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It's been since March that I've hiked Mount Wire, and on that trip there was a new bench up on the summit that hadn't been there before. I guess it's good for an old timer like me so that I can rest my bones at the top before heading back down. This time, they had put new trail signs along some of the trails lower in the foothills, and there was even one for those who chose to head up to the Living Room instead of hiking up Wire. I hauled a Canon EOS 1D C to the top with me along with a...

Note: This is being posted under Hiking & Camping instead of Backpacking as I didn't think an overnighter justified posting as a Backpacking Trip Report. Labor Day Weekend supplied me with a much needed four days off from work. I originally was on the fence on whether I wanted to do the Solitude Trail. The weather report looked to be quite appealing. The tentative plan was start/end from the West Tensleep Trailhead. This would mean the loop would be a slight bit longer than other entry...

I figured it was time for me to be more than just a BCP bystander, so here's my first crack at a trip report. This hike was done on a whim, as a bit of an afternoon excursion. We received 4-5" of snow on Sunday and low clouds and cold drizzle had continued through the first of the week. The sun finally popped out around midday on Wednesday. My youngest son, who is visiting for the week, had been getting antsy to get out and do something, so he, my wife, and I headed off to the nearby...

This trip was the result of lots of scouting and research. Backcountrypost is one of the only places that you will find people talking about the Black Trail. I definitely benefited from some posts on here, and some private messages. Thanks! The plan was 6 days, but got out a day early to avoid the incoming storm. Day 1 Parked near Halls Crossing and did a quick hike to the 1st crossing. Easy crossing, maybe 20 mins of paddling. Took as direct a route as possible to the...

First trip report I've written on here. I'll keep it simple: mostly pictures. Spur of the moment trip. Bummed and bored at work looking at photos of the mountains and got the itch. I had recently decided I wanted to stay at all the huts throughout the northeast and decided to check one off. Headed up to an easy one: the Jim Liberty Cabin just below the summit of Mt Chocorua. Weather looked good which is especially important for me since all my trips center around staying out all day and...

My friend Jim, and I, are both "collecting" backcountry sites in Yellowstone. He has almost 90, and I at the end of this trip, I had 68. Why do I collect sites? I guess I think there might be someplace I'll like better than my current favorite(s). I tried to come up with my favorite site, and counted 6. I obviously don't have one favorite site, but my favorite site at any moment is determined by the weather, and the wind and the time of year and what my little brain needs exposure to...

I day hike in Sequoia (SEKI) often. I live close, am retired and have been going twice a week most of the summer. I have my favorite trails, others I do once in a while and often find something new as well. It is very difficult to choose between Yosemite, Kings Canyon and Sequioa. Sometimes I choose both Kings Canyon and Sequoia. My favorite hike is between 8 and 12 miles through and around the Giant Forest, depending on where I park, how I am feeling etc. It has several entrance...

This was my second trip to Ice Lake this year. While the first trip was with my family, this one consisted of coworkers, ex-coworkers and retirees plus Kevin. The weather held for this one until the last night when we got some substantial rain. Lucky for us, it stopped about 7:30 in the morning so we didn't have to pack up and hike out in the rain. This is the annual trip that includes Danny who has had back issues for quite some time now. He informed me the day before we drove up to...

A day after @TractorDoc and I completed the Mary Mountain Trail, we were off for a five day backpacking trip up the Cache Creek drainage in Yellowstone. Cache Creek is located in the northeastern part of the Park and flows into the Lamar River just before the river enters the wildlife rich Lamar Valley. We began our trek at the Soda Butte Trailhead and ended at the Thunderer Trailhead for a total of just under thirty miles. Along our way, we would check out Wahb Springs, Death Gulch...

A month and a half ago, or so, I did this hike with Mary and Alex. It was on Kevin's permit, but he had a family emergency and couldn't do the hike. Kevin came back about a week ago, and after a hike up the Lamar River a little ways (there's a trip report about it), we found we could get reservations for the same trip. We started at Delacy Creek Trailhead, in the upper right corner, went down along the west side of Shoshone Lake, then up to Lone Star Trailhead. It was a little over 20...

I had made plans to hike up the Lamar River, a little ways, just to see what it looked like. Last year, I had gotten to the edge of the Thorofare, and saw a NEW VIEW in Yellowstone. I thought that maybe, around the corner from where everybody drives, there might be another new view, so when the time to sign up for trips came along, I got a couple of nights a little ways up the Lamar River Trail. Not far, mind you, but maybe enough to see something new. When the time came closer, I found...

Happy to say the yearly tradition of getting my college buddies together with our kids for a backpacking trip has continued - and this year I got them up to Yellowstone! I've been wanting to check out the Hellroaring Creek area for some time - I'd never done so much as a day hike out of this trailhead before this trip, so I was happy to remedy that. Not much wildlife on this one, but we did all get a quick glimpse of a badger on the way in - which was a first for me inside the park. On our...

A little over a year ago, I got a burr under my saddle and started thinking about doing the Mary Mountain Trail again. It hard to believe that it has been seven years since my last mosey across the Central Plateau in Yellowstone. I was curious if I still had a twenty miler in me. It's an easy twenty miles if you stay on trail, but I haven't done that distance in a few years, so I just wasn't sure. @TractorDoc had scheduled his annual September visit to Yellowstone and I thought that he...

It's been a frustrating year for me so far in terms of outdoor hobbies, mostly due to a few minor injuries. Last week I decided I needed to go on a little adventure (my first solo backpacking trip in like 5 years). I only had 2 days (one night), but I wanted to push myself and get a real wilderness experience in my limited time. I don't typically like to spell out specific details about my routes on the public forum, so let's just say that I wanted to go somewhere warm, a place where the...

Took a short SxS Trip into the southern section of the Gravellies ......... Wolverine Basin Cave Mountain Black Mountain

Third part of a road trip......

With a week to go before my Mary Mountain hike in Yellowstone, I thought that it might be prudent to get a hike in this past weekend to stay in shape, or at least pretend that I'm in shape. Sheila, Katie and I headed back up Van Cott to see how things might be recovering since the fire back on June the 20th. Review Image: They've got some of the parking lot torn up at the U of U, so we had to park further south than we normally do to start the loop View up Battle Gulch on the west...

I had been planning a loop into Washakie and Teton wildernesses from the South Fork of the Shoshone River. Up the Shoshone to Marston Creek and over to the head waters of the Yellowstone then down to Hawks Rest. Exit via Thorofare Creek and Deer Creek Pass. Kudos to those folks who had great trip reports on this site for me to peruse for that area. Well, a few days before my trip I saw that the forest service reported that the South Fork trail was closed due to a nasty storm and mudslides...

Did the loop over Labor Day weekend. A lot of the trail has been washed away by the major flood that occurred sept 1st. There is now an obligatory swim about 200 feet long just after the narrows if going downstream. A lot of quicksand everywhere. Going is slower than normal but still doable for the patient. Still absolutely stunning. A lot of old growth trees ripped up and lodged in random places. Crazy to see how high the creek was.

When my son asked me to plan a backpacking trip for this summer that he and his girlfriend could go on, I had originally wanted to backpack into Shoshone Lake and visit the geyser basin, but the criteria that he gave me didn't work out for the dates that were available so I instead planned a five day trip along the Chain of Lakes on the Central Plateau in Yellowstone. The Chain of Lakes includes Ice, Wolf, Grebe and Cascade Lakes from west to east. This would be a shuttle trip with us...