February in the Foothills
So I’m done with the Hundred Highest. Now what? After the highs of 2021, I hardly set foot on a hiking trail in 2022. In […]
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The Highs and Lows of the Highest Hundred
Here is the trip report of my highest hundred finale, Stewart Peak: Trip Report. But there is so much more to this story… I finally […]
Loyalsock East – A Pennsylvania Fave
Greg Strine and I hiked the 30 miles of the eastern half of the Loyalsock East Trail in northern Pennsylvania, over June 3-4, 2021. The […]
California Peak and Mount Adams
My quest to climb Colorado’s hundred highest mountains is winding down to the final peaks. I was fortunate to be able to climb two more […]
Gladstone Peak and Half Peak
July 28, 2020, I completed a much-longer-than-anticipated day hike to Gladstone Peak via the Cross Mountain Trail and Lizard Head Pass. The scenery was some […]
True Wilderness–Six Days in the Weminuche
For years, I’ve been trying to climb Jagged Mountain. That was the central focus of this trip, but there was a lot more to it […]
Soggy Dolly… Dolly Sogs… I mean Dolly Sods
Weather was perfect for our weekend backpacking trip, a 20 mile loop in the Dolly Sods Wilderness. Click here for the full trip report. Some […]
More Pennsylvania Highlights
I hope to get more complete pages in place for the following hikes eventually, but for now I’ll just share the highlights: Last year, we […]
Colorado: “Off Days”
There is a lot to do and see in Southwestern Colorado and surrounding area. Between mountain climbs, we tried to fill our days as much […]
Rio Grande Pyramid, The Window, Phoenix Falls and Phoenix Peak
Colorado, 2019 included a backpacking trip to The Window… Rio Grande Pyramid… (Trip Report Here) And a hike to Phoenix Falls… And “Phoenix Peak”… (Trip […]
Ellingwood Ridge to La Plata Peak
La Plata Peak’s famous Ellingwood Ridge was my first class 3 scramble, and in some ways this climb served as my gateway drug to harder […]
Spring at Big Schloss
12.25 mile loop-hike Uncle John and I enjoyed a 12-mile loop hike to Big Schloss last year on a 100+ degree summer day. We wanted […]
Standing Stone North
Our highlight for hiking in Pennsylvania in 2016 was the 21.5 miles at the northern terminus of the Standing Stone Trail. Here is the trip […]
Thunder Swamp Trail Loop
In May 2015 we did a 3-day back-pack of the Thunder Swamp Loop Trail. Trip Report Here.
Three Days on the Allegheny Front
In early May 2014 we hiked the Allegheny Front Trail, a 41.5 mile loop west of State College, PA, that has about as much diversity […]
Grand Teton Time!
I have been wanting to climb the Grand Teton, so my friend Logan and I signed up with Exum Guides to climb Upper Exum Ridge. […]
Congratulations, Patrick!
My friend Patrick made it to the summit of Denali on June 20th, along with our guides from the AAI Alaska Trip, Coley and Forest. […]