Hiking stats at a glance: Trailhead: Adirondack Loj Miles Round trip: ~15 Total Elevation Gain: ~3,500 1 High Peak: Marcy (5,344 ft) Weather: 50-60 Degrees (Summit), ~5 mph winds, Bluebird Day Although this was my third trip up to the summit of Mt Marcy it was by far the best weather day I have had out of all of […]
Hiking stats at a glance: Trailhead: Atmospheric Science Research Center Miles Round trip: ~10 Total Elevation Gain: ~3,975 2 High Peaks: Whiteface (4,867 ft), Esther (4,239 ft) 1 Non-High Peak: Marble Mountain (2,753 ft) Weather: 40-50 Degrees, ~5 mph winds, Bluebird Day I climbed Whiteface and Esther for the first time in January 2015 on a day with -10 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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