Thurston Peak has been on my list for a long, long time. Since it was only a ridge hike I thought it would be easy enough to get over, bag it, and come back. Not so. I keep thinking that the snow should be gone by now, it is July, and we had an…
Ben Lomond Peak
Saturday was my first peak of the season. Originally I set out for Willard Peak, it’s Weber counties highest peak. The easiest way to get to the top is to go to the town of Mantua and climb a fairly decent, but bumpy road to the Willard Basin just below the peak. It took…
Bonneville Shoreline Trail
I’ve spent the past couple weeks biking the Utah County section of the Bonneville Shoreline Trail. Over the past couple years I’ve biked sections of it, w/ moderate success of finding all the sections. The thing really isn’t mapped that well, and their website hasn’t had updated maps in a very long time — not…
Moab 2004
My spring birthday vacation has come and gone. April 15-17 in Moab; what a blessed place. I had planned on biking, hiking, whitewater, and golf and managed to get all of those in during the 3 day trip. Since I was carrying a lot of gear, and I hate moving anything I don’t want…
San Rafael Swell
I went down to the San Rafael on Saturday to get away from it all. I seriously needed a break from work, looking for a house, and everything else that’s going on. I got down to the Wedge Overlook around sunset. I had planned on hiking around the bottom of the canyon that makes up the Wedge,…
Habitat for Humanity
I’ve been going up to the thriving mecca of Magna since July nearly every Wednesday to help build houses w/ Habitat for Humanity. It’s a riot. You get your regulars, most of which are pretty cool. They’re a mix of retired guys, unemployed guys, guys that work odd hours a couple days a week, and…
Squaw Peak
Starting elevation: 4728 Summit elevation: 7854 Total Gain: 3126 ft. Trail Length (one way) 2.9 Miles It was a good day today to climb a mountain. Beautiful weather, not too hot or cold, not a cloud in the sky. Halfway up the mountain when I realized that it was a Saturday and that we…
Timpanogos Cave
A friend just got back from a 2 month vacation back home in France, so I got a couple other francophones together for an excursion up to Timpanogos Cave. It’s a 3 mile round trip w/ 1000 + ft in elevation gain, kind of modest, but what’s cool about this trip is that you’re…
Deseret Peak
Naomi is no longer my favorite peak to climb out of the county high points. After Deseret Peak, Naomi Peak just seems docile, and immature. Deseret Peak has been one of the mountains I’ve wanted to do all summer. So I did it. The summit is at 11,031 ft., and the trailhead starts at…
Naomi Peak
Naomi Peak quickly became one of my favorite peaks to climb. The route up to the top isn’t very long, just 3 miles, the trail is well maintained, very well marked, and there’s plenty of shade all the way up. Towards the top the views of the surrounding area and all of the mountains…