Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness

The weekend of August 12, 2011, Tracy and I headed up to Idaho and Montana to check out the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness. We stayed Friday night in Idaho Falls; I wanted to drive further, but there were no hotels any closer to Salmon, ID, and I didn’t know…

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Leidy Peak

The weekend of July 29, 2011, Tracy and I stayed at the Carter Military Trail Yurt in the eastern Uintas.  We stayed in Vernal on Friday night and then we headed up into the mountains on Saturday.  The weather was great, so we decided to hike on…

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Colorado Road Trip

Over the long Memorial Day weekend of 27 May 11, we took a road trip over to Colorado.  We had planned on going back to Montana like we did last year, but there was still too much snow, and the weather looked iffy.  So we headed to…

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Buck Canyon

The weekend of 6 May 11, I convinced Tracy that we should go do our first technical canyon.  She didn’t really want to do it, so I found a canyon that only had one rappel and was dry.  I had to do a lot of scouring online…

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Yellowstone

The weekend of March 18, 2011, Tracy and I took a drive up to Yellowstone. Tracy wanted to see Yellowstone in the winter again, so we made the long drive up to the north entrance. We spent Thursday night in Rexburg, ID, and on Friday we drove…

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Smith Fork Canyon

We saw Smith Fork Canyon when we flew over it back in January, and it looked like a nice slickrock area that I wanted to check out.  So the weekend of 4 Mar 11, we drove out towards Bullfrog, UT, to explore the area.  The basic plan,…

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Southern Utah Flight

The weekend of 14 Jan 11, Tracy and I had a really cool trip down to Moab.  On Saturday, we headed up to Canyonlands Field airport where we took a scenic flight over southern Utah.  This was really cool.  We had a pilot and a little 4…

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Snowbasin

On 9 Jan 11, Tracy and I did some snowshoeing on the Art Nord Trail near Snowbasin.  I wanted to hike at night so we left late in the evening.  However, it got crazy cold up there, so we ended up leaving just after the sun set. …

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Various Utah Pictures – 2011

These are various pictures from Utah trips in 2011 that I didn’t think warranted a complete trip report. East Fork Burnt Fork, UT – October 1, 2011   Causey Reservoir, UT – May 1, 2011   Antelope Island, UT – April 24, 2011   Moab Arches, UT…

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Kings Canyon and Yosemite

Tracy and I took a couple of days off work, and headed out to California on October 7, 2010 for a short vacation. We left about noon on Thursday and drove to Bakersfield, CA. On Friday we drove on to Sequoia National Park. We really didn’t form…

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