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great post! I can definitively confirm it is officially called "west fork south fork sun river". Had to sample it a few years back. Such a fantastic area

If I'm interpreting this correctly, you're wanting to do the offtrail traverse of the top of the wall? This trip report from accomplished Crown of the Continent mountaineer Ralph Thornton I think covers the S to N from White pass to Larch hill pass quite well (given the rarity this route is...

sounds about right for closures in that area. Those pullouts are rough because they're parking for lamb's knoll too, so closing those could cause unforseen issues. We'll see. That cave knoll slickrock though would be cool to keep open.

I'm stunned it took them this long to close cave valley. That place always felt like a bad mix of cultural resources, private property, and easy access to stay open long. Hopefully they put actual work into making it known to be closed. i feel with these other places, people that go there will...

so, I've been holding off because I've gone back and forth on whether to add my bag nights or not. Most were car camping , but it appears that's fine and idk... its a thing that I can share. I'll be honest that I don't have a day by day itinerary for it all (was easier to calculate based on...

I went to the crown of the continent area for work the same week my family's glacier timeshare is, I've never seen that much smoke there at that time. I'll admit, smoke is kind of a screwy measurement because it's so seasonal, wind, and local weather based. The general trend though has been it...

I am so sorry Perry. I send well wishes and support. In chandler fashion have a flower to hopefully ease some of the struggle much like a fireweed, I hope you can healthily resettle post disturbance and then find the wherewithal to bloom.

yeah we did xD. We're pretty confident its an aspen, if not its Populus spp. I brought it up because the veins were so distinct at the base I wanted to ask him about if it were pinnate (most leaves) or palmate (think maple). and we agreed it was ultimate pinnate but venation is not an exact...

WOW!! west temple truly is a trip! one of my acquaintances was the kid of a super nature athlete and I remember him telling me his dads experience on west temple, having boulders wobbly with thousands of feet of exposure being one of them and getting sketched out. Very impressive getting up...

It woke me up in Logan. 4th floor of an older building and a bouncy bed so makes sense based on the MMI (modified mercalli intesnity) rating they gave for the area. My friend was at a hotel in magna a mile from the epicenter, it was their first major earthquake. they had no damage but scared the...

haha that doesnt surprise me that its still running fast. i'd think the canyons there and willis area would hold so much snow. A few weeks ago a guy i follow on instagram went down an east west canyon into icebox (first descent believed) and it was PACKED with snow. when I went there the...

Im glad that you noticed just how much water there is! because I went up la verkin creek at the beginning of june and that water was ROARING! definitely didnt want to go to willis creek with that much water haha

huh thats odd, we've been up there in that area that fair few times and I have no recollection of seeing anybody. Guess timing plays a big role

For anyone trying to look for "hidden dragon" I believe it is "parunaweap Peak" in courtney Purcell's climbing zion book. Class 3 but garbage rock on the north side of it. Also @zionsky Yeah we've traveled out to that ridge to crawford overlook and what a wonderful trip it was haha. Gotta love...

exactly. Like my issue isn't necessarily with "many people" because honestly there have always been "many people" and it's just getting worse, but with irresponsible use from those people. I don't mind if more people want to get into slot canyons or into the backcountry (especially since those...

Honestly, I love that people can learn to appreciate the national parks in some way shape or form, my issue is the lack of common sense education about how to help the national parks from your impact and overall not be stupid. That's partly why I'm leaning more and more towards the Ed Abbey...

keep in mind that they agree that wildfires have been increasing since the 80's and that it's in due part of changing management and climate change. Also that the fires being less can be more destructive to healthy ecosystems than back before settlers. Think about it, back then any lighting...

Wow, "one last hurrah" ain't that just beautiful...

That is definitely a nice story. Glad that it ended well. I feel I kind of have a vested interesting in this because I'm a moderator for a FB group that has 7000 people and... It's kind of scary how cavalier people are with off trail stuff. Like the ones in the group who are serious, add...

Meanwhile I'm here like "yeah it broke me but it wasn't THAT bad, my goal was hit trail by nightfall" xD. The only spot I actually felt bad was going up from floral to the basin, my legs didn't wanna move unless I gave them micro breaks. Besides scott thinking I died and somehow didn't catch up...