Great Bear Wilderness

On May 19, 2010, I went to Kalispell, MT, for work, and took the opportunity to explore and hike around. Our very first trip to the Rocky Mountains was in 1997, when we went to Glacier National Park. We haven’t been back to Glacier since then, and…

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Bruneau Dunes State Park

The weekend of March 26, 2010, I took a drive up to Boise to meet Chris and Stacia for the weekend. We spent some time hiking at the Bruneau Dunes State Park and at Bruneau Canyon. We also checked out the Birds of Prey Refuge, which was…

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Stump Creek Guard Station

The weekend of 12 Feb 10, Tracy and I headed up towards the Tetons to stay at a Forest Service cabin and to do some snowshoeing around the Tetons. On Friday night we braved the gloom and doom snow forecast and headed to the Stump Creek Guard…

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Yellowstone

Over the the long New Year’s weekend of January 1, 2010, Tracy and I went to Yellowstone with Jess and Amber. Winter is a great time to see animals, and we especially wanted to find wolves. We ran into some blowing snow on the drive into West…

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Various Utah Pictures – 2010

These are various pictures from Utah trips in 2010 that I didn’t think warranted a complete trip report. Moab Rim, UT – November 12, 2010   Dry Fork, UT – September 19, 2010   Meteor Shower – August 13, 2010   Yellowstone Creek, UT – July 31,…

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Tetons

The weekend of October 16, 2009, we headed up to a cabin outside of the Tetons to celebrate our 15th dating anniversary. We spent Friday night in Jackson, and then hiked around String Lake and up to Leigh Lake on Saturday. This was a really nice hike…

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Teton Canyon

The weekend of September 25, 2009, Tracy and I decided to check out Forest Service cabins in Idaho. We spent Friday night at a pretty nice cabin in the Bear River Range outside of Soda Springs, ID. We got up on Saturday morning, walked around a little,…

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Titcomb Basin

From September 10-13, 2009, Jess and I backpacked in the Bridger Wilderness of the Wind River Range in Wyoming. We left Salt Lake after work on the 9th and spent the night in Pinedale, WY. We got up early on Thursday, got fishing licenses for a couple…

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West Elk Wilderness

Over the long weekend of September 4, 2009, Tracy and I headed to Colorado to do some backpacking in the West Elk Wilderness. We spent Friday night in Grand Junction, and then hit the Lowline Trail near Horse Ranch Park. We hiked up and over Beckwith Pass,…

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Shoshone Geyser Basin

The weekend of August 14, 2009, Tracy and I went to Yellowstone to finally hike to Shoshone Geyser Basin. I had wanted to do this for a few years, but the weather never seemed to cooperate. We car-camped outside of Island Park, ID, on Friday, and started…

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