Another day of riding is SW Colorado
I found rock climbers, got a couple phone numbers, but was never able to climb.
A hike along Baby Bathtub Trail
June 20, 2021
Waterfalls
June 19, 2021
Busy day. Started with a sunrise ride at RAT
Then off-roading Engineer Pass
Michael Breen Mine ruins
As we got above the tree line and onto the shelf road, a hail storm hit – Watch the video here
but it cleared up on top, notice the hail on the windshield. Lunch spot!
Since the pass isn’t the top of Engineer Mountain, we hiked last 1/4 mile up to the 13,218 foot summit.
The actual pass…
A waterfall
Ute Ulay ghost town
A big hole in the dam
We took the long way home, something like 12 hours over the mountain and through the woods.
Two majestic elk and one derpy elk
June 14, 2021
Weminuche Wilderness and the trail to Rainbow Falls and Hot Springs. The hike 10 miles round trip and lots of rolling beside the San Juan River
The hot springs were perfect, the river was too cold to go between, so just laying around in the hot springs
Rainbow Falls
and from the drone
June 12, 2021
Another day of exploring forest service roads. Basin Creek Waterfall
Beth stop touching stuff…
This is the hike up to Tomahawk Mine Ruins.
Under
Beside
On top
James, you are in my content… inside joke. After exploring and lunch we headed back down.
Fall Gulch Waterfall
Such a pretty little waterfall
Pongo and Milky Way
May 31, 2021
We started the day with a hike in the La Sal Mountains to Brumely Arch, it included a waterfall, ice at the base of the waterfall and a slot canyon at the top.
I love hiking in Aspens
The arch was pretty, just tough to photograph
Then we drove toward Geyser Pass, I am never tired of this view out my windshield
Pretty trees, light and still clean Pongo
I was goofing around in the snow and got stuck, a quick tug by James and I was free. As we continued up Geyser Pass, we found a Ford Raptor deep in snow, I was able to pull him out as Beth walked ahead to report the shelf road was covered in snow and off camber… with a huge drop, so time to turn around.
So we decided to move campsites to the other side of Moab to be closer to Arches NP and a planned sunrise hike. Pongo was no longer clean…
May 23, 2021
We started today with Diane’s Throne Slot Canyon.
It is a “technical” canyon, meaning it needs canyoning skills and ropes to complete… we will see about that!
Once again an early start and not going to “popular” places meant we had the canyon to ourselves!
We were forced up and out of the canyon, and hiked along it’s rim looking for a new way back into it
But we didn’t make it to the end… just too many spots that required ropes, etc.
If you are in the area, Bryce NP is a must visit, it’s really just a scenic drive with side hikes, and was crowded
The hoodoos are cool to see.
Bryce even has a waterfall on the hike to Mossy Cave
I know everyone is missing seeing Pongo pictures, in front of hoodoos in Dixie National Forest
I ended the day with a bike ride along forest service roads outside Zion NP
May 8, 2021
The top of Steels Creek Falls Click to Watch Video
This hike was filled with misadventures
The end of the hike was MILES from my truck!
March 11, 2021
Doane’s Falls – Royalston, Massachusetts
Feb. 20, 2021
I wanted to hike and do a Backroad Capers video of a wintery waterfall. I couldn’t find much info so I headed to one of the higher elevations and hoped for the best. No snow or ice, but a pretty walk – Video link will go here!
It’s funny now that I have started trying to rock climb, I look at every rock face or boulder and wonder… this one looked very promising and as I started looking at a route I see it is already bolted for climbing…. after a search I couldn’t find any info so I asked Facebook
“There are a few climbing areas at Upper Creek. The trailside boulder outcropping near the creek has several bolted lines. The juggy routes on the left go at about 5.10. There is an excellent .12+ on the right called Ask the Moon that goes through a crescent feature similar to Rotator Cuff at Rumbling Bald. Another .12, Moonlight, avoids its crux There is another wall of short bolted lines nearer the parking lot that are all 5.9-5.11”
Dec. 5, 2020
The unnamed (?) waterfall above Window Falls in Hanging Rock State Park
The Lower Cascades had great flow… one nice thing about hiking on cool winter afternoons is you get the waterfalls and trails to yourself.
