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A little jaunt up Mount Olympus this morning. Deer leg on the trail Jeff out in front A hawk along the trail The section just after Suicide Hill We there yet? Rocky trail More rocky trail Does this ever end? :) Shark fin of the western ridge Broad's Fork Twin Peaks from the...

Between March and September of 2019, I hiked an absolutely amazing route through the heart of the West. I began atop a "sky island" on the Arizona/Mexico border and finished in a deep, dark ancient cedar and hemlock forest on the Idaho/Canada border. And in between, I saw a lot of cool stuff! I...

One Friday this past July I got the urge to do a quickie one night backpack close to home. It was about 2pm already, I was at work, had no destination in mind and nothing packed. I called my son, Ben, and asked if he was interested in going on a last second overnighter. He is always...

Since my bronchitis is only slowly clearing up... The couple of weeks prior had seen an active June- hiking after work with the work hiking club and a couple great days hiking with my sister who was in town from AZ. I always like trip reports best about this site. So here is a trip report...

This day hike would turn out to be quite the adventure. Definitely among the best hikes I've ever done. Having been in recovery mode after surgery on my feet in December of 2017 I got a really late start getting back on the trail in 2018. I decided I would set a modest bucket list of only one...

February 22-23, 2019 My friend Gavin had been wanting to do a winter summit of a higher mountain in the Wasatch, and he determined Provo Peak would be a fairly doable, safe option. After getting off of work and having dinner at his place, we headed to Rock Canyon, arriving by a bit before 6...

It has been a winter of endless new snow, some of it I have missed. Yet, some of it has been glorious. Having President's day off opened a possibility, and with light snow flurrying around we disembarked where the cleared road ended. The forecast, well, I had lived in Quebec and my friend is...

Sure, I have already posted about this place in early summer. However, this report is for fall. https://backcountrypost.com/threads/big-willow-2014.4321/#post-51040 After several days of looking at this while driving home, and this especially the night before. The siren of sawmill was calling...

After a long week, and while sitting at lunch and staring up at the red and gold mountains, my friend and I slipped out of work early... well, not as early as we wanted, as I got stuck on a call, but still early. He needed to be close to home, so we tabled one plan and just drove up to another...

Back in July, my daughter and I attempted to summit the Broads Fork Twin Peaks via the Robinson's Variation (Bonkers for @Artemus). A route that I had never attempted before. Unfortunately, it was an extremely hot day and my daughter ran out of gas at the top of the Robinson's Couloir and we...

I thank everyone who posts reports. I do love the one-off shots and seeing the different places where everyone goes, but I love the trip reports most. If you hate mine... :tongue: Then good news! This one is the first in two, but let me start at the ending. To be standing on those red rocks...

Just another Wednesday! Another midweek adventure beckoned. Again the skies were gray, but a lot fresh spring snow had fallen the day before and the hope was to get snowshoes on in a moderate hike. Rewarded. The way up the trail is very moderate, deceptive, but still I broke a sweat. The...

“Why is it always gray and windy on Wednesday for these hikes?” I complained. “At least you will be up in the mountains. It beats down here,” my coworker replied. She was right. This Wednesday edition of the coworker, after work hike, the plan was to climb Neff’s Canyon. It ended up just...

My daughter is on her spring break this week and I decided to take a day off of work so that we could hike up Mount Olympus. Yes, I've posted reports of this hike in the past, but hey it's Mount Olympus! We arrived at the trailhead at 7:45 am with the temperature hovering around 45 degrees...

Again on a Wednesday after work the coworker group and I hopped in and drove on up Little Cottonwood Canyon. A little later than we wanted and under a flat gray sky. dwarfed by some pines... The original intent was to get to Maybird, but we had a few things working against us. Time...

Last night, after work I took off with a couple of coworkers to go for an evening hike and snowshoe. The Wednesday night hike a couple times a month is becoming a real thing. What a great way to break up the week. We parked at Tibblefork, hiked a little bit of the road and then cut up the trail...

This was 2 weeks ago. I decided to try to get to the upper reservoir in Bell Canyon, snow be damned. I had never been in the canyon before, and I learned later that that would keep me from getting to my ultimate destination. It was nice and cold out that morning, but supposed to be in the mid...

[I owe this forum at least one TR - a really cool route I hiked in the Absarokas in August. But since I've been working on that writeup for two months and it still sucks, for now I'll just post a quick-hitter of a trip I did last summer. One might call it a NOT-Epic. Or a Sub-24. Or a...

The thread discussion here https://backcountrypost.com/threads/meet-the-woman-who-knows-bears-ears-best.7166/page-3 Got me thinking about the non-epic... so how about the least epic trip for me this year? If you only read epic, STOP NOW, you will be disappointed. If you want a story that at...

I am almost embarrassed to post this in the backpacking section as it is such a short trip. However, if like me you are seeking a quick overnight trip to get out there before the real snow comes and the fall color fades, this might be a good spot at the moment. We got away from work a little...