wasatch

So with some time off for the holidays I finally got around to putting a video together from my trip to Utah this past September. I'm a video editing noob, so constructive criticism is certainly appreciated. In the end, this is just a souvenir for myself. Something to remember the trip by...

An old trip report that I am moving over from my blog before I shut it down for good. Another half dozen or so like this coming soon. Sorry to clutter the place up with these old ones, but I don't want to lose them. :) ---- March 2009 This is just a short day hike from the Bonneville...

Here's another trip report from my summer of hiking for a living. Whenever I'd plan out my trails, I would try to plan hikes where I could knock out more than one trail guide at a time. This one was a perfect one for that, but was also one of the worst reminders of the year that my knee was...

With it being my 26th birthday a ski tour was in order. 1st stop was at Hectors for a free birthday steak and eggs burrito. Next stop was at the top of big cottonwood canyon at the winter closure gate of Gardsmans Pass. It's gotta be 5 o' clock somewhere! On the way up Grady was wondering...

Finally got into the higher terrain on Friday with my twin bother trevor, and my two friends Ron, and Grady. We opted to tour my favorite fork in the wasatch, Silver Fork. We started in little cottonwood canyon at Alta and skinned up Grizzly Gulch via hawkeye ridge. Soon we were at the east...

Sunday's are good, but snowy Sunday's are the best. Took the newest member of the group, Grady, and the usual clowns, Trevor and Ron, up to Catherines Pass, Dry Fork, and out Helicopter hill. A UDOT avalanche forecaster and his 2 rescue dogs went out of their way to meet the "famous"...

Here's a "catch up" report on this year's backcountry skiing adventures. With the thin amount of snow most of us are stuck riding the higher terrain, and as one avalanche observer stated "it seems the avalanche season started before the ski season". I will add last Sunday's backcountry tour in...

It was such a great day here in Salt Lake today. It was sunny with temperatures in the mid sixties, so my son and I decided to hike up Grandeur Peak via the Dragon's Tail Ridge Route. The trailhead for this route is located at the end of Wasatch Blvd just south of Parley's Canyon. This is the...

Not much of a trip report here but for the last few years my kids and I have hiked to the top of Ensign Peak on Thanksgiving Day. Now calling it a peak might be a stretch; it's more like a bump. But once on top, you have a great view to the south of the Salt Lake Valley, to the east of the...

I headed out this morning to hike up to Black Mountain which is located on the ridge south of City Creek Canyon. It is approximately 4.5 miles to the top from the trailhead (Bonneville Shoreline Trail access). After crossing the shoreline trail, I picked up an old jeep road to the west of the...

Well, I've beat this trip report down back in May when I was training for my Wildcat Ridge hike. There were some first for this hike though: My first time to the top of Olympus since turning 50, the first time I have hiked to the top in November, and most importantly, my daughter's first trip...

With this weekend's plans of getting into the Uintas for an end of season hike fizzle out, my wife could tell I was frustrated. So, this morning so she said to Bronwyn, my youngest daugher, "Will you please take your dad on a hike?!" I didn't want to hike Grove Creek or Battlecreek Canyons...

I meant to get out several more times and several other places this year, my two boys and my first year of overnight or longer backpacking trips. However, due to health and timing reasons, we were only able to get in this one hike. The boys had a half day off of school, so we threw in the gear...

Work-life balance… it’s a bitch. But as a hiker and a dreamer, it’s a reality I must deal with. I only had two vacation days left for the remainder of the summer, and wanted to make them count. See that’s the whole key to a healthy work-life balance in my opinion: making your time-off count...

Hiked up Coalpit Gulch to the summit of North Thunder Mountain. Instead of down climbing the slippery gulch we decided to hike down into Thunder Bowl and out Bells Canyon. The hike was about 8 miles RT and took us 10 hours. There was a lot of class 3/4 scrambling on both the ascent and...

Wildflowers to Pfeifferhorn, July 2013 Another Saturday was ticking right on by, being wasted indoors, and it was prime wildflower season. There was one wildflower on my list that I really wanted to find good examples of and photograph, Dodecatheon aplinum. A great excuse to get out and enjoy...

Originally posted on my blog. For two years I lived and worked in the shadow of Thurston Peak, the county highpoint of both Davis and Morgan Counties in Utah. For two years I said I was going to hike it. But then I got a job transfer to Arizona, so I didn't. It's not actually that simple. I...

First, some background on this trip... The idea for this hike was actually hatched a couple of years ago when we moved into our home in Provo. Given the proximity it has with Slate Canyon and the Bonneville Shoreline Trail and the proximity of my in-laws home to the Wasatch Crest Trail in...

I hiked with four others from the Wasatch Mountain Club this weekend to Grandview Peak which is located on the upper north side of City Creek Canyon. Map of route The Trailhead we chose is located where the Mormon Pioneer Trail crosses the East Canyon Road. We began hiking at 8:30 in the...

A couple weeks ago, @sixstringsteve and @Tess put out an invite for any BCP members to join them, their dog, Fender, and their neighbor, Riley, on an excursion up to Lake Hardy just above Alpine. @Mike K, @WillisBodillus, and myself were delighted to join. While Willis also goes by "Will" in...