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Month: July 2009

Alpine Lakes, Flowers and Campfires! Oh my!

Posted onJuly 31, 2009October 17, 2023AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

For the past two years now, my good friend Nahum comes back to Colorado to work with colleagues still here at CU, see friends and to play in the Rockies that he loves so much. Part of the reason for Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsbackpacking, camping, Holy Cross Wilderness

Sangres Traverse

Posted onJuly 20, 2009November 17, 2023AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

A backpacking trip along the crest of the Sangres. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsbackpack, lightweight backpacking, Sangre De Cristo

Tahoe Rim Trail – Ring around the lake

Posted onJuly 15, 2009November 17, 2023AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

Paul Magnanti’s 2009 Tahoe Rim Trail thru-hike with journal, photos, and planning information. The hiking bug just won’t go away! Even after a 300 mile backpack in the Appalachians,  a jaunt in Utah, and going forthwith on the Arizona Trail , I still wanna do Read More …

CategoriesLong Walks, Trip PlanningTagsTahoe Rim Trail

Tahoe Rim Trail

Ring Around The Lake: Tahoe Rim Trail journal 2009

Posted onJuly 1, 2009November 17, 2023AuthorPaul Mags4 Comments

My journal from my 2009 Tahoe Rim Trail thru-hike.  Additionally I have planning information in case you’d like to do the trail as well. Note May 2016: This journal is seven years old. I have no intention of updating the information. Read More …

CategoriesJournals, Trip PlanningTagshiking, lightweight backpacking, Tahoe Rim Trail

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A few days on the Colorado Plateau. We saw new sites, revisited old favorites, and enjoyed a solo hike while @ramblinghemlock took a class at the nearby @crow_canyon
Bearing witness in a changed, post-fire landscape. Fire and flood shape the environment; some history passes away, while other traces remain untouched. The land eventually recovers: Some of it recently, some of it long after my lifetime.
On a rare group trip, we heard rain overnight and woke to this raging torrent. After the Babylon Fire, flooding was inevitable. The water carried a lot of ash.
@ramblinghemlock and I went to a place above the desert floor, where elk bugled, and there were expansive views of Capitol Reef and the Henry Mountains.
The hot and dry summer may account for the early leaf changing and somewhat muted colors. Still, not a bad sight.
@ramblinghemlock and I did an overnight to an obscure peak with an amazing viewscape. From the summit, we could see the Abajos and La Sals (our “home” mountains), distant 13ers and 14ers along the horizon, and the red rock country over the horizon. An incredible sunset capped off the evening.

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