Hiking stats at a glance: Total Mileage = ~9.4 miles Elevation Gain = ~3,029 feet Hike Highlights = Wittenberg Mountain (3,780 ft) and Cornell Mountain (3,860 ft) Trailhead = Woodland Valley Total Time = 3.5 hours This past weekend I had another free Saturday so I decided to drive up and hike a couple more 3,500 ft peaks in […]
Hiking stats at a glance: Total Mileage = ~5.5 miles Elevation Gain = ~1,600 feet Hike Highlights = Balsam Mountain (3,602ft) Trailhead = Rider Hollow Road Total Time = 3 hours In honor of our engagement last year we decided to spend the anniversary on another mountain. Since we couldn’t make it back to Acadia (Since the fourth fell […]
At the end of our trip back in January we made one last stop at Valley of Fire State Park, about an hour outside of Las Vegas. This is a park I have heard of in the past but had never visited. It is fairly small (by western standards) but is very beautiful and accessible without much effort. Since the […]
Hiking stats at a glance: Total Mileage = ~11 miles Elevation Gain = ~4,000 feet Hike Highlights = Plateau Mountain (3,829ft), Sugarloaf Mountain (3,806ft), Twin Mountain (3,652ft) Trailhead = Roaring Kill Road Total Time = 6 hours In an effort to get myself back into tip top shape and also put a dent in my Catskill 35er list, I decided […]
Hiking stats at a glance: Total Mileage = ~7.4 miles Elevation Gain = ~1,500 feet Hike Highlights = Windham High Peak (3,524ft), Burnt Knob After a long hiatus from hiking due to renovating our new home down to the studs, I was able to make it back out for a local hike in the northeast. I had previously been […]
Now that we have finally finished renovating our new home I can finally get back to finishing my back log of trip reports! The last point of interest in Death Valley was the Mesquite Sand Dunes. The Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes are a popular stop in Death Valley due to their proximity to the road and overall beauty. The dunes […]
After leaving Zabriskie Point we made our way over to the lowest point in North America, Badwater Basin. I have been here a couple of times before but this was actually the first time I had seen it so saturated with the recent rain fall. It was interesting to see such a typical dry place with so much standing water. […]
Unfortunately for us there was a big change in weather following our beautiful day in Palmer Canyon, but we weren’t going to let a little rain stop us from enjoying what Death Valley had to offer. I mean it IS Death Valley after all right? So, with the weather in mind we decided to spend the day checking out some […]
Hiking stats at a glance: Total Mileage = ~6 miles After spending a few hours driving through Titus Canyon I think everyone was ready for a hike to stretch our legs. Normally from this trailhead most people head over to Fall Canyon which is a relatively popular destination in Death Valley National Park. However, we decided to go with […]
After leaving Rhyolite we headed west down Route 374 (The main road leaving Rhyolite) and in about 2 miles we reached the turn off on the right hand side for the Titus Canyon Road. The road through Titus Canyon is a one way road covering about 27 miles through a narrow canyon on the border of Nevada and Death Valley National […]
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