Area above “Hells Gate” on the trail to Cardiac Peak – Wasatch Mountains, Utah Went for a hike into the Wasatch Mountains above Alta. Started from the town hall parking lot and made our way up to Cardiff Pass at over 9,800 feet. Then we climbed up the broken red rock to the top of [...]
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Cardiac Peak -10,263 feet – A nice August stroll in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah
Friday, August 12th, 2011Mount Wolverine – Short intense hike in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah
Wednesday, August 10th, 2011View of Wasatch above Albion Basin – Along Wolverine Route; Wasatch Mtns, Utah The route up to the summit of 10,795 foot Mount Wolverine in the WasatchMountains of Utah is probably the most rewarding hike you can do for the distance involved. State Highway 210 climbs up Little Cottonwood Canyon about 15 miles south of [...]
Sunset Peak – One of the most accessible 10,000 footers in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah
Tuesday, August 9th, 201110,645 foot Sunset Peak – Wasatch Mountains, Utah Sunset Peak sits atop the headwall of three canyons in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah – Little Cottonwood, Snake Creek and Big Cottonwood Canyons. It is accessed either from the Brighton Ski Resort area via the 3.5 mile “Lake Mary” trail or from Little Cottonwood Canyon’s Albion [...]
Treking off the trail in the Organ Mountains – New Mexico
Thursday, July 14th, 2011Organ Mountain Crest from upper Aguirre Springs Trail – New Mexico Continuing to document my adventures in New Mexico, I will describe a great trip I made into the Organ Mountains of Southern New Mexico. This range is incredible when viewed from the White Sands area in the east and especially from the city of [...]
A night out in the Wilderness – Capitan Mountain, New Mexico
Tuesday, July 12th, 2011Showy Daisy – Capitan Mountain Wilderness – New Mexico 10 October 2009 – Capitan Mountain Wilderness, New Mexico I was bored one evening in El Paso so I decided that I wanted to go and spend the night out in the mountains. I looked at my maps and determined that the Capitan Mountain Wilderness would [...]
Santa Fe, New Mexico – 400 years of the History of our Nation
Monday, July 11th, 2011Santa Fe, New Mexico I visited Santa Fe, New Mexico once upon a time and took some notes in my journal. Here is the transcript of my visit in the fall of 2009 – Sitting on a bench in the Santa Fe city cathedral park. It is a beautiful place with shady trees, old lamp [...]
Old Stock Pond – Pole Canyon; Oquirrh Mountains of Utah
Saturday, June 11th, 2011Un expected old stock pond – Pole Canyon – Oquirrh Mountains, Utah Went for a hike of about 5 miles the other day up what we thought was a dry canyon – Pole Canyon to be exact on the west slope of the northern Oquirrh Mountains. It was a pretty day in early June and [...]
City of Rocks State Park – A stargazer’s dream; New Mexico
Saturday, April 23rd, 2011Way out in the middle of nowhere New Mexico is a very interesting little State Park called “City of Rocks”. This State Park is basically a group of impressive stone extrusions that were created 35 million years ago when volcanic ash or “tuff” was fused together. Over the eons these towers and buttresses have [...]
Bluebell – A favorite flower found in Stansbury Mountains of Tooele County, Utah
Sunday, March 27th, 2011“Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain.” Henry David Thoreau Blue Bells are common in the Rocky mountains of Utah and the great basin of Utah Whenever I go out hiking in the mountains I always [...]
Red Pine Lake & The Little Matterhorn – Little Cottonwood Canyon; Wasatch Mountains, Utah – by Jaromy Jessop
Saturday, March 26th, 2011Red Pine Lake – Little Cottonwood Canyon; Wasatch Mountains, Utah As Spring and Summer approach, even though there is still 400 inches of snowpack on the Wasatch, I start to plan my summer excursions. We usually go out once a week and without a doubt, several of those weekends will be spent in the high [...]
My Summer Paradise………..The La-Sal Mountains of Utah; by Jaromy Jessop
Friday, March 18th, 2011South Mountain, La Sal Mountains – Utah I’m looking forward to Summer this year because that is when we make our annual pilgrimage to Moab. Most people know of Moab for the red rock color country of Arches and Canyonlands National Park. Others are drawn there for the world class white water rafting. My favorite [...]