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Category: Trip Planning

Trips ideas and how to plan you own.

Planning Trips – All about the Air Quality Index

Posted onAugust 12, 2021August 12, 2021AuthorPaul Mags4 Comments

What’s AQI, why you should care about it, and some resources to check it when planning trips. Read More …

CategoriesTrip PlanningTagsAQI, climate change, smoke

Perma-camping kit: What the heck is it?

Posted onJanuary 13, 2021March 10, 2021AuthorPaul Mags7 Comments

Another way to maximize outdoor time: Having some gear pre-packed and ready to go. Read More …

CategoriesGear, Trip PlanningTagscamping, car camping, favorite, gear list, organization, time bank

How to get outdoor trip ideas

Posted onNovember 25, 2020July 25, 2021AuthorPaul 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

Intro to Backpacking: Part 3 – Deciding where to go: risk management & factors to consider

Posted onMay 3, 2020AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

Part 3 – Deciding where to go: risk management & factors to consider. I discuss different factors on deciding where to go. Read More …

CategoriesGetting Started, Trip PlanningTagsdiscovery, planning, safety, trip ideas, videos

Those we left behind: What to tell the people at home

Posted onOctober 22, 2019October 22, 2019AuthorPaul Mags2 Comments

Here are some ideas and tips for information to leave with friends and family when you take off on a backcountry trip. Read More …

CategoriesGetting Started, Trip PlanningTagscommunication, emergencies

Quick Tip: Instagram for trail conditions

Posted onApril 18, 2019April 18, 2019AuthorPaul Mags2 Comments

How to use Instagram for quick and dirty researching of trail conditions. Read More …

CategoriesGetting Started, Quick Tips, Trip PlanningTagsquick tip

Website of the week: GJ Hikes

Posted onApril 17, 2019January 3, 2021AuthorPaul Mags1 Comment

Essentially an online hiking guidebook for ~1500 hikes a few hours from Grand Junction. Including almost 200 for Moab alone. Read More …

CategoriesTrip PlanningTagscolorado-tip, utah-tip, Website of the week

A Quick and Dirty Guide to Moab

Posted onMarch 24, 2019April 12, 2021AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

A quick and dirty overview of activities, supplies, and amenities available in the Moab, UT area. Read More …

CategoriesQuick and Dirty Guides, Trip PlanningTagsMoab, quick and dirty, utah, utah-tip

Website of the week: Hiking Project

Posted onFebruary 19, 2019February 27, 2019AuthorPaul Mags5 Comments

A free and useful and alternative for AllTrails. Read More …

CategoriesTrip PlanningTagsmaps, Website of the week

Book overview: 4WD Adventures Utah

Posted onDecember 21, 2018January 13, 2021AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

An older but still useful book that works well as an adjunct to trip planning using Utah’s often rough roads for outdoor pursuits. Read More …

CategoriesBooks and Media, Trip PlanningTagsbooks, utah, utah-tip

A Quick and Dirty Guide to the GDT

Posted onSeptember 26, 2018January 8, 2020AuthorPaul Mags4 Comments

A quick and dirty overview of Canada’s Great Divide Trail. Read More …

CategoriesQuick and Dirty Guides, Trip PlanningTagscanada, Great Divide Trail, quick and dirty

More off-season backpacking ideas in Colorado

Posted onFebruary 22, 2018January 3, 2021AuthorPaul MagsLeave a comment

Additional ideas for spring or late fall shoulder season backpacking destinations in Colorado. Read More …

CategoriesTrip PlanningTagsBeaver Creek Wilderness Study Area, Black Ridge Canyon Wilderness, Colorado, Colorado Plateau, colorado-tip, Golden Gate Canyon State Park, High Plains, shoulder season, White Ranch Open Space

Tahoe Rim Trail and The Collegiate Loop

Posted onSeptember 20, 2017January 3, 2021AuthorPaul Mags2 Comments

A look at two similar “vacation” thru-hike length routes in terms of logistics, planning, red-tape, and ease of access. Read More …

CategoriesThru Hikes, Trip PlanningTagscollegiate loop, Colorado Trail, colorado-tip, Tahoe Rim Trail

Ghost Trails

Posted onSeptember 19, 2017AuthorPaul Mags4 Comments

Find an old trail on a map or even stumble upon it? That’s a Ghost Trail. And it is an interesting way to walk a little bit of forgotten outdoor history. Read More …

CategoriesMusings, Trip PlanningTagsGhost Trails, off trail

Collegiate Loop 2017: How the Walk Went

Posted onSeptember 15, 2017May 5, 2021AuthorPaul Mags27 Comments

Some highlights, planning information, photos, and logistic info for The Colorado Trail’s 165 mile Collegiate Loop. Read More …

CategoriesThru Hikes, Trip PlanningTagscollegiate loop, Colorado Trail, colorado-tip

Colorado outdoor issues and concerns

Posted onJuly 31, 2017January 19, 2021AuthorPaul Mags15 Comments

Some issues and concerns for Colorado backpacking, hiking, and camping that may not be readily apparent. Read More …

CategoriesGetting Started, Trip PlanningTagsclimate, colorado-tip, concerns, issues, questions

Trip planning with Google Maps

Posted onJuly 28, 2017July 28, 2017AuthorPaul Mags2 Comments

The Google Maps satellite view is a very useful tool for trip planning. At least it has been for me. Read More …

CategoriesTrip PlanningTagsmaps

The Colorado RV & Boat Show

Posted onJuly 10, 2017January 3, 2021AuthorPaul Mags14 Comments

A phenomenon that is becoming more common in Colorado. Read More …

CategoriesMusings, Trip PlanningTagscolorado-tip, crowds, traffic

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A reunion and a backcountry wedding reception ... A reunion and a backcountry wedding reception ... Our good friends Mark and Judy returned from three+ years in the UK. They’ve been catching up with friends, seeing places they missed and reacquainting themselves with the American West. …. @ramblinghemlock and I grabbed a camping spot near the Needles district and took off hiking for the day. Soon a friend of theirs joined Joan and me that evening, with Mark showing up at night. … The three of us went to The Confluence saw what I think iis one of the most storied sites in the American West. It is where the Green and Upper Colorado (Grand) Rivers join and form one of the most important rivers basins in the world for historical, cultural, and economic reasons. … After this hike, we made it back to our site, and Judy joined us and surprised Joan and me with an impromptu backcountry wedding reception with cake and champagne! … The following day we showed a well-known backcountry panel and Newspaper Rock off the paved road. An excellent weekend to reacquaint with friends! … #hiking #camping #petrogylphs #pictrographs #Utah #Moab #CanyonlandsNationalPark #canyonlands #ColoradoPlateau #TheNeedles Ph# 8 c/o mark and ph# 9 c/o judy
The absolute tried and trued gear that a middle-ag The absolute tried and trued gear that a middle-aged guy uses …. It seems like my feed comes up with the-latest-cool-article-to-sell-you-crap from the BigOutdoorCongelemorate. You know the type of article: Something about what an extreme Crossfit Yoga HeliSkier guide uses for their intriguing sounding job. Usually with links for expensive gear modeled by photogenic people doing things I am not nearly cool enough to do and then rhapsodizing about in a way that sounds like a cross between a Zen monk and the latest Banff Film Festival entry. This is not one of those articles … :🚁 Read more of my usual subtle thoughts via link in profile. :🎿 …. PCO @ramblinghemlock ... #hiking #backpacking #camping #livingmybestlife #Blessed #rei1440 #liveoutside #hashtagabouthashtags .
A low- key backpacking trip. Photos 4-6 courtesy o A low- key backpacking trip. Photos 4-6 courtesy of @ramblinghemlock ... #hiking #camping #Backpacking #coloado
Is there any better sound than rain on a tent at n Is there any better sound than rain on a tent at night? ... #hiking #Backpacking #colorado #camping #sanjuanmountains
@ramblinghemlock used a cotton bandanna pee rag re @ramblinghemlock used a cotton bandanna pee rag regularly since 2010 in environments as diverse as the desert of the Colorado Plateau to hikes in the Smokies. ... This past year she started using the well-known and popular @kulacloth favored by many backpackers. ... Here are Joan’s thoughts on contrasting the Kula Cloth to the humble bandanna EDIT: For the curious, we added a link to a $10 MYOG kit (with 100 fasteners) that requires no sewing! ... 🥾More thoughts via link in profile.⛺ ... #hiking #backpackpacking #camping #LNT
Hiking and camping with friends in the La Sal Moun Hiking and camping with friends in the La Sal Mountains. ... #hiking #camping #utah #Moab #LaSals
After our time in the San Juans, we went to the ed After our time in the San Juans, we went to the edge of the Colorado Plateau to Chimney Rock National Monument. This Ancestral Pueblo settlement perches on a prominent overlook with rock formations that line up with an 18.5-year lunar cycle. … Located at the edge of the mountains and the Colorado Plateau, this area also served to trade with various goods found onsite. Most prominently, Chimney Rock is in direct alignment with Chaco Canyon ninety miles away, with possible signal fires getting seen across the distance between these two points. The Pueblo founded other settlements in the area. … I last went there just after Chimney Rock became a national monument but glad to return as there’s always more to see, and it is a place where Joan’s never visited. We both enjoyed seeing Chimney Rock while in the area. .. #colorado #sanjuans #sanjuansmountains #ChimneyRock #ChimneyRockNationalMonument #archeoastronomy #ColoradoPlateau #AncestralPueblo
@ramblinghemlock and I went to the Weminuche Wilde @ramblinghemlock and I went to the Weminuche Wilderness in the San Juan Mountains.  Though still summer in our desert home, autumn’s arrived in the alpine terrain. The ground cover’s russet, you can hear the elks bugle, and there’s a nip to the night air. … With no 14ers or prominent alpine lakes, we had this stretch mainly to ourselves. Just how we like it! ... #colorado #sanjuans #sanjuansmountains #continentaldividetrail #Weminuche #hiking #backpacking #camping
@ramblinghemlock shows her patented technique for @ramblinghemlock shows her patented technique for drying tents. .. #hiking #Backpacking #colorado
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