Written on May 6, 2018
This is an easily completed 5 mile loop hike of an alpine glacial basin in the Northern Sierras. Have you ever been to Plumas County, California? For the 15 years I’ve spent in California, this was my first visit! The Sierras between Lake Tahoe and Mt Lassen seemed mysterious to me. Marked by tiny mining-era...
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Written on April 23, 2018
My greatest adventure of my New Mexico trip was hiking the highpoint in the winter. Though an unusually dry winter made for a fairly straightforward hike, the challenge and accomplishment were excellent. A long journey’s summit Perhaps the biggest reason I did a grand road trip through New Mexico was to hike its high point,...
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Written on April 16, 2018
After exploring Pueblo National Monument, I set my sights for the elusive Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument Nothing inspires curiosity and imagination like a hike at Tent Rocks National Monument. I heard about this place from some online list of “best hidden gems” in the Southwest (or something like that). Anyways, I was finally...
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Written on March 1, 2018
After a short but lovely hike in the mountains of Cloudcroft, I came back down into the valley and hiked a place I’ve long been curious about- White Sands National Monument White Sands National Monument is as remarkable as it is strange. Between two tall mountain ranges lies a veritable ocean of gypsum sand stretching...
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Written on February 10, 2018
New Mexico Road Trip: 8 days, 1,600 miles on the road and 90 miles on foot I recently had a glorious opportunity to spend 8 days in New Mexico and a few in West Texas. Though I feel like I’ve traveled all across the Southwest, there was a glaring lack of trips through the heart...
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