My target for the day was the Hetch Hetchy Valley at the North-Western most boundary of Yosemite National Park. I arrived in the Stanislaus National Forest after two and a half hours of driving and pulled up to the Ranger kiosk to notice that the Hetch Hetchy area of Yosemite...
Again, the alarm sounded at 5:30, but I didn’t get around to moving until 6:30. As much as I want, I just can not bring myself to get going that early. After my two cups of coffee, I took the half-hour drive into Arches National park to the Delicate Arch...
I drove a few miles down the road from Moab, Utah to that trail I was considering last night; Negro Bill Canyon trail head. Arriving just after 7am, and got straight to the hike. It did not take long for me to be amazed with this trail; hiking at sun-rise...
Just up Highway 14, north of Fort Collins, is a hidden little gem of a trail. Hewlett Gulch is a 3 mile long, easy trail that runs along and crosses a stream multiple times, all while staying in a tight valley to maximize scenic value. It was very lush with...
Since we were unable to do the road trip this past weekend, and I was all packed and itching, I went ahead and took a small one by myself to a part of the Rocky Mountain Ntnl Park that I had not visited before; the West side of the park...
After an entire day of driving through two National Parks and hundreds of miles of lonely (but scenic) country roads, we ended up a few miles outside of Fossil Butte Ntnl Monument at the South-Western corner of Wyoming. This got us out of the foul weather, but no where near...
After spending the week in the forest, we did skip into Teton Ntnl Park for a single night at a “civilized” camp ground to shower, wash clothes, and re-stock on some supplies. The following day, we left our camp sight to venture out on a short hike that the three...
I’ve hiked Button Rock (to Longmont Dam) trail a few times. I’ve hiked the Hall Ranch trails a few times as well, heck I even biked it once (whew!). There is a trail that connects them both that I have always wanted to explore and have felt it was too...
This past Monday Conor and I chose to hike up in Rocky Mountain National Park. We knew the weather would be semi-poor, including the chance of snow and rain. Because of the weather we originally chose three different hikes, none of which were very long or difficult, and hoped to...
Conor and I hit a local trail yesterday. Just a few miles down the road the ‘Pitcure Rock trail’ of Heil Valley Ranch only just opened for use in 2008. It proved to be a very well manicured trail, popular with the Mtn Biker’s but still a fantastic day-hike. 3...
