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Canyonlands National Park
After Capitol Reef and Arches, the final stop on the “Mighty 3 of 5” tour for RC, TC, and I was Canyonlands National Park southwest of Moab. Canyonlands is a huge area – the biggest of the Mighty 5 – … Continue reading
Arches National Park
After Capitol Reef NP, the next stop on the “Mighty 3 of 5” tour for RC, TC, and I would be Arches National Park north of Moab. On the way however, we made a small detour to Goblin Valley State … Continue reading
Capitol Reef National Park
I spent some time at 3 of Utah’s “Mighty Five” with TC & RC, starting with 3+ days (April 6-9) at Capitol Reef NP. We saw only a small part of the whole thing yet it was a pretty representative … Continue reading
2 new shelters for Ouachita Trail
This past spring Friends Of the Ouachita Trail added 2 new shelters at the east end of the trail – a very welcome addition! The Red Bluff shelter at mile 196.2 (4.4 miles east of the AR-9 trail head) is … Continue reading
Staunton State Park, Colorado
Staunton State Park is relatively new, covering about 4000 acres southwest of Denver and is accessible via US-285. I recently spent 4 days there with JH & DH and besides getting in some hiking, we found ourselves in the middle … Continue reading
New edition of NatGeo maps for Buffalo River
National Geographic/Trails Illustrated is now distributing 2025 editions of maps #232 & 233 for the Buffalo National River. If buying retail, make sure to check the copyright year.
Making the North Sylamore Creek Trail great again!
The North Sylamore Creek Trail between Gunner Pool and Blanchard Springs was seriously obstructed by a March 14 tornado and the Blanchard Springs to Allison segment was obstructed by flood debris that accompanied that storm. Thanks to the efforts of … Continue reading
A Caney Creek Wilderness traverse, completed
With another nice 70-degree day in the forecast I saw a chance to finish the hike I started at the end of December ’24, when high water levels encouraged me to turn around at crossing #11 (of 13) of Caney … Continue reading
Cossatot River State Park, #2
The weather forecast had a couple days with highs around 70 coming up and it seemed like a great opportunity to take care of one of the things that’s been on my to-do list way too long: a return trip … Continue reading
A Caney Creek Wilderness (almost) traverse
It was a bit more than 10 years ago that I hiked the Caney Creek/Buckeye loop. I finally returned to hike that again along with the western part of the Caney Creek Trail, this time collecting data for a new … Continue reading
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