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Gear Review – ALPS Mountaineering Chaos 3 tent

Posted onOctober 5, 2023April 27, 2025AuthorPaul Mags3 Comments

After about 100 nights we find the $200 ALPS Mountaineering Chaos 3 an excellent car camping tent. Read More …

CategoriesGearTagsbudget gear, gear, gear review, shelters

Gear Review – Nortiv8 Armadillo 2 boots

Posted onOctober 1, 2023October 1, 2023AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

A look the Armadillo 2 hiking boots from Nortiv8. Another potential budget option that’s effective in certain conditions. Read More …

CategoriesGearTagsfootwear, gear, gear review

Outside of Moab

Posted onOctober 1, 2023October 1, 2023AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

Joan and I poked around in a place with litle info. Perfect! Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsutah

The Abajos in September

Posted onSeptember 21, 2023June 9, 2026AuthorPaul Mags1 Comment

Backpacking in the Abajos on a fine September weekend. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsutah

Canyon country early

Posted onSeptember 13, 2023AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

Enering canyon country a bit earlier in the fall than normal for us but we found it delightful. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsutah

To the higher San Juans

Posted onSeptember 12, 2023March 13, 2025AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

Four days in our favorite local(ish) mountains, Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsColorado, san juans

Lightweight backpacking concepts for couples

Posted onSeptember 7, 2023April 27, 2025AuthorPaul Mags4 Comments

A look at lightweight backpacking concepts for couples. More so than solo, lightweight backpacking as a couple means the overall system. Some thoughts. Updated Sept 2023. Read More …

CategoriesGear, MusingsTagscouples, Friday repost, partners, sharing gear

Gear review: Topo Athletic Ultraventure 2 shoes

Posted onSeptember 6, 2023April 27, 2025AuthorPaul Mags2 Comments

A look at the Topo Athletic Ultraventute shoes. Excellent shoes for the mountains but perhaps not brushy and prickly terrain. Read More …

CategoriesGearTagsfootwear, gear, gear review, review

San Juan interlude

Posted onSeptember 4, 2023September 4, 2023AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

A quick overnighter in the lower San Juans. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsColorado, san juans

Two years in the La Sals

Posted onAugust 18, 2023AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

Camping and hiking to celebrate two years of marriage. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsLa Sals, utah

Start here: My unofficial outdoor guidebook

Posted onAugust 16, 2023September 16, 2026AuthorPaul Mags18 Comments

Here’s a quick reference to articles that will be useful for anyone starting out with camping, hiking, or backpacking in all four seasons. Updated Aug 2023. Read More …

CategoriesGetting Started, Quick and Dirty GuidesTagsbeginners, quick and dirty

Some La Sals camping

Posted onAugust 14, 2023AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

A quick getaway after some a busy couple of weeks. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsLa Sals, utah

Images, not vandalism

Posted onAugust 11, 2023August 11, 2023AuthorPaul Mags7 Comments

Thoughts on why images are not vandalism. And reasons why people are calling them images rather than “rock art” as well. Read More …

CategoriesMusingsTagsAncestral Pueblo, Arizona, Colorado, favorite, Friday repost, New Mexico, Petroglyphs, pictrographs, utah

The Inside Passage

Posted onAugust 8, 2023August 8, 2023AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

A family vacation in on the Inside Passage in Alaska. Not our usual mode of travel but some fantastic scenery, some good hiking, and fun times with the family. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsAlaska

The South La Sals

Posted onJuly 21, 2023August 16, 2023AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

Some hiking at the southern part of the La Sal mountains. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsLa Sals, utah

Completion of a dream

Posted onJuly 21, 2023July 21, 2023AuthorPaul Mags5 Comments

“I finally completed all 2650 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail. I started in 2014, and this was my last of five long section hikes” . Joan continues to amaze me. A dream fulfilled. Looking forward to seeing her Saturday. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsJoan West, Pacific Crest Trail

The last journey

Posted onJuly 14, 2023January 27, 2026AuthorPaul Mags5 Comments

Polar explorers talk about the concept of last journeys. Maybe we are in the age of last, traditionally defined, other outdoor journeys as well? Read More …

CategoriesMusingsTagsclimate change, favorite, Friday repost

On the Grand Mesa

Posted onJuly 10, 2023AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

A quick overnighter to the world largest flatop mountain. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsColorado, Grand Mesa

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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.
Local mountains view. A touch of fall up high.
Joan and I met up with Holly and Dan for some hiking and camping in the always enjoyable San Juan Mountains of Colorado.

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