Category Archives: Hiking

After the grueling Canyonlands White Rim Bike Ride (See Uwe and John’s reports),

The start of Dorie and my 2-week Utah trip actually started in Nevada at the Valley of Fire State Park just north of Las Vegas. It was inhabited by the Anasazi over 1,000 years ago.

No way were we going to Anza Borrego to see the flowers on a weekend, so

After our White Rim Trail adventure we were faced with the long drive home to SoCal. We did it in 2 days and on the first day we took the slower route to take in some more sights and do a little hike.

We were on our way to Canyonlands NP for a mountain bike ride along the White Rim Trail. Since it’s a long drive from SoCal we decided to take a few days on the way up and check out some of the sights along the way. The Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument has a lotContinue reading “Neon Canyon / Golden Cathedral, April 8, 2019”

We were on our way to Canyonlands NP for a mountain bike ride along the White Rim Trail. Since it’s a long drive from SoCal we decided to take a few days on the way up and check out some of the sights along the way. The Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument has a lotContinue reading “Slot Canyon Hike, April 7, 2019”

Two days after Uwe and Srisuda snowshoed Onyx, Dorie and I decided to also give it a try.

On a cold Sunday morning, 10 March, Uwe and I drove to Ranchita seeking the trailhead for Ysidro. We tried a couple roads w/o success so decided to park alongside the road as Jack and I did a few weeks ago. We stepped off about 0800 in 32 degree temp. We passed by BM BonnyContinue reading “Ysidro Mountain and Goat Benchmark”

This winter is bringing some good snow opportunities. So when another storm dropped a nice layer of snow on the local mountains Kevin and I did not hesitate to head out again. This time the focus was on camping in snow. I had never done it before and Kevin also has limited experience in it.