Flying with backpacking gear
Some tips, pointers, ideas, and caveats about packing backpacking gear when you’ll arrive by plane, train, or bus. Read More …
Author: Paul Mags
Root Beer Float Season
Root Bear Float season commences! Read More …
Remote and Connected
A last-minute trip to a favorite area. Read More …
A properly attired hiker: Blaze orange in hunting season
Different options for the wearing of blaze orange and other hi-vis colors while hiking during peak hunting season. Updated Fall 2025. Read More …
A Walk Across New England – An Overview
An initial look at my overall plans for Walking Across New England (WANE) in Fall of 2025. Read More …
A Return to Mesa Verde
Joan and I spent a few days in Mesa Verde and walked among the Ancestral Pueblo structures with a different perspective from previous visits. Read More …
Solo in the San Juans
A few days solo in the San Juans. Read More …
Cold and Wet: The Hardest Hiking
What to wear in what many people consider to be among the most difficult of conditions: cold and wet. Updated Sept 2025. Read More …
Into the south San Juans
An enjoyable trip to the Southern San Juans Mountains followed by a trip to Chimney Rock National Monument. Read More …
Ten Minutes of Terror in the San Juans
A gorgeous loop in the San Juans Mountains with a spicy scramble not to Joan’s liking. Read More …
Lonesome in the San Juans
A quite trip to a lonesome, cone-shaped peak at the edge of the San Juan mountains. Read More …
Paralysis by Analysis
A look at paralysis by analysis that I think stops people from getting out in the wild places. Read More …
Eight-year review – Stanley Adventure Cook set
An eight year review of the Stanley Adventure Cook set. A humble piece of kit we probably have used hundreds of times at this point, Read More …
Not Gatekeeping – Guardrails
Some thoughts on maps, miles, and giving people the tools to see what they want to see. Read More …
Geyser Pass Loop
A quick and easy overnighter to the local mountains. Read More …
Pay to Play on Public Lands
A piece inspired by a recent article in the Florida Phoenix about a private corporation now controlling access to public lands. Read More …
Whitman – Almost a decade later
More thoughts about Whitman almost a decade later since I took my solo Walk Across Southern Utah. Read More …
A recharge in the San Juans
Two nights of a mental recharge. Read More …