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Love the Elks.

https://www.facebook.com/GrandTetonNPS/photos/a.134442479903690.25354.130250293656242/1141555312525730/?type=1&theater Did this turn out to be more or less true in other northern Rockies areas, like the Uintas? Hot dry June followed by cooler and wetter than average July and more or less...

Love those meadow walking shots. Few things beat a good meadow.

My tent cost $30. :) Indeed, to each their own. I do find gear discussions interesting, but I find that my tolerance for spending money on brands or tech or weight is very low compared to most. I'm amazed what you can do with regards to weight already on a budget compared to how I used to...

My sandals: $15 at Target. These; $50 at Amazon. I don't care that much about a few ounces.

Dry conditions and half the trees are dead. Long run, this is probably the only thing that can resolve the pine beetle infestation problem, and the lingering effects of it (dead trees all over the Rockies north of Colorado.) However, it's only good news long term. For decades, it's going to...

You really get the best light conditions, don't you? Love that patchwork tundra and snow in the late sunlight shot.

Good on you for staking a claim and defending it from the squatters! If someone doesn't tell them, they'll never understand that it's not really OK to do.

Really liking those isometric views of your route for the day. What a great idea!

I love the Winds. A credible Rockies answer to the Sierra Nevada.

Timp really is one of the most spectacular mountains in the entire Rocky Mountain family. Great report.

I take that back: Shoshone and Bridger-Teton National Forests do have a special order: http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/shoshone/home/?cid=stelprdb5187636

Hardly ever see a ranger, and doesn't matter if you do. The only penalty is if a bear stumbles across your food. There is no legal penalty at all.

Sometimes that's a good reason to make sure you bring a smaller pack...

Here's the movie version, for those curious. Includes pictures of Chimney Rock and Scott's Bluff on our way out west, as well as Fantasy Canyon after we were done. Plus; moody spaghetti western style music! What's not to like? I actually told my son two or three times that trails were for...

Pheidippides, the guy who ran the original marathon died as soon as he finished. I'm just sayin'.

It would help if he hadn't stuffed wet socks in a pocket in his pack on the first day and let them sit there getting worse and worse smelling all of the time. I agree; he'll probably remember this trip fondly and be ready to do it again sometime. I was about his age (just a year older, I...

It was knee deep last week. I probably made the right call in walking the extra mile and a half or so. Although I wasn't so sure later in the day when it was starting to get dark, altitude sickness was kicking in, and I was feeling really exhausted.

That's my biggest regret too. I'm kind of kicking myself that a combination of three things kept me away: 1) menacing clouds starting to form over Red Knob pass that looked like they were headed our way (turns out they weren't--we didn't get a single drop of rain all day), 2) my son starting to...

Exactly why I didn't climb too high up it. I was with my noobie 13 year old son, and we didn't have ice axes, crampons, or any other gear for snow. My initial plan was to go over Red Knob Pass and see Crater Lake, and then also go over Dead Horse Pass to see NE Rock Creek Basin. I ended up...