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I like that; I cannot lie.

This is a fairly quick and dirty report about a fairly quick and dirty trip. Because of poor research, I had decided after going up Beckwith Pass and tooling around for a few days south of the pass before coming back to try and get to Mill Creek trailhead and see the Mill Creek valley, but...

Wow. I'd never even heard of the Tushars. Looks like I've got a lot more exploring to do.

Why stop there? Do the whole ridge! I've never done it, but I've heard Kings to South Kings isn't too big a deal. Less than a mile one way, and about 400 feet down and then up again. Class 2. http://www.summitpost.org/kings-emmons-ridge/162966

Based on my experience with Uintas trails... we could do with a bit more trail segregation.

Many years ago (in the 80s, when I was just a teenager) I went hiking in the Weminuche Wilderness... we took the famous train ride, got off at the trail head and hiked into Chicago Basin and summited Sunlight (so I've been told. I actually am almost convinced that the guy who confirmed that to...

@Cuberant @Brett You can see it on Caltopo if you pull up Henry's Fork Basin and/or King's Peak and move a little bit to the east along the main ridge of the mountains. Here, they label it Queen's Cirque, and the mountain immediately above it is Anne, named for the Queen. I have either heard...

Too bad that you only saw the really busy parts of the mountains, though! I had thought of combining the King's Peak route with the area immediately to the east of that and go see Queen Anne's cirque. I called that route the King and Queen Loop, and thought that it would be nice to temper...

Love the Chisos. One of my favorite places to visit when the season makes most of the rest of the Rockies pretty inaccessible. Next time you go, be sure and check out the Grapevine Hills trail, and Dagger Flats. All of those dagger yucca plants made it feel like you'd almost expect a dinosaur...

Sounds like you were right there in that feature that they call "Head of Rye Grass"—another great, colorful name that makes me wonder about it. I really need to explore that area one of these days too.

Wow! I've had that hike on my bucket list for some time, but I never would have thought of doing it as late in the year as you did. But it looks like it turned out perfectly. Plus, probably kept the crowds WAY down! I've been targeting a mid September date for it myself, one of these years.

I know about the Insect Defense deal where you send your clothes. I had read in the past about people buying permethrin from feed stores and doing "permanent" treatment of their clothes, but I can't find any details on how to do it anymore. That's what I was looking for.

No, I'm not. I only do one big backpacking trip per summer.

If the claims are true of commercially applied permethrin; that it lasts for 50-70 washes, it will eventually wash out, yes... about the same time that the clothing falls apart anyway. Meanwhile, spending $20+ every single time I go hiking just for a permethrin treatment, which is a pain to...

I know that the "factory treated" permethrin stuff, like you can buy from ExOfficio and many other brands, is supposed to last for a good 50 washings; essentially, the expected lifetime of the clothing. If you buy the Sawyer stuff, it lasts for 4-6 washings; essentially maybe one summer of...

Also because it's really small. You can see most of it without camping overnight somewhere. On the other hand, you could always just plan you trip such that you set up camp on the BLM land just on the other side of the boundary, I would think.

Sometimes you don't need to understand everything about each other; sometimes you just need to accept it. And when one of you isn't accepting without understanding, sometimes that person needs to be gently reminded that they don't need to understand everything, but that they just need to accept...

I can hardly argue with that! Post pictures!

Hah! Not offended, just amused by the article.

Yeah, that article is bizarre. Persistent rumors of grizzlies? There hasn't been a reputable grizzly sighting in Colorado since 1979; and prior to that, it was 1952. I think it's nearly as likely to find Bigfoot in the Weminuche as it is to see a grizzly. And I don't know what he's talking...