While in Indiana I met up with my old regular hiking crew for a 13 mile loop around the Deam Wilderness. The morning started a little cool but quickly warmed up to about 60 with lots of sun. I was appreciative of the blue skies since it seemed like I hadn’t seen the sun for [...]
Archive for November, 2009
Blue Diamond Trail
Posted in hiking, tagged Blue Diamond Trail, Deam Wilderness, Grubb Ridge Trailhead, Hoosier National Forest on November 29, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Golden Cliffs
Posted in climbing, tagged Big Dihedral, Golden Cliffs, North Table Mountain, rock climbing on November 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A warm and sunny day combined with a Friday off sent Pete and I to Golden Cliffs. For being right outside my door, I hardly ever climb there. We hiked up the access trail to the Overhang area. For a warm up we started on the 5.7 route “Toast & Jam”. I found the finish [...]
South Tarryall Peak
Posted in hiking, tagged Hankins Pass, Lost Creek Wilderness, South Tarryall Peak, Spruce Grove Trailhead on November 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
With multiple fronts coming through Colorado the weather didn’t look great anywhere. However, with the fronts being mostly upslopers, Pete and I hoped a trip to the west side of the Lost Creek Wilderness would produce the best hiking conditions. Many clouds, but no new snow greeted us as we drove down the Tarryall Creek [...]
Turkey Perch
Posted in climbing, tagged Honkey Jam Ass Crack, Left-Handed Jew, Reefer Madness, rock climbing, Turkey Perch, Turkey Rocks on November 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A day of regrouping after our Zion disappointments had Pete and I reformulating plans. Warm weather and sun in the forecast sent us to the South Platte area and Turkey Rocks in particular for some climbing on thankfully solid rock. After locating the Turkey Rocks area and making the approach hike we quickly found the [...]
The Watchman (attempt)
Posted in climbing, hiking, tagged Johnson Mountain, The Watchman, Watchman Campground, Zion National Park on November 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
With a dawn start Pete and I left the Watchman Campground and headed due south. Across the valley sunrise was glowing off the West Temple. After working south and staying below a line of cliffs we eventually outflanked the red sandstone and looked up at the saddle just south of “North Johnson”. Spying what we [...]
Progeny Peak
Posted in hiking, tagged Progeny Peak, Zion National Park on November 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Armed with several days of vacation, Pete and I left the Front Range on Thursday afternoon heading westward. After a dinner stop at the Gore Range Brewery we made it about 30 miles past Green River, Utah when it was time to stop and get some sleep. BLM land just off the highway provided a [...]
McCurdy Peak
Posted in hiking, tagged Bison Arm, Lost Creek Wilderness, McCurdy Peak, Ute Creek Trail, Ute Creek Trailhead on November 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
John, Renata and I met at the Ute Creek Trailhead on the west side of the Lost Creek Wilderness at 6:30am on Sunday morning. A large storm had hit the Front Range days ago, but snow totals seemed to slack off further west and from nearby monitors I’d gathered that we shouldn’t expect as much [...]
Lincoln Falls Ice
Posted in climbing, tagged ice climbing, Lincoln Falls on November 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
With a foot or more of new snow on the Front Range Jenn, Jeremy and I decided rock climbing was out, so we went up to Lincoln Falls in Park county to check out the ice climbing. Two other parties were already at the main flow when we arrived. The first continued up for a [...]
