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Ouachita Trail section 6 – AR-27 to AR-298
It was my fourth time hiking this section but the first time in about 7 years so much of it felt new. It was my first time hiking any section of the OT with somebody else as I was accompanied … Continue reading
Wind River Range – Silas Canyon
This was a 3-day trip with RC (hike in to Island Lake, day-hike, hike out) and was part 2 of our 2023 Wind River trip. The planned day hike was either A) up onto the ridge south of Silas Canyon … Continue reading
Wind River Range – Dinwoody Lakes & Bomber Basin
My seventh trip into the Wind River Range, this one a 5-nighter accompanied by CC, RC, CE, & EE, covered some of the same ground in Bomber Basin as the 2018 trip with RC & CC. We started at the … 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
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
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
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