Yesterday I made it up the snowy Rainier slopes to historic Camp Muir (10,080′), hiking Paradise.
Hiking in on part of the Wonderland trail today.
Category: hiking
45km+ trail run Monday
Wish me luck.
I’m planning on doing the most scenic section of the East Coast Trail in Newfoundland.
Weather permitting I’ll start about 8AM at North Head, Bay Bulls.
Visit The Spout …
I’ll finish at Cape Spear, the eastern-most point in Canada.
official website – East Coast Trail
my best hikes S.W. USA
On the last big road trip (April-May) were:
• The Lost Coast Trail, California
• Lower Muley Twist Trail, Utah
• Grand Canyon, Arizona
The Lost Coast Trail, California – trip report and photos
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Lower Muley Twist Trail, Utah – trip report and photos
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Grand Canyon, Arizona – trip report and photos
visiting Death Valley
Of all the wonderful parks in the S.W. USA, … my favourite is Death Valley.
It’s so weird.
With so many things to do. And see.
Click PLAY or watch Beautiful Places In HD – Death Valley on YouTube.
The best hike there is Telescope Peak.
hiking Waterton this summer …
I’m going to complete the Triple Crown myself and get my name on the Glory Board.
3 hikes
up to 55km
2650m elevation gain
I can’t resist. Waterton is the best kept secret in Canadian hiking. Tourists flock to Banff in the Rockies, leaving Waterton National Park to us local insiders.
… Crypt Lake (9km), Akamina Ridge (20km) and the Alderson-Carthew Summit (16km) in one summer.
I’ll do the 3 during one trip, I think. Either end of June. … Or in August.
I’ve done Crypt and Alderson-Carthew in the past. But never Akamina. It looks great.
Details on ExperienceWaterton.com.
Leave a comment if you want to use the Triple Crown challenge as an excuse to get your butt to Waterton.
youngest ever to climb Everest
It’s easy to criticize the parents for letting their “child” do something so dangerous.
But this kid is no rookie. He’s already completed 6 of the 7 summits. In December he’s scheduled to attempt Vinson Massif in Antarctica.
Dave Adlard climbs Mt Ranier
If I live to be 100, I may never see a better day to climb, especially on the fickle Mt. Rainier.
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Click through to my hiking blog to read the lengthy trip report.
hiking / biking the desert
I’ve been posting trip reports of my adventures on my hiking blog.
in Monument Valley
Gorgeous.
I’d been to Monument Valley before. But the Valley itself was closed for the (very cool) Red Bull Air Race: Photo by Timothy K. Hamilton
This time I did the only independent hike allowed in the Park, the Wildcat Trail (3.2mi). I had low expectations, but it turned out to be superb. I felt like a Mormon trailblazer.
At dusk I tried finding a mountain bike trail just outside the Park. That was a FAIL.
It’s amazing how all this flat desert is mostly impassable.
… moseying off in the general direction of the Grand Canyon.
freezing in Utah
Kelley Durbin told me …
“A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent upon arriving.” — Lao Tzu
LauTzy is right.
That’s why I’m holed up in a “camping cabin” at The Thousand Lakes RV Park, Torrey, Utah. Instead of being huddled up in my tent. (As I was the night before.)
Forecast tonight is for 29° F, 60% chance of precipitation (rain or snow). Actually it was the howling wind that finally drove me indoors.
Hmm. … May is considered the best hiking month here.
Tomorrow hiking Navajo Knobs. And driving on to the Muley Twist Canyon tomorrow night. Wish me luck.
… now, where did I pack my snowshoes?
Rick McCharles 