Forum: Hiking, Scrambling & Peak Bagging

What can I say? We did this hike yesterday. This is a relatively easy hike--only four miles round trip. The trail is very rocky for most of the way,...

Yesterday, my son and I went up to the top of Gobbler's Knob, via the Bowman trail. The lower portion of the trail is nice, for those who haven't...

Hi! First post in this forum, given that I usually hang out in the canyoneering forum, but I've got something a bit different today. Looking for...

Early Saturday morning Spencer and I dragged our buts out of bed and made it to Zion to catch the first shuttle (ok so maybe not the very very first...

Being down here in Southern Utah in July it is blazing hot! We had heard of a great hike through water so on Sunday we headed up to Kanaraville and...

Let me add a bit of background before diving into my review. I spent my teen years in Wisconsin backpacking and camping regardless of the season....

The Castle - Lost Creek Wilderness, CO 8/15/2010 Evergreen Dean, Rick Rock 36387The Lost Creek Wilderness is a gem in Colorado, and only about an...

Left AF @ 5:30 this morning with some friends. He had his 8 year old and I had my 9 year old. At the trailhead @ 6:30 Peak @ 9:45 trailhead @...

This was a great family road trip. We went up through Idaho Falls & met up with some friends. Then Yellowstone Bear World, Yellowstone National...

I took a little solo hike to Whiskey Island Lake in the Uintas on Friday. I was planning on a larger backpacking trip but the arch of my foot was...

Hi everyone! It's been a while since I posted a little something in Bogley. Besides dancing a ton this summer, I've been trying to get outdoors as...

Rated "one of the best hikes in Canada" by their travel bureau, my wife and I completed the 5.5 mile (11 round trip) hike to Crypt Lake in Waterton...

On Saturday, Amanda and I headed a little south to Ouray and then proceeded up Camp Bird Road and into Yankee Boy Basin. Our destination was to hike...

this place is really neat. would make a cool overnight car camp w/ the kid. swimming in those holes though ? no way ! that water was COLD ! little...

With temperatures well over 100 degrees in St. G we headed for the much cooler Tushar Mountains. The original plan was to hike Mount Belknap but the...

I ran into a fellow out at Red Cliffs that told me about the aircraft arrow above Quail Creek. We walked up to it on Saturday, interesting...

This was my second attempt to make it to Pittsburg Lake. A few years ago, I tried to get to the trail head in my Honda Accord and had to turn around....

One of the goals I set for myself this year was to hike a 14er. Yesterday morning two friends and I hopped into my Jeep and headed down to the San...

Tuesday after work I got together with a friend and hiked up to the higher tiers of Upper Falls in Provo Canyon. It have been 5+ since I had been up...

As our rest day we hiked to House on Fire ruin, we are thinking we were there a little early but the lighting wasn't too bad. Then after obtaining a...

I did a quick trip up Needle Peak, here in southwest British Columbia, this morning. We're staying at Harrison Hot Springs Resort, about 2 hours...

I did a little Jeeping, hiking and geocaching on this trip....makes it hard to choose a category to place it in....so I guess I'll put it here :) ...

In Lee Canyon in the Spring Mountains NRA. Once up the ridge on the "back side" it was a very nice hike thru bristlecone pine forest w/ great views...

Made a quick hike up to Red Pine last Monday after work. The snow started right at the Maybird/Red Pine junction and was pretty solid and deep all...

The kids and I hiked up Angel's Landing on Saturday. The worst part was motivating the 10 year old up to where the difficult part of the hike is....

Headed up Butler Fork in Big Cottonwood Canyon after seeing the partial lunar eclipse over the Oquirrh Mountains on Saturday morning. My wife was...

This morning I got up early and headed for Bells Canyon. I was thinking to fish at Upper Bells Reservoir. The hike was rockier than I expected, but...

Took the fam on a little hike tonight up Taylor Canyon. The trailhead is at the top of 27th street in Ogden. I'm guessing we went up maybe a mile. ...

Had thoughts of kayaking with Alex, but not to be. I had promised a Ranger friend of mine that one of these days I'd go up The West Temple with him...

Wanting to avoid the memorial day crowd the wife and I decided to try the hopefully less known Yellow Rock in the GSENM. The original plan was to...

The trip report should say Bluff, San Juan River, Comb Ridge, Valley of the Gods, Muley Point, Mexican Hat, Monument Valley, Cedar Mesa or I suppose...

This trail is near Bear Lake, right at the top of the pass between the Sinks and the Bear Lake overlook rest area. The trail is 1.3 miles long, it...

After some long days in cold canyons the weather started changing. Today was supposed to be cold with lots of wind. We had decided to do something...

As part of my trip down to Escalante we hiked to Calf Creek Falls. I had been testing out my new waterproof point and shoot in the canyons but was...

This last weekend Amanda and I headed south to Hovenweep National Monument and the Canyons of the Ancients National Monument. This is an area we...

After years of looking at maps, other trip reports, and blogs I was finally able to travel south to the Whitney Pocket area of Gold Butte Back way...