Mountaineering

I returned to this trail head, just South East of Downtown Salt Lake because my last attempt up Grandeur Peak was met by a windy, thick snowstorm that left me drenched in just 15 minutes. My first try was a week earlier, and I didn’t feel comfortable hiking alone in a blizzard when I couldn’t […]

This was an amazing hike! I will do it again before the winter is over. We started at the White Pine Trailhead about 3 miles up Little Cottonwood Canyon. It was a beautiful day and a lot of crosscountry skiers and splitboarders were already on the trail. My friend and I don’t have splitboards, so […]

I grew up in Idaho and have been wanting to climb Mount Borah for a few years; basically since I started climbing mountains over the past little while, Borah has been on my list. I wanted to get it done this year, and I felt like October was the last month I would be able […]

This is a great day hike up in the Wasatch Range. The trailhead is located up Little Cottonwood Canyon. Follow the road through the small town of Alta, and the road with turn to dirt. Follow the dirt road for a little ways until you reach the Catherine Pass Trailhead parking lot on the right. […]

This hike was pretty awesome, and was my 2nd state high point summit. It is a peak that sits East of the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range. It sits right on the border of Nevada and California, but the peak is on the Nevada side, making it the tallest peak in Nevada. Our route was a […]

A few years back, a friend and I decided to go on a backpacking trip into the Sawtooth Mountains of Idaho. This was basically the first backpacking trip that I had planned and executed. My friend and I planned it, but prior to this trek, I had only gone backpacking with youth groups for church […]

I just realized that there are 3 different sets of “Twin Peaks” in the Wasatch Mountain Range. Today I took the short hike to check off my second pair of twins — the Avenues Twin Peaks. This hike was very easy. However, despite it’s ease, it provides the best view of the sunset within 5 […]

I am not really sure why, but Mount Timpanogos has a bit of a reputation in Utah. It is like, “the” mountain to climb. Maybe it’s because I am not a local, but it seemed pretty regular to me. I mean it was a beautiful hike and an amazing mountain, but so are all of […]

If you live in Salt Lake City, you will easily recognize Mount Olympus as memorable landmark and peak in the area. Is dramatic face stares directly into the heart of the city. From the first day I moved to SLC I felt compelled to climb this mountain. In April of 2012, I finally did. It […]

The Seven Devils mountains are a rugged bunch of sky scraping, basalt pinnacles. Though the peak elevation of this geographically small region at He Devil is only 9,393 ft., short by most diehards’ standards, the stunning fluctuations between the ancient and narrow, lake-filled, green glacial valleys walled in by their towering, lord like, mountain brethren […]