Mount Whitney and Muir
Well this was a really special trip. A few months ago, Marie lucked into a 2 night wilderness permit in the Whitney Zone. She invited ... Read More
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Bear Creek Spire North Arete
Arjun and I met on a Facebook group for people looking for partners in the Sierras. We quickly established rapport and an objective: Bear Creek ... Read More
Mount Rainier - Disappointment Cleaver
Rainier was an odd mountain for me, years ago living in Washington. I did want to climb it, but was too drawn to the northern ... Read More
Mount Adams North Cleaver
Years ago, Steve, Dudley, Joey and Joe and I tried this climb. We were hampered by footwear (Joey and I only had tennis shoes, but ... Read More
Cannon Mountain Northwest Ridge
For my second hike in the Leavenworth area, I decided on Cannon Mountain , getting the idea from Jeff Smoot's book. What have I gotten ... Read More
Icicle Ridge Hike
I had a few days in the Leavenworth area, and right away decided to do an old favorite hike: Icicle Ridge from town all the ... Read More
City of Rocks June
It had been a big day on Leatherman, and so I hopped in the shower, then headed to bed. We woke early to meet Sue ... Read More
Leatherman Peak
Josh suggested a climb of Leatherman soon, and I said "why not tomorrow?" Before long we had a plan, along with Sam and his son ... Read More
Diamond Peak
I was a bit casual about the road navigation to the trailhead, and ended up beyond signal range and a bit mystified on how to ... Read More
The Moat
This is a climb of "The Moat", also known as Peak 11497 Sean had a peak in mind for Sunday. I'd planned to do nothing ... Read More
Mount Idaho
A little video of the eventful day: Sean joined me for a climb of Mount Idaho. This would be my 4th 12,000-er summit in the ... Read More
Borah Peak and Mount Breitenbach
Friday, May 8: Borah Peak with Sean Here is a little video of the day: Sean drove up to the trailhead at 6, where I ... Read More
Lost Weekend climbing
Day One - The Fins Kevin and family met me around noon at Mortal Earth, the Fins crag for mere mortals! We climbed and set ... Read More
Timpanogos, Everest Ridge
Video of the trip: Peakbagger Link - I'm really enjoying PeakBagger. Greg's PEMRACs system of range classification is helpful for the intermontane mountain west. And ... Read More
Grays Peak
With recent snow, a planned trip to Leatherman Peak had to be postponed. Kevin suggested Grays Peak, and that sounded like a good idea. With ... Read More
Scott Peak and Huhs Horn
The weather this weekend wasn't predicted to be great, but it seemed that Friday would be good until late in the day. I decided to ... Read More
Saddle Mountain
I live near the Lemhi and Lost River Ranges, and have been driving by Saddle Mountain a lot. Reading about it on the great Idaho ... Read More
Arco Peak and King Mountain
Arco Peak (2000 feet up/down) I didn't leave town until early afternoon, and decided on a whim to climb the peak above the town of ... Read More
Idaho Hiking
I parked in Eightmile Canyon, a little ways up from the Left Fork where there was room for a couple of cars by an unnamed ... Read More
Baldy Mountain
I wore my ice boots and carried snowshoes and spikes, along with an ice ax for this hike up Baldy Mountain in the Snake River ... Read More
Kinport Peak
I drove down to Pocatello and parked at the City Creek trailhead at about 4820 feet. I had tennis shoes and spikes in the backpack, ... Read More
Hyalite Ice Cragging
Robert suggested another day of ice cragging -- sure! We hiked up to the 2nd tier of climbs above the Amphitheater region, and pulled up ... Read More
Green and Blue Gully
Robert and I hiked up Pine Creek in the Absoroka Mountains to reach some waterfalls, Green Gully (WI4) and Blue Gully (WI3). We crossed Pine ... Read More
December Hyalite Ice
Robert and I made the very short hike to some ice climbs in the Amphitheater area of Hyalite. Robert led three pitches, and I top-roped ... Read More
Goodbye, South Tyrol
Day One: Climbing above Bozen Michael and I met at the Brenner Pass, drinking a coffee at a little shop before setting out in my ... Read More
Zielspitze
Not used to steep Alps, I took the lift up to hike the Zielspitze. A great hike, listening to music all the while, I reached ... Read More
City of Rocks Again with Steve
September 17 Steve and I hiked with Dotti up to the east side of the Breadloves and climbed two delightful sport climbs: DaBoyz 5.7 Wind ... Read More
Cirque of the Towers Climbing
Approach Day After driving down from Boise and sleeping in Pinedale, we hiked up into the Cirque, meeting many parties. Great weather, and easier-than-expected hiking, ... Read More
Leslie Gulch Hike
Steve introduced me to the interesting Leslie Gulch in remote eastern Oregon. Fascinating towers rising from a desert landscape. Very nice! We hiked up a ... Read More
Long walk through Caldwell
I walked from Steve's place south into Caldwell and thence down to the Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge. It was a bit under 14 miles. ... Read More
Iron Creek Exploration
Steve and I explored a rocky gully on the north side of Iron Creek on the approach to Sawtooth Lake. We hoped to establish a ... Read More
Overhanging Tower and Shark's Nose
Part the First - bad weather... Steve and I drove over to Pinedale and spent the night in the city camping area (which is fantastic!). ... Read More
Government Peak
After running an errand with Tamara in the morning, I had some time for a hike. I'd seen a mountain called Government Peak on the ... Read More
Thompson Peak with Friends
With one day to do something big for the three of us, Steve and Ever opted to climb Thompson Peak, partly because of my urgent ... Read More
Mount Regan
MountainProject link to the route Since our first hike in the range 3 weeks before, Steve and I had been impressed by Mt. Regan. Between ... Read More
The "Sawtooth Scribble"
This approximately 75 mile-long trail is based on the Grand Loop, starting from Grandjean, however, I exit down and north at Sawtooth Lake, traverse the ... Read More
Warbonnet Peak, SE Face (5.7)
MountainProject link to the route We hiked in to Alpine Lake, and set up our camp. We were becoming old hands at this Sawtooth routine! ... Read More
Elephant's Perch "Mountaineers Route" (5.9)
Note : After publishing this, Steve checked his rope and noticed that it was considerably less than 60 meters! He'd forgotten that he'd chopped it ... Read More
Snowyside Peak
More details to follow, for now here are some pictures. We hiked in to a camp at Twin Lakes, lounged away the afternoon, and climbed ... Read More
Observation Peak
For our first hike in the Sawtooths, Steve and I chose Observation Peak, reachable by good trail from the Grandjean Campground. We loved the alpine ... Read More
City of Rocks with Steve
Time for a long climbing vacation... I flew to Boise on the first, Steve picked me up. The next day we drove down to Elba ... Read More
Peakbagging in Switzerland
Thursday After sleeping in Mantra nearby, I decided to scramble up a peak I could see from the parking lot called Rautispitz via a route ... Read More
Grosses Ochsenhorn
I had a funny conversation at McDonalds at 5:58 in the morning. I ordered 2 egg and cheese McMuffins, and was told "Sorry, we only ... Read More
Kassianspitz and Amthorspitze
Day One People descending from Ritzlar to the Schutzhaus Latzfonser Kreuz Ritzlar summit panorama, Kassianspitz in the background A stormy look off to the northwest ... Read More
March Wildbarren Hike
A fun hike up the steep way from the road. New blowdowns on the leaf-strewn trail which feels quite abandoned. However there was a fench ... Read More
Naunspitze hike
Actually we only went as far as the now-closed for rennovation hut. Long interesting talk with a man working on the alpine garden behind the ... Read More
March Gindelalm Hike
Barbara, Sammy and I hiked up the Gindelalm, we had a snowstorm right at the alm itself that was interesting. We enjoyed apfelstruedl at the ... Read More
February Kranzhorn Hike
Quick solo hike up and down Kranzhorn the usual way. ... Read More
Merano Weekend
I hiked up from Algund along the Algunder Waalweg to reach a bouldering area above the town. A man with a baby strapped to his ... Read More
January Hiking Weekend
First a hike up to Oberbozen and the nearby summit. Lots of strong hikers out this morning blowing past me. 1000 meters up and down. ... Read More