A little over a month ago now I was on a spring break adventure in southern New Mexico. Needless to say there were many adventures, including some of the most horribly maintained trails I’ve ever hiked on, many trout for dinner, snow, sun, swimming, getting lost, finding cool rocks, fording streams, climbing to the top [...]
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Spring Break in New Mexico
Posted in Fly Fishing, Getting Lost, Hiking, Uncategorized, tagged cabin and trail, DOC, gila wilderness, spring break on April 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Katahdin
Posted in Climbing, Hiking, Winter, tagged DOC, Katahdin on January 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Every year the DOC Winter Sports Club goes on a big trip up to Katahdin – the end of the Appalachian Trail and a big mountain in Maine. The trip was pretty grand. We skied in ten miles the first day, then four miles of snowshoeing the second. The third day we summitted, but that [...]
Two Evenings on Belt Creek
Posted in Fly Fishing, Hiking, Montana on July 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve blogged on Belt Creek before, suffice to say it is a great little stream right by my cabin. And most fortunate this year, it is cold and remains cold. Most of the major rivers in the state have fishing restrictions because of warm water temperatures (70 – 75 degrees), which are not healthy for [...]
Skiing the Carriage Road
Posted in Hiking, Winter on February 19, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Saturday was a beautiful day – a perfect day to be backcountry skiing on Moosilauke. We spent the night at John Rand, woke up late in the morning, skinned up Snapper, and then skied down the Carriage Road. Wonderful snow and great weather. And actually got a few tele turns in, which [...]
Snowshoes and Crust
Posted in Hiking, Montana, Winter on December 31, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
It is almost a yearly custom to go up to the Lolo Pass Recreation Area and go either cross country skiing or snowshoeing. For good reason – it is a beautiful area with a plethora of trails to ski on and untracked fields to track up. But we should’ve known that leaving at [...]
