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12-31-2012, 04:10 PM
Thread: Best 2012 Hiking Pictures
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Lewis River, WA, October
Lewis River, WA, October
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12-31-2012, 04:10 PM
Thread: Best 2012 Hiking Pictures
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Mount Rainier NP, August
Mount Rainier NP, August
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12-31-2012, 04:09 PM
Thread: Best 2012 Hiking Pictures
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Avalanche Canyon, Grand Teton NP, June
Avalanche Canyon, Grand Teton NP, June
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12-31-2012, 04:07 PM
Thread: Best 2012 Hiking Pictures
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Capitol Reef NP, April
Capitol Reef NP, April
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05-01-2012, 08:27 AM
Thread: Yellowstone Ideas??
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Our favorite campground is Slough Creek, reached...
Our favorite campground is Slough Creek, reached from a good 3-mile gravel road off the highway near the Lamar Valley. It is right on the creek and feels like a FS campground instead of an...
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03-06-2012, 05:26 AM
Thread: Chock or Choke
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The most prominent user of the word "chokestone"...
The most prominent user of the word "chokestone" that I know of also spells the word "photo" with an "f" and inexplicably believes that "tamarisk" and "tamarack" are different words for the same...
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01-28-2012, 02:56 AM
Thread: Super Amazing Slots?
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[Help] I also mean no disrespect to anyone. But with...
I also mean no disrespect to anyone. But with this attitude, you might be depriving yourself of a rewarding set of experiences. Several years ago, I first joined one of these online sandboxes...
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10-06-2011, 08:26 AM
Thread: Beetles Killing Tamarisk
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Kelsey's opinions nothwithstanding, there are no...
Kelsey's opinions nothwithstanding, there are no tamaracks in Utah, and especially not at Lake Powell. There is tamarisk. Tamaracks are something else entirely (a kind of larch--which is a genus of...
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09-22-2011, 05:30 PM
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[Help] If you haven't read Photographing the Southwest:...
If you haven't read Photographing the Southwest: vol. 1 by Laurent Martres, you probably should. His southwest series is very well done, with lots of hints about viewpoints and time of day about a...
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09-10-2011, 04:00 AM
Thread: Sawtooth Mountains High Traverse
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[Trip Report] Very nice effort. Cross-country travel in the...
Very nice effort. Cross-country travel in the Sawtooths is one of life's exquisite joys.
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07-10-2011, 05:17 AM
Thread: Idaho Snow Levels, Depths, etc.
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Like many places, the Sawtooths received gobs of...
Like many places, the Sawtooths received gobs of snow this winter. It is still much deeper and later than usual, and the melt-off is more comparable to the Tetons (agonizingly slow) than the...
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06-28-2011, 08:07 AM
Thread: Camping near Bear Lake
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[Help] Just went camping in that area last week. Lots...
Just went camping in that area last week. Lots of people like Sunrise campground, but personally I'd stay somewhere else. It's just too close to the nonstop traffic on 89. We went up St. Charles...
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05-27-2011, 02:06 PM
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[Trip Report] First, nice shots. You have some great stuff. ...
First, nice shots. You have some great stuff.
Second, I have to disagree with the idea that nobody cares about landscapes without people. I prefer them without, although maybe I'm just a closet... -
05-23-2011, 05:44 AM
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Many trails and routes there, written up in books...
Many trails and routes there, written up in books and on the web. My best advice is to read up--you're in Boise? Boise has a fine public library, with many copies of area guidebooks. Or go to...
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03-07-2011, 03:04 PM
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I see 2 major advantages of using an SLR over a...
I see 2 major advantages of using an SLR over a small format camera in slots: the much improved high ISO performance and the ability to use an ultrawide lens (mine is a 12-24 on a crop sensor). For...
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02-11-2011, 03:06 PM
Thread: Glacier NP Suggestions for July
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I took a young child there a few years ago. Many...
I took a young child there a few years ago. Many good options (with a caveat).
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09-02-2010, 05:01 AM
Thread: wyoming trip report(s)
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wyoming trip report(s)
From two hikes. First to Lake of the Crags in the Tetons. It's above Jenny Lake and gains about 3000 feet in 3-ish miles. Fairly popular despite the grade, passing one pond and 2 lakes. Best...
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02-27-2010, 05:10 PM
Thread: When will it be spring?
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That's odd. Trackrunner IS quoting snotel data,...
That's odd. Trackrunner IS quoting snotel data, but it's from the "older" site:
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02-21-2010, 12:11 PM
Thread: Owhyee Area
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None firsthand. The Canyoneering Northwest...
None firsthand. The Canyoneering Northwest website can point you in the general direction. There's also a flickr user (I believe his handle is "walksonrocks" who's done some packrafting along one...
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02-03-2010, 06:14 PM
Thread: Top Adventure Guide Books
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For sheer reading pleasure, nothing beats Fred...
For sheer reading pleasure, nothing beats Fred Beckey's 3-volume Cascade Alpine Guide. Beta is sometimes detailed, sometimes not, but it is extremely informative and his admiration for the area...
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01-06-2010, 01:21 PM
Thread: Where is it?
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Hart's Draw Bridge. ...
Hart's Draw Bridge.
http://www.archmillennium.net/images/harts_draw_down.jpg
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11-14-2009, 11:32 AM
Thread: Freeze Fest VIII (First Post for Updates)
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[Trip Report] Don't go to FF just to tick something off your...
Don't go to FF just to tick something off your list. It's a fun social event. Depending on when you go, you might do something new, or you might not . . . you might split into a few groups or just...
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09-27-2009, 04:42 AM
Thread: kolob info.
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I specifically asked about this a couple weeks...
I specifically asked about this a couple weeks ago. At that time, they were just concluding releases related to an endangered fish and were not necessarily irrigating, but they said "up to 15 cfs"...
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08-10-2009, 07:44 AM
Thread: Tetons-Table Mt.
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[Trip Report] Alaska Basin is reached from the S fork of Teton...
Alaska Basin is reached from the S fork of Teton Canyon. Table Mountain is from the N fork. Although the trailheads are within a couple of hundred yards from each other at the end of the road.
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08-09-2009, 06:19 PM
Thread: Tetons-Table Mt.
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[Trip Report] Tetons-Table Mt.
From a hike in late July. The Table Mountain trail climbs 4000 feet in 6 miles to a nicely situated summit just west of the Grand, with the last two miles perched on a ridgetop. Pretty day. Saw...
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