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Local in the winter

Posted onJanuary 20, 2023January 20, 2023AuthorPaul Mags2 Comments

Keeping it local and getting some custom gear with the sloppy weather. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsMoab, utah

The Grand – Moab Route

Posted onMay 30, 2022July 12, 2025AuthorPaul 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

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

Happy Holidays – Desert Style!

Posted onDecember 9, 2021December 9, 2021AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

Happy Holidays from the desert! Read More …

CategoriesMusingsTagsMoab, utah

A local New Years

Posted onJanuary 4, 2021AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

Winter continues to be more my favorite time to savor and explore the very local areas around Moab. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsMoab, utah

Our favorite time of the year – In Moab

Posted onDecember 21, 2020December 21, 2020AuthorPaul Mags2 Comments

We continue to enjoy the delights of the wild spaces of the Moab winter. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsMoab, utah

Winter

Posted onDecember 15, 2020AuthorPaul Mags2 Comments

Winter in Moab. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsMoab, utah

Guiding – Deep Desert Expeditions

Posted onMarch 8, 2020AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

A different Moab guiding gig in 2020 – Deep Desert Expeditions. Mike Coronella, the owner, is one of the co-creators of the Hayduke Trail. Read More …

CategoriesPMags NewsTagsguiding, hiking, Moab, utah

Spring on the horizon

Posted onFebruary 11, 2020February 11, 2020AuthorPaul Mags2 Comments

Signs of spring are afoot (and also “a ski”) this weekend. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsArches National Park, Moab, Petroglyphs, pictographs, utah

Following the travel paths

Posted onDecember 19, 2019December 20, 2019AuthorPaul Mags2 Comments

More cultural geography exploration on foot. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsMoab, Petroglyphs, pictographs, Rock Images, utah

Our Backyard Wilderness

Posted onDecember 9, 2019December 9, 2019AuthorPaul Mags2 Comments

We don’t have to go far to get a bit of remote-feeling wildness near our home. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsMoab, utah, Wilderness Study Area

Above the Rim in Arches National Park

Posted onDecember 6, 2019December 6, 2019AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

Joan and I spent some quiet post-Thanksgiving hiking off-the-beaten-path in Arches National Park. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsArches National Park, Moab, utah

Doing it like a local

Posted onNovember 20, 2019November 20, 2019AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

I am taking Moab’s “Do it like a local” campaign to heart. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsdo it like a local, Moab, utah

Keeping it local – Jaunts and rambles around Moab

Posted onOctober 25, 2019October 25, 2019AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

Some local hikes here in Moab ; and musing about the cultural geography while walking through it all. Read More …

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More Moab Meanderings

Posted onMay 17, 2019AuthorPaul Mags3 Comments

Continuing to explore the wildness and beauty in my new home. Read More …

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A week in Moab

Posted onMay 10, 2019May 31, 2019AuthorPaul Mags3 Comments

A typical week for me: finishing up a project, guiding, and still dumb-founded at what I call my backyard. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsAncestral Pueblo, Colorado Plateau, Fremont, Moab, Rock Images, utah

Grab Bag of Moab Wanderings

Posted onApril 14, 2019June 13, 2019AuthorPaul Mags3 Comments

Keeping busy. But not with a beige box, 48-hour on-call “Crisis of The Century.” Instead, red rocks…and a book deal! Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor Jaunts, PMags NewsTagsArches National Park, Canyonlands National Park, Moab, Rock Images, utah

Spring Break Week in Moab

Posted onApril 3, 2019AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

The Boulder clan visited Moab for their family spring break. And they camped three miles from Joan and me. Read More …

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The annual navel-gazing I call the “Year in Review.”
We wrapped up the time @ramblinghemlock had off during the week of New Year’s with two more nights in the backcountry.
We closed out 2025 with four days on the Colorado Plateau. We returned to familiar places, Joan showed me sites she’d seen while I was away, and we spotted new ones together.
A little oasis near the village. Second-largest live oak in the state!
Happy Solstice! A quick Honda-friendly trip while our truck is in the body shop. We followed an old stock trail, wandered around a mesa, and caught an incredible sunset over canyon country. Not a bad little outing to welcome the winter months; even if it feels more like October.😔
@ramblinghemlock and I scouted a route for a future trip, visiting a few places that were new to us and returning to others we hadn’t seen in some time. There’s something about the December light that makes the canyon country feel sublime.

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