Hiking stats at a glance: Trailhead: Parking on the side of Rt 517 (N41 14.084 W74 28.852) Miles Round trip: ~7.3 Total Elevation Gain: Minimal Having only a Sunday afternoon to work with and not wanting to drive the two hours to the Catskills we decided to check out a hike back home in New Jersey. I actually had never […]
Hiking stats at a glance: Trailhead: Rt47 DEC Parking Area Miles Round trip: ~7 Total Elevation Gain: ~1560 ft 1 High Peak: Panther Mountain 3,720 ft In an effort to slowly complete our Catskills High Peak list we went with Panther mountain which is one of the four peaks required to be climbed in winter to complete the Catskill […]
Hiking stats at a glance: Trailhead: St. Huberts/Lake Rd. Miles Round trip: ~15 Total Elevation Gain: ~4200 ft 2 High Peaks: Sawteeth 4,150 ft, Gothics 4,734 ft It had been a couple of years since I had been on Sawteeth and Gothics so when the opportunity came to do them again I jumped at the chance. For this trip […]
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 […]
Hiking stats at a glance: ~3 miles ~600 ft elevation gain 1.5 hrs (including time for taking an outrageous amount of photos) After our second day in Zion National Park turned out to be a bit of a bust we made our way over to Bryce Canyon National Park for our second stop of the day. I had never been to Bryce Canyon […]
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 […]
Hiking stats at a glance: ~12 miles ~4,350 3 High Peaks – Algonquin 5,114ft, Iroquois 4,840 ft, Wright 4,580 ft 8 hrs Despite finishing up my 46 back in October I was itching to get back to hiking in the High Peaks. It was a nice feeling to choose a hike based purely on desire instead of a need […]
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