After doing two back to back to back trail work days, I decided I needed a fun day in the woods. I looked at options and realized I haven’t hiked the Rimrock trail from the west end trailhead for quite … Read the rest
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7/1/2026 – Baty Butte to the Powerlines – 545
Today’s trip was another in the “get out in the woods” series of hikes. I decided to head down Baty Butte – the plan was to try and make it to the Powerlines. I was successful, but it was a … Read the rest
6/17/2026 – Rho Ridge South – 564
Today’s trip was to take a trip down the south end of Rho Ridge to check out the recent trailwork the Orogenesis group did on the south end of Rho Ridge – I was hoping with a big group they … Read the rest
6/11/2026 – White Iris/Old Baldy
Today’s trip was intended to be a short day – the only real objective of the day was to see if we could catch the white iris in full bloom – I’ve seen them blooming before but I’ve never been … Read the rest
6/8/2026 – Random Eastside Explorations
Today’s trip was a totally different trip than what I usually do. The original plan was to hike the White Iris trail to see if the iris were in full bloom yet, but the weather forecast kept getting worse and … Read the rest
6/4/2026 – Rho Creek to Graham Pass – 569, 564
Today’s hike was kind of a spur of the moment “get out in the woods” hike. I had been reading about all the work the Orogenesis group did on the Rho Ridge, Burnt Granite and Rho Creek trails, so I … Read the rest
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.
Since we knew it … Read the rest
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
4/10/2026 – 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 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 12/22/2025 – Fanton to Squaw Mountain – 505,502
Today’s hike was a “get out in the woods hike”. Due to our recent stormy winter weather, I’ve not been able to get out for over a week. We’ve had storms with lots of rain and wind, lost power for
… Read the rest 11/20/2025 – Burnt Granite Trail – 595
Today’s hike was a “make up” hike. I’ve been fighting a cold for the past week and was supposed to go hiking with Oliver the day before. I wasn’t sure if I was going to feel up to it, but
… Read the rest 11/15/2025 – Red Lake Trail
Today’s hike was simply a “get out in the woods” hike. I’ve been feeling like I’m getting sick and I was hoping that maybe a day in the woods in the fresh air might do me some good. The weather
… Read the rest 10/20/2025 – Baty Butte to Powerlines – 545
I had heard that there had been recent maintenance on the Baty Butte trail, so today’s hike was to check out and enjoy the work. This is one of my favorite trails – it is very unique with some good
… Read the rest 9/12/2025 – Corral Springs – 507
Today’s hike was kind of a short day – Kirk had the day off but needed to be back early to babysit the grandkids. We decided to do a trail I haven’t done in a few years – the Corral
… Read the rest 9/6/2025-Fish Lake, Lodgepole, Red Lake, Potato Butte
Friday was Zack’s birthday so he wanted to get out in the woods to celebrate. We decided to hike the Fish Lake trail but the day ended up a lot different than I was expecting (with a REAL surprise at
… Read the rest 9/1/2025 – Bagby Trail South
Today’s hike I had been looking forward to all week. Kirk and I had planned to go hiking – he asked where and I offered several options, including a couple of “wild” options. One of them was to hike up
… Read the rest 8/27/2025 – Old Baldy East and Plaza Creek – 502, 506
In my ongoing goal of hiking at least twice a week, today’s hike was just a pleasure hike – no work. It was supposed to be warm, and summer is quickly disappearing, so I’ve been trying to hike higher elevation
… Read the rest 8/13/2025 – Rho Ridge South – 564
In my discussions with other Trail Advocates, the south end of Rho Ridge has popped up a few times. I’ve hiked the northern section several times in recent years but I haven’t hiked the southern section other than the segment
… Read the rest 7/31/2025 – Bull of the Woods – 550
Today’s hike was pretty simple – just get out in the woods for a bit. Since Thor had his mouth surgery (he got 8 teeth extracted!), I didn’t want to do anything too crazy – I’d been wanting to check
… Read the rest 7/10/2025 – Cathedral Tree Trail – Astoria
Today’s hike was a short one – this was the last day of our family vacation – we had intended to do it the day before but it was raining – we decided to do this kind of on our
… Read the rest 6/22/2025 – Newell Creek Canyon – Fathers Day Hike
This was a late Father’s Day hike – we celebrated Father’s Day a week late due to other conflicts. Everyone asked what I wanted to do and of course the answer was to hike, but since most of my hikes
… Read the rest 6/16/2025 – Cottonwood Meadows Trail – 705
Today’s hike was going to be an interesting one – First, I was going to meet a potential new hiking partner and second, we were planning to do some major work on the Cottonwood Meadows trail. I knew it would
… Read the rest 6/5/2025 – Burnt Granite and Mt Lowe
Today’s hike would be my only opportunity to get out this week due to other commitments. I wanted to find something interesting. After looking at snow levels, I landed on hiking the upper Burnt Granite trail. The original plan was
… Read the rest 5/10/2025 – Cripple Creek and Cache Meadow
Note: The first part of the track is kind of messed up since my phone was in power saving mode.
… Read the rest In my ongoing quest to get out in the woods twice a week since I retired, this was an opportunity
5/2-4/2025 – Owl and Fish Creek Backpack
This was my (more or less) annual backpacking trip with Carly. This was trip #21. This year, since she is in Utah for school, we did a very different trip, one that was very “Utahy”. It was in the southern
… Read the rest 4/22/2025 – Fanton Trail to Squaw Mountain
Today’s hike was one I’ve been wanting to do for a while. I wasn’t sure how much snow we’d encounter so I didn’t know how far we’d get, but things worked out pretty well. I usually hike the Fanton trail
… Read the rest 4/15/2025 – Dickey Creek Trail – 553
Today’s hike was one of my first post retirement hikes. Originally I was thinking about hiking old BOTW, but since it was mid week and I figured no one else would be there, I decided to hike Dickey Creek. I
… Read the rest 4/3/2025 – Riverside Trail
Today’s hike was to celebrate my first full day of being retired. Since I can go out mid week now, I thought the Riverside trail would be a great trail to hike. I had wanted to hike it since it
… Read the rest 3/29/2025 – Alder Swamp
Today’s hike was a “return to the woods” hike. I had eye surgery a couple of weeks ago and was required to take it easy for 2-3 weeks. I haven’t hiked Alder Swamp since last year and I’ve been curious
… Read the rest 12/31/2024 – Tamolitch Falls – Blue Pool – 3507
Today’s hike was one we had been trying to do for a couple of weeks. Nicholas and I had the last part of the year off work, so we wanted to do a hike with Sadie somewhere. We decided on
… Read the rest 11/16/2024 – Shellrock Cache Meadow Serene Lake Loop
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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