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The Grand – Moab Route

Posted onMay 30, 2022January 27, 2026AuthorPaul Mags10 Comments

The Grand – Moab route makes an ~140mi long walk to savor the lesser-seen places in between Grand Junction, CO and Moab, UT at the edge of the Colorado Plateau. Read More …

CategoriesLong WalksTagsColorado, Colorado Plateau, GMR, Grand Junction, Moab, utah

Grand Junction to Moab – The Grand-Moab Route

Posted onMay 19, 2022January 29, 2023AuthorPaul Mags8 Comments

Backpacking from the confluence of the Gunnison and the Colorado River to Moab for ~140 miles. Read More …

CategoriesLong WalksTagsColorado, GMR, utah

To the Mountains

Posted onMay 19, 2022May 19, 2022AuthorPaul Mags1 Comment

We went to the mountains after our training and lectures to see another area that intrigued us. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsutah

Along the ridge and canyons

Posted onMay 18, 2022AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

Some training, some hiking, and some camping in another place new to us. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsutah

Fremont Indian State Park and Museum, May 2022

Posted onMay 11, 2022March 13, 2025AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

An enjoyable volunteer weekend and another one where we get to savor the surrounding area. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsFremont Indian State Park, Tushars, utah

Quick Tip – Laundry bag for traveling with gear

Posted onMay 10, 2022April 27, 2025AuthorPaul Mags2 Comments

Need an inexpensive and durable bag for traveling with gear? Get a laundry bag. Read More …

CategoriesQuick TipsTagsquick tip, traveling

Along the canyon rim

Posted onMay 9, 2022AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

Joan and I walked along a canyon rim and saw structures from a later time of the Pueblo period. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsutah

Backpacking for Beginners – YouTube interview

Posted onMay 9, 2022May 10, 2022AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

I recently did a fun YouTube interview about a book I wrote in 2019. Read More …

CategoriesBooks and Media, PressTagsbeginners, books

Quick Tip : Ziploc for water gathering

Posted onMay 2, 2022May 3, 2022AuthorPaul Mags2 Comments

Bring a Ziploc, grab water at a shallow seep, and hydrate. Easy. Read More …

CategoriesQuick TipsTagsquick tip, utah-tip, water containers

Walking the ancient paths

Posted onApril 28, 2022AuthorPaul Mags2 Comments

A few days spent roaming the canyons and seeing new sites for us and noticing new things at old favorites. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsutah

A simple backcountry field repair kit

Posted onApril 26, 2022AuthorPaul Mags3 Comments

A light and practical kit for emergency gear repairs in the field. Read More …

CategoriesGearTagsgear maintenance

Quick Tip – Tyvek envelope stuff sacks

Posted onApril 25, 2022April 25, 2022AuthorPaul Mags9 Comments

Light, nearly free, and very useful – the Tyvek mailing envelope stuff sack. Read More …

CategoriesGear, Quick TipsTagsbudget gear, quick tip

PACKrafting Dominguez Canyon and the Gunnison

Posted onApril 21, 2022January 27, 2026AuthorPaul Mags7 Comments

A pacrkrafting trip up Dominguez Canyon, over the Umpcompaghre, and down to the Gunnison to float back to the truck. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsColorado, Dominguez Canyon, packrafting, Uncompahgre Plateau

A smorgasbord weekend

Posted onApril 12, 2022AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

A weekend of camping, backpacking, and hosting friends as we went on a local hike in town. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsutah

Long term gear review – Titanium step stool

Posted onApril 1, 2022April 6, 2022AuthorPaul Mags5 Comments

Are you a vertically challenged hiker? Get a titanium step stool! Read More …

CategoriesGearTagsApril Fools, gear review

What’s on the map?

Posted onMarch 30, 2022June 19, 2022AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

Another trip we planned looking at the map and wondering what might get located on it. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsutah

What is it like to live in Moab?

Posted onMarch 22, 2022March 22, 2022AuthorPaul Mags8 Comments

My first video in almost two years! What is it like to live in Moab? Here’s my biased view. Read More …

CategoriesVideosTagsMoab, utah, videos

Gear review – Bene Casa grease pot

Posted onMarch 21, 2022April 27, 2025AuthorPaul Mags6 Comments

A $10 and 5 oz, one-quart cookpot makes an excellent solution when backpacking for two. Read More …

CategoriesGearTagsbudget gear, cookware, gear review, stoves

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Some local hiking this weekend. I scouted a route for a possible packrafting trip later this month, and on Sunday, @ramblinghemlock and I meandered through a canyon we’ve been curious about for a while.
I can’t imagine this landscape with a wall.
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.

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