Wilderness Study Area

Our Backyard Wilderness

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

Two days of exploring the Colorado Plateau’s landscape and its relation to the ancient people’s viewing of astronomical events. Read More …

A camping and hiking trip to a remote part of Wyoming near the Utah border. Where the sagebrush ends before the higher mountains. Read More …

I had my weekend back. It was time to go backpacking. Read More …

Trail Groove Issue 28 featuring some more articles I wrote. Read More …

A backpack of the length of the Ferris Mountains. An obscure range in Wyoming with no maintained trails. A wonderful and isolated jaunt. Read More …

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 …

A camping and hiking trip into a lightly used area that was gorgeous in this wet spring. The Wilderness Study Area nearby was stunning. Read More …

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

A planned backpacking trip to the Beaver Creek Wilderness Study turned into an unplanned day hike. Read More …

A backpacking trip to the Grape Creek Wilderness Study Areas.
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