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The Trail Show #16 – The Arizona Trail

Posted onSeptember 23, 2013September 23, 2013AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

Today we bring you Episode #16 – Welcome to Fall!

CategoriesPressTagsbackpacking, hiking, podcast, The Trail Show

Forthwith! 100 Miles on the Arizona Trail

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

In the continuation of my Internal Combustion Aided Great Western Loop (Much like Andrew Skurka’s loop..except I mainly drove, hiked/skied about 200 miles in two weeks instead of nearly 7000 miles in a few months, and drank Chery Desert Cooler. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsArizona, Arizona Trail, backpack, lightweight

South to Arizona

Posted onJanuary 21, 2024April 13, 2025AuthorPaul Mags8 Comments

A few days of hiking and backpacking Petrified Forest National Park. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsArizona

Arizona Sojurn – Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument

Posted onDecember 22, 2022December 23, 2022AuthorPaul Mags2 Comments

The first part of our winter vacation where we spent five days in the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument on the Arizona / Mexico border. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsArizona, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument

Gear Review: Hillsound Trail Crampon Ultra

Posted onDecember 14, 2018April 26, 2025AuthorPaul Mags6 Comments

Well-made, easy on/easy off traction devices that holds up for more aggressive hiking in semi-technical icy terrain. Read More …

CategoriesGearTagsfootwear, gear review, traction devices, winter

O’ Canada! – The Great Divide Trail

Posted onJuly 9, 2018August 25, 2018AuthorPaul Mags1 Comment

From July 20th until the end of August, I’ll be trekking along the Great Divide in Canada. Read More …

CategoriesLong WalksTagscanada, gift of time, Great Divide Trail

Ambling in Arizona for Spring Break

Posted onApril 2, 2018May 31, 2019AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

Part Three of the Spring Break spent with the extended Boulder clan. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsAncestral Pueblo, Arizona, Canyon de Chelly, Colorado Plateau, Grand Canyon, Lees Ferry, Monument Valley, Navajo National Monument, southern tier road trip

The Tahoe Rim Trail – A change of view

Posted onApril 26, 2017November 25, 2023AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

Why the Tahoe Rim Trail was my second most important lettered route hike. Why? This hike started the change in how I view time spent in the outdoors. Read More …

CategoriesLong Walks, MusingsTagsTahoe Rim Trail

Amble in Arizona – Part II – The Superstitions

Posted onMarch 8, 2017March 8, 2017AuthorPaul Mags1 Comment

The second part of my Arizona vacation: A two-day trip, partially off-trail, in the Superstition Mountains outside of Phoenix. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsArizona, Phoenix, Superstitions

Amble in Arizona – Part 1 : The Grand Canyon

Posted onMarch 7, 2017May 25, 2017AuthorPaul Mags6 Comments

Three days of backpacking in The Grand Canyon as the first part of my Arizona vacation. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsArizona, backpacking, Colorado Plateau, Grand Canyon, Pueblo

The Trail Show #35 – The Great Plains Trail

Posted onApril 20, 2015April 20, 2015AuthorPaul Mags1 Comment

The Trail Show #35 featuring The Great Plains Trail. Read More …

CategoriesPressTagsbackpacking, hiking, podcast, The Trail Show

East to West – Uinta Highline Trail

Posted onSeptember 7, 2013December 7, 2021AuthorPaul Mags57 Comments

My experience backpacking on the Uinta Highline trail in Utah. With trip planning and logistic info. Read More …

CategoriesLong Walks, Other Outdoor Jaunts, Quick and Dirty Guides, Trip PlanningTagsbackpacking, Highline Trail, hiking, popular, Uinta Highline Trail, Uintas, utah, utah-tip

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

Appalachian Trail Journal 1998 : Part 1 – The South

Posted onFebruary 28, 1998November 6, 2011AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

This journal was originally hosted onTrailplace.com originally hosted by Dan "Wingfoot" Bruce. The current site is now a bit different than the original site. My Appalachian Trail journal was not the  first online hiking journal, but I would not be  Read More …

CategoriesJournalsTagsAppalachian Trail, journal, long-walks

Magic 8 Ball for Public Lands Management

Posted onFebruary 19, 2026February 23, 2026AuthorPaul Mags3 Comments

Public lands increasingly look less like shared landscapes and more like economic assets. From Moab to Big Bend, the pattern keeps repeating. Read More …

CategoriesMusingsTagspublic lands

Gear Review – Gossamer Gear Mariposa 2025

Posted onAugust 28, 2025September 4, 2025AuthorJoanLeave a comment

Joan looks at 2025 Gossamer Gear Mariposa. It’s a pack she’s used for a while in both the 2014 and 2016 iterations and she compares and contrasts the various iterations. Read More …

CategoriesGearTagsgear review, Gossamer Gear, Joan West, packs

Gear over the years – A look back, Part 2

Posted onJanuary 18, 2025January 19, 2025AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

Another look over the gear Joan and I used over the decades. Read More …

CategoriesGearTagsgear list, gear used over the years, Joan West

Three Days in November

Posted onNovember 21, 2024December 1, 2024AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

Joan and I took a friend on a loop in the canyons, where we saw some places we’d seen before and places new to us. Always a memorable time in canyon country. Read More …

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Between the fires, a brief monsoon season, the AQI, and life in general, we didn't make it to our summer retreat in the San Juans as much as we'd hoped. But this "weekend," Joan and I finally made it back to our favorite mountains in Colorado.
Joan and I hosted some friends this past week. We gave them the classic tour, starting with an early morning visit to the Fiery Furnace in Arches National Park. While Joan attended a meeting, I played tour guide a bit for other parts of the park. That afternoon, we headed to the Island in the Sky District of Canyonlands National Park to take in the sweeping views across the Colorado Plateau. Today? We escaped to our local mountains, looking down at the desert floor far below.
Not a good year for backpacking in the Abajos or the San Juans, but our local mountains still offer some good opportunities for camping and hiking. And only an hour away. With @ramblinghemlock
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