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Home »Posts tagged  hiking (Page 3)

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Rhody Rambles

Posted onAugust 14, 2015July 1, 2017AuthorPaul Mags1 Comment

A whirlwind visit to see the family and see a little bit of wildness on the New England coast. Read More …

CategoriesMusingsTagsfamily wedding, hiking, New England, ocean, Rhode Island, Sachuest

Trail Groove Issue 23

Posted onAugust 11, 2015December 1, 2015AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

Another excellent issue of Trail Groove Magazine is out! Read More …

CategoriesPressTagsbackpacking, food, hiking, Trail Groove

The Trail Show #38 – Sierra High Route Redux

Posted onJuly 27, 2015July 27, 2015AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

The Trail Show #38 featuring an encore of the Sierra High Route. Read More …

CategoriesPressTagsbackpacking, hiking, podcast, Sierra High Route, The Trail Show

Wednesday stroll – Chasm Lake

Posted onJuly 27, 2015August 30, 2017AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

A Wednesday stroll in the mountains is a way to avoid the crowds, congestion and traffic that is now part of the Colorado mountain experience. Read More …

CategoriesMusings, Other Outdoor JauntsTagsColorado, crowded, hiking, Wednesday Reset

The Trail Show #37 – The Hot Springs Trail

Posted onJuly 3, 2015July 4, 2015AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

The Trail Show #37 featuring the Hot Springs Trail. Read More …

CategoriesPressTagsbackpacking, hiking, podcast, The Trail Show

Mt Evans Wilderness Walkabout

Posted onJune 30, 2015December 17, 2015AuthorPaul Mags2 Comments

A quick weekend backpack with my buddy Josh. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsbackpacking, hiking, mt evans wilderness

Wild Rivers Recreation Area – Rio Grande del Norte NM

Posted onJune 24, 2015August 23, 2019AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

A trip to the Wild Rivers Recreation Area in the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument. Followed by a trip to Taos. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsbackpacking, camping, hiking, New Mexico, Rio Grande, Taos, Wild Rivers Recreation Area

Sloppy Hiking Fun – Lost Creek Wilderness

Posted onJune 16, 2015June 16, 2015AuthorPaul Mags8 Comments

An overnight backpacking trip in the Lost Creek Wilderness in the Wigwam Park area. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsbackpacking, hiking, Lost Creek Wilderness

Filthy Lucre

Posted onJune 2, 2015June 19, 2017AuthorPaul Mags13 Comments

The phenomenon of people criticizing others from profiting on the outdoors. Read More …

CategoriesMusingsTagscareer, critics, hiking, money

The Trail Show #36 – Kings Canyon High Basin Route

Posted onMay 27, 2015July 3, 2015AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

The Trail Show #36 featuring the Kings Canyon High Basin Route Read More …

CategoriesPressTagsbackpacking, hiking, podcast, The Trail Show

More High Plains Drifting – Comanche Grassland canyons

Posted onMay 26, 2015March 16, 2020AuthorPaul Mags2 Comments

Exploring Carrizo and Picture canyons in the Comanche Grassland. Along with Amache Internment camp and the site of the Sand Creek Massacre. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagscamping, Colorado, Comanche National Grassland, High Plains, hiking

Pawnee Grassland – A changed landscape

Posted onMay 19, 2015June 19, 2017AuthorPaul Mags9 Comments

The Pawnee National Grassland is (was?) a quiet, desolate and lonely area. But it is rapidly changing. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagscamping, High Plains, hiking, Michener, pawnee buttes, pawnee national grasslands

Trail Groove Issue 22

Posted onMay 15, 2015November 17, 2023AuthorPaul Mags5 Comments

Another excellent issue of Trail Groove Magazine is out! Read More …

CategoriesPressTagsbackpacking, food, hiking, time bank, Trail Groove

Another Wednesday Reset

Posted onMay 14, 2015August 30, 2017AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

A blissful after work hike Read More …

CategoriesMusingsTagshiking, Wednesday Reset, work life balance

Outdoor Failures – What we learn from not meeting goals

Posted onMay 12, 2015November 28, 2018AuthorPaul Mags13 Comments

Thoughts on not meeting personal goals in the outdoors. Read More …

CategoriesMusingsTagsbackpacking, goals, hiking, running, time bank

Colorado Canyon Country – Little Bookcliffs WSA

Posted onMay 4, 2015June 1, 2017AuthorPaul Mags4 Comments

An overnight backpacking trip to an area that featured canyons, desert flowers in bloom and mustangs. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsbackpacking, Colorado Plateau, hiking, Wilderness Study Area

Wednesday Reset

Posted onApril 30, 2015August 30, 2017AuthorPaul Mags1 Comment

A mid-week hike is just the reset I needed after a busy April. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsBoulder, hiking, Wednesday Reset, work life balance

East to the Wildness

Posted onApril 22, 2015November 17, 2023AuthorPaul Mags1 Comment

To the east, on the The Great Plains, may just be where wildness is located. Read More …

CategoriesMusingsTagscamping, High Plains, hiking, The Great Plains, Wildness

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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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