cirque of the towers

One item in my list from To Do in 2024 was to spend 5 weeks in WY, mostly in the Winds. Not everything went as planned: (a) Lead a few from my local hiking group on a 40 m S. Winds loop - Done, but a second group had to cancel (b) Attempt some tougher destinations before I get any older -...

For Day 2 along this Wind River High Route, we aim for a 2nd bucket list destination in as many days: Desolation Valley... Saturday - July 24, 2021 Day 2: Cirque of the Towers to Desolation Valley MILES: 11.5 | GAIN: 2,275 ft Surprisingly, it never got real cold through the first night, even...

Stuck inside for a few days thanks to snow, figured it would be a good time to write something up about this trip. This was a 5 night trip I did in late July/early August of last year with a couple good friends. This was my first trip to the Winds and I will absolutely be coming back. It was...

After a whirlwind week of dropping off my oldest at college, I jumped on the plane to SLC from DCA with my gear, while the rest of my family headed back to Maine. As I drove to Big Sandy on Friday I could see lots of lightning that was nearby. I was afraid that I'd be waiting it out in the car...

I finally made it the Big Sandy trail head this summer with my two older kids. This trip was in the making for the 3rd year now. Work has created a road block for the 2 previous years. I finally checked this one off my bucket list this week. We pulled out of Idaho Falls Sunday afternoon because...

*Most of these pictures are iPhone pics. Not my usual carefully composed tripod shots with a DSLR, so lower your expectations here. A while back I went to Cirque Of the Towers with my friend Taylor. We left on Pioneer Day, the 24th. It was basically 4 days and 3 nights, with much of Thursday...

This is part 2 of our 4-day trip in the Big Sandy area over the July 4th weekend. If you didn't catch the first part, you can find it below: Part 1: The Temple Part 2: The Cirque Here's a map showing the entire route. After our two nights looping up through the Temple, we were heading...

On July 24th my girlfriend and I set off to spend 6 days exploring (from what we could gather) some of the finer (if not most popular) terrain in the Wind River Range. It was the maiden voyage for both of us to this spectacular, glacially scoured alpine paradise. Moving to Utah two years ago...