Cummins Creek Loop… Did a nice hike in the coastal range, just north of Florence, OR. Had a little rain, but not too much. This hike is a loop, up one ridge and down another, finishing on a small portion…
Cummins Creek Loop 5-1-23
Lower Muley Twist Canyon Loop 4-22-23
Heading back to the PNW from southern Arizona, thought I’d pull through southern Utah for a nice hike. I found one on the eastern border of Capitol Reef NP called the Lower Muley Twist Canyon loop. 2-mile up and over…
El Capitan Mountain 4-19-23
While I am on this 2-week trip to Arizona, I thought I’d visit the Mescal Mountains. Unfortunately, the Mescal Mountains suffered from a 73,000-acre wildfire back in June of 2021. I decided to tag the highpoint of the Mescal Mountains,…
Peralta Canyon to Freemont Saddle down the Cave Trail Loop 4-18-23
Another short hike in the Superstition Mountains. This time I’ll hike the well-known trail up the Peralta Canyon to Fremont Saddle, then take the fun scrambly Cave Trail back to the trailhead. I think the main attraction on the Cave…
Battleship Mountain 4-16-23
While on a solo trip to Southern Arizona, I thought I’d spend a day outside. I found a great scramble, Battleship Mountain. It turned out to be a 14 plus mike hike with a great scramble to the top of…
Mount Marcy – New York (Highpoint) 10-28-22
Mount Marcy – New York (Highpoint) Mount Marcy is the highest point in the state of New York at a whopping 5344’. Cold and clear day. Lots of ice on the trail. We opted not to take micro-spikes and did…
Brothers Peak Loop…Maine (Baxter State Park) 10-21-22
Brothers Peak Loop…Maine (Baxter State Park) This loop will take us to the summit of Mount Coe (3795’), South Brother (3970’), and the North Brother (4151’). We had reserved a camp spot in the Baxter State Park campground so we…
Big Moose Mountain 10-20-22
Big Moose Mountain… Unfortunately, no big Moose sighting on this hike ☹. But we did get great views of Moosehead Lake. Nice short hike to an awesome view point. Fir ground cover… Abandoned structure… Lot of others have been here……
North Dakota Badlands – Bennett Trail to China Wall then Cross-Country 10-9-22
Badlands of North Dakota… Camped at Bennett Camp. Took the Bennett Trail to the China Wall, then went off-trail cross-country through some very beautiful terrain back to Bennett camp. Not much elevation gain but got some good cross-country mileage through…
White Butte 10-8-22
White Butte, ND… White Butte is the highest point in North Dakota at 3506’, the trailhead is at 3156’… so this was a short hike only to tag the highpoint of ND. Nice morning to do this hike. The views…
Black Elk Peak 10-5-22
Black Elk Peak… Black Elk Peak, South Dakota’s Highpoint at 7242’ and the highest point in the Black Elk Wilderness. This is a beautiful area to wander amongst the garden of rocks. While we were taking a break at the…
Devils Tower – Mount Rushmore – Crazy Horse Memorial 10-3/4-22
Devils Tower, Mount Rushmore, and Crazy Horse Memorial…South Dakota… Devils Tower has a hike around trail. Saw some climbers gearing up at the bottom. With binoculars we could see the old ladder that was used to climb the tower in…
Cirque of the Towers Backpack 9-28-22
Cirque of the Towers backpack… Hiked in for an overnight in the Cirque. The next morning, we hiked up to Cirque Lake and hung out there for a while enjoying the awesome views of all the surrounding rock. Such a…
Trapper Peak – Montana 9-25-22
Trapper Peak, Montana Bitterroot Mountains. First hike of a 5-month road trip. Camped near the trailhead. Highest point in the Bitterroot Mountains. Good hike. The Larches were just turning yellow. Beautiful alpine lakes…and the views of the Bitterroot Mountains were…
Building a Campervan… 7-5-22
It’s been a long process, but finally ready to use and abuse…the Midnight Raven. Deb and I knew it would be a steep climb, but had no idea of the obstacles. Pandemic, supply chain issues, long lead times, and overwhelming…
X-Tower Adventure Climb 6-26-22
X-Tower… I first explored the Clatsop Towers back in Jan 2021, and ever since I’ve wanted to get to the top of all of them. The X-Tower is the largest of them all…so let’s start with that one. We came…
Chocolate Ears Pinnacle 6-23-22
Chocolate Ears… Tagged a pinnacle with Mr Olson…calling the route Bitter Sweet. Aided our way up, adding hangers for a nice 5.7 sport route to the summit. This was a FA in the North Oregon Coastal Range. Surprisingly decent rock…
Onion Peak NE Route 4-24-22
Onion Peak… Onion Peak – NE Route. This route requires you to obtain a permit from the big troll, Weyerhaeuser Timber. Most of this route is on Weyerhaeuser logging roads up to a small patch of Clatsop State Forest up…
Kidders Butte 4-7-22
Kidders Butte… It’s been 8-years since the last time on Kidders Butte. A lot of trees around have been cut and replanted since, but Kidders Butte is still treed covered. 90% of the hike is on Lewis and Clark Timberland…
Hanson Creek Canyoneer 3-26-22
Hanson Creek… This time of year, there’s water in the coastal range creeks. Keith and I checked out Hanson Creek…whoa!, that was an expensive creek. Definitely a high pay to play. The 5-6 falls were beautiful, but the vegetation and…