Paria Ghost Town
When we left Zion National Park, we decided to spend a night boondocking near the Paria Ghost Town in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument….
Read MoreWhen we left Zion National Park, we decided to spend a night boondocking near the Paria Ghost Town in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument….
Read MoreOne of our map pushpins in Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument is the Toadstool Hoodoos area northwest of Lake Powell. We love colorful…
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Read MoreAngel’s Landing – the scariest hike in North America? Well, I guess all of the superlatives are accurate if you’re wearing sweat pants…
Read MoreZion National Park has been on our must-do bucket list for years, and it’s an experience that does not let the expectations down….
Read MoreWe try to camp off-grid whenever possible, and Crystal Geyser came up on our list when we ended up farther along into Utah…
Read MoreWell, not "another" Lost Lake, just another trip to Lost Lake. When you get an opportunity to camp nearby, and it’s a super-easy,…
Read MoreYou know what makes camping even more enjoyable? Having a pair of bull moose invade your campsite! We had just returned to our…
Read MoreLongs Peak – a fitting climb for my 14er halfway point! I was tossing around ideas to get #29 under my belt before…
Read MoreLoch Vale, also known as The Loch is a perfect snapshot of why Rocky Mountain National Park is a National Park. A relatively…
Read MoreMount Shavano and Tabeguache Peak make number 27 and 28 on the 14er list. Another last-minute hare-brained idea to make use of a…
Read MoreMy last-minute decision to climb Huron Peak meant that I’d be overnighting at the start of the trailhead in the Winfield Ghost Town…
Read MoreHuron Peak rounds out the Collegiate Peaks for me, a subset of the gorgeous Sawatch Range in the Rockies. One more 14er crossed…
Read MoreAnother Sunday to play in the Park – this time it’s Glacier Gorge up to Black Lake. This is the hike we were…
Read MoreLily Mountain makes a good also-ran, when you get a too-late start into the Park and can’t get a decent parking spot in…
Read MoreA damp, drizzly day at home at 7,300 feet – so we headed into the Park to hike up to the Forest Canyon…
Read MoreThe *in*famous Harvard Columbia Traverse. First you climb to 14,420 feet on Mount Harvard (3rd highest in Colorado, 4th highest in the continental…
Read MoreIf you’re climbing Mount Harvard and/or Mount Columbia, Horn Fork Basin is a perfect launching pad. Located directly beneath both 14,000 foot peaks,…
Read MoreMount Princeton has to be the single most boring 14er I’ve done to date. A nice thing about driving in on Thursday night…
Read MoreMount Yale makes number 22 checked off the 14er list. I was going to hit some peaks south of here, but a late…
Read MoreAgate Fossil Beds National Monument probably isn’t on your list unless you’re a hardcore fossil nut. I had seen the name in our…
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