Since I’m going to be having cataract surgery this week (which means I will be down for a week or two) and because I didn’t get out last weekend, I wanted to make sure I got out this weekend. My
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11/6/2024 – Baty Butte Trail
Today’s hike was to take advantage of some gorgeous November weather and to burn a vacation day. Zack and I had been thinking about heading up to Baty Butte the weekend before but it looked AWFULLY wet so we decided
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Today’s hike is a milestone – if I’ve done my statistics correctly, today’s hike is my 500th hike/trip! That is pretty crazy! Wonder how long it will take me to get to 1000? It took me 22 years to get
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Today’s hike turned out considerably differently than expected. The plan was to hike the Cottonwood Meadows trail from the southern trailhead – go up the trail to the northern trailhead and turn around and come back down. We encountered a
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Today’s hike had one simple purpose – to enjoy a beautiful old trail. Little did I realize that it had been COMPLETELY cut out end to end, which only made the day that much better! I haven’t taken much vacation
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Today’s hike was intended to complete the recon of the Fish Creek Mountain trail post fire. Kirk and I had attempted to complete this trip a few weeks ago but ran out of time. Since the gate at the 4620
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This was kind of a spur of the minute hike. We were on our family vacation at Lake Creek Lodge in Camp Sherman. There are a variety of trails thru the property that also connect to various trails on Forest
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After hearing that there was a way to get up to the Fish Creek Mountain trail relatively easily, I’ve wanted to explore this trail after the fire. Today was the day. We headed out a bit early since I needed
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Today’s hike was to kind of expand on the hike I did last week. After hiking part of the Huxley Lake trail last week, Kirk noticed some comments in the old Trail Sheet talking about a campsite and an old
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Today’s hike was going to be a relatively short one since Kirk had to get back early for an event. I’d been looking for trails that were opening up since the snow levels have been rising. I hadn’t hiked the
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The weather today was supposed to be sunny and unseasonably hot. I wanted to get up into snow somewhere, and decided to either do the White Iris trail or the Bissell trail, depending on which we could get to. It
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The plan for today’s hike was to see how far we could get up the Rho Creek trail. The modeled snow depth maps showed no snow at the trailhead and then about halfway up the trail, the snow quickly getting
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Today’s hike was intended to be a snowshoe trip. The plan was to take the Fanton trail (a favorite snowshoe destination of mine) as far as we could. Kirk had to get back for a family event, so it was
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This hike was a quickie “hiking light” day – before the Super Bowl. I haven’t hiked since New Years day due to weather and being sick, so I decided to do a quick trip up Mosier Creek before the Super
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