What's It Like To Climb Mt. Rainier?
Several years ago I had the opportunity to attend an RMI Expeditions seminar at a local outdoor shop. The folks at Rainier Mountaineering In...
janvier 2015
Throwback Thursday
If you worked at a lonely outpost in the middle of the Glacier National Park wilderness, how would you protect yourself against grizzly be...
National Parks To Be Theme Of 2016 Rose Bowl Parade
The National Park Service and Tournament of Roses Association have recently announced that they will be partnering to kick off the National ...
Grand Teton National Park From The Air
Below is some absolutely stunning aerial video footage of Grand Teton National Park, Mount Moran and Jenny Lake. The footage was taken by Sk...
Coastal Crescent Trail: North Carolina's Newest Long-Distant Trail
This past Friday the North Carolina Division of Parks and Recreation and the Friends of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail (FMST) jointly announced ...
Why You Don't Want a 'Water Feature' in Bear Country
The attribution for this photo was stripped off in the process that brought it to me, but I understand that it was taken in Beulah, Colora...
Smokies Completes Comprehensive Stream Mapping Project
Great Smoky Mountains National Park geographic information system specialists and scientists in collaboration with scientists from Tennessee...
Throwback Thursday
A raft trip down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon is the adventure of a lifetime. However, the 220 miles from Lee’s Ferry to Pier...
10 Ways to Use Duct Tape
Everyone knows that duct tape is a miracle tool/product. It can be used for a multitude of purposes to help out in a variety of jams. In thi...
Glacier National Park: The Official Trailer
If you haven't been, Glacier National Park is an absolute must visit for every hiker out there. No place else like it. Finley-Holiday Fi...
Official Re-measurements Increase Appalachian Trail By 3.9 Miles
Re-measurements and relocations of the Appalachian Trail (A.T.) have brought the total mileage of the footpath to 2,189.2 miles, an increase...
Throwback Thursday
Okay, so a little more than 3 years isn’t much of a throwback, but I’ll mention this historical factoid because I don’t think many people ha...
Yes, It's Pretty, But We're Sick of It
Four days of freezing fog in the last week. The spousal unit is complaining loudly that it's too icy for her daily walks. Sometimes, e...
Winter Skills: Tricks for Melting Snow
In this short video Backpacker Magazine offers a few tricks for melting snow. Those that are new to winter camping might find this helpful: ...
Coccinelle (Madagascar)
Après un voyage à Madagascar mouvementé, très riche en évènements et rencontres diverses et après une belle pause de récupération à l'ap...
January 2015 Western Snowpack Map
Based on SNOTEL sites. Archive here . A variation on the map that I posted last wee k.
Guest Post - Dynamic beach sediments
Thank you to Dylan Gilliland for providing this guest post for us. We all enjoy going to the beach but not every beach is the same. There ar...
Backcountry Overnight Stays Up 37% in Smokies
To paraphrase Mark Twain, "the reports of the death of backpacking in the Smokies have been greatly exaggerated". According to dat...
Visitation up 8% in the Smokies in 2014
According to data collected by the National Park Service Visitor Use Statistics website, visitation to Great Smoky Mountains National Park i...
Volunteers Donate More than 200,000 Hours in 2014 to Maintaining the Appalachian Trail
The Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC) is pleased to announce that for fiscal year 2014, 5,617 volunteers reported 241,936 hours to maintai...
Smokies Changes Firewood Regulations to Protect Forests
Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials announced regulation changes that will help protect park forests by limiting the type of firew...
Throwback Thursday
Below is the first in a new series of blog postings I'll be running this year. The series, with the highly original name of "Throwb...
Six View on Getting in Firewood
What my friends think I do. What my family thinks I do. What Society thinks I do. What my wife thinks I do. What I think I do. ...
Big South Fork Announces First Annual Photo Contest
The National Park Service (NPS) invites photographers to submit entries for an exhibit at the Big South Fork National River and Recreation A...
DIY: Waterproof a Rain Jacket
In this short video Backpacker Magazine shows how to waterproof a rain jacket. This is a very simple process for an older jacket that's ...
25th Annual Wilderness Wildlife Week in the Smokies
The dates have been set for one of the premier annual events in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The 25th annual Wilderness Wildlife Wee...
Re-emerged
First there is a building, then there is no building, then there is * -Donovan (If he'd been an archaeologist) The ebb and flow of hu...
Grand Teton's Epic Loop Hike
It seems that most national parks have at least one loop hike that takes in the best of what that park has to offer in terms of scenery. Gra...
Can I get a full A-cup sized handful of the ground beef?
And other SWPL -ish remarks and conversations allegedly overheard in Boulder, Colorado.
