I’M QUINCY KOETZ

An outdoorsman and Nurse Practitioner living in Northern California. When I first started this blog, I was an EMT living in Southern California and this blog has followed...

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 By Quincy Koetz

Exploring and Hiking Yellowstone in the Spring II

Day: 14 Miles: 3,004 Location: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming Strange colors I’ve been on the road for two weeks officially! Two weeks ago I was setting off from Southern California and driving through the desert. Now I’m sitting here in Jackson, Wyoming enjoying a well needed beer right downtown! Its been a heck of a...

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Cross Country Skiing in the Snowy Range, Wyoming

Day: 11 Miles: 2,143 Location: Saratoga, Wyoming Not closed to us! Saratoga, Wyoming, population 1,700 and one strange traveler from California! To get to Saratoga, you have to drive 70 mile west from Laramie, and then drive 15 miles south on a county road; its out there! I ended up here to see a very...

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Epic Ascent of Panorama Point, Nebraska High Point

Day: 10 Miles: 1,900ish Location: Panorama Point, Nebraska elev. 5,424ft The tricky last 5.10d section of the ascent of Panorama Point Every climber has a couple of stories of climbs that simply went all wrong. I’ve had some good climbs and bad climbs, but this one takes the cake. Panorama Point is Nebraska’s high point....

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