Today’s hike had no real purpose other than just getting out on a trail I haven’t been on in a while. The weather was supposed to be reasonably good, so I looked around for options and decided to hike the … Read the rest
Category Archives: TripReport2026
5/8/2026 – Triangulation Peak
Today’s hike was a memorable one. It was (for me) a last minute hike decision, but I’m really glad things worked out so I could go. It merits the “epic” tag for a hike for sure.
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5/2/2026 – Tarzan Springs to Mt Lowe – 595, 564
Today’s trip had a couple of purposes:
… Read the rest - Replace my trail cam at the second rockslide – the battery was at 7%
- Try and make it up to Mt Lowe
The second objective was a little ambitious, but I’ve done this
4/23/2026 – Baty Butte Trail – 545
Today’s hike was kind of a spur of the moment hike. The weather report was supposed to be sunny (spoiler alert – it was wrong), so I thought I’d head out somewhere. I was considering heading up to Burnt Granite
… Read the rest 4/18/2026 – Mosier Creek
Today’s hike was very much last minute and would have to be considered a “hiking lite” day. We did do almost 4 miles though! Since this all came about last minute I thought I’d just head up to the Mosier
… Read the rest 4/10/2026 – Old Baldy Trail – 502
Today’s hike was kind of a spur of the moment hike. Normally, the grandkids come over on Friday but we found out Friday morning they were sick and were not going to be coming. I had only done one hike
… Read the rest 3/21/2026 – Tarzan Springs to Burnt Granite to Mt Lowe – 595, 564
Today’s hike had no real objective – at least not when I started. Originally I was thinking of heading up Burnt Granite from the 4650 road and maybe take it up to where it meets the 270 spur and then
… Read the rest 3/11/2026 – Mosier Creek
Today’s hike was a “hiking light” day – This was one of the few days I could get out and I wanted to get out in the woods but the weather forecast was terrible. Lots of rain and also wind
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Even though I was out yesterday, with the beautiful weather we’ve been having, I wanted to get out somewhere again for a second day. I decided to see what the lower Cripple Creek trail was looking like. This is the
… Read the rest 2/25/2026 – Old North Fork Trail to Huxley Lake – 521
Today’s hike was pretty much a “get out in the woods and enjoy a beautiful winter day” hike. My goal in retirement has been to hike twice a week and with recent weather, I’ve been having a tough time making
… Read the rest 1/24/2026 – Cottonwood Meadows Snowshoe – 705
The plan for today’s trip was to head to the lower Cottonwood Meadows trailhead and walk up as far as we could until we hit enough snow and then put on our snowshoes and go as far up as we
… Read the rest 1/21/2026 – Rho Creek – 569
With all the nice weather the last week or so, I’ve wanted to try and get out as much as I can. The beginning of the month was terrible weather so I wasn’t getting my two hikes a week in.
… Read the rest 1/12/2026 – Fanton to Squaw Mountain Snowshoe – 502, 505
After our VERY wet New Years Day hike, my appetite for wet hikes was pretty low. The last week plus has been wet and snowy so I haven’t gotten out (missing my two hikes a week goal!). Today (a Monday)
… Read the rest 1/1/2026 – Pechuck Lookout
Today’s hike has become an annual tradition. It started in 2011 (I think) to do a “start the new year right” hike. Looking back over the last 15 years, I’ve done one every year except two (2012 and 2017 –
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