Kabell Lake
The weekend of 23 Jun 07, Tracy and I backpacked up to Kabell Lake in the High Uintas Wilderness. The trail was only about 5 miles up to the lake with only 1500 feet or so of elevation gain, so it wasn’t too bad. We didn’t see…
Category: Backpacking Trips
Amethyst Basin
The weekend of 9 Jun 07, Tracy and I finally headed out for our first mountain trip of the year. Even though it had actually snowed in the Wasatch a few days earlier, I was sick and tired of winter, and I was bound and determined to…
Hurricane Wash
The weekend of 27 Apr 07, Tracy and I backpacked Hurricane Wash in Escalante National Monument. This was a really cool hike. The first couple of miles of the hike started in open desert, and we had to take it really slow in the heat. We didn’t…
Slough Creek
Over the long President’s Day weekend of February 17, 2007, Tracy and I decided to head back to Yellowstone to try our luck at seeing the wolves again. Since Yellowstone only has one entrance open in the winter, it’s a long seven hour drive from Salt Lake…
Olympic National Park
Tracy and I went on vacation the week of August 20, 2006. We had a round-robin road-trip planned that would end up putting over 3000 miles on Tracy’s car in one week. We left on Friday after work and drove to Ontario, Oregon, for the night. That…
Granddaddy Lake
I had a co-worker visiting Utah from Portland, so I convinced him to let me take him on an overnighter in the Uintas. So on August 5, 2006, he and I went backpacking at Granddaddy Lake in the High Uintas Wilderness of northern Utah. Being from sea…
Brown Duck Basin
On July 22, 2006, I did a solo overnighter to Brown Duck Basin in the Uintas. It was crazy hot in the city, so I figured I needed to get away to the mountains. This was a pretty good hike, but it gained a lot of elevation,…
Swasey Lakes
On June 25, 2006, we hiked up to Swasey Lakes in the High Uintas Wilderness of Utah. This was the last trail we hiked in October before it got cold…actually, it had already gotten cold. But we only made it as far as the top of Long…
Hellroaring Creek
The Memorial Day weekend of May 27, 2006, Tracy and I went to Yellowstone again. The weather forecast was calling for lots of snow throughout Utah and southern Wyoming (and, yes, it was almost June), so we thought we would give Yellowstone a chance, because I was…
Cat Canyon
On April 15, 2006, Tracy and I headed to Cat Canyon in western Utah, just south of Delta. Having learned our lesson about early spring hikes in the Uintas, we decided to head to the desert mountains. I had read that mountain lions frequented this area, so…
Amethyst Basin
The weekend of 9 Jun 07, Tracy and I finally headed out for our first mountain trip of the year. Even though it had actually snowed in the Wasatch a few days earlier, I was sick and tired of winter, and I was bound and determined to…
Hurricane Wash
The weekend of 27 Apr 07, Tracy and I backpacked Hurricane Wash in Escalante National Monument. This was a really cool hike. The first couple of miles of the hike started in open desert, and we had to take it really slow in the heat. We didn’t…
Slough Creek
Over the long President’s Day weekend of February 17, 2007, Tracy and I decided to head back to Yellowstone to try our luck at seeing the wolves again. Since Yellowstone only has one entrance open in the winter, it’s a long seven hour drive from Salt Lake…
Olympic National Park
Tracy and I went on vacation the week of August 20, 2006. We had a round-robin road-trip planned that would end up putting over 3000 miles on Tracy’s car in one week. We left on Friday after work and drove to Ontario, Oregon, for the night. That…
Granddaddy Lake
I had a co-worker visiting Utah from Portland, so I convinced him to let me take him on an overnighter in the Uintas. So on August 5, 2006, he and I went backpacking at Granddaddy Lake in the High Uintas Wilderness of northern Utah. Being from sea…
Brown Duck Basin
On July 22, 2006, I did a solo overnighter to Brown Duck Basin in the Uintas. It was crazy hot in the city, so I figured I needed to get away to the mountains. This was a pretty good hike, but it gained a lot of elevation,…
Swasey Lakes
On June 25, 2006, we hiked up to Swasey Lakes in the High Uintas Wilderness of Utah. This was the last trail we hiked in October before it got cold…actually, it had already gotten cold. But we only made it as far as the top of Long…
Hellroaring Creek
The Memorial Day weekend of May 27, 2006, Tracy and I went to Yellowstone again. The weather forecast was calling for lots of snow throughout Utah and southern Wyoming (and, yes, it was almost June), so we thought we would give Yellowstone a chance, because I was…
Cat Canyon
On April 15, 2006, Tracy and I headed to Cat Canyon in western Utah, just south of Delta. Having learned our lesson about early spring hikes in the Uintas, we decided to head to the desert mountains. I had read that mountain lions frequented this area, so…
