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Home »Posts tagged  winter (Page 3)

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Red Rock, Ice, and Snow

Posted onDecember 10, 2018April 13, 2020AuthorPaul Mags2 Comments

Winter backpacking in the Chesler Park area of Canyonlands National Park. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsCanyonlands National Park, Colorado Plateau, utah, winter

Gear Review: Kinco Alyeska 5230 Mittens

Posted onDecember 7, 2018June 24, 2021AuthorPaul Mags8 Comments

Some inner mittens for cold weather activities that are durable, reasonably light, effective, inexpensive and, most importantly, sized correctly for my shell and liner use. Read More …

CategoriesGearTagsbudget gear, clothing, gear review, gloves, winter

Glove in Hand – Layering for Cold Weather

Posted onDecember 7, 2018April 26, 2025AuthorPaul 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

The Back of Arches

Posted onDecember 3, 2018April 13, 2020AuthorPaul Mags2 Comments

Some hiking around Moab. To the obscure to the well-known. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsArches National Park, Colorado Plateau, Moab, utah, winter

The Heart of the Colorado Plateau – Chaco Canyon

Posted onNovember 27, 2018April 13, 2020AuthorPaul Mags2 Comments

A Thanksgiving trip to the Chaco Canyon in New Mexico. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsAncestral Pueblo, Chaco Canyon, Colorado Plateau, New Mexico, Pueblo, Thanksgiving, winter

Rain Gear – What To Wear?

Posted onOctober 4, 2018February 4, 2026AuthorPaul Mags2 Comments

Which rain gear or shell to wear? Depending on the conditions, one piece of gear may be better than another. Updated October 2018. Read More …

CategoriesGear, Getting StartedTagsclothing, rain gear, shell, wind shirt, winter

Gear Review: Montbell Frostline Parka

Posted onJanuary 3, 2018December 21, 2023AuthorPaul Mags2 Comments

A well-rounded, all-purpose winter backpacking down parka that is under-$300. But has many of the features of more expensive winter parkas. Read More …

CategoriesGearTagsclothing, down coat, gear review, montbell, parka, puffy, winter

Festivus Hut Trip – 2017

Posted onDecember 27, 2017February 20, 2019AuthorPaul Mags2 Comments

Another holiday spent in the mountains of Colorado. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTags10th Mountain Hut, Colorado, hut trip, winter

On this Winter Solstice

Posted onDecember 21, 2017April 22, 2018AuthorPaul Mags4 Comments

Let’s celebrate the first day of winter! Read More …

CategoriesMusingsTagswinter

Top Campsites – A Baker’s Dozen

Posted onFebruary 28, 2017November 25, 2023AuthorPaul Mags2 Comments

A look at thirteen of my favorite campsites from over the years. Read More …

CategoriesMusings, Other Outdoor JauntsTagsAncestral Pueblo, Appalachian Trail, camping, campsites, Colorado, Colorado Plateau, Colorado Trail, High Plains, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, utah, winter, Wyoming

Benedict Hut – Another ski weekend

Posted onFebruary 27, 2017July 4, 2018AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

A weekend of skiing, eating, some adult libations, and winter scenery while catching up with another friend. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsColorado, hut trip, ski, winter

TBT Book: Skiing Colorado’s Backcountry

Posted onFebruary 23, 2017November 17, 2023AuthorPaul Mags6 Comments

A book about a nearly forgotten form of skiing: Nordic Backcountry. No book this comprehensive about Nordic Backcountry has been written since for Colorado. Read More …

CategoriesBooks and MediaTagsbooks, colorado-tip, nordic, skiing, TBT, winter

Off-trail exploring at Brainard Lake

Posted onFebruary 21, 2017July 4, 2018AuthorPaul Mags4 Comments

Turning what could have been a difficult day of skiing into a memorable jaunt. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsColorado, off trail, skiing, winter

Harry Gates Hut – Spring in February

Posted onFebruary 20, 2017July 4, 2018AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

A trip to Harry Gates Hut with spring-like conditions. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsColorado, hut trip, ski, winter

ALDHA West- Winter Backpacking

Posted onFebruary 16, 2017January 22, 2020AuthorPaul Mags5 Comments

An intro article about winter backpacking I wrote for ALDHA West. Read More …

CategoriesPressTagsALDHA, winter

Nature’s sleep deficit remedy

Posted onFebruary 7, 2017August 3, 2017AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

Winter backpacking and camping is Ma Nature’s scientifically proven way to catch up on the sleep deficit. At least in the short term. Read More …

CategoriesMusingsTagstime bank, winter, work life balance

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

Wapiti Loop – Catching up on skis

Posted onJanuary 25, 2017March 21, 2018AuthorPaul Mags2 Comments

A classic ski tour lollipop. And a chance to catch up with a friend. Read More …

CategoriesOther Outdoor JauntsTagsColorado, fat biking, skiing, winter

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@ramblinghemlock and I changed our plans because our usual March haunts were already pushing 90°F. We headed higher to places we usually visit in May. The blooming paintbrush, greening plants, and the lack of snow on the 11,000+ foot peaks in the distance made me wonder what the coming fire season might bring.
@ramblinghemlock and I have had to do some adulting lately. A career transition and a 1956-era house will do that. It sometimes means skipping overnight trips.
We did some volunteer work for an organization we are active with on Saturday and Sunday, and made it into a local camping trip in between the assignments.
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.

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