WRHR - Day 7: Beaver Park to Green River Lakes May 17, 2022 All good things come to an end. Today was our last day and it was set up to be less dramatic, mostly through a long green tunnel to our ex...
WRHR: Day 6 - Titcomb Basin to Beaver Park April 01, 2022 Our first rain after being out for 5 days, and then a whole bunch more would highlight Day 6 along the Wind River High Route. ...
WRHR: Day 3 - Desolation Valley to Halls Lake February 03, 2022 Two passes with a whole lot of off-trail and cross-country navigation, lots of talus hopping hopping, and some bushwhacking would set the st...
WRHR: Day 2 - Cirque of the Towers to Desolation Valley February 01, 2022 For Day 2 along this Wind River High Route, we aim for a 2nd bucket list destination in as many days: Desolation Valley...
WRHR: Day 1 - Big Sandy to Cirque of the Towers January 27, 2022 The Wind River High Route. Another big bucket list item gets checked off as I set off to complete the biggest and most challenging trip to ...
Seeking Family History in Capitol Reef May 04, 2021 This past Spring, I took yet another opportunity to do some more exploration of Capitol Reef National Park. No surprise there. This time,...
Halls Creek - Version 2.0 April 14, 2021 When my friend Devin contacted me about wanting to do a weekend desert trip, he had been keen to do an unknown route he had strung togeth...
Death Hollow via Boulder Mail Trail April 08, 2021 Death Hollow. This one has been on my list for sometime now, ever since first coming to know about its existence years ago in a trip re...
High Uintas 4-4-4 March 03, 2021 4 Basins. 4 Passes. 4 Days. This roughly 37 mile trip within the High Uintas Wilderness had been brewing up for about a year.
From Summit to Summit - A Timpanogos Loop August 12, 2020 What had once been almost an annual tradition for me had been neglected for the last few years: a hike up one of my nearby neighboring mo...
Naturalist Basin to Middle Basin? Almost... July 30, 2020 At about the start of the year, as typical, I had made my usual set of plans for various trips to aim for throughout the year. T...
'Kings Castle' Loop September 04, 2019 Red Castle. This iconic landmark in the High Uintas Wilderness has certainly become one of the most sought after destinations in all the U...
A Night at Notch Lake August 28, 2019 Another short hike I'd yet to do off of the popular Mirror Lake Highway that cuts through the western end of the Uinta Range is a trail ...
Through the Notch and Back August 15, 2019 One of my first experiences with the Uintas involved hiking up to the well-known Notch over two decades ago when I was a teenager. I had ...
2019 Summer Vacation: Yellowstone National Park August 01, 2019 After my first visit to Yellowstone National Park two years ago as a leader for our local scout trip, I couldn't wait to bring my fami...
To the Boulder Top July 09, 2019 With all the visits I make down to Torrey, Utah, including several drives along Highway 12 over the big behemoth of a plateau called Boulder...
A Provo Paradise June 18, 2019 This past winter and spring was good to the Wasatch Mountains, as well as much of the West, piling up the snow then bringing lots of rain ...
A Night on Y Mountain: Another Daddy-Daughter Backpacking Trip June 14, 2019 Having successfully completed a trip out with Ellory the night before, it was Willow's turn to get up into the mountains. She's a...
Backpacking Horsetail Falls: An Overnight Daddy-Daughter Trip June 13, 2019 A week after taking out Ellory and Willow respectively, it was on to round #3 with Raylee. Again, due to snow melt along easier trails ...
Backpacking Grove Creek: A Daddy-Daughter Adventure June 12, 2019 With school out for the summer, it was time to start up the annual one-on-one trips with my kids whom are old enough to do some backpackin...