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This will be my final weekend training hike for Maybird Gulch on the 9th, so I chose to do a loop hike that summits Grandeur Peak. Normally, when I do this loop hike, I take the West Slope trail the the top of Grandeur, but this time I wanted to head up the Dragon Tail route. The loop distance...

@Ugly and @regehr are hauling me up to Maybird Gulch in two weeks, so for the past four weeks I've been trying to up my game with some hikes that I think will allow me to make it to Maybird. Fat chance of that! :D Yesterday's hike was a loop hike of approximately 12 miles from my house, up...

A day if the life of Scatman. Let me start by saying that April has become a rough month for the Scat. I'm allergic to tree pollen with elm, cedar and juniper being the main culprits. And as I've gotten older the symptoms have become worse. So from about mid-March to around the third week in...

Last week on the 16th of February, I had wanted to hike Red Butte Ridge, but after about 40 minutes of hiking it started to snow heavily, and since I wasn't dressed for much snow, I had to put my tail between my legs and return to my vehicle. Starting to snow pretty good at this point on the...

After hiking Dale Peak on the 21st, my wife and I donated a pint of blood with ARUP, so the hike up Grandeur today was mighty slow, even by Scat standards. You might say that I was a bit low on oxygen and iron. :) I headed up Grandeur with my 50mm lens on the camera. I haven't shot with the...

I had last Saturday all to my lonesome and decided that before Salt lake gets a big snowstorm, that I'd try to complete a 17.3 mile loop through the foothills near my home. I also wanted to see if my 60 year old knees, feet and hips could still handle a long day. I've covered all this terrain...

Sheila and I had a nice day hike to the top of Black Mountain Ridge yesterday. It was nice to get up above the haze in the valley for a bit. Getting ready at the trailhead. Somebody's shadow got in the way. :) Only remaining flower that I saw - maybe some goldenaster I'd done the...

I picked up a used Canon EOS 1Ds mark II for a steal off of eBay. It showed up yesterday afternoon and I wanted to take it out today to make sure everything was working. I had originally planned earlier in the week to hike up Black Mountain, but as the weekend approached the forecast got...

With the Subaru all fixed up now, the one armed Scat was back in business today. Sheila joined me on a hike to the summit of Millvue Peak up Millcreek Canyon this morning. I saw two separate moose, but wasn't quick enough to get my camera off my shoulder clip to get pictures of either one of...

Well, I somehow made it to 60 years old, so to celebrate my 60th I summited Mount Nebo with my friend Jon. Now we are down to 17 days until the Deer Creek/Hidden Creek big adventure that @Bob has dreamed up in the Washakie and Teton Wildernesses, so I figured a training hike up Nebo might just...

Less than a month away from the Hidden Creek trip, so Sheila and I made our way up Burch Hollow then followed the Millcreek Ridge west to Church Fork Peak. Horsemint was the dominant wildflower on this hike as most of the others have already peaked. While hiking across the ridge I think we ran...

I'm going to be doing a route that @Bob dreamed up through parts of the Washakie and Teton Wildernesses starting on August 1st. We'll be heading up Deer Creek to Deer Creek Pass, then we will do a little off-trailing until we pick up the outfitter's trail down North Fork Butte Creek, following...

97 degrees in the valley today, so Sheila and I headed up Mount Aire this morning before it got too warm. We had to walk the road (gate is closed until July 1st) for about 45 minutes to reach the official trailhead, and from there is just a couple of miles to the summit of Aire. Almost all the...

I had read that they recently had completed the Bonneville Shoreline Trail from the Pipeline Overlook back to the West Slope Trailhead for Grandeur Peak. Since I had the 19th off from work, I decided that I would check it out for myself. I got an early 6:30 am start and headed up the west...

I was privileged to have the opportunity to hike with @regehr, @Ugly and Simon today. The trail of choice was the Mill B North Trail located in Big Cottonwood Canyon. I had never hiked Mill B before, but both @Ugly and @regehr highly recommended it, so how could I go wrong. Regehr was kind...

Back in 2020, I attempted this same hike the last weekend of May. Unfortunately for me, a late spring storm rolled in and not being prepared for foul weather, the ensuing snow storm drove me off the ridgeline, with Grandview in sight. So since I didn't make it up to the Teton Wilderness this...

Well, I turned the big 59 yesterday, so as has become custom on Bastille Day, I needed to pick a challenging hike in the Wasatch to complete on my birthday. I ended up choosing Mount Superior which I have never attempted before. The peak is located on the Cottonwood Ridge which separates Big...

So @TractorDoc has been training for an August trip down into the Thorofare, and he has been posting some of his training hikes here, and basically putting the old Scatman to shame. He's been loading his pack with 50 lbs., heading off with the wife, and finishing up with some fancy ice cream...

My last hike of spring, and my last training hike for the Wyoming Range next week. I had something happen on this hike that has never happened to the Scatman before, but it takes place at the end of the report, so you will have to bear with me. Today's hike was to the summit of Mount Aire from...

Well after being worked by @Bob in the big Jelly last week, I really had no business attempting the Dragon Tail today. It was a long, steep slog, and my knees and feet are now sore after descending the West Slope Trail off the summit of Grandeur. The West Slope Trail just happens to be my...