Hike stats at a glance: ~10 Miles total ~7hrs Total Time Including Stops 1 High Peak – Big Slide 4,239 ft Trailhead: Garden This post covers a hike up Big Slide in winter, for an overview of the hike in Fall you can click HERE. We arrived at the Garden Trailhead at about 6am and met up with our […]
We had spent the night just outside of Boulder, CO the night before in anticipation for our flight home from Denver that evening, but since our flight wasn’t until later in the day we had time for a short visit to Rocky Mountain National Park. After having a leisurely breakfast we made the short 1 hr drive up to the […]
We had arrived in Moab late on the 16th and after a deep sleep in the hotel woke up bright, early, and well rested for our day in Arches National Park. I have always heard that Arches is more of a “driving” park and that it is so crowded it can be a little less than fun to explore, so […]
Our second day in Zion was supposed to be a day of adventure but it turned into a bit of a non starter. We got up bright and early from our hotel in Springdale and headed over to the Temple of Sinawava Trailhead where we intended to hike down along the Virgin River as far as we could manage towards […]
Hiking stats at a glance: 1 mile 163 ft elevation gain Less than an hour including enjoying the overlook. Since the Grand Canyon visit turned out to be a bust we just kept on our way to Zion National Park where we would be staying for the night anyway. We took our time arriving, stopping at the Glen Canyon […]
The first stop on our 4 day adventure was the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park. I had previously visited the Grand Canyon back in August and after seeing the magnitude of it I knew I had to go back to see it again, this time covered in a blanket of white. Unfortunately, we ended up getting more than […]
This year, the National Park Service turns 100! And what better way to celebrate than to pack the year by trying to visit as many of the parks as possible? The people in my life know that I tend to plan overly ambitious trips pretty regularly… and since I am neither independently wealthy nor blessed with endless vacation days, this […]
Hiking stats at a glance: ~14 miles ~4,000 ft elevation gain 2 High Peaks – Nippletop 4,620 ft and Dial 4,020 ft 9 hrs (Parking lot to Parking lot) Now that the holidays are officially over my weekends are free once again, and what better way to ring in the new year than with a beautiful Adirondack hike? For […]
Hiking stats at a glance: 9.2 miles ~2,380 ft elevation gain 1 Peak – Old Rag 3,284 ft 4 hrs Over the Thanksgiving weekend we decided to travel south instead of north for a change of pace. After leaving Gettysburg Military Park we made our way down to Shenandoah National Park for some actual hiking. I had heard that […]
In a change of pace we decided to go south for the long weekend and check out some new National Parks along the way. First up on our list was Gettysburg National Military Park. I have always liked visiting battlefields to take in the history and this is among one of the best to visit. It is steeped in history […]
Operation Hiking 