Mountaineering

Gannett Peak is an interesting mountain to summit. There are a lot of factors to consider when you go for this Wyoming High Point. There are a few routes to get to the top of this peak. We took the Highline Trail at the Green River Lakes Trailhead to the Tourist Creek Drainage. From there […]

This is a great little day hike if you want to catch an amazing view of the Wasatch Range, but you don’t want to hike all day to get there. The reason it is a fairly short hike, but still provides majestic views is because you have to drive all the way up Little Cottonwood […]

The Saint Joe River is one of great beauty, even for Idaho standards. The water is clear and clean, and flows through a canyon that forces the hiker to experience shades of green that would make Tom Bombadil envious. That is a Lord of the Rings reference folks. Read it. This river hosts large, well […]

This is my favorite hike ever. It is the Beatles of hiking, the Yankees of vistas, the god damn Micheal Jordan of “holy balls, am I in Middle-Earth?” It offers incredible solitude, an unbelievable view of 4 of Idaho’s tallest, and climbable, peaks, including two of the most photographed mountains in Idaho, Merriam and Castle […]

This trip to California was a great adventure for my friend and me. We set out from our home in Salt Lake City by Greyhound bus at midnight. We rode all night and arrived in Reno, NV. From here we took a smaller bus to a very small town in California called Lone Pine. Upon […]

The hike on Henry Fork’s trail to Kings Peak was a great backpacking and mountaineering experience for me. I think this was because of a few different reasons: This hike took a few days to complete. I know it can be done in one day, but I enjoy hikes more if you are able to […]

Mount Elbert was a fun and easy state high point. It was a great trip for me and a few friends to backpack and enjoy the outdoors. Because it was fairly easy, it’s the highest point in Colorado, and it’s a 14er, the trail was packed when we went. There were 5 of us and […]

Because I have done a fair amount of peaks prior to creating this blog, I am going to be backtracking a bit to play catch up on some of them. About 2 weeks ago I did my first solo summit. It was also my first time summiting lone peak. I felt that the name of […]

I just did my second solo summit ever and my first climb of Twin Peak the other day, along the Broad Forks trail up Big Cottonwood Canyon just South of Salt Lake City. It was a great hike and I would suggest it to anyone who is just getting into mountaineering. There were a few […]

My name is Scott Stevenson. I would like to think that I am a fairly average individual. Blonde hair, blue eyes, less than average income, and an interesting hobby: I have become addicted to climbing mountains. I love it. It all started about 2 years ago when I summited a peak called Middle Palisade. I […]