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More new maps
I completed the map of the Boardstand/Old Military Road Loop on Winding Stair Mountain and added one for the Shady Lake Recreation Area (origin of the Tall Peak Trail) east of the Caney Creek Wilderness in the southern Ouachitas. Moving … Continue reading
New and updated maps
Since returning from the Cecil Creek trip and producing that little map, I’ve been on a mapping rampage. I finally got all my data for the Upper Buffalo River area organized and published, along with maps of all the trails. … Continue reading
Cecil Creek Trail (Buffalo National River)
Located in the Buffalo National River, the 2.2-mile Cecil Creek Trail (CCT) and the adjoining 3-mile Cecil Cove Bluff Trail (CCBT) form (with a 1.5-mile road walk) the Cecil Cove Loop. The trail head is in the historic community of … Continue reading
Touring the Tetons
The third and final leg of the big late-summer ’22 trip is the Tetons Range. We were mostly playing tourist this time but there has already been a bit of discussion about returning to get up-close and personal with the … Continue reading
Touring Yellowstone NP
The second leg of the big late-summer ’22 trip. We came in the East Entrance from Cody WY after our Beartooth Plateau backpacking trip and drove all the way across the park to the West Entrance to get to our … Continue reading
Beartooth Plateau Loop
Rather than make trip #7 to the Wind River Range, RC, TC, CC, and I opted this year to begin our late-summer trip with a 4-day, 21-mile loop across the Beartooth Plateau in the Beartooth Mountains of NW Wyoming & … Continue reading
Lost Creek Wilderness, CO – Goose Creek, McCurdy Park, Hankins Pass Loop
The Lost Creek Wilderness covers about 120K acres of the Pike-San Isabel National Forest northwest of Colorado Springs and southwest of Denver. It’s a popular place due to its proximity to those population centers. The recently-retired TC and I did … Continue reading
Autumn color in the Eagles Nest Wilderness (Colorado)
The Eagles Nest Wilderness is about 133K acres in north central Colorado encompassing the Gore Range, just north of Silverthorne and Dillon. A friend (JH) and I planned a 4-day excursion there for September 27-30. This was the first time … Continue reading
Wind River Range: Scab Creek to Middle Fork, Rainbow, and Raid Lakes plus others
Wind River trip #6 is in the bag. I and 3 of the usual suspects (RC, TC, & PDC) did a 6-night 35-mile “lollipop” (Aug 29 – Sep 4 2021) that took us past Toboggan, Little Divide, Lightning, Dream, Bobs, … Continue reading
Black Canyon of the Gunnison
We’re driving for miles across a gently-rolling landscape covered with sage brush and an occasional small shrub. Suddenly, there’s a giant crack in the earth. We’ve arrived at Black Canyon of the Gunnison, specifically the North Rim of the National … Continue reading
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