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Buffalo River Trail building – Fall 2015 wrap up
Another trail building season at the Buffalo River is over with no actual building to report. This time it was all maintenance due to the private property and archaeological obstacles that remain. We lopped brush and removed all the fallen … Continue reading
OHTA work weekend
Another work weekend on the OHT with the Ozark Highlands Trail Association. The primary target this time was a bunch of trees on the trail east of the Richland Creek Wilderness between mile markers 141 and 142 – south of … Continue reading
Hurricane Creek Wilderness
We’ve had a couple nice weekends since my trip to Wyoming and I spent them doing trail work on both the Ozark Highlands Trail and the Ouachita Trail. This weekend, however, it was time to kick off the local backpacking … Continue reading
Wind River Range – Deep Creek Lakes, Stough Basin, and more
It’s my first hike in Wyoming and what a way to start! The Wind River Range is a 100-mile long mountain range in western Wyoming (just south of the Tetons) that includes most of the state’s highest peaks and is … Continue reading
Sinks Canyon State Park – Wyoming
Some friends and I were in Lander WY with an afternoon free before beginning a trip in the Wind River Range so we visited Sinks Canyon State Park. The main feature here is a large canyon where the Middle Fork … Continue reading
Buffalo River Trail building – Fall 2015 kickoff
Fall seems far off but it’s time to start making some plans! Work on the Buffalo River Trail between Tyler Bend and Red Bluff Road is set to resume Oct 16 2015 and run through Nov 1. American Hiking Society … Continue reading
Mammoth Cave
The largest known cave system in the world. It’s pretty big. One might even say it’s mammoth, and it was kinda on my way home from Virginia so I figured I had to stop at Mammoth Cave in Kentucky.
Red River Gorge Geological Area
The one stop I planned during my drive back home from Virginia was the Red River Gorge Geological Area (RRGGA) in eastern Kentucky. This is 29000 acres of the Daniel Boone National Forest protected since the 1960’s when it was … Continue reading
New River Gorge (West Virginia)
I planned one stop on the way back from Virginia but added two more. The first was New River Gorge National River – a 72,000 acre national park that encompasses 53 miles of the New River. The area is chock-full … Continue reading
Summer vacation 2015, part 2: Thunder Ridge Wilderness & Apple Orchard Falls (Virginia)
My brother and I hiked through part of the Thunder Ridge Wilderness, across Apple Orchard Mountain, and down to Apple Orchard Falls. It was just under 8 miles for the round-trip, a bit more than half on the AT and … Continue reading
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