The next segment of my Summer Series of State Highpoints continues in Ohio with Campbell Hill. This is 15/50 for me and 5/35 for my wife. Full trip report coming soon…
From One Extreme to the Other in the Lower 48
From the lowest, and hottest, place in the lower 48… …to the highest peak in the lower 48, for the 2nd time, this time up the Mountaineers Route. Full trip report coming soon…
Woo hoo, got Elbert too!!
Woo hoo, got Elbert too!! Gorgeous day here in Leadville to touch the top of Colorado (also the 2nd tallest peak in the lower 48). Went up one way, came down another to make it a loop back to the car. Blue skies, not much wind, no issues with snow. Turned out to be a…
I tagged Wheeeeeeeler, New Mexico’s tallest peak!
I tagged Wheeeeeeeler, New Mexico’s tallest peak! …and the second of my Summer Series of State Highpoints for 2021 Did a big loop for a total of 13 miles and 4,034′ of elevation. So stoked!! Bull of the Wood Trail Up I wanted to see as much of this mountain as possible. So instead of…
White Baldy from American Fork Canyon
Still pretty new to mountaineering, I jumped all over an opportunity to get more crampon experience from a spring ascent of White Baldy. This invite also allowed me to knock off another Wasatch 11er, so I was super stoked to do this! Our adventure started from the Silver Lake Trailhead above Tibble Fork. The first…
Success on Oklahoma’s Black Mesa
After getting denied in Kansas, I found success on Oklahoma’s Black Mesa, the official first of my 2021 Summer Series of State Highpoints. This hike is not hard, but getting to it could be. More on that later. The weather had finally cleared up after a several days of record rain. In fact, the attendant…
Denied Mt. Sunflower
The first of my Summer Series of State Highpoints for 2021 turned out to be unsuccessful attempt of Mt. Sunflower. After having done much harder highpoints with relative ease (CA, MT, UT, ID, NH), I never thought I’d be denied this one! Our 4-state Highpoints loop started in Denver on Memorial Day with Kansas to…
Cold Fusion Couloir to North Timpanogos
I look forward to the season between winter snowshoeing and summer hiking…when avalanche risk is minimal, skies are blue, temps are mild and adventure is high! This spring brought some adventurous fun up Mt. Olympus from Neff’s Canyon and now Cold Fusion to North Timpanogos. Seeing Timp from my house every day, I’ve wanted to…
Mt. Olympus from Neff’s Canyon
Mt. Olympus is a Wasatch Front favorite, on par with Granduer Peak or Squaw Peak in this collection of challenges selected for Utah’s inaugural Six-Pack. As for me with all three of these peaks, I’ve already done each several times by now and wasn’t too interested in doing any of them again the “standard” way……
Rock Canyon Combo
Squaw Peak was #2 for me as I work through Utah’s first Six-Pack of Peaks Challenge in 2021. However, this peak wasn’t enough by itself, so we bushwhacked and broke trail up to Buffalo Peak to make this a Rock Canyon Combo! Friends from the Wasatch Peak Baggers were already talking about doing Squaw in…