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Congratulations on finishing the Highline Trail! That's quite an accomplishment. My sister and I want to through hike the trail someday. It's not looking like I'll have the vacation this year, but looking at your incredible pictures really makes me want to get out there!

Ruby Dome is the highest point in Elko County, where I live, at 11,392 feet. We had been talking about hiking to the top of it with some friends, and in September we had a free weekend so we decided to turn it into a backpacking trip. I had attempted it in a single day many years ago and...

I usually remove my gloves and just deal with cold hands while I am taking pictures if I am out for a hike or something where photography isn't the primary goal. I have some fingerless gloves that I wear when it's cold and I am out specifically to take pictures. They are pretty cheap though...

Wow, it's fun to look at everyone's adventures! I had a lot of great trips last year. I got to check out the Maine coast for the first time ever, this was at Acadia National Park which was delightfully un-busy while we were there. This was on the Brown Duck Mountain loop in the southern...

Thanks for the positive feedback everyone!

Check out the Backpacking in the Ruby Mountains Facebook page. One of the authors was running a shuttle service for hikers on the Crest this summer. It's a pretty cool hike that I will get around to posting eventually!

Wow, there are so many amazing shots here! This one is from Favre Lake in the Ruby Mountains a few years ago.

We had a September snow storm in the Ruby Mountains here, so I decided to take a quick hike up to Lamoille Lake. This is the first decently sized alpine lake that you can hike to from the Lamoille Canyon side of the Ruby Crest Trail. Due to the amount of snow I decided to start up the stock...

I definitely have plenty of material for trip reports as soon as I stay home long enough to write some!

Hi everyone, I've been enjoying lurking on the site for a while and figured I should join up. I've been hiking for a long time and done some backpacking over the years. Mostly I hike around my little corner of Northeastern Nevada, but lately I've done some exploring around the Uintas, which is...