Submitted by Rocky Mountain Raider
Last week Tara and I made our first trip up the the Keystone boulders for the season. This is a spectacular place, with unprecedented views of Buffalo Mountain and the Summit County valley. Climbing up above the stuff we developed last season, we found another series of gems with hard problems [...]
Submitted by Rocky Mountain Raider
Here in the Northern Colorado Rockies, we have had a slow start to the alpine trail running season. Usually by this time most of the peaks are free of major snow patches and the trails are relatively dry. Not this year. We have had consistently cool days and nights, so the [...]
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: June 2009
Partners: DB & Double-A
Wildflowers galore in Wild Roses
With just enough flow to make things particularly pretty (and the slightest bit splashy), Wild Roses was a delightful outing in the Zion backcountry.
Andy on the first rappel in Wild Roses
Playing around in the shallow upper narrows The 2nd [...]
Submitted by Backcountry Explorer
Where: Zion National Park, UT
When: June 2009
Partners: DB, Dimples & Mishka
Some of the views from the summit of Horse Pasture Plateau
After all I’ve done in Zion, it was hard for me to imagine that I’d not yet made the long hike to the top of Horse Pasture Plateau. Although the Plateau [...]
Submitted by Rocky Mountain Raider
On Friday Tara and I went up into the Park to check conditions and see what the snow was doing. Surprisingly, there is still a ton of snow in Chaos - both Lower and Upper. The Gobot area is burried, Stars and Stripes is just emerging, the Bush Pilot was completely [...]
Submitted by Rocky Mountain Raider
As I mentioned, I was doing two posts on some of the recent mountain trail running conditions here along the Colorado front range. Kingston Peak from the Tolland Road out of Rollinsville is a great one. Another one, often that requires a little more melting out of snow before it is [...]
Submitted by Rocky Mountain Raider
I’ve been doing a bit of endurance training this spring. Not only in terms of trail running, but also for climbing. Over the winter, bouldering dominates with short, powerful moves. However, now I’m trying to get back into alpine shape for the upcoming season, and to do that I have been [...]