This makes 21/50 for me and brings my season of State Highpoints to an end for the year. 12 states in 5 months has been one heck of a ride! Guadalupe is one of the easier ones, I think! …right up there with Humphreys, Mansfield and maybe even Marcy. You climb a mere 2,800′ over…
A Lovely Day on Longs
My wife has attended a conference in Denver every year in September since 2018. Coming from Utah, I have tagged along with her each time in order to hike another Colorado 14er. That was my plan again today, with Longs Peak being my peak of choice this year. The day was a beautiful one. In…
Panoramic Views from Panorama Point
Nebraska in da books! Full trip report coming soon…
Redemption in Kansas
If you recall, we went for the Kansas state highpoint back on Memorial Day and didn’t make it. It was now time for redemption in Kansas with some unfinished business to tend to! The highest point in Kansas is on a gentle slope… out in the middle of miles and miles of remote farmland….
Timp Traverse from North to South
My 10th summit of Mt. Timpanogos as part of a traverse from north to south. Headed up the northeast ridge of Timp to begin a traverse across the top from the North. Full trip report coming soon…
A Grand View of the Grand Teton
My daughter had another wedding to attend in Idaho Falls this weekend. Since she didn’t want to go up there alone for the second weekend in a row, she asked if I wanted to go with her. It only took a split-second for me to see this opportunity to finally hike Wyoming’s, Table Mountain! Face…
Mt. Marcy and My First of the Adirondack 46ers
New York’s tallest in the bag to wrap up my Northeast segment of state highpoints. That puts me at 18/50 and my first of the Adirondack 46ers. I also met a Summit Steward for the first time. Her name was Kia, who taught us about the sensitive vegetation at the top. Then instead of asking…
Appalachian Trail to Mount Greylock
From the trailheat at Connecticut’s Mount Frissell, we headed back north to Williamstown, Massachusetts, for the next stop in this 2021 Summer Series of State Highpoints: Mount Greylock The plan was simple once we arrived in this college town: buy some cheap flip-flops while our shoes dried out, grab dinner, and scope out the starting…
Finding Connecticut’s High Point on Mount Frissell
After the quick visit to Campbell Hill, my wife and I continued on to New York, where her brother Paul would join me for the remainder of this set of state highpoints. Our first objective was Mount Frissell. For Connecticut, the high point is something you have to find, rather than summit. A Trail of…
A Quick Visit to Campbell Hill, Ohio
The next segment of my Summer Series of State Highpoints starts with a quick visit to Campbell Hill. I had hoped to drive out to California for a mountaineering adventure on Mt. Shasta, following my second summit of Mt. Whitney, but missed that window due to deteriorating snow conditions. So Plan B became a flight…