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Home »2015 »September

Month: September 2015

ALDHA West Gathering 2015

Posted onSeptember 28, 2015December 17, 2015AuthorPaul Mags1 Comment

A trip to the ALDHA West Gathering near the base of Mt. Hood. Read More …

CategoriesMusings, Other Outdoor JauntsTagsMt. Hood, Oregon

Continental Divide Trail Coalition hikes

Posted onSeptember 23, 2015September 23, 2015AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

A hike on the CDT one fine fall day. And a stroll on The Colorado Trail the following day. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsCDTC, hiking

Trail Groove Issue 24

Posted onSeptember 22, 2015December 1, 2015AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

Another issue of Trail Groove. I wrote a review of A Walk In The Woods movie, posted a recipe and have some thoughts on campfires. Read More …

CategoriesPressTagsbackpacking, food, hiking, Trail Groove

Fall in the Foothills

Posted onSeptember 18, 2015September 18, 2015AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

An afterwork hike to enjoy the oncoming season of autumn. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsBoulder foothills, Fall, hiking

Day hiking feast – Peppers and Eggs

Posted onSeptember 17, 2015November 8, 2015AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

An old classic that is easy to make and works well for pre- day hike breakfast and during the hike for lunch. Read More …

CategoriesMusingsTagsfood, Italian-American, peppers and eggs

Review – Backcountry Navigator

Posted onSeptember 16, 2015December 18, 2019AuthorPaul Mags2 Comments

A review of Backcountry Navigator and gps/mapping software in general. Read More …

CategoriesGetting Started, MusingsTagsapp, Backcountry Navigator, electronics, GPS, maps

Talus vs. Scree – What is the difference?

Posted onSeptember 15, 2015January 7, 2026AuthorPaul Mags22 Comments

A quick and dirty description of the difference between talus and scree. Read More …

CategoriesGetting StartedTagsoff trail, popular, scree, talus

Fall Classic – Chiefs Head

Posted onSeptember 14, 2015September 14, 2015AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

An excellent fall hike on a trailless 13er in Rocky Mountain NP. ~15 miles and 5500′ of class 2 scrambling goodness. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTags13er, Colorado, hiking

Classes of hiking – The Yosemite Decimal System

Posted onSeptember 11, 2015July 7, 2023AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

An explanation of the different classes of the Yosemite Decimal System (YDS) esp as it applies to hiking. Read More …

CategoriesGetting StartedTagsclimbing, hiking, scrambling, YDS, Yosemite Decimal System

Website of the week: CalTopo

Posted onSeptember 10, 2015April 9, 2017AuthorPaul Mags3 Comments

A great website for that essential of backcountry navigation – maps! Read More …

CategoriesGetting Started, Trip PlanningTagsmaps, Website of the week

In the Sagebrush Sea along the Oregon Trail

Posted onSeptember 9, 2015March 7, 2019AuthorPaul Mags2 Comments

Some road tripping and camping along the old Oregon Trail in Wyoming and nearby Nebraska. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagscamping, High Plains, Nebraska, Oregon Trail, Sagebrush Sea, Wyoming

Bighorns – Cloud Peak Wilderness

Posted onSeptember 8, 2015August 3, 2016AuthorPaul Mags4 Comments

Some backpacking in the Big Horn Mountains of Wyoming. The Cloud Peak Wilderness in particular. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsCloud Peak Wilderness, Wyoming

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Two years inside the Park Service, trying to balance trade and calling. I left in fall 2025, and I’m still making sense of it - part grief, part gratitude, and part closure.
With a brief but noticeable bit of winter this past week, we opted not to travel the muddy, snowy roads into more remote areas. Instead, we tackled some home projects on Saturday and spent Sunday revisiting a place we hadn’t seen in a while. Red rock, canyon wrens, images, and late winter desert light accompanied the day.
@ramblinghemlock and I pivoted from an original trip after much-needed rain on Friday. On Saturday, we avoided muddy roads that would have derailed our original plan and spent two nights poking around a place we could reach only because of temporary, water-filled potholes and a handy Ziploc bag that made it possible. We also revisited sights we hadn’t seen in a while. Red rock, grand views, and old images marked the unofficial long weekend kickoff of spring around Moab.
@ramblinghemlock and I finally felt better and took a long-overdue trip into the backcountry. We slept outside and enjoyed the peace of the wild places. Canyon wrens filled the canyon with song during the day, and owl calls echoed off the walls at night. We returned to places we had not seen in a while and saw places new to us. The land endures.
@ramblinghemlock and I are recovering from the flu, so we decided to keep things local this weekend.
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