Submitted by Backcountry Explorer
The first volume of my Zion National Park hiking, scrambling and climbing guidebook is now available!
Focusing on summit routes in the park, the book will be the first of its kind. Anticipate a 250-page guide covering routes to nearly 80 summits in and near Zion National Park, including photos and maps.
Just a [...]
Submitted by Backcountry Explorer
My guidebook, Rambles & Scrambles: The Definitive Guide to Peakbagging Around Las Vegas, is currently available!
In the book, a total of 239 peaks in and around Las Vegas are covered. Heavily featuring hiking, scrambling and climbing routes in Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area and Lake Mead National Recreation Area, it also [...]
Submitted by Backcountry Explorer
Where: Zion National Park, UT
When: May 2009
Partners: Ram & Andy Archibald
It had been nearly a year since I’d seen Ram, so I was pretty stoked to have him onboard with Andy and I for a hike up an obscure, backcountry peak that Ram would later call ‘Zippy’.
With a somewhat long, [...]
Submitted by Backcountry Explorer
Where: Zion National Park, UT
When: May 2009
Partners: Solo
After bagging Zippy with Ram and Andy Archibald, I headed off alone to bag another peak on my Zion to-do list. After ultra-thick brush stole my watch from my wrist, Ram would dub the peak I climbed ‘The Timeless Spire’. Indeed.
From the summit
Visit [...]
Submitted by Backcountry Explorer
Where: Zion National Park, UT
When: May 2009
Partners: Ram
Ram somehow talked me into an ascent of Middle Echo Canyon in conditions we knew to be icy. Icy enough, we’d heard, that a group had been rescued from there the day before while attempting to descend the slot.Initially lacking ice but with a [...]
Submitted by Backcountry Explorer
Where: Zion National Park, UT
When: May 2009
Partners: Andy Archibald
On a rest day after two glorious days in Zion with good friends, Andy and I decided to do the 12.8 mile roundtrip hike to Never Done Mountain. Highly rewarding with awesome scenery and pleasant walking, we enjoyed ourselves immensely.
On the summit [...]
Submitted by Rocky Mountain Raider
In another attempt to get our legs into full mountain running shape, Tara and I decided to hit the Boulder Skyline Traverse. This is perhaps one of the most classic trail running traverse routes along the Colorado front range, and will easily test the leg endurance of any avid trail runner.
The [...]
Submitted by Backcountry Explorer
Well, today we hit the high 80s mark on the thermometer. That means the spring snowpack is going to melt out really fast again this spring. Seems to be happening more and more: we get a good snow pack built up in March and April to only have it melt out by [...]
Submitted by Backcountry Explorer
The first volume of my Zion National Park hiking, scrambling and climbing guidebook is now available!
Focusing on summit routes in the park, the book will be the first of its kind. Anticipate a 250-page guide covering routes to nearly 80 summits in and near Zion National Park, including photos and maps.
Just a [...]
Submitted by Backcountry Explorer
My guidebook, Rambles & Scrambles: The Definitive Guide to Peakbagging Around Las Vegas, is currently available!
In the book, a total of 239 peaks in and around Las Vegas are covered. Heavily featuring hiking, scrambling and climbing routes in Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area and Lake Mead National Recreation Area, it also [...]
Submitted by Backcountry Explorer
Where: Zion National Park, UT
When: May 2009
Partners: DB
Passing some ceremonial feathers, as well as scattered candles and coins along the slickrock, we made our way to the summit of a ‘new’ peak I was calling The Scarlet Begonia. Expecting tons of brush up high, we actually encountered a fairly pleasant walk [...]
Submitted by Backcountry Explorer
Where: Zion National Park, UT
When: May 2009
Partners: Little DB
With the biting gnats out and active, DB and I led off blindly into what would later prove to be a week of itching agony and attempted a new peak I was calling ‘Rosebud’.
The southwest face of North Guardian Angel in the [...]
Submitted by Rocky Mountain Raider
We went up to see how the trails were melting out and how the high-altitude running was shaping up for the season. Although it is a little early, along the Colorado front range there are some spots that melt out early and allow you to get in some excellent high-altitude running.
We [...]
Submitted by Backcountry Explorer
The first volume of my Zion National Park hiking, scrambling and climbing guidebook is now available!
Focusing on summit routes in the park, the book will be the first of its kind. Anticipate a 250-page guide covering routes to nearly 80 summits in and near Zion National Park, including photos and maps.
Just a [...]
Submitted by Backcountry Explorer
My guidebook, Rambles & Scrambles: The Definitive Guide to Peakbagging Around Las Vegas, is currently available!
In the book, a total of 239 peaks in and around Las Vegas are covered. Heavily featuring hiking, scrambling and climbing routes in Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area and Lake Mead National Recreation Area, it also [...]
Submitted by Backcountry Explorer
Where: Zion National Park, UT
When: April 2009
Partners: Sarah Thompson & Dwight from CO
I arrogantly suggested to Sarah and Dwight that we complete the 3rd ascent of G2, a fine, backcountry summit near Bridge Mountain on the east side of the park. But lo, that was not to be. For Dwight found [...]
Submitted by Backcountry Explorer
Where: Zion National Park, UT
When: April 2009
Partners: Sarah Thompson & Dwight from CO
I’d had a fine time climbing Nippletop with Mike C a couple/few years earlier, so I suggested it to Sarah and Dwight after finishing up Mount Spry and Spry Canyon on a fine spring day.
Although our day in [...]
Submitted by Rocky Mountain Raider
It’s tick season here along the Colorado Frontrange. These little buggers bother the hell out of me and they always make for an unpleasant climbing session. They can be found all over the Flatirons, Boulder Canyon, Clear Creek Canyon, and Eldorado. However, there are a few places that one can go [...]
Submitted by Backcountry Explorer
The first volume of my Zion National Park hiking, scrambling and climbing guidebook is now available!
Focusing on summit routes in the park, the book will be the first of its kind. Anticipate a 250-page guide covering routes to nearly 80 summits in and near Zion National Park, including photos and maps.
Just a [...]
Submitted by Backcountry Explorer
My guidebook, Rambles & Scrambles: The Definitive Guide to Peakbagging Around Las Vegas, is currently available!
In the book, a total of 239 peaks in and around Las Vegas are covered. Heavily featuring hiking, scrambling and climbing routes in Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area and Lake Mead National Recreation Area, it also [...]
Submitted by Backcountry Explorer
Where: Thunder Mountain & Telegraph Peak (San Gabriels of Southern CA)
When: May 2009
Partners: DB
DB and I always look forward to heading to the San Gabriels for a weekend of romping in the forested mountains above smoggy L.A. On the agenda this time was Thunder Mountain and Telegraph Peak. We also wanted [...]
Submitted by Backcountry Explorer
The first volume of my Zion National Park hiking, scrambling and climbing guidebook is now available!
Focusing on summit routes in the park, the book will be the first of its kind. Anticipate a 250-page guide covering routes to nearly 80 summits in and near Zion National Park, including photos and maps.
Just a [...]
Submitted by Backcountry Explorer
My guidebook, Rambles & Scrambles: The Definitive Guide to Peakbagging Around Las Vegas, is currently available!
In the book, a total of 239 peaks in and around Las Vegas are covered. Heavily featuring hiking, scrambling and climbing routes in Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area and Lake Mead National Recreation Area, it also [...]
Submitted by Backcountry Explorer
Where: Zion National Park, UT
When: April 2009
Partners: DB, Sarah Thompson & Dwight from CO
It was without regrets that I made my third trip up Mount Spry and my third trip down Spry Canyon. Meeting up with Sarah and Dwight from CO, DB and I really enjoyed a fine weekend in Zion [...]
Submitted by Backcountry Explorer
The first volume of my Zion National Park hiking, scrambling and climbing guidebook is now available!
Focusing on summit routes in the park, the book will be the first of its kind. Anticipate a 250-page guide covering routes to nearly 80 summits in and near Zion National Park, including photos and maps.
Just a [...]