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Dirt Bagger Winter Stove Platform

Posted onDecember 12, 2023December 13, 2023AuthorPaul Mags4 Comments

How to build an inexpensive  stove platform for winter backpacking. Bonus: doubles as a heat reflector.
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CategoriesGear, Getting Started, Quick TipsTagsbackpacking, blue foam, budget gear, DIY, gear, heat reflector, quick tip, stove base, stove platform, winter

A properly attired hiker: Blaze orange in hunting season

Posted onOctober 5, 2022September 14, 2024AuthorPaul Mags26 Comments

Different options for the wearing of blaze orange while hiking during hunting season. Read More …

CategoriesGear, Getting StartedTagsbackpacking, blaze orange, hiking, hunting, popular

How to get outdoor trip ideas

Posted onNovember 25, 2020August 5, 2024AuthorPaul Mags2 Comments

How to get ideas for backcountry trips? Here’s how I do it. Updated for 2020. Read More …

CategoriesGetting Started, Trip PlanningTagsbackpacking, trip ideas

Eight miles away – Backpacking near home

Posted onApril 2, 2020April 3, 2020AuthorPaul Mags4 Comments

The trailhead’s three-miles away, we slept eight miles from where I’m typing, another local backpack. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsbackpacking, keeping it local, utah

Glove in Hand – Layering for Cold Weather

Posted onDecember 7, 2018November 25, 2023AuthorPaul Mags11 Comments

A fair amount of people ask what to wear on the hands for cool and cold weather hiking. Here’s my take.
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CategoriesGear, Getting StartedTagsbackpacking, clothing, gloves, hiking, skiing, winter

Quick Tip: Backcountry Slushies

Posted onJuly 5, 2018January 3, 2021AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

Hiking in the glorious alpine terrain? See some snow banks? Time to make a backcountry slushy! Read More …

CategoriesQuick TipsTagsbackpacking, colorado-tip, cooking, food

2017: The theme was “Transition”

Posted onDecember 20, 2017December 20, 2017AuthorPaul Mags2 Comments

A look over 2017. A year of transition. A year that started off with too much time being taken from me. And ended with me giving the gift of time to myself. Read More …

CategoriesMusings, PMags NewsTagsbackpacking, hiking, time bank, work life balance, year in review

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

A peaceful backpack

Posted onJanuary 30, 2017January 30, 2017AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

A quick overnighter in Peaceful Valley. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsbackpacking, camping, Colorado, skiing, winter

2016: The theme was “Change”

Posted onDecember 29, 2016February 7, 2017AuthorPaul Mags9 Comments

A look over 2016. The short version? Trips. Divorce. Pet passed on. Busy. Website did well. More to come in 2017! Read More …

CategoriesMusings, PMags NewsTagsbackpacking, hiking, time bank, work life balance, year in review

Useful items for the outdoors person

Posted onDecember 6, 2016November 6, 2024AuthorPaul Mags4 Comments

A grab bag of favorite items that I have consistently used for a variety of outdoor activities. Read More …

CategoriesGearTagsbackpacking, camping, car camping, clothing, gear, gear list, hiking, test of time

Kenosha Ridge Walk

Posted onOctober 11, 2016July 4, 2018AuthorPaul Mags4 Comments

Life can get busy. And that is especially why even a short outdoor trip is needed. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsbackpacking, Colorado, Fall, Lost Creek Wilderness

Musings on Hatch Green Chile, 4oz can

Posted onOctober 6, 2016November 17, 2023AuthorPaul Mags4 Comments

And now for a review of something that is very important: An item of food. Why? Because if you don’t think food is important, you don’t backpack enough. 😉 Read More …

CategoriesMusingsTagsbackpacking, food, luxury items, New Mexico

Wonderful fall

Posted onSeptember 28, 2016September 28, 2016AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

Fall. The best time to be outside. Read More …

CategoriesMusingsTagsbackpacking, camping, Fall, hiking

Walking Man – The Secret Life of Colin Fletcher

Posted onAugust 19, 2016January 31, 2017AuthorPaul Mags10 Comments

A review of a recently released biography of Colin Fletcher. Read More …

CategoriesBooks and MediaTagsbackpacking, books, Colin Fletcher

A map is a suggestion : Troublesome – CDT loop

Posted onJuly 25, 2016July 25, 2016AuthorPaul Mags3 Comments

A backpacking trip in a lightly used area. And some thoughts on the future of wilderness management. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsbackpacking, Colorado

Five more Colorado backpacking loops

Posted onJuly 20, 2016November 25, 2023AuthorPaul Mags7 Comments

Some more backpacking loop ideas for Colorado in the Denver and Boulder area. Read More …

CategoriesTrip PlanningTagsbackpacking, Buffalo Peaks Wilderness, Colorado, colorado-tip, Eagles Nest Wilderness, Indian Peaks Wilderness, Lost Creek Wilderness

Return to Beaver Creek

Posted onJune 6, 2016September 1, 2019AuthorPaul Mags5 Comments

After the day hike in 2015, time for a backpacking trip in 2016. A mainly trail-less jaunt to an old power plant and back down a canyon. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsbackpacking, Beaver Creek Wilderness Study Area, Colorado, Wilderness Study Area

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@ramblinghemlock and I went on a cold-weather camp @ramblinghemlock and I went on a cold-weather camping trip, during which we did some sleuthing via academic journals and found a Chacoan Great House and a road alignment with other structures in the area. Potsherds from points south attested to this area's prominence after the habitation peak. ... Additionally, we saw the usual grand scenery of this unique area we call home. .. It certainly feels like the unofficial start of the cold weather camping season on the Colorado Plateau. .. At 5 p.m., it is dark, and we wear layers of down, drink lots of hot drinks, and read in our cozy tent as the mercury drops, which means it is transitioning to winter and away from fall. .. #hiking #camping #utah
@ramblinghemlock and I took a friend on a loop in @ramblinghemlock 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. ... #utah #backpacking #camping #pictographs #petroglyphs
@ramblinghemlock and I spent a weekend volunteerin @ramblinghemlock and I spent a weekend volunteering at an aid station for the Bears Ears Marathon (Blanding to Bluff). A grass-roots race with good community involvement. We worked an aid station sponsored by Utah SHPO. Two of our friends ran the race, including @hollywoulddream It was so great to cheer her on and meet her parents afterward! ... Before the race, we camped on an obscure road with an excellent site with fantastic views. In contrast to previous weekends, the weather seemed better further south than in cold and rainy Moab. We spent a fantastic night at a campground and saw places we had not seen in a while. ... #utah #hiking #camping #running #petrolglyphs
I met @ramblinghemlock up at @fremontindianstatepa I met @ramblinghemlock up at @fremontindianstateparkmuseum for a night of camping. She had a SHPO meeting. Fremont Indian images are second only to Nine Mile Canyon in terms of the overall amount in an area ... #hiking #camping #utah #pictographs #petroglyphs
Three days on the Hayduke through the Needles. I d Three days on the Hayduke through the Needles. I did a variation of this stretch back in 2017 on my across Utah walk. The Rustler Canyon stretch into Needles certainly appears to have more use (social trail, cairns) vs. even seven years ago. ... There was beautiful scenery, gorgeous weather, and even a comet at night. On the way out, we took a jeep ride over Elephant Hill and saw other sights. ... #hiking #backpacking #camping #utah #hayduketrail #pictographs
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