I haven’t followed the permit process. Is it essentially 100% reservable now? I would think that would put a crimp on the through hikers that didn’t get a permit (or one that fits their goals).
Bill, 94F is about 20 degrees past too warm for me. Glad you got a couple days in cooler weather even if it was smokey. Basically everything you did on the west side is new to me. I too like that "dead tree" even though I've only seen it once. Amazing low water. Thanks for the report. Jay
We had 2-3 weeks of winter this year and it didn't snow, with one exception. I'll see if I can recall this winter correctly...it snowed a couple inches on Halloween, and then didn't snow more than an inch at a time until the beginning of Feb. So our snowfall total for the winter was 7 inches until w...
The Floral Park route The hike up to the ridge between Hidden Lake and Floral Park (Mary Baker) is quite steep. Of course I could be remembering it wrong, but it was hard packed with some gravel on top and I was on the edge of retaining grip (hands and feet climbing). It was steep enough that I look...
Enjoying this, but I should get out a map to follow along in the perish hymnal. I'll tuck the memory of this post away for the next time out to Teton NP.
Thanks Zep. I'm pretty sure I ended up with "0 sheets remaining." Gear, sigh. I'm kind of disappointed with Canon. In the film days I shot Nikon. In digital, I started with the 5DII and now have the 5Div. I really like the 16-35 F4 and the 5Div, but the combo is pretty big and heavy. For d...
Thanks Ralph. it's hard for me to avoid a dead tree. There were a couple shots from Sun Rift....Baring Falls and one shot two above it that I particularly like. If would be fun to see some printed. Jen, it was a great group. Thank the leader, right? I didn't really realize the group's experience unt...
Ok, part II is up. Remember that you can click on a photo if you want to see it a bit larger. Here's what an "AI check" says about the post. The content illustrates a detailed account of a backpacking trip experience, filled with personal reflections and observations. The narrative style i...
The one time I was out there (March or April I believe), I ran sections of the Kaibab trail on the way to Phantom ranch. This got the guys I passed all fired up, so then there were four guys running down the trail. On the way up the Bright Angel, a guy that sounded like he was from Austria was tryin...
Some serious cold went through northern MT recently. I'm seeing a number of -40F temps 1/12 - 1/15. I think of that, 20-30 mph winds, and teepees and wonder how they did it years ago.