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West Elk Wilderness, CO – a Cliff Creek, Castle Creek, and Lowline loop
Colorado’s West Elk Wilderness covers over 176K acres of the Gunnison National Forest north of Gunnison and west of Crested Butte. Outdoor Trail Maps LLC has a good map of the area. See also Trails Illustrated maps # 133 and … Continue reading
Upper Buffalo Wilderness – Compton, Wild Burro, and Beagle Point Falls
It was a great weekend for checking out some more waterfalls in the Upper Buffalo Wilderness, with a bit of rain a couple days before the trip and relatively good weather during. The targets this time were Compton Double Falls … Continue reading
Upper Buffalo Wilderness – a Boen Gulf bushwhack
The Boen Gulf access point for the Upper Buffalo Wilderness is the primary way of accessing 4 nearby waterfalls – Magnolia, Woods Boys, Stahle, and Hadlock Cascade, though you can also get to Paradise Falls with a bit more walking. … Continue reading
Eagle Rock Loop, take 2
This was my second time doing the 27-mile Eagle Rock Loop and was accompanied by RC (who was also with me 6 years ago) and first-timer TC. I was surprised at how little of this great scenery I remembered, and … Continue reading
Wind River Range – a Titcomb & Indian Basins loop
My 5th annual trip to the Wind River Range! This time we started in the Elkhart Park area, near Pinedale, at the Pole Creek trail head. The target area is almost entirely within the Bridger Wilderness of the Bridger-Teton National … Continue reading
Platte River Wilderness, Snowy Range, WY
The Platte River Wilderness covers about 23K acres of the Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest in southern Wyoming’s Snowy Range and was the site of a recent 3-day trip. Our original plan was for an area about 20 miles north near … Continue reading
Chaco Canyon
Chaco Culture National Historical Park encompasses an important collection of ancient Puebloan ruins in NW New Mexico’s Chaco Canyon and a visit here has long been on my to do list. A big difference here as opposed to places like … Continue reading
Canyon de Chelly
Canyon de Chelly (pronounced də-SHAY) National Monument in NE Arizona wasn’t on my radar when I started the trip but some folks in Kanab convinced me to consider it, and I’m glad I did. I was headed from the Grand … Continue reading
Grand Canyon
I couldn’t go through the area without a trip to the Grand Canyon, could I? In fact, a week of backpacking from the north side of the canyon was the original reason for the whole trip but stuff happened so … Continue reading
Kanab Utah & Escalante National Monument
I spent about 3 days in the Kanab Utah area, which has lots of stuff to see and do, and is kinda the gateway to Escalante, Bryce, Zion, and more. Kanab’s own Visitor Center and the BLM’s Grand Staircase/Escalante Visitor … Continue reading