To Do in 2015

[Blake Merrell]

Hoping to get a few Firsts this year The Plans are:

1. Have our first Baby!!!!! (talk about a crazy adventure!?)
2. Go x-country Skiing for the first time
3. Do a technical mountain climb (Mexican Mountain) for the first time
4. Do a Loop hike in the SRS for the First Time
5. Float in a inflatable kayak for the first time
6. Backpack into the Wind River range for the first time
7. Backpack the Uinta High Line trail for the first time
8. Backpack Loafer/Santaquin peak for the first time
9. Backpack Nebo Mtn for the first time
10. Navigate a backcountry trip with only a map and compass for the first time

 

[JaseTheAce]

1. Do at least 5 overnights in the Uintas
2. At least three overnights in Southern Utah

As you can see, my time is limited.

 

[WasatchWill]

Hoping to get a few Firsts this year The Plans are:

1. Have our first Baby!!!!! (talk about a crazy adventure!?)
2. Go x-country Skiing for the first time
3. Do a technical mountain climb (Mexican Mountain) for the first time
4. Do a Loop hike in the SRS for the First Time
5. Float in a inflatable kayak for the first time
6. Backpack into the Wind River range for the first time
7. Backpack the High Line trail for the first time
8. Backpack Loafer/Santaquin peak for the first time
9. Backpack Nebo Mtn for the first time
10. Navigate a backcountry trip with only a map and compass for the first time

Congrats! Sounds like it should be an exceptionally great year. I'm hoping to get up Santaquin and Nebo this year too, but my work schedule probably won't let me fit them in as overnighters. Unless I want to do some late night hiking.

 

[slc_dan]

Hoping to get a few Firsts this year The Plans are:

1. Have our first Baby!!!!! (talk about a crazy adventure!?)
2. Go x-country Skiing for the first time
3. Do a technical mountain climb (Mexican Mountain) for the first time
4. Do a Loop hike in the SRS for the First Time
5. Float in a inflatable kayak for the first time
6. Backpack into the Wind River range for the first time
7. Backpack the High Line trail for the first time
8. Backpack Loafer/Santaquin peak for the first time
9. Backpack Nebo Mtn for the first time
10. Navigate a backcountry trip with only a map and compass for the first time

There is a non-tech route up Mexican Mountain. Steve Allen describes it, does sound a bit spicy for a non-climber.

 

[Blake Merrell]

There is a non-tech route up Mexican Mountain. Steve Allen describes it, does sound a bit spicy for a non-climber.

Yeah. that is the route I think I will do. I'm thinking it might be a bit technical for myself, a canyoneer. haha! Im pretty good at going down things, going up is a whole different animal.

 

[Nick]

There is a non-tech route up Mexican Mountain. Steve Allen describes it, does sound a bit spicy for a non-climber.

Yeah. that is the route I think I will do. I'm thinking it might be a bit technical for myself, a canyoneer. haha! Im pretty good at going down things, going up is a whole different animal.

@langutah might be able to provide some info and/or photos on that.

 

[Artemus]

It is really a fourth class route but the caveat is that it is fourth class for cilmbers and experienced adventurers. I have gone up with people new to the high and steep and some have done great, no problem. Some have needed assistance or needed a belay. Some have balked completely. It depends, as always. I have soloed it several times but that doesn't mean anything to those who doesn't know me. The nice thing is that, unlike canyoneering, you can go up until the way forward looks too scary and then turnaround. Not as all-out-committing as sliding down something in a canyon you can't upclimb to go back. I can talk to you in more detail with a PM.

 

[andyjaggy]

Hoping to get a few Firsts this year The Plans are:

1. Have our first Baby!!!!! (talk about a crazy adventure!?)
2. Go x-country Skiing for the first time
3. Do a technical mountain climb (Mexican Mountain) for the first time
4. Do a Loop hike in the SRS for the First Time
5. Float in a inflatable kayak for the first time
6. Backpack into the Wind River range for the first time
7. Backpack the Uinta High Line trail for the first time
8. Backpack Loafer/Santaquin peak for the first time
9. Backpack Nebo Mtn for the first time
10. Navigate a backcountry trip with only a map and compass for the first time

Congrats, the baby is certainly an adventure more difficult then any backpacking trip. You will love it though, it's worth every minute of the pain.

Let me know when you do Santaquin Peak, it's been on my radar for a while.

 

[Blake Merrell]

Congrats, the baby is certainly an adventure more difficult then any backpacking trip. You will love it though, it's worth every minute of the pain.

Let me know when you do Santaquin Peak, it's been on my radar for a while.

Thank you! I am excited and terrified about raising a baby! Hopfully he likes the outdoors, or else I don't know what I will do! ahhhhhh!

Ill keep ya in the loop about Santaquin Peak. Hoping to do that this spring/early summer.

 

[steve]

I firmly believe that most kids are born loving the outdoors. Kids that don't like the outdoors are usually taught by an adult to complain about the outdoors.

 

[IntrepidXJ]

I firmly believe that most kids are born loving the outdoors. Kids that don't like the outdoors are usually taught by an adult to complain about the outdoors.

I didn't like the outdoors for much of my childhood....and now look at me!

 

[steve]

That's awesome. Did you go camping much as a kid?

 

[IntrepidXJ]

That's awesome. Did you go camping much as a kid?

Maybe once or twice. My family had an RV for a while, but that doesn't really count.

 

[LarryBoy]

Wow, once wasn't enough for you on the hundred mile wilderness? Or do other trails go through there besides the AT?

No I haven't done the Wilderness. Hiked from Georgia to Maine only to have to get off and start a job. Headed back there to take care of some loose ends and complete the AT

 

[andyjaggy]

Thank you! I am excited and terrified about raising a baby! Hopfully he likes the outdoors, or else I don't know what I will do! ahhhhhh!

Ill keep ya in the loop about Santaquin Peak. Hoping to do that this spring/early summer.

As Steve said that really is up to you. Start them young and they will love it. I took my 3 year old girl on her first hike last month. She hated the hike in Bryce Canyon, after we were done she says to me "Dad, I hate that hike!". I was feeling pretty bad but later that day we took her on a hike in Kodachrome Basin and she loved it. She went the whole 2 miles all by herself. Bryce canyon was simply too steep, too many scary edges, too cold, and too muddy. So I learned my lesson to start them on something they will enjoy, not what you will enjoy.

 

[Blake Merrell]

I learned my lesson to start them on something they will enjoy, not what you will enjoy.

many people share this same advice. I think I will try and be careful to take Baby on easy hikes, ones where he can play and enjoy the trail.

 

[andyjaggy]

Yep. Our 1 1/2 year old loved the trail in Kodachrome as well. We had to push her along a bit though because all she wanted to do was stop and collect rocks.

 

[trasmuson3]

Two great ways to spend time off. When do you think you'll be doing them?

Still haven't picked a date for kings peak, but I think we are going up to the winds August 4-8.

 

[uintafly]

It's been a while since I have been on this site. Seems to have blown up in the past year or so which is cool.

I'm still trying to stay in ski mode even though good snow is getting harder and harder to find.

Winter skiing/mountaineering to do:
- Pfeifferhorn
- Mt. Hood, Mt. Adams and Mt. St. Helens
- Uinta yurt trip in early March
- Grandeur Peak to Mt. Aire along the Mill Creek ridgeline
- At least 12 more tours before end of April

Spring
- 1 Moab hiking/biking trip with my wife
- 1 Moab biking trip with the fellas
- 1 Canyoneering trip in Zion or Escalante
- Hopefully a backpacking trip in either Escalante or Cedar Mesa

Summer
- Family trip to either redwood forest or glacier
- Gannett Peak in the Winds
- A minimum of 25 nights camping with the little ones
- 1 or 2 Uinta backpack trips

Fall
- Multiple Southern Utah canyoneering trips

It seems like a busy year but compared to some of the lists on this thread it looks a little paltry!

 

[WasatchWill]

Still haven't picked a date for kings peak, but I think we are going up to the winds August 4-8.

Awesome. @DrNed and I currently have that week circled for a trek up to Kings Peak.