Sangres Traverse
A backpacking trip along the crest of the Sangres. Read More …
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Tahoe Rim Trail – Ring around the lake
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 …
Ring Around The Lake: Tahoe Rim Trail journal 2009
My journal from my 2009 Tahoe Rim Trail thru-hike. Additionally I have planning information in case you’d like to do the trail as well. Note May 2016: This journal is seven years old. I have no intention of updating the information. Read More …
Mt. Evans Wilderness Backpacking
This past weekend, I joined my good friends Wendy and d-low for a fairly easy backpacking trip in the Mt. Evans wilderness. The planned trip was to drop my vehicle at Echo Lake at the base of the Mt. Evans Read More …
Bison-McCurdy Loop
There are some areas that never fail to delight. Places that I enjoy for a variety of reasons. Perhaps the beauty, or the uniqueness or just the sheer bliss in going to a place that has seen so many wonderful Read More …
Boulder Super Slam 2009
People who like this sort of thing will find this the sort of thing they like. –attributed to Abe Lincoln Ever year, a transition happens. The snow melts in the high country and does not leave quite enough for Read More …
Return to the hills – 300-miles-on-the-benton-mackaye-trail-2009
Paul Magnanti’s 2009 thru-hike of the Benton MacKaye Trail; with journal, photos and trip planning information. To walk. To see. To see what you see. –Benton MacKaye on the purpose of the Appalachian Trail. In 2009, I became a casualty Read More …
Forthwith! 100 Miles on the Arizona Trail
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 …
Vagabonds for Beauty
A few days ago I rode into the red rocks and sandy desert and it was like coming home again. –Everett Ruess, VAGABOND FOR BEAUTY There are certain places that always call to me. Places that are never far from Read More …
Return to the Hills – 2009 Benton MacKaye Trail Journal
The journal from my 2009 thru-hike of Benton MacKaye Trail. This article also has planing info.
WD-40
A good friend of mine celebrated her 40th B-day in style: Three days of skiing, good food, wine and friends up at McNamara Hut just outside of Aspen, CO. The trip started off under a blanket of those wonderful winter Read More …
Sourdough Nordic Traverse
Three years in a row now, my buddy d-low has organized the Sourdough Nordic Traverse an ~13 miles tour on skis that makes wonderful way to see much of the Nordic areas around Boulder. Both d-low and I were a Read More …
Photos for Sale
Every so often, I get an e-mail asking to buy a photo. I never really pursued this too strongly because my free time is limited (esp with my current work schedule) and I'd rather go out and play then hawk Read More …
The Northern Wind – Section House Hut trip
Hut trips. Perhaps a bit decadent for this self-proclaimed dirt-bagger thru-hiker. But I love ’em. The outdoors person in me loves skiing in the mountains for three days. Seeing those intense Colorado winter skies, the bright sunshine and being in Read More …
Ski to the Divide & Merry Wanderers of the night
What makes for a good trip? Beautiful scenery? Good company? Perfect conditions? An unidentifiable “something”? A “good trip” can be hard to define. But you know it when it happens. At the end of the trip, you have a grin Read More …
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Continental Divide Trail Still Unfinished After 30 Years
A short (~10 minute) spot on the CDT aired on the Colorado Matters show on KCFR (a local NPR station) I was in this spot for ~30 seconds. If you want to hear my melodious voice with a tinge of Read More …
New England Rambles
A weekend in New England while I was visiting family.