided to do San Luis Peak. The hike up to San Luis is longer than most 14ers, so…
Naturalist Basin
The weekend of 28 Aug 10, Tracy and I decided to try our luck with Naturalist Basin. We had tried to hike here a couple of times in the spring, but there was always too much snow. I didn’t want to hike it in the summer because…
Washakie Wilderness
The weekend of August 6, 2010, Eric and I went to check out the Absaroka Mountains outside the east end of Yellowstone. I decided I wanted to try to see grizzly bears on the high mountains feeding on Army Cutworm Moths. They gather in large groups to…
