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 […]
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 […]
Hiking stats at a glance: 6.8 Miles Total ~4 hours total ~2,000 ft of elevation gain 1 peak, Hurricane Mountain 3,678 ft For the second day of our trip we got a late start so we decided to just enjoy a delicious breakfast at the ADK Cafe before setting off for another shorter hike. We settled on hiking Hurricane […]
Hiking stats at a glance: 5.7 miles 4 hrs total with lengthy summit stops ~2,250 ft of elevation gain 2 High Peaks – Cascade Mountain 4,098 ft, Porter Mountain 4,058 ft This weekend in the Adirondack High Peaks was a little different than usual as I brought my girlfriend Kelly with me for her first ever Adirondack High Peaks […]
Hike stats at a glance: ~19 Miles 6,000 ft of elevation gain 4 High Peaks – Nippletop (4,610), Dial (4,003), Colvin (4,081) and Blake (3,970) 10 hours total time ~80 degrees and sunny I will apologize for my outrageously long post in advance, but a long day calls for a long post and I do not want to leave anything out […]
Hike stats at a glance: ~20 miles 2 High Peaks – Mount Redfield (4,606ft) Cliff Mountain (3,960ft) 10 hours total time Hot and Humid ~80 Degrees For my first hiking trip back in the place I like to call home, the Adirondack High Peaks, I chose to go with climbing Cliff and Redfield. I decided for this trip […]
I was certainly sad to leave the west coast and end my 10 day trip to all sorts of new and exciting places but just because I was home did not mean the adventure had to end! I have to admit I did have a bit of travel fatigue so going anywhere far was not really on my to do […]
Canyon stats at a glance: 4.3 miles (0.7 miles technical) 9 Total Rappels, 170 ft max ~10 hrs total time Weather was hot and the water was ice cold. I’m not going to go into too much detail on the specifics of our descent down the Water Canyon but figured I would give you guys a short over view […]
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