On July 18, 2013, Tracy and I took a long weekend to hike Mt Massive in Colorado. We had tried to hike Massive the year before, but we didn’t have enough time to comfortably do the hike, so we decided to try it again this year over…
Over the long 4th of July weekend of 2013, Tracy and I went to do a long backpack in the Winds, starting at the Green River Lakes trailhead. When we got there, though, the weather wasn’t good, and the forecast was worse. We decided that rather than…
On June 22, 2013, I did a solo overnighter at Little East Fork Blacks Fork. I had hiked at the trail once before, but I hadn’t been up Little East Fork. The hike was mostly uneventful, but there were multiple crossings of Little East Fork. I opted…
On June 15, 2013, Tracy and I did an overnighter at Brown Duck Basin. The hike up to Brown Duck was brutal. It was nearly five miles of ascent, and the trail was covered in large rocks for about three miles. It was an unpleasant hike. But…
The long weekend of May 24, 2013, James and his son, Ben, flew in and we all went up to the Tetons and Yellowstone. James had never been to the Tetons or Yellowstone, and Ben had never been out west, so we wanted to show them how…
On January 17, 2013, Tracy and I headed up to Yellowstone for a long four day weekend of fun in the snow. We have been to Yellowstone several times in the winter, but we’ve always gone through the Gardiner entrance and driven around the northern part of…
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…
The weekend of 21 Dec 12, Tracy and I took a trip down to Moab. On Saturday, we first tried to hike at Mill Creek, but it was cold and snowy, and we had to cross a deep pool with thin ice covering it, so we ended…
Over the long weekend of October 5, 2012, we headed out for a road trip to the San Juan Mountains of Colorado. We basically just explored around the Telluride and Silverton areas. On Saturday we drove to Telluride and walked around there a bit. I considered driving…
The weekend of September 28, 2012, we made our annual fall trip to the Tetons to see the elk bugling. For four straight years we didn’t see any elk bugling…we didn’t even see any elk this time. I think we’re going to have to rethink this annual…
