https://www.evanleonardphotography.com/home-2 daily 0.75 2026-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667879140199-8QZFKL2I25P5M5UDXGT5/2022_CDT_0739.jpg Home Noisy and Dale make their way up Downs Mountain, the northernmost 13'er in the Winds and the highest point on the Wind River High Route. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/12/22 Day 52 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667879140199-8QZFKL2I25P5M5UDXGT5/2022_CDT_0739.jpg Home Noisy and Dale make their way up Downs Mountain, the northernmost 13'er in the Winds and the highest point on the Wind River High Route. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/12/22 Day 52 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1640626351762-IX0H3Z954IS5MJRXYD59/2021_HappySnaps_2768.jpg Home Arriving at the peak in a lingering storm cycle. | 12/15/21 Andesite Peak, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1547682725691-O5TFJ0FMWALI65J99AT0/HappySnaps_2_1248.jpg Home Alex gives Tableau la Rossa a shot. | Estes, CO 7/6/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1771021244439-EKH8C9WWRK3F9WAI9L3F/2025_HappySnaps_0878_44.jpg Home - 2025_HappySnaps_0878_44.jpg Jacob skins up Rose Knob on the first tour of the new year. | Mt. Rose Wilderness, NV 1/8/26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1771021255065-R9PAWZUV3K2028BX5DF5/2025_HappySnaps_0710_29.jpg Home - 2025_HappySnaps_0710_29.jpg Shannon poses in the Mountains to Sea Trail terminus marker. | Jockeys Ridge State Park, NC 10/24/25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1588343757274-0L5VZTDINL8NQAFVX6MX/2020_HappySnaps_0641.jpg Home Bjorn skins up Mt. Aire as a small storm rolls in. | Lambs Canyon, UT 3/20/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571776838055-2V9IQQ1KGLVL4I7WP4W1/2019_PCT_419.jpg Home Lebowski surveys the Eastern Sierra sunrise from Mt. Whitney, the highest point in the lower 48 at 14,504 feet. | 6/26/19 Mile 767.0, 14,504' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1640626433272-UQI7I8AKEA84DXP55HNG/2021_PNT_0840.jpg Home Noisy muches on her usual nasty taco soup concoction. | 8/30/21 Mile 1,206.4 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1610837643422-ZA3M7V0MFST5PVHECF76/2020_HappySnaps_0302.jpg Home Matt slaps skins on his skis for the second backcountry run of the day. | Big Cottonwood Canyon, UT 2/13/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571776853186-S4CLQ5ZJNQ8IS9HDRCCA/2019_PCT_556.jpg Home Downhill and Blankie trudge through the slushy late-afternoon snow on the approach to the 11,946 foot Glen Pass. | 6/30/19 Mile 790.0, 11,094' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1640626432804-1LOL6E58FX3TFY0PBSE5/2021_PNT_0862.jpg Home Hog Mamma, temporarily marooned by an incoming wave. | 8/31/21 Mile 1,213.2 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571776875958-2DS3EH4JQIBAJNGMYT2R/2019_PCT_1416.jpg Home I had to wear the same pair of socks for the final several hundred miles because my other pair had large holes. Safe to say things got a little gnarly. | 10/3/19 Mile 2,557.1, 4,724' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1555982331266-XQA2ZIQQ68NZ8UMERDK7/2019_HappySnaps_0147.jpg Home Morgan surveils the Sierra after several feet of fresh powder dumped the night before. | Alpine Meadows, CA 2/8/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571776864048-4LYKTFUFPODG3166OEG5/2019_PCT_960.jpg Home Lebowski and Twain enjoy a ride back up the mountain from Etna, CA. Etna is the last town north in California. | 8/19/19 Mile 1,599.7, 5,980' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1610837643465-3BYXUQRRXQKBH0V21OI7/2020_HappySnaps_3169.jpg Home Due to a navigational error on my part, I camped on the wrong side of this ridge and had to climb it the next morning to get back on route. Luckily it didn't cost too much time or energy, but the views up top were beyond worth it. Regardless, I'm in the market for a new navigation director. | 8/30/20 (near) Shout-of-Relief Pass, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1547682692749-CK44XOQ24L40L6R4FNS9/HappySnaps_2_2222.jpg Home Althea stands majestically over Kyle Canyon. | Mt. Charelston, NV 11/9/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1481067905365-6Z0YYKN825ZIUND3CYPN/_DSC3314-Edit.jpg Home https://www.evanleonardphotography.com/appalachian-trail-1 daily 0.75 2019-10-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504133114848-VAO17Q2NDFQ76XKEWR3M/AT_2017_102.jpg Appalachian Trail McAfee Knob, one of the best views on the trail. The trail follows the ridge that runs along the center of the frame to Tinker Cliffs, another phenomenal view. Just behind the rock I'm sitting on is Roanoke, VA. | Mile 712.0 VA 5/2/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504128994900-GOHE3HRGXCPCETASKTQU/AT_2017_001.jpg Appalachian Trail Colby and Isaac joined me to hike the 8.8 mile approach trail from Amicalola Falls to Springer Mountain, the southern terminus of the AT. | Mile -8.8 GA 3/4/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504128995941-588DXUOSNB9IWSGB899H/AT_2017_002.jpg Appalachian Trail Southern terminus of the Appalchian Trail on Springer Mountain, GA. | Mile 0.0 GA 3/5/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129018176-30Z7XHDMO4QISQ8898M1/AT_2017_003.jpg Appalachian Trail Isaac, myself, Clover and Colby on the summit of Springer Mountain. | Mile 0.0 GA 3/5/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129018459-J4S8FD9XJJNL7YE7CSG6/AT_2017_004.jpg Appalachian Trail Long Creek Falls | Mile 5.2 GA 3/5/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129031139-997H269CE5SWOSSM0SJD/AT_2017_005.jpg Appalachian Trail Ramrock Mountain, photo credit to Chili Mac. | Mile 18.9 GA 3/6/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129029991-MOSHDQXI6YWPOMFE37YH/AT_2017_006.jpg Appalachian Trail Early morning hike to outrun a storm. | Mile 21.9 GA 3/7/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129045896-HH3KTAJ4BT2SQST4KC1P/AT_2017_007.jpg Appalachian Trail My first truly panoramic view on the summit of Levelland Mountain. | Mile 33.1 GA 3/8/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129045890-X1GIGI2IO7XNWRAWP2W5/AT_2017_008.jpg Appalachian Trail One of the first and only fires of the hike atop Blue Mountain. Later that night a massive thunderstorm rolled through, bringing 60 mph winds and turrential rain. | Mile 50.2 GA 3/9/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129053248-Q0LYORRYRM2O58O8VIMY/AT_2017_009.jpg Appalachian Trail Lieutenant Dan warms his feet by the fire. | Mile 50.2 GA 3/9/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129070717-W8PL59GLTMOA612YXCGX/AT_2017_010.jpg Appalachian Trail Grapenut and I in a gap called Swag of the Blue Ridge. He and I would continue to hike together for ~1300 miles. Low temperatures and high winds brought us together the night before. | Mile 61.9 GA 3/11/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129068597-GVN1IL2I9UCQH0CIF136/AT_2017_011.jpg Appalachian Trail We were told snow was coming, so we hopped into Hiawasse, GA for the night. We woke up to some slushy snow, which resulted in us taking a zero. It melted that night and we hit the trail the following morning. | Mile 69.3 GA 3/12/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129080945-WVIDZXACX3HATB7L4LQO/AT_2017_012.jpg Appalachian Trail Fishstix and Grapenut getting out of the wind while cooking dinner in Grapenut's rainfly at Plumorchard Gap. | Mile 73.8 GA 3/13/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129087773-L6PC2R3JLFCOLBIMWDIG/AT_2017_013.jpg Appalachian Trail It snowed again overnight and temperatures dropped drastically, somewhere in the ballpark of 20 degrees. The view was like walking through Narnia, a truly magical energy filled the air. | Mile 75.0 GA 3/14/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129093223-K0KIRNC8ON3NIZWFCZYD/AT_2017_014.jpg Appalachian Trail Walking in the cold isn't as fun as walking when itt's warm. | Mile 75.0 GA 3/14/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129100345-9BEX73PN9881HX41FW40/AT_2017_015.jpg Appalachian Trail Georgia/North Carolina border. The moment we crossed the border the weather took a turn for the worse. Temperatures were as low as -18 with wind chill in town, so 4,000 feet up was most likely worse. | Mile 78.2 GA/NC 3/14/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129111748-Y58FAGZZ95NTNXIE8T8P/AT_2017_016.jpg Appalachian Trail Snow covered rhododendron tunnel. | Mile 79.0 NC 3/14/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129111845-U22YGXBI9S4W1N9AIGGI/AT_2017_017.jpg Appalachian Trail Fishstix, Grapenut and I trudging through pure misery. We convinced ourselves it was all good by smiling. | Mile 80.2 NC 3/14/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129119632-JQABZ3B01N2MGS18PMBJ/AT_2017_018.jpg Appalachian Trail Georgia typically names landmarks in a very boring way, with one exception... | Mile 81.9 NC 3/14/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129130259-A6QX30XWRBLJ06LK9RK4/AT_2017_019.jpg Appalachian Trail I picked up some ground-score sunglasses at a shelter a couple of days before. Grapenut thought I looked like a Scandinavian explorer and began calling me Dalf. | Mile 81.9 NC 3/14/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129138213-WGXKL7FWF8BEKBVJLIYS/AT_2017_020.jpg Appalachian Trail Temperatures and wind reached their worst upon arriving at Standing Indian Shelter. We put up our rainfly's to cut some of the blistering breeze. Water would freeze if left standing for more than an hour, fuel canisters refused to light, and our shoes turned to bricks. | Mile 86.0 NC 3/14/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129142441-VR7U2694F570QGFXDTKB/AT_2017_021.jpg Appalachian Trail Fishstix, myself and Grapenut wearing every article of clothing we brought, still freezing. We were forced to go out into the storm and hike just to stay warm. Water carried on our packs would freeze solid, so we carried empty bottles from one water source to the next. | Mile 86.0 NC 3/15/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129148663-0RHYQ91XOI5AM2TKDDRE/AT_2017_022.jpg Appalachian Trail The view from the summit of Standing Indian, our first mile high mountain. A perfectly clear day made for blistering cold, but also phenomenal visibility. In the distance are the Great Smoky Mountains. It was humbling to see such a massive mountain range that we would be hiking through soon incredibly far away yet still so massive. | Mile 87.5 NC 3/15/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129156325-7ZMKJRLC5GWCFV0H7NCN/AT_2017_023.jpg Appalachian Trail Myself atop Standing Indian, blown away at the fact that I was hiking all the way to those big mountains in the distance. | Mile 87.5 NC 3/15/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129164577-IEFWBG6C3P8CIBRCP8FM/AT_2017_024.jpg Appalachian Trail The high altitude, wind and moisture in the air coated all of the trees on the summit with a thick sheet of ice. | Mile 87.5 NC 3/15/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129169849-L4NJDDHZ7GQF9D0HOQ98/AT_2017_025.jpg Appalachian Trail Grapenut and I atop Albert Mountain. A brutally steep climb led us to the summit. | Mile 99.8 NC 3/16/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129184288-7T6O4AF75IMSSSC54U6V/AT_2017_026.jpg Appalachian Trail Sassafras Gap Shelter came with high-end amenities. The climb up to this site will always be known to me as the most difficult of the trail. In reality it wasn't that bad compared to the rest of the hike, I just had a less than awesome day. | Mile 143.7 NC 3/19/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129183274-D2GP3OV5JGAJ30OF282M/AT_2017_027.jpg Appalachian Trail Cheoah Bald, the first bald of the trip. We made it up there for a wonderful sunrise to start the day. | Mile 144.9 NC 3/20/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129189235-JCV9ZOB4NCRV741NKOGV/AT_2017_028.jpg Appalachian Trail Standard Grapenut breakfast: Tortilla with peanut butter and Easter egg candy. Mile 144.9 NC 3/20/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129202006-6KXZBW3UIS1ZG8OGMMA9/AT_2017_029.jpg Appalachian Trail Grapenut and I on the trail. | Mile ~150 NC 3/20/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129203864-4JP3WVE94XL977T55R7A/AT_2017_030.jpg Appalachian Trail Grapenut setting up at Cable Gap Shelter. | Mile 158.9 NC 3/20/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129211451-7D1YD035OQCVM17JYDN4/AT_2017_031.jpg Appalachian Trail The view during a thunderstorm at Fontana Dam, the southern border of the Smokies and the largest dam east of Hoover Dam. This image was taken in the dead of night, it's actually lit entirely by lightning. | Mile 165.6 NC 3/21/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129221606-MIE7WCS93SM5RZI8KCST/AT_2017_033.jpg Appalachian Trail Grapenut and I took 2 zeros at Fontana as we waited for a friend of his to arrive and hike for a few days. We got lucky both nights and had gorgeous sunsets over Lake Fontana. | Mile 165.6 NC 3/22/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129219818-BJU66TU3L7BNC4UGVZOP/AT_2017_034.jpg Appalachian Trail The stars come out above the Great Smoky Mountains and Lake Fontana. | Mile 165.6 NC 3/22/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129233405-1BAQ41PQ21IPRPW1FAML/AT_2017_035.jpg Appalachian Trail Grapenut posing on "The Sawteeth", a series of ridges with exposed, abrupt ascents and descents. | Mile 209.8 NC 3/27/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129235376-HUCCQUYBXYK8LPGKXP41/AT_2017_036.jpg Appalachian Trail Grapenut posing on The Sawteeth, a series of ridges with exposed, abrupt ascents and descents. | Mile 209.8 NC 3/27/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129244873-2LMK7B9F69VARYYEIX77/AT_2017_037.jpg Appalachian Trail Myself atop Charlies Bunion, a knob jutting out from a ridge with sheer drops on all sides. | Mile 210.7 NC 3/27/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129245323-YNQ3CXQIKQ6A6WL5FA3T/AT_2017_038.jpg Appalachian Trail Grapenut and I atop Charlies Bunion. | Mile 210.7 NC 3/27/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129260686-8YK2427P4H1G5OROGMN6/AT_2017_039.jpg Appalachian Trail My camp for the night after a day of light rain. | Mile 217.1 NC 3/27/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129255002-B0N6X2I6CZBBIXLUN6ZE/AT_2017_040.jpg Appalachian Trail Grapenut organizes his pack. | Mile 217.1 NC 3/27/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129272939-5XOKVYNL25DK8STRC8PV/AT_2017_041.jpg Appalachian Trail Mt. Sequoyah, a sub-alpine ridge with a type of forest otherwise only found in Canada. | Mile 219.3 NC 3/28/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129273100-28AM5OGEWU5DCIWITUCR/AT_2017_042.jpg Appalachian Trail Mt. Cammerer, and the beginning of our descent out of the Smokies. | Mile 232.5 NC 3/28/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129288670-4O9348SSMBMDHJ6MVQI8/AT_2017_043.jpg Appalachian Trail Stateline Branch. | Mile 238.7 NC 3/29/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129292063-8WXFYVZFEDT796677L8C/AT_2017_044.jpg Appalachian Trail Grapenut hiking across Snowbird Mountain. | Mile 244.0 NC 3/29/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129302551-1A79N3A7L6F3MCLCDB92/AT_2017_045.jpg Appalachian Trail FAA radar tower atop Snowbird Mountain. | Mile 244.7 NC 3/29/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129305511-4Q9R1352KCGWKSCADMGN/AT_2017_046.jpg Appalachian Trail On the summit of Snowbird Mountain. | Mile 244.7 NC 3/29/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129316882-Q1UAFN4W9811P6JIAE9P/AT_2017_047.jpg Appalachian Trail We camped on Max Patch, one of the largest balds on the entire AT. We got full 360 views and could see light from both Asheville and Knoxville in the distance. | Mile 253.6 NC 3/29/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129319954-WVQB65R4T28REW7V8F09/AT_2017_048.jpg Appalachian Trail Grapenut and I escaping the constant 40 mph winds under my tarp. | Mile 253.6 NC 3/29/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129324317-VNV0NI2O635660DMHWD7/AT_2017_049.jpg Appalachian Trail Camp on Max Patch. | Mile 253.6 NC 3/29/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129332379-4EXQJTKFPM9XKBSBOSFU/AT_2017_050.jpg Appalachian Trail My dinner upon arriving to Hot Springs, NC. Two double cheese burgers, loaded baked potato and fries. | Mile 273.4 NC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129339970-0PIN6WXLH41OSM9FZE19/AT_2017_051.jpg Appalachian Trail Getting out of turrential rain at Little Laurel Shelter. | Mile 293.0 NC 4/3/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129347691-N27G30NUD4IX1G2KT8T9/AT_2017_052.jpg Appalachian Trail Rain clouds cleared out and made way for a lovely sunset. | Mile 300.3 NC 4/3/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129354969-S9AJC5AEHKS41AWCIWVT/AT_2017_053.jpg Appalachian Trail Big Butt Mountain summit. | Mile 302.2 NC 4/4/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129363124-92V2SUTA6OPCH5L1HQGZ/AT_2017_054.jpg Appalachian Trail Licking Lick Rock. | Mile 312.9 NC 4/4/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129364265-WUTVJP55TFTNHGQH8KS4/AT_2017_055.jpg Appalachian Trail Hiking across Big Bald. | Mile 324.3 NC 4/5/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129379419-TAAESD7N876GVOWVK4VX/AT_2017_056.jpg Appalachian Trail Having a snack out of the wind. | Mile 325.6 NC 4/5/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129378295-NO9X5XNY2URVX4UF4L0Z/AT_2017_057.jpg Appalachian Trail Uncle Johnny's Nolichucky Hostel had a hammock bunkhouse. Very strong winds made for an interesting rainfly set up. | Mile 342.7 TN 4/6/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129389925-HI86LCXZNIKAY8MJ4NRM/AT_2017_058.jpg Appalachian Trail Dense Spruce Forest. | Mile 356.5 4/9/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129393151-T65EN4VWM52ETH2PJD7P/AT_2017_059.jpg Appalachian Trail Unaka Mountain, just shy of the top. A dense spruce forest covered the summit. | Mile 356.5 4/9/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129415833-AI163BTXOPY9J4RJENSW/AT_2017_062.jpg Appalachian Trail Laurel Falls after having just hiked 50 miles in two days, a massive accomplishment that early in the hike. | Mile 419.7 TN 4/11/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129429543-E6MDCT1AMVFQ3XHXMGX9/AT_2017_063.jpg Appalachian Trail Phenomenal rock texture. | Mile 421.2 TN 4/11/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129437610-P4E7KSHS6J4EIM8C53TL/AT_2017_064.jpg Appalachian Trail Camp on top of Pond Flat Mountain. A terrible 1,600 foot climb in 85 degree heat after having just scarfed down 3,070 calories of McDonalds. | Mile 423.8 TN 4/11/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129443746-HNAT3CUFYHF7J1OS0FYE/AT_2017_065.jpg Appalachian Trail Grapenut enjoying the view on top of Pond Flats. | Mile 423.8 TN 4/11/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129450655-TE9HZQIGGXR0C4L4ZYWD/AT_2017_066.jpg Appalachian Trail Pond Flats | Mile 423.8 TN 4/11/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129460486-95O9K3ZU6LYOWFQGNIUT/AT_2017_067.jpg Appalachian Trail Pond Flats | Mile 423.8 TN 4/11/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129462749-OCVHK53HWAUWZ11IX7E6/AT_2017_068.jpg Appalachian Trail Wonderful early morning Tennessee views. | Mile 448.3 TN 4/13/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129471630-LUSWTJVJYRQJG1NUE8KS/AT_2017_069.jpg Appalachian Trail Damascus is the most welcoming and wonderful trail town, it is also where the Trail Days hiker festival is hosted. We got sucked in, we stayed for 3 days. | Mile 468.7 TN/VA Border 4/13/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129477859-UC9GJGO4SZ4HB3XDLIZ0/AT_2017_070.jpg Appalachian Trail Making dinner under "Megatarp". | Mile 486.4 VA 4/16/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129485931-RHRVYPI8AX0SKLSC1GR3/AT_2017_071.jpg Appalachian Trail Mantis has an after dinner snack while talking to Goliath, Ace and Yak. | Mile 486.4 VA 4/16/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129499522-5N48J9SE1JAPK2NXONXY/AT_2017_072.jpg Appalachian Trail Grapenut brushes his teeth. | Mile 486.4 VA 4/16/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129500105-HWEW7ZGFKURNXU9AAQQV/AT_2017_073.jpg Appalachian Trail Grapenut finds a new place to keep his toothbrush easily accessible. | Mile 486.4 VA 4/16/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129511122-T1F810RJ0L8R4A69292X/AT_2017_074.jpg Appalachian Trail A wild pony in the Grayson Highlands licks the sweat from my trekking pole. The ponies were introduced in the 70s to help naturally maintain the highlands, but have become so used to people that they can be a nuisance. | Mile 498.3 VA 4/17/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129511128-6MFLZY5MTWHKQID9A0V9/AT_2017_075.jpg Appalachian Trail Part of the trail known as Fat Man Squeeze. | Mile 499.1 VA 4/17/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129528755-EEIIA1NE9N8ZCPDUDS0K/AT_2017_076.jpg Appalachian Trail 500 miles! | Mile 500.0 VA 4/17/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129522179-DL47N3VA6EFCG3XXD1J5/AT_2017_077.jpg Appalachian Trail Gandalf, Snickers, Couscous (me) and Grapenut at the 500 mile mark. | Mile 500 VA 4/17/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129533249-VVGVCJWRQNQB4GGVCVSU/AT_2017_078.jpg Appalachian Trail Grayson Highlands. | Mile 501.4 VA 4/17/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129544589-LS85RWRR2DBTGT14EDOQ/AT_2017_079.jpg Appalachian Trail Fox Creek. | Mile 510.9 VA 4/18/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129541746-FPF6FBP0MZNDOPW5EHST/AT_2017_080.jpg Appalachian Trail These cows followed us while we hiked acros a farmers field just outside of Atkins, VA. We camped just on the edge of the field on the opposite side of a fence. When we woke up, the cows were standing in a straight line along the fence staring at us. They scattered once they realized we saw them. | Mile 545.9 VA 4/19/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129547754-UN9DOLBOZMQE213X62MW/AT_2017_081.jpg Appalachian Trail Another farmers field the trail went through. | Mile 554.1 VA 4/20/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129556757-F48ZCI952VBBTY4BZJDS/AT_2017_082.jpg Appalachian Trail Chestnut Knob Shelter was an old fire wardens cabin that was gutted and turned into a shelter when fire towers became obsolete. The foundation for the fire tower is visible in the bottom middle fo frame. Everything behind the cabin is the Beartown Wilderness. 180 degrees in the opposite direction is a valley known for having some of the most fertile soil in Virginia. | Mile 568.1 VA 4/20/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129566335-EYWKMEC66LA0T13YQKLX/AT_2017_083.jpg Appalachian Trail A ridge where our right side was completely fogged in, and the left side was a perfectly clear sunny day. | Mile 575.3 VA 4/21/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129567950-IB7S67BQWRQIRJOTKCHS/AT_2017_084.jpg Appalachian Trail Ping Pong and Olde English playing Euchre at Woods Hole Hostel. We stayed there for 3 days while there was a rain storm that was turrential for 48 hours without a break. | Mile 623.7 VA 4/24/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129584104-UKIOB39Q5K8D0KIQ6DX3/AT_2017_085.jpg Appalachian Trail Ping Pong, Olde English and Two Step. | Mile 626.5 VA 4/25/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129580189-37VI4D09CZXNIDP54PC2/AT_2017_086.jpg Appalachian Trail Two Step. | Mile 631.8 VA 4/25/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129598348-VG1SOTNKJ8TTO6VSY6OJ/AT_2017_088.jpg Appalachian Trail The best kind of hike- a hike to a grocery store. Grocery stores were few and far between, when a town was big enough for one it was a momentous occasion. | Mile 634.3 VA 4/25/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129605852-H2CFNBJ88FSEPSOCR2EM/AT_2017_089.jpg Appalachian Trail Grapenut, Chili Mac, and Two Step on an exposed ridgeline. | Mile 649.8 VA 4/26/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129615915-MFH54XCBNIR7ZKB0NIHN/AT_2017_090.jpg Appalachian Trail Grapenut pulling himself across a river on a zipline. On the opposite bank is The Captain's, a man who allows hikers to camp in his yard and enjoy a fridge stocked full of soda. | Mile 655.9 VA 4/27/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129617291-OGKRAW74M05XR56TTS0Y/AT_2017_091.jpg Appalachian Trail Two Step was having serious foot pain due to some bad shoes. She walked barefoot for a couple of miles, then in her crocs for a couple of miles. She didn't have enough cushion in the crocs, so we put Grapenut's on the outside of hers to add a little extra. She walked another few miles like this until she reached a road to hitch into town and get new shoes. Badass. Chili Mac is pictured in the background, drinking coffee. | Mile 658.6 VA 4/27/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129633900-5SFJMOJFLC7UDCCQVD30/AT_2017_092.jpg Appalachian Trail Grapenut, Throwback and Ping Pong ford a small stream. | Mile 673.4 VA 4/27/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129641258-LVJYQXCYM64T3DE1OO9H/AT_2017_093.jpg Appalachian Trail Grapenut helps Olde English move his tent to a better location by the creek. This is at the Bat Ranch, a wonderful property with three caves on it, one of which we went caving in. | Mile 675.7 VA 4/28/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129649470-0XUV2VPLGWG0TTXYNMYU/AT_2017_094.jpg Appalachian Trail Grapenut and Olde English playing Stump, my new favorite game. | Mile 675.7 VA 4/28/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129659039-CNJI8ZNLS4DJCJBUIH1Y/AT_2017_095.jpg Appalachian Trail Ping Pong paces in his underwear while on the phone with his Mom. | Mile 675.7 VA 4/28/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129659770-MZZCEWFB2RE37K1LWLEA/AT_2017_096.jpg Appalachian Trail Olde English chomps on a cucumber. | Mile 675.7 VA 4/28/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129676499-6UHI7DSFWI1C5HI5LDN4/AT_2017_097.jpg Appalachian Trail Lazer show at the Bat Ranch. There is a diesel powered hot tub the owners built which we enjoyed very much. | Mile 675.7 VA 4/28/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129675790-ONK9IFCJML39JHTLOSRY/AT_2017_098.jpg Appalachian Trail At the Bat Ranch, we all just wore our crocs rather than shoes. Our feet weren't used to seeing sun, and Two Step, the palest of the bunch got sunburned. | Mile 675.7 VA 4/28/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129690897-O91XFE3VUM19VGTY0DM0/AT_2017_099.jpg Appalachian Trail Eastern Continental Divide. Just a short 400 mile side hike to the ocean! | Mile 682.9 VA 4/30/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129691492-TLFVMVJD4QKPPGWKS00Z/AT_2017_100.jpg Appalachian Trail Dragons Tooth stone monolith. A big storm was rolling in, so we booked it on the way down from here. It was poorly blazed and we took the wrong trail down a steep descent, realized, and had to climb back up. The correct descent was so brutal it gave me pain that lasted for 1,000 miles. At least it was pretty up there! | Mile 699.9 VA 5/1/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129704926-QXJFVET8KZK477CMIM7D/AT_2017_101.jpg Appalachian Trail On top of Dragons Tooth. This is the moment I looked to the west and saw the dark storm clouds coming our way. In the background is Brush Mountain, where we had hiked from earlier that day. | Mile 699.9 VA 5/1/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129704510-7THS296MGGFFQ6PHR2ZQ/AT_2017_102.jpg Appalachian Trail McAfee Knob, one of the best views on the trail. The trail follows the ridge that runs along the center of the frame to Tinker Cliffs, another phenomenal view. Just behind the rock I'm sitting on is Roanoke, VA. | Mile 712.0 VA 5/2/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129716737-42BJZS1V12FIPJ5YDODB/AT_2017_103.jpg Appalachian Trail View from the other side of McAfee Knob. | Mile 712.0 VA 5/2/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129717448-52L980IZ2KONC9SOD3OQ/AT_2017_104.jpg Appalachian Trail Grapenut and I enjoying the view. | Mile 712.0 VA 5/2/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129728296-H6JETE1YC6XROXO4XPTX/AT_2017_105.jpg Appalachian Trail About time someone said something, even if it is just more graffiti. | Mile 712.7 VA 5/2/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129728479-QCU2XC845NHKYKJQY9OO/AT_2017_106.jpg Appalachian Trail As is tradition, I'm peeing off Tinker Cliffs. Strong winds made for some bad spray. | Mile 717.6 VA 5/2/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129743478-G02O883S1A0IAY9GNHMY/AT_2017_107.jpg Appalachian Trail Lucas and Al came to hike 60 miles with Grapenut and I. Their trail names would become Whittler and Supple. | Mile 733.1 VA 5/3/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129744575-AOTZFEKM6284NYS7NNQA/AT_2017_108.jpg Appalachian Trail Supple and Whittler setting up camp for the night in a gorgeous little holler. In the 1800s, this area was used for mass charcoal production furnaces. | Mile 738.8 VA 5/3/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129756973-X8GV9H865OQVHX01ROF5/AT_2017_109.jpg Appalachian Trail Whittler whittling by a creek. | Mile 738.8 VA 5/3/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129776049-JWC2RSZNR8EU921R4N6G/AT_2017_111.jpg Appalachian Trail Whittler and Supple trucking along. | Mile 757.9 VA 5/5/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129781578-HYVCXX5PSVZXUU6F1CJ9/AT_2017_112.jpg Appalachian Trail Whittler enjoys Blackrock view and figures out which mountains we crossed over in the distance. | Mile 765.9 VA 5/5/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129787460-EKXBUFVDGP49Q0G2EV2A/AT_2017_113.jpg Appalachian Trail Grapenut challenges the 40 mph winds to step it up. | Mile 771.7 VA 5/6/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129792756-KZVCSULKQTVP4TQ9DTIK/AT_2017_114.jpg Appalachian Trail Whittler enjoys the view and laughs about how ridiculous the wind is. | Mile 771.7 VA 5/6/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129797747-E5X6FLNKJSG1WXU7A55Z/AT_2017_115.jpg Appalachian Trail Supple also enjoys the view and the weather. | Mile 771.7 VA 5/6/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129808770-54MLWH9P6TC6S3I5CNG1/AT_2017_116.jpg Appalachian Trail Whittler and Supple ready for another day of hiking. | Mile 773.5 VA 5/6/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129810078-2ZVLN83IX23DU0TFLRNA/AT_2017_117.jpg Appalachian Trail Mile 739.8 VA 5/8/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129823955-QW1HKF9LZESPKKEIHXBN/AT_2017_118.jpg Appalachian Trail Camp for the night. | Mile 804.9 VA 5/8/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129828644-13U8OOB639B8RKN7Z1BC/AT_2017_119.jpg Appalachian Trail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129836542-CNDW1KY2VNAK4PR95YVM/AT_2017_120.jpg Appalachian Trail Mile 833.8 VA 5/10/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129843085-Q3ID2I0308Q72D6EI8HN/AT_2017_121.jpg Appalachian Trail A Red Spotted Newt, seen on almost the entire length of the trail. As the newt gets older, it turns green and transitions to living in water full time. | Mile 841.1 VA 5/11/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129852889-SL7WBAPC73ES7HYQ2ZZQ/AT_2017_122.jpg Appalachian Trail Just before entering Shenandoah National Park, we stopped in to Waynesboro, Virginia. They had a thru hiker campsite on the edge of town, but there was no water source. Thankfully, it was raining. | Mile 861.9 VA 5/12/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129857731-E6J0Q9IIPQLB3XAF6NTJ/AT_2017_123.jpg Appalachian Trail Grapenut does some mustache maintenence. | Mile 900.7 VA 5/15/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129868009-5UYSLG3Z1TLPXP1PF9EG/AT_2017_124.jpg Appalachian Trail The trail followed Skyline Drive for .1 miles, and crossed US 33, which ultimately goes straight back home to Athens. | Mile 907.4 VA 5/15/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129871078-B560D4FLQ0OYL7IYX5OS/AT_2017_125.jpg Appalachian Trail Grapenut on Little Stony Man Cliffs looking down on Luray, VA. | Mile 933.5 VA 5/16/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129883345-H0QLNV9LRYECI0LZBYO5/AT_2017_126.jpg Appalachian Trail Myself on Little Stony Man Cliffs. Behind me is the highest point in Shenandoah National Park, a measly 3,837 feet. | Mile 933.5 VA 5/16/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129886453-QNJ8OMTZ4VUWSVY7I4Y0/AT_2017_127.jpg Appalachian Trail Sunset from Byrds Nest #3 Hut. | Mile 938.8 VA 5/16/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129893636-F1C0FF98GSGGEG9IRARX/AT_2017_128.jpg Appalachian Trail The view from Mary's Rock. | Mile 940.1 VA 5/17/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129900451-KMX074HR9Y077VQNVN4U/AT_2017_129.jpg Appalachian Trail The view from Mary's Rock. | Mile 940.1 VA 5/17/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129907375-VPBTGEU1646ZA4L70N7J/AT_2017_130.jpg Appalachian Trail Kaleidoscope basking in the sun. | Mile 952.1 VA 5/17/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129914403-QX7X4JL0Y0N69A4AC43Q/AT_2017_131.jpg Appalachian Trail I had my first fall and cut up my elbow. I didn't even realize for two miles. | Mile 969.7 VA 5/19/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129922039-WPRLC4EQAGVWABZ45W9E/AT_2017_132.jpg Appalachian Trail We stayed at a hostel with no trees for hammocking, so I became a ground dweller for the night. | Mile 969.7 VA 5/19/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129929998-E0P5OBAQN7AMYS4AW1SZ/AT_2017_133.jpg Appalachian Trail 1,000 miles!! | Mile 1,000.0 VA 5/24/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129939322-G0N93EU0LFTRGPMQ2ENV/AT_2017_134.jpg Appalachian Trail Camp after completing the Roller Coaster, a brutal 13.5 miles of abrupt ascents and descents. Total mileage for the day was 24. It was also my final mile in Virginia, and since 1/4 of the trail is there it was a big moment. | Mile 1,014.4 WV 5/25/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129941478-JIFO7G09IPYM3K8RRVLQ/AT_2017_135.jpg Appalachian Trail The Potomac River. | Mile 1023.5 WV 5/25/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129951782-DDLHQ9GE50ST9SRFF3SV/AT_2017_136.jpg Appalachian Trail Small snake! Found at the beginning of the Four State Challenge, where I hiked starting one foot in Virginia, four miles in West Virginia, 38 miles in Maryland, and finishing in Pennsylvania all in 24 hours. 43 miles total. | Mile 1,030.1 MD 5/26/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129954234-GEFAD3GV6UPBP2WI0ZNK/AT_2017_137.jpg Appalachian Trail Sunrise over a Civil War battlefield as I wrapped up the four state challenge. Only nine miles to go from this point. | Mile 1,058.7 MD 5/27/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129967176-G039BXQ4EA73EK4SNR63/AT_2017_138.jpg Appalachian Trail The end of both the four state cahllenge and the south. | Mile 1,064.6 PA 5/27/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129971781-35ACSNHNF48QX53R2E81/AT_2017_139.jpg Appalachian Trail 43 miles worth of dirt in camp after completing the four state challenge. | Mile 1,065.2 PA 5/27/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129986104-YEJEFVADIAG1FL7E6QDD/AT_2017_140.jpg Appalachian Trail Falls Creek. | Mile 1065.2 PA 5/27/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129991061-J4VF8VVJN49WWDIKA52H/AT_2017_141.jpg Appalachian Trail Camping at Falls Creek. | Mile 1,065.2 PA 5/27/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130010169-2FT4ZS60A28OXXGM0OL2/AT_2017_142.jpg Appalachian Trail Sunset at Falls Creek. | Mile 1,065.2 PA 5/27/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130017833-Q22I04XJR4Y1HB0ISUU3/AT_2017_143.jpg Appalachian Trail Halfway sign! Fun fact, this isn't actually halfway, since the trail changes a little bit each year. The 2017 halfway point is about four miles north. | Mile 1,090.5 PA 5/30/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130019219-PHHIR2CWLRMPMPFETGJI/AT_2017_144.jpg Appalachian Trail Captain Jack blows bubbles on the porch of Trail Angel Mary's in Duncannon, PA. | Mile 1,147.2 PA 6/2/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130031068-ZPVX8GQC1MDCAE8GVK6D/AT_2017_145.jpg Appalachian Trail Trail Angel Mary and Not Tonight enjoying some people watching on the porch. Trail Angel Mary is one of the most inspiring people I have ever met. She allows thru hikers to stay in her home and relax during their time in Duncannon. | Mile 1,147.2 PA 6/2/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130035193-JUZOTX94QN0OO58EK8AB/AT_2017_146.jpg Appalachian Trail Isaac came to walk for a few days with me, his trail name became Sloth. | Mile 1,230.8 PA 6/5/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130046517-YC8WBU0F9OHFJTQ4NRED/AT_2017_147.jpg Appalachian Trail Sloth, new to the backpacking game, added a bit too much water to his ramen. | Mile 1,230.8 PA 6/5/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130054760-2ZV6XXKWEW1BOKFH96G5/AT_2017_148.jpg Appalachian Trail Pennsylvania, otherwise known as Rocksylvania. This is what the trail looked like in much of the state. | Mile 1,243.1 PA 6/6/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130058710-WNWJKS0AP2XPU7XWBIFK/AT_2017_149.jpg Appalachian Trail Sloth and I hiking the Knife Edge, an exposed stretch of very steep rock slabs. | Mile 1,247.0 PA 6/6/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130069754-U9EW60N5MUCR5HYESBP1/AT_2017_150.jpg Appalachian Trail The knifes edge. | Mile 1,247.0 PA 6/6/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130068015-L57W7P5KNTKJ19C0IO9E/AT_2017_151.jpg Appalachian Trail A lovely side scenic trail. | Mile 1,255.5 PA 6/7/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130080614-ZDCAWJ7S8P05P4TOGE8M/AT_2017_152.jpg Appalachian Trail Sloth and I about to ascend a 1,000 foot rock scramble, the first on the trail. Soon, this would be what the trail was all the time. | Mile 1,258.8 PA 6/7/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130083070-HGYF1SV4AS6WK8STFLUV/AT_2017_153.jpg Appalachian Trail The trail. | Mile 1,258.8 PA 6/7/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130096907-YIHRP3NYDE2WJHT7MPDS/AT_2017_154.jpg Appalachian Trail I found this smiley face on the trail. It remained on my pack for the rest of the hike. | Mile 1,262.7 PA 6/7/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130098473-MRPVP2F7TTG8YCAX7O1O/AT_2017_155.jpg Appalachian Trail Sloth eagerly waits for his water to boil. | 1,267.5 PA 6/7/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130109861-OW5UCNXSIO1CFPQBFCDX/AT_2017_156.jpg Appalachian Trail Our final selfie, largely to show off my new groundscore hat. I wore it all the way to Katahdin. | Mile 1,277.1 6/8/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130110242-NK2WKUTOKB9LUTC1RE52/AT_2017_157.jpg Appalachian Trail I camped on an exposed ridgeline that was popular with paragliders, two of them were getting in the air for the final time when I arrived. | Mile 1,287.5 PA 6/8/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130124632-PI46R6F9LYZM25NE7Y0J/AT_2017_158.jpg Appalachian Trail Cooking dinner. | Mile 1,287.5 PA 6/8/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130124338-KZJ6MAY3ZS6N03SR5N9N/AT_2017_159.jpg Appalachian Trail The summit of Kittatinny Mountain. | Mile 1,302.0 NJ 6/12/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130140245-VZK5K9NIU8Y6U95J3BP2/AT_2017_160.jpg Appalachian Trail Unnamed swamp. | Mile 1,307.9 NJ 6/13/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130139481-WRVZ4N4TTKYRUOTCOKBS/AT_2017_161.jpg Appalachian Trail Mountain Laurel, one of the most abundant plants on the trail. | Mile 1,307.9 NJ 6/13/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130151648-SM4CHEPFAWU0TWIQQA06/AT_2017_162.jpg Appalachian Trail Sketchy water source to say the least. | Mile 1,317.9 NJ 6/13/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130152462-WNFIA9PILFB9C5R560QB/AT_2017_163.jpg Appalachian Trail The night before we met a couple of trail maintainers who were bringing water to a shelter that didn't have a source. My water filter was clogged, and it can be cleaned with vinegar. Karma, the maintainer, said that her Mom lived right down the street and drives past a trailhead on her way to work that we would pass the following day. When we got to the trailhead, this was waiting for us, along with some other water and food. She was a true trail angel. | Mile 1,362.4 NJ 6/16/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130167019-MI1HU4C6S5FZR5ABO5BV/AT_2017_164.jpg Appalachian Trail New Jersey- New York Border. | Mile 1,366.0 NJ/NY 6/16/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130164002-LU7AAMNZM6N66LGKGQNF/AT_2017_165.jpg Appalachian Trail New Jersey- New York Border. | Mile 1,366.0 NJ/NY 6/16/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130178910-ZO0040CTXPOO381N9FYT/AT_2017_166.jpg Appalachian Trail Some border yoga. | Mile 1,366.0 NJ/NY 6/16/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130177147-ZK5KAERZWZDVML5YJYI6/AT_2017_167.jpg Appalachian Trail Prospect Rock, the highest point on the AT in New York at a pitiful 1,433 feet. At least it was absolutely gorgeous! | Mile 1,366.4 NY 6/16/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130190275-LUL6LHO76CQHU5PKZEVU/AT_2017_168.jpg Appalachian Trail Grapenut lounges on a bench as we wait for a ride. | Mile 1383.9 NY 6/17/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130191968-TU428CQCM8187Y5IQ2VN/AT_2017_169.jpg Appalachian Trail Fingerboard Shelter had no water source, but a storm was coming and there was a lot of trash scattered about. We jerryrigged this device and had more water than we knew what to do with. It tasted like roof, though. | Mile 1,388.3 NY 6/19/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130206973-03D3USVGJIFZBQZAVQ02/AT_2017_170.jpg Appalachian Trail A view of the New York City skyline from Black Mountain, around 40 miles away. Pretty crazy to think that from our location in the middle of nowhere, we were staring at nearly 9 million people. | Mile 1,394.9 NY 6/20/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130205960-NAMEI4VA96IY25OL6JYQ/AT_2017_171.jpg Appalachian Trail Nuclear Lake, formerly used as a test site for the Manhattan Project. Needless to say, I did not drink that water. It was also on this very sad day that I saw Grapenut for the final time. | Mile 1,442.7 NY 6/22/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130216143-ALXD5MZAEMPBZG9QWMIH/AT_2017_172.jpg Appalachian Trail A classic New York marshmallow farm. | Mile 1,495.7 CT 6/25/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130217992-XDNYCCHSQFRGO0JJH34Y/AT_2017_173.jpg Appalachian Trail Mile 1,509.7 CT 6/26/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130230574-9UK6Z50EDOI9AI5XADYZ/AT_2017_174.jpg Appalachian Trail After a few hundred miles of tiny mountains, finally something substantial. | Mile 1,509.7 CT 6/26/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130232489-B9NWGYGX8DEIKKB4SKLO/AT_2017_175.jpg Appalachian Trail Springer, a puppy walking with her owner Billy Goat. | Mile 1,509.7 CT 6/26/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130240144-NSLAR2OXJZDYWKFILEDK/AT_2017_176.jpg Appalachian Trail Benedict Pond. | 1,531.1 MA 6/26/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130244657-8YABE61KUZCRWGVSDRGR/AT_2017_177.jpg Appalachian Trail The summit of Mt. Greylock, the highest peak in Massachusetts. In the distance, Vermont is visible. | Mile 1,585.9 MA 6/28/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130256736-W16JKQX8JF5P7E8P0JQ9/AT_2017_178.jpg Appalachian Trail The view from Glastenbury Mountain lookout tower. Alpine zones, here I come. | Mile 1,621.0 MA/VT 6/30/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130257198-5DRH0JA2WHU7CA6HAPG5/AT_2017_179.jpg Appalachian Trail Sock drying apparatus. Moments after this image was taken, two inches of rain fell in an hour. Good thing I was in a hammock, because I was over a puddle! | Mile 1,633.2 VT 6/30/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130272179-5DSX1A30R4Q54H8DUROJ/AT_2017_180.jpg Appalachian Trail The view from Stratton Mountain. It was on this summit that Benton McKaye was insprired to create the Appalachian Trail. | Mile 1,637.0 VT 7/1/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130277665-LOLVEAN887S8YU3FHZHM/AT_2017_181.jpg Appalachian Trail My brother Gabriel, trail name Cropduster, ascends Bromley Mountain with my Dad, trail name Mr. Cous in the background. Bromley Mountain is a ski slope in the winder, hence the unobstructed path. | Mile 1,653.7 VT 7/2/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130288372-VKFVCU1JR6ZVAWW4OVS2/AT_2017_182.jpg Appalachian Trail Cropduster on Baker Peak, one of the most beautiful views in Vermont. | Mile 1,659.5 VT 7/3/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130288677-MLWWM5DU5YLW0N6YT04R/AT_2017_183.jpg Appalachian Trail Mile 1,659.5 VT 7/3/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130304750-NHQFLMHZVEWJB8MDFCMX/AT_2017_184.jpg Appalachian Trail Thundering Falls. | Mile 1,706.2 VT 7/4/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130304808-JJ86ZQ6EL2WC7127T8RG/AT_2017_185.jpg Appalachian Trail My view for the night atop Ascutney Mountain. | Mile 1,723.3 VT 7/4/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130323309-L88A9F1YZGP6WACX9YSM/AT_2017_186.jpg Appalachian Trail Surly crossing Barnard Brook. Trail magic consisting of sodas was awaiting on the other side. | Mile 1,726.7 VT 7/5/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130320727-WIF53U34LW017B19N8MX/AT_2017_187.jpg Appalachian Trail Vermont was gorgeous, but crossing into New Hampshire meant hiking the White Mountains, and the beginning of the end of the hike. Crossing the border was a road walk that took us through the quintessential New England town of Norwich, VT and into Hanover New Hampshire, home of Darmouth College. | Mile 1,747.1 VT/NH 7/5/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130335180-ODWV3LPIO1I8OZJ5X0H9/AT_2017_188.jpg Appalachian Trail That Guy and myself posing on the green of Darmouth College looking far scruffier than anyone else around. We stealth camped in the woods attached to a country club. | Mile 1,747.7 NH 7/6/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130336032-YHTHWS7PH7IS8S08TKNP/AT_2017_189.jpg Appalachian Trail Shutter and myself enjoying the view on Moose Mountain south peak. | Mile 1,757.8 NH 7/6/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130344543-RT8SWSCV6YU7MWVCPZX4/AT_2017_190.jpg Appalachian Trail Two Step eats lunch in the fire tower on Smarts Mountain. From up here we could see the White Mountains for the first time. | Mile 1,770.9 NH 7/7/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130352009-2UT0E79HR278GZHKPMVH/AT_2017_191.jpg Appalachian Trail Mt. Cube south peak. | Mile 1,777.9 NH 7/7/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130360193-3TWF92OWL7SGF0TEN26B/AT_2017_192.jpg Appalachian Trail The first of many vertical rock slabs the trail went up. | Mile 1,777.9 NH 7/7/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130371018-M4AR0KMPJIACK8HLOFCC/AT_2017_193.jpg Appalachian Trail Welcome to the Whites! Here's a river to ford. | Mile 1,791.1 NH 7/8/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130378512-F2CKY0AEHPIPQF9ZNYCK/AT_2017_194.jpg Appalachian Trail The trail coming down the north side of Mount Moosilauke. | Mile 1,800.2 NH 7/9/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130380358-GC7D27HHAQHLBHG2MVDT/AT_2017_195.jpg Appalachian Trail The view from South Kinsman mountain, one of my favorite rock scrambles of the entire hike. The trail would later cross many of the mountains in view. | Mile 1,810.4 NH 7/9/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130385932-DWULBGVB71QKIZNBLIM3/AT_2017_196.jpg Appalachian Trail Lonesome Lake, with Mt. Lafayette and the Franconia Ridge in the distance. | Mile 1,813.7 NH 7/9/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130395802-DG4WD17MVUDL0EMV69OT/AT_2017_197.jpg Appalachian Trail Cascade Brook. | Mile 1,813.7 NH 7/9/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130397340-LXJS9Z17I7OKRQWSESSD/AT_2017_198.jpg Appalachian Trail The view from Little Haystack Mountain. | Mile 1,821.4 NH 7/10/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130402755-JN6GJTQERT8951RGJ3GK/AT_2017_199.jpg Appalachian Trail Mt. Lincoln, part of the Franconia Ridge with Mt. Lafayette in the distance. Most of the high peaks in the Whites are above treeline. | Mile 1,822.1 NH 7/10/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130407980-I1OZE39MNX4REBF7KQNY/AT_2017_200.jpg Appalachian Trail Enjoying the view from Webster Cliffs. | Mile 1,846.8 NH 7/1//17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130413707-0510YUFFY4Z2GILHLF3U/AT_2017_201.jpg Appalachian Trail Mt. Pierce. | Mile 1,851.6 NH 7/11/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130418759-LBV57753EAX7KU5T9SDM/AT_2017_202.jpg Appalachian Trail Mt. Franklin. | Mile 1,854.4 NH 7/11/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130426043-YACBEGW1ER1W1P4EBQZ8/AT_2017_203.jpg Appalachian Trail A reassuring sign at the beginning of the ascent up Mt. Washington, the second highest peak on the AT at 6,288 feet. | Mile 1,856.9 NH 7/12/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130428135-YBDKX5Z42LJO2MZ86X3G/AT_2017_204.jpg Appalachian Trail This was all I could see in much of the Whites: fog, rocks, and poorly marked trails. | Mile 1,856.9 NH 7/12/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130438510-CJTNMWFGVYR6QMZ7W58V/AT_2017_205.jpg Appalachian Trail The back side of Mt. Washington. I accidentally went down the wrong "trail", which was an 80 degree incline with loose rock and running water. I made it 1,500 feet down the mountain, realized I wasn't on the AT, and had to climb back up. This image truly doesn't do the severity of the drop justice. | Mile 1,857.7 NH 7/12/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130439197-DKS91NGYUYT46YDHDFIP/AT_2017_206.jpg Appalachian Trail Dream Lake. | Mile 1,901.2 NH 7/14/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130458343-G734D4XD34VT0ONY1LKC/AT_2017_207.jpg Appalachian Trail Alpine zone trail. | Mile 1902.0 NH 7/14/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130451434-GL8J4XV7SE4J8JJI13M6/AT_2017_208.jpg Appalachian Trail I made it to Maine! Only 280 miles to Katahdin. | Mile 1,908.0 NH/ME 7/15/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130462893-1X3UYJCFX4XK0L3PE461/AT_2017_209.jpg Appalachian Trail Mahoosuc Notch, a mile long boulderfield. See that black hole in the middle of frame? I crawled out of that. | Mile 1,914.5 ME 7/15/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130471576-319FJNOKXWB6YKAGXLCD/AT_2017_210.jpg Appalachian Trail Baldpate west peak, with the east peak just a bit further. | Mile 1,925.7 ME 7/16/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130479862-952197EEYUIQ23II29WN/AT_2017_211.jpg Appalachian Trail Olde English summits Baldpate east peak. | Mile 1,926.6 ME 7/16/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130487279-TAZZ16NGHC3YWEE6WODL/AT_2017_212.jpg Appalachian Trail On the summit of Baldpate east peak. | Mile 1,926.6 ME 7/16/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130495367-GRVD8KJ2HBHYH9JA8CW1/AT_2017_213.jpg Appalachian Trail Completing my evening chores after a muddy day. I was also sick and short on food, which made for a very sad time. | Mile 1,951.7 ME 7/17/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130502584-HEBJEY0XHZYP79DOW4SQ/AT_2017_214.jpg Appalachian Trail Chopstix and Olde English waiting for a car to drive by on a seldom traveled Maine highway. | Mile 1,969.4 ME 7/18/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130511360-WEL8YBA7219JEOFT4PAJ/AT_2017_215.jpg Appalachian Trail The climb to the summit of Saddleback Mountain, which was above treeline. | Mile 1,975.1 ME 7/21/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130510448-UCW0L4O0U97D42DZ8IHM/AT_2017_216.jpg Appalachian Trail The Horn. | Mile 1,976.7 ME 7/21/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130533599-MRS5ZAIPYEZVEVBSMUB6/AT_2017_217.jpg Appalachian Trail Olde English and Chopstix finish their descent from The Horn. | Mile 1,977.0 ME 7/21/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130533255-WRWAMDYSZVC5R3A7I6P1/AT_2017_218.jpg Appalachian Trail Sunset shining through the clouds of an incoming storm. | Mile 1977.0 ME 7/21/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130550885-G3JYJ1I7I6R7LI76Q0KC/AT_2017_219.jpg Appalachian Trail Enjoying a dip in Carrabasset River. | Mile 1,993.2 ME 7/22/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130544762-BJNTH81JJS3PUAYG9B9X/AT_2017_220.jpg Appalachian Trail The summit of Bigelow Mountain. We got incredibly lucky and hit this location on a super clear day. It was so clear that we were able to clearly see Mt. Katahdin from nearly 100 miles away, which was the first time we had the privilege of looking at it. It was both massively motivational and quite depressing; the end was literally in sight. Katahdin is the very faint, flat topped mountain on the horizon a little less than 1/4 of the way from the left edge. | Mile 2,009.3 ME 7/23/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130555594-Y3TG32QZBSB05WZ8LUEN/AT_2017_221.jpg Appalachian Trail East Carry Pond. | Mile 2,028.3 ME 7/24/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130574960-D0V3EA89Z9PJ8DVCKSU9/AT_2017_222.jpg Appalachian Trail Maine truly was a wonderland. | Mile 2,035.2 ME 7/24/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130566925-OZMUAKL50993F15VDTDR/AT_2017_223.jpg Appalachian Trail Gung-ho for fire safety. | Mile 2,038.6 ME 7/24/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130580193-GOYNNRS6D716UZYQ82DS/AT_2017_224.jpg Appalachian Trail Chopstix diligently removes a small silica drying agent bead from his headphone jack in a position known only to true professionals. | Mile 2,038.6 7/25/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130593223-Y76F5QQJN2ML8WQY8Q3X/AT_2017_225.jpg Appalachian Trail Easily my favorite hang, I strapped up right on the edge of a 20 foot deep crack in a rock with a creek running through it. I've slept on a lot of rocks and next to a lot of creeks, but the unique beauty of this site was simply mezmerizing. | Mile 2,053.3 ME 7/25/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130592117-UWRUY6B2SF0W4UQ64YLX/AT_2017_226.jpg Appalachian Trail Moxie Bald, and our second Katahdin sighting, this time about 20x larger in our view. It is in the distance, center of the frame. | Mile 2,055.3 ME 7/26/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130603452-N2IN2TAA9INFY6FMBHKL/AT_2017_227.jpg Appalachian Trail Two Step had lost so much weight over the last couple of weeks that her hip belt no longer fit. She created spacers out of her crocs and all was well. | Mile 2,068.6 ME 7/26/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130609315-80CPNUJ669XLT7OGG41L/AT_2017_228.jpg Appalachian Trail Just outside of Monson, Maine was the beginning of the 100 Mile Wilderness. | Mile 2,075.3 ME 7/26/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130617184-AK0OEDWL8LIZRZ78X0PW/AT_2017_229.jpg Appalachian Trail Chopstix and Olde English ecstatic about being in the 100 Mile Wilderness. | Mile 2,075.3 ME 7/26/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130623095-RY9DB4CYLUW1V5IZSBU2/AT_2017_230.jpg Appalachian Trail Spectacle Pond. | Mile 2,075.4 ME 7/26/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130638059-QCVTCDDCMNCNABO2TV50/AT_2017_231.jpg Appalachian Trail Two Step thought she could find a better place to cross the Pleasant River, but misjudged and ended up to her pack in water. | Mile 2,105.6 ME 7/27/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130636404-OL76DHIV6JK0ZTDS2L5L/AT_2017_232.jpg Appalachian Trail After a bit of inopportune rain, the sun made way for a beautiful evening. Due to my consistently inaccurate map, I never found the water source that was supposed to be there and had to push on while starving a few more miles to the pond seen in this image. Hiking during a lovely sunset made it well worth it | Mile 2,099.0 ME 7/27/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130657991-9T7YEU7EK402K5U283YO/AT_2017_233.jpg Appalachian Trail Sunset from the forest. | Mile 2,100.0 ME 7/27/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130653632-7XDORISPX901S4HUPB5U/AT_2017_234.jpg Appalachian Trail Another even better view of Katahdin from Whitecap Mountain, our last mountain of real substance to climb. | Mile 2,117.9 ME 7/28/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130672956-886ZC4BNK0M67SYO3267/AT_2017_235.jpg Appalachian Trail Another good hang. | Mile 2,122.0 ME 7/28/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130674826-JT7FUZBF6DY7J9F4VJK2/AT_2017_236.jpg Appalachian Trail Chopstix lost his spork, so a tent stake would have to do. | Mile 2,122.0 ME 7/28/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130690712-AIXJF2B3793BVQPWEKNA/AT_2017_237.jpg Appalachian Trail Another, even better view of Katahdin from Pemadumcook lake. | Mile 2,142.1 ME 7/29/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130699635-A0RF13D3PGHUB45A5IHG/AT_2017_238.jpg Appalachian Trail Two Step doing some end of the day stretches. | Mile 2,145.3 ME 7/29/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130706535-V0IGA09TAIVQKD5O86MY/AT_2017_239.jpg Appalachian Trail The view that made it all too real. I sat, cried, and stared at Katahdin for nearly an hour. Katahdin seemed to have an energy surrounding it, steadily getting more powerful the closer we got. Here, it really started to hit home that real life would resume in just a couple of days. If only a picture could do it justice. | Mile 2,168.7 ME 7/30/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130712515-6R6LITBIVGH3MHIEWQXB/AT_2017_240.jpg Appalachian Trail Blueberry Ledges, a side trail we took to enjoy our final day before summiting Katahdin. | Mile 2,180.1 ME 7/31/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130729615-CCPQ9LYATZLXSH9SSIVI/AT_2017_241.jpg Appalachian Trail Myself, Chopstix, Olde English and Two step taking a soothing soak in a Katahdin spring fed river. | Mile 2,180.1 ME 7/31/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130729759-RB38YD9S8D3837BXYLV8/AT_2017_242.jpg Appalachian Trail Blueberry Ledges. | Mile 2,180.1 ME 7/31/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130751375-8H1809F05BEGGIFO8D7A/AT_2017_243.jpg Appalachian Trail Even more Maine pristine forest. | Mile 2,184.0 ME 7/31/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130737920-L9OE8RNIRC3QPN6ATLJJ/AT_2017_244.jpg Appalachian Trail Halfway up Katahdin, my view of Owl Mountain. | Mile 2,187.8 ME 8/1/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130751602-0VWPPU98P0IAQBYP7GRL/AT_2017_245.jpg Appalachian Trail I completed my thru hike around 8:10 am on August 1st, 151 days after setting out from Amicalola Falls 2,190.3 miles south. | Mile 2,190.3 ME 8/1/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130769486-TCYJ35WAETZHP5CU98ON/AT_2017_246.jpg Appalachian Trail The view down the back side of Katahdin. Being on this mountain, I felt as if I were truly somwhere special. This place has been important to people for thousands of years and it's easy to see why. | Mile 2,190.3 ME 8/1/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130770878-4YY0I30UUHCFKHIMQBU9/AT_2017_247.jpg Appalachian Trail My gear and a happy Couscous enjoy the moment. | Mile 2,190.3 ME 8/1/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130781630-H46ZTYLATZ18GKODW4VP/AT_2017_248.jpg Appalachian Trail The Gateway and Tableland, a flat part of the summit that one must cross before reaching Baxter Peak, the highest point on the mountain and the terminus of the AT. | Mile 2,190.3 ME 8/1/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130784618-J10KH4LU68NTSBZXGWUS/AT_2017_249.jpg Appalachian Trail Two Step, myself, Olde English and Chopstix at the finish line. We shared a lot of special moments and spaces over the course of the hike, and it felt as if being together at the end was meant to be. | Mile 2,190.3 ME 8/1/17 https://www.evanleonardphotography.com/selfies daily 0.75 2017-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504133176397-FRBV7SKNU328NPBUT639/_DSF0858.jpg Selfies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504133176397-FRBV7SKNU328NPBUT639/_DSF0858.jpg Selfies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504133177025-FQL9IE4PZHK9W5BU6S6P/_DSF0868.jpg Selfies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504133187371-1D5L9YVRQRZVEUH32E7E/_DSF0879.jpg Selfies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504133191940-QP8N75TEZI021PBTQ42N/_DSF0897.jpg Selfies Early morning hike to outrun a storm. | Mile 21.9 GA 3/7/17 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I didn't even realize for two miles. | Mile 969.7 VA 5/19/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504133781742-OXN2TERH08XAELFDWUAQ/_DSF1909.jpg Selfies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504133784240-ZT8RTUE3RRPO13URRG8Q/_DSF1914.jpg Selfies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504133796537-H0Q6JHT892ACJSJ7O5OS/_DSF1916.jpg Selfies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504133797279-ABKCSM4BK5ASKTXRE02I/_DSF1919.jpg Selfies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504133809260-FF9TGP574Z7BHMZKT474/_DSF1924.jpg Selfies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504133810594-9B4WL8DOSBFSUEJRCS7G/_DSF1941.jpg Selfies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504133823161-SNEWWFQOMRHC9E954LW5/_DSF1951.jpg Selfies The end of both the four state cahllenge and the 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Only 280 miles to Katahdin. | Mile 1,908.0 NH/ME 7/15/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504134164757-YW9G3NDUJTFLC1NWZQQJ/_DSF2542.jpg Selfies Mahoosuc Notch, a mile long boulderfield. See that black hole in the middle of frame? 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This climbing area called “The Monastery” was made up of routes that Tommy Caldwell and his dad set. | Estes, CO 7/6/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1547352285770-0YF1TEJGRRXUDVRSGYJY/HappySnaps_2_1383.jpg Summer 2018 One of the wierdest and most beautiful sunsets I have ever seen. A thunderstorm on the right, a sunny double rainbow on the left, and dramatically lit clouds behind us. | Ochoco National Forest, OR 7/17/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1547352371840-BTEBW7AT3ICQ84VHMO28/HappySnaps_2_1477.jpg Summer 2018 Alex gets a haircut from me. It was the first haircut I've given, and it was powered by the sun. | Great Basin National Park, NV 7/18/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1547352355917-FH2CSO4GHPNQ7O3LD72K/HappySnaps_2_1555.jpg Summer 2018 A smoky moonrise over Johnson Lake. | Great Basin National Park, NV 7/27/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1547352485464-CITYOBEEMPCKV6KL3QLM/HappySnaps_2_1604.jpg Summer 2018 Alex, among 3,000 year old bristlecone pines, makes his way up the loose limestone to the summit of Peak 10842. | Great Basin National Park, NV 8/5/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1547352504707-AL9ZQS7BUU92VDHIHLWR/HappySnaps_2_1629.jpg Summer 2018 The Milky Way and Mars present themselves on a clear night. Great Basin National Park is one of the darkest places in the country and is known for its skies. The high elevation, incredibly low humidity, and low light pollution make it a stargazers heaven. | Great Basin National Park, NV 8/5/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1547352574621-OHBECKF6W0R13LA6IOCM/HappySnaps_2_1786.jpg Summer 2018 My pants blew out in the final days at Great Basin National Park. Since there were no stores to resupply for dozens of miles, I got some extra airflow for a while. | Great Basin National Park, NV 8/13/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1547431955887-CMGN2B2ZQ2ESELKHYO3J/HappySnaps_2_1850.jpg Summer 2018 Obligatory chainsaw crew photo. From left to right: Danielle, Crew Lead Mari, Alex and myself. | Great Basin National Park 8/14/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1547431920162-7A2D7WC6OFTLAPKFWZOZ/HappySnaps_2_1877.jpg Summer 2018 A light painted portrait of Dani and I with Wheeler Peak in the distance. | Great Basin National Park, NV 8/19/18 https://www.evanleonardphotography.com/winter-1 daily 0.75 2019-04-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1555955476424-Y6D3IR0S48387UK1XKJI/2019_HappySnaps_0021.jpg Winter 1 My roommate Morgan lounges on the floor. | Tahoma, CA 1/18/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1555955476424-Y6D3IR0S48387UK1XKJI/2019_HappySnaps_0021.jpg Winter 1 My roommate Morgan lounges on the floor. | Tahoma, CA 1/18/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1555955479892-CJMGXLO2VN5KQFE2ZMIO/2019_HappySnaps_0082.jpg Winter 1 Standing around while slowly cleaning up after dinner. | Tahoma, CA 1/20/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1555955587697-GUD5SOJIPKUVWURS5ZNB/2019_HappySnaps_0100.jpg Winter 1 Taking a walk down to the lake. | Tahoma, CA 2/10/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1555955584940-93HEUVRGYJM52DKMGMDU/2019_HappySnaps_0124.jpg Winter 1 Sierra swiped my new hat right off my head. | Tahoma, CA 2/10/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1555955683238-TWVV2TU9CU0EHVIC8IRD/2019_HappySnaps_0147.jpg Winter 1 Morgan surveils the Sierra after several feet of fresh powder dumped the night before. Over 650 inches of snow fell by the end of the season, making it one of the snowiest on record. | Alpine Meadows, CA 2/8/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1555955709999-DKUVH3WW3YULGIUA9R69/2019_HappySnaps_0169.jpg Winter 1 Packing up for the brief move from Tahoe City to Tahoma. | Tahoe City, CA 2/17/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1555955774397-7F3HCWGUOXBNPXO5YIR5/2019_HappySnaps_0224.jpg Winter 1 Jay enthusiastically smokes a cigarette at Winter Wondergrass bluegrass festival. | Squaw Valley, CA 3/31/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1555955777961-CDB59RPAOZOUK8KHI2OC/2019_HappySnaps_0254.jpg Winter 1 As I hudled next to a propane heater, a lonely heart hung above the crowd. | Squaw Valley, CA 3/31/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1555955915398-DGM4WOAF8ORZXIKQAOOY/2019_HappySnaps_0344.jpg Winter 1 Nicole glissades down a steep slope behind Eagle Rock. | Tahoe City, CA 4/7/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1555955838195-ZJLGT77ZJX6SUE6CXG5R/2019_HappySnaps_0398.jpg Winter 1 Perched in her rooftop tent, Molly takes a break from watching the sun dip below the mountains for a portrait. | Austin, NV 4/10/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1555955915281-KYNZ6B0LSY40XKATI4A4/2019_HappySnaps_0445.jpg Winter 1 Pastime, a classic dive bar in Truckee. | Truckee, CA 4/16/19 https://www.evanleonardphotography.com/pct-full-gallery-1 daily 0.75 2019-12-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571276367128-6Z6SH53DYVP9879TX5QM/2019_PCT_006.jpg PCT Full Gallery 1 The adventure began with 30 hours on a train down to San Diego with stops in San Francisco and Los Angeles. | 5/1/19 Mile 0.0 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571276367128-6Z6SH53DYVP9879TX5QM/2019_PCT_006.jpg PCT Full Gallery 1 The adventure began with 30 hours on a train down to San Diego with stops in San Francisco and Los Angeles. | 5/1/19 Mile 0.0 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777043284-SR8GMVSJJ3UX0W1H6C7W/2019_PCT_009.jpg PCT Full Gallery 1 At the southern terminus on the U.S/Mexico border. The wall is visible in the background. | 5/6/19 Mile 0.0, 2,918' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571455798156-FL1Y40ZZDJXZKKA6AI7L/2019_PCT_006.jpg PCT Full Gallery 1 The adventure began with 30 hours on a train down to San Diego with stops in San Francisco and Los Angeles. | 5/1/19 Mile 0.0 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777041375-BDRLCST2YDOQ97X6TY3B/2019_PCT_091.jpg PCT Full Gallery 1 One of the largest blisters I've ever gotten. Popping and threading this one was less than enjoyable. | 5/19/19 Mile 193.9, 6,355' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571332198987-H3R17QK87V2FUHMW6TOZ/2019_PCT_006.jpg PCT Full Gallery 1 The adventure began with 30 hours on a train down to San Diego with stops in San Francisco and Los Angeles. | 5/1/19 Mile 0.0 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777070323-CD6QFKRO21QTRW33ELNK/2019_PCT_130.jpg PCT Full Gallery 1 Lancelot on the approach to Mt. Baldy. Luckily the clouds lifted by the time the trail had a clear view of the summit. | 5/27/19 Mile 346.0, 3,568' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571277883844-8UXVCEHLT32CVA1YFEDR/2019_PCT_006.jpg PCT Full Gallery 1 The adventure began with 30 hours on a train down to San Diego with stops in San Francisco and Los Angeles. | 5/1/19 Mile 0.0 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777055224-WTGOU0EE1BYKUUASIKEB/2019_PCT_247.jpg PCT Full Gallery 1 The controversial L.A. aqueduct, with which the PCT was coincident for 18 miles across a wide valley. | 6/8/19 Mile 519.1, 2,970' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777079035-EF6U05Y9YE6Y6XCM01YI/2019_PCT_277.jpg PCT Full Gallery 1 Lebowski runs through his post-hike stretch routine in camp at a water cache. | 6/13/19 Mile 617.8, 4,954' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777096823-LMWNM4MULBGA3ZDBG4WW/2019_PCT_330.jpg PCT Full Gallery 1 Wildflowers along the trail as a storm rolls in. | 6/17/19 Mile 676.2, 6,899' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777143131-PVO2G5KZVXZ9SGHDXHL8/2019_PCT_377.jpg PCT Full Gallery 1 Lebowski quality controls some new cold-weather sleep gear before bed. | 6/19/19 Mile 716.5, 7,832' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777139621-RARJCX8VN8KD72KNR0HW/2019_PCT_419.jpg PCT Full Gallery 1 Lebowski surveys the Eastern Sierra sunrise from Mt. Whitney, the highest point in the lower 48 at 14,504 feet. | 6/26/19 Mile 767.0, 14,504' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777157417-NE7OCCVLIYSMQUC5D3IR/2019_PCT_448.jpg PCT Full Gallery 1 The return journey from the summit of Mt. Whitney. We set out for the summit around 1:00am, so our first experience with this traverse was in the dark. | 6/26/19 Mile 767.0, 12,800' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777160806-37MENZKX0T0PZ99HXJDR/2019_PCT_524.jpg PCT Full Gallery 1 Lebowski takes care of some oral hygene in Kings Canyon National Park. | 6/27/19 Mile 786.1, 9,912' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777179913-QR48I9BPX9P5CO3G96WB/2019_PCT_556.jpg PCT Full Gallery 1 Downhill and Blankie trudge through the slushy late-afternoon snow on the approach to the 11,946 foot Glen Pass. | 6/30/19 Mile 790.0, 11,094' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777178102-SUQG701TLR1ARP1ZKO4P/2019_PCT_567.jpg PCT Full Gallery 1 Middle Rae Lake, camp for the night. | 6/30/19 Mile 793.5, 10,570' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777199171-KHY4GDMMQYU1LYSXRZVH/2019_PCT_606.jpg PCT Full Gallery 1 Lebowski disgruntled that he had to filter water which made his fingers cold. | 7/4/19 Mile 857.7, 7,789' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777205320-M5RPY2URO0JIZEZSSWR4/2019_PCT_693.jpg PCT Full Gallery 1 Lebowski enjoys Miller Lake from the comfort of his sleeping pad. | 7/11/19 Mile 959.8, 9,486' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777224820-G9ACOV1R2FUIZ5BE6TK2/2019_PCT_707.jpg PCT Full Gallery 1 Mosquitos were the main source of annoyance for most of July and August. Dozens would swarm me during the day and hundreds would cling to my tent at night. | 7/12/19 Mile 987.4, 7,959' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777230087-DW452WBQNHJI9CUY6GTW/2019_PCT_795.jpg PCT Full Gallery 1 Stella gives her first-ever haircut to Downhill while Lebowski and Juicy anxiously watch. | 7/23/19 Mile 1,130.9, 6,200' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777250673-7HZUF7SDEWHZJTBILZXP/2019_PCT_827.jpg PCT Full Gallery 1 Hot Take insisted on getting a photo of Gabriel, Dad and myself. Special thanks to Ruthless for running the shutter on my camera. | 7/31/19 Mile 1,236.9, 6,016' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777251921-RJCCYVET8NLG7QQZBCKC/2019_PCT_869.jpg PCT Full Gallery 1 Mark and Paul enjoy a summit Snickers. | 8/5/19 Mile 1,321.6, 7,631' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777271615-A12XERK706FD9XB1S8L0/2019_PCT_960.jpg PCT Full Gallery 1 Lebowski and Twain enjoy a ride back up the mountain from Etna, CA. Etna is the last town north in California. | 8/19/19 Mile 1,599.7, 5,980' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777285351-TK7U50M2V4M73X2I8LO2/2019_PCT_1007.jpg PCT Full Gallery 1 After 110 days in California, we were finally in Oregon. Diesel (middle) hiked with Lebowski and me on and off for about a month. | 8/23/19 Mile 1,691.7, 5,585' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777287800-A5CAGR5PD6DMP83DV1K5/2019_PCT_1079.jpg PCT Full Gallery 1 Lebowski and I pose on the rim of Crater Lake, the deepest lake in the United States. | 8/30/19 Mile 1,823.0, 6,093' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777303438-VQAR6LH83K40GQWR5QXT/2019_PCT_1100.jpg PCT Full Gallery 1 Sunrise over Desane Lake in Three Sisters Wilderness. | 9/3/19 Mile 1,941.6, 5,275' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777318555-SN2BHI8M0QAF7DHRRZYS/2019_PCT_1143.jpg PCT Full Gallery 1 Lebowski and I at mile 2,000. | 9/6/19 Mile 2,000, 4,820' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777333588-DJ4UNDFQG1DT6Q3AULN3/2019_PCT_1210.jpg PCT Full Gallery 1 Diesel and Lebowski posing before dropping down to the Columbia river. | 9/11/19 Mile 2,141.8, 1,464' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777341353-54DYV4K2ERYVSHF36NMN/2019_PCT_1237.jpg PCT Full Gallery 1 An old trail marker slowly being consumed by a tree. | 9/14/19 2,199.6, 4,027' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777356106-ILGV9J6V65NL12BHUQFF/2019_PCT_1280.jpg PCT Full Gallery 1 A knife edge ridgewalk through Goat Rocks Wilderness, one of the most stunning sections of trail. Thankfully the clouds lifted for about 15 minutes and we got a good view. | 9/18/19 Mile 2,277.0, 7,095' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777367696-VE1IRFLB0G624KQWET2E/2019_PCT_1329.jpg PCT Full Gallery 1 Lebowski on a ridgewalk above Snoqualmie Pass. Mt. Rainier is visible in the background. | 9/25/19 Mile 2,404.5 5,550' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777380446-65CH1Z5Y3AKIF4HEESS3/2019_PCT_1381.jpg PCT Full Gallery 1 Lebowski eats breakfast on a particularly chilly morning beneath Grizzly Peak. | 10/1/19 Mile 2,479.8, 5,582' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777389094-01ZTG642P3MBR6MTZU1P/2019_PCT_1416.jpg PCT Full Gallery 1 I had to wear the same pair of socks for the final several hundred miles because my other pair had large holes. Safe to say things got a little gnarly. | 10/3/19 Mile 2,557.1, 4,724' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777401347-V1ZQOHEY5SRAJWRRQ5QC/2019_PCT_1466.jpg PCT Full Gallery 1 Over the course of the trail, Lebowski and I walked around 2,000 miles together. Saying that by the end we were close would be an understatement. | 10/7/19 Mile 2,652.6, 4,258' https://www.evanleonardphotography.com/pct-full-gallery-2 daily 0.75 2019-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571276745991-PE6MNFXNW0B2CTMDABDK/2019_PCT_009.jpg PCT Full Gallery 2 At the southern terminus on the U.S/Mexico border. The wall is visible in the background. | 5/6/19 Mile 0.0, 2,918' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571276745991-PE6MNFXNW0B2CTMDABDK/2019_PCT_009.jpg PCT Full Gallery 2 At the southern terminus on the U.S/Mexico border. The wall is visible in the background. | 5/6/19 Mile 0.0, 2,918' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571456710516-ZGQJ3YF3VR28RAD6G3CO/2019_PCT_009.jpg PCT Full Gallery 2 At the southern terminus on the U.S/Mexico border. The wall is visible in the background. | 5/6/19 Mile 0.0, 2,918' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571332731389-AAFF5B82KH23QE5G30EL/2019_PCT_009.jpg PCT Full Gallery 2 At the southern terminus on the U.S/Mexico border. The wall is visible in the background. | 5/6/19 Mile 0.0, 2,918' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571280534609-5XAQ2RCKZFMEKZVZ8FUM/2019_PCT_1400.jpg PCT Full Gallery 2 The North Cascades, freshly dusted. | 10/1/19 Mile 2,502.5, 6,011' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777895472-X9JZ94CM9SEUZU0FLPFQ/2019_PCT_060.jpg PCT Full Gallery 2 The trail cuts across a large meadow before passing through the small community of Warner Springs, CA. | 5/11/19 Mile 105.5, 3,393' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777893591-0EMVQJAN1LXUQLSHUEFG/2019_PCT_102.jpg PCT Full Gallery 2 Fiddlehead gnaws on an avocado, a trail luxury. | 5/24/19 Mile 275.6, 7,264' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777918176-VYAEVD6J8LNJNB75K212/2019_PCT_163.jpg PCT Full Gallery 2 Lebowski and I were nursing some injuries, so we decided to take a backcountry zero day at this viewpoint below Mt. Baden Powell. | 5/29/19 Mile 374.7, 7,123' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777917645-O39GWAU9E1IRAUAVU9A6/2019_PCT_252.jpg PCT Full Gallery 2 Lebowski walks along a covered section of the controversial L.A. aqueduct. The trail was coincident with the aqueduct for 18 miles. | 6/8/19 Mile 520.3, 2,970' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777931209-BBV1CQIFO6GD72W9UE9C/2019_PCT_320.jpg PCT Full Gallery 2 I watch sunset from our campsite outside of Tehachapi, CA. | 6/16/19 Mile 653.8, 6,067' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777930245-3LQ79YHTCC4ME1XPOH0U/2019_PCT_360.jpg PCT Full Gallery 2 Blankie watches the first sunset in the Sierra Nevada section of trail, having just completed the 702 mile Mojave desert section. | 6/19/19 Mile 716.5, 7,832' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777951511-X04WQXNZPP6FYHXN3UPK/2019_PCT_416.jpg PCT Full Gallery 2 Looking west from the climb up Mt. Whitney at 2:45 am. The climb to the summit is an optional 8-mile spur trail. | 6/26/19 Mile 767.0, 12,512' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777948944-Q732Y9QXYVZEM23Y7BBS/2019_PCT_442.jpg PCT Full Gallery 2 Lebowski enjoys the warmth of the first rays of sun atop Mt. Whitney. | 6/26/19 Mile 767.0, 14,504' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777968302-43RGQRX1UUMTILT465L1/2019_PCT_490.jpg PCT Full Gallery 2 Downhill sporting some killer shades on Forester Pass, the boundary between Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks. Forester Pass is the highest point on the PCT. | 6/27/19 Mile 779.5, 13,200' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777977901-Q40ZJ21MIJACYAQCYV2C/2019_PCT_540.jpg PCT Full Gallery 2 Blankie gazes at the majesty of the unseasonably snowy Sierra Nevada from the approach to Kearsarge Pass. | 6/28/19 Mile 788.9, 11,070' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777987443-DB06AX93QEG8JBRJBH10/2019_PCT_565.jpg PCT Full Gallery 2 Front to back: Juicy, Lebowski, Blankie and Downhill descend the north face of Glen Pass in badly sun-cupped, slushy snow. | 6/30/19 Mile 791.8, 11,488' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777998346-BFIAQQFKEZ8V9H10PTJQ/2019_PCT_601.jpg PCT Full Gallery 2 Lebowski takes a tumble after slipping on a sun cup. | 7/4/19 Mile 843.1, 10,866' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571778015531-FHOO7E627B7I8H9OYRE3/2019_PCT_666.jpg PCT Full Gallery 2 The Tuolumne River in Yosemite National Park. | 7/10/19 Mile 947.0, 8,303' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571778029357-SQEWJPID5D8B9DY10U5U/2019_PCT_697.jpg PCT Full Gallery 2 The view of Smedberg Lake from my campsite. | 7/11/19 Mile 968.4, 9,219' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571778047108-HD3NHZTFITM34CJSXP91/2019_PCT_773.jpg PCT Full Gallery 2 Blade attempts to outsmart the mosquitos with a makeshift net in Desolation Wilderness west of Lake Tahoe. | 7/19/19 Mile 1,122.1, 6,973' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571778059656-TW6Q3CUEUSFYTQAM3K7C/2019_PCT_815.jpg PCT Full Gallery 2 My brother Gabriel and my Dad came out to hike the Northern Sierra for a week. Here Gabriel descends from the Sierra Buttes. | 7/29/19 Mile 1,205.6 7,400' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571778073346-QIREOLBUPQQ0GK1FB7CA/2019_PCT_858.jpg PCT Full Gallery 2 Mark and Paul cross the Belden bridge on their section hike with me. | 8/3/19 Mile 1,286.8, 2,210' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571778084783-GOGHV466FXM6WB4SLRQ0/2019_PCT_887.jpg PCT Full Gallery 2 After reuniting with Lebowski in Burney, CA we hitched back to the trail. | 8/11/19 Mile 1,411.3, 3,112' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571778083933-6L4WDHSZL78KKLURIVVL/2019_PCT_989.jpg PCT Full Gallery 2 After arriving in camp late, Lebowski eats dinner in the dark. | 8/21/19 Mile 1,657.5, 1,889' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571778101831-R550WVXWK0TKXTVYNGI6/2019_PCT_1044.jpg PCT Full Gallery 2 Practicing proper form for a Sasquatch sighting. Unfortunately and rather surprisingly, still no trace of him. | 8/26/19 Mile 1,776.3, 5,779' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571778111629-CQ2HQ2LPETX7FX3APEXE/2019_PCT_1083.jpg PCT Full Gallery 2 Lebowski pays tribute to the Oregon/Washington high point. | 8/31/19 Mile 1,860.8, 7,560' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571778122177-53GRAPCY4TH0U5T89LUN/2019_PCT_1122.jpg PCT Full Gallery 2 Hiking to camp through the lava fields below North Sister. From front to back are Mt. Washingotn, Three Fingered Jack, Mt. Jefferson and Mt. Hood. | 9/3/19 Mile 1,977.2, 6,277' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571778132809-Q19J2UE2I35N4N0LYKXL/2019_PCT_1152.jpg PCT Full Gallery 2 Mt. Jefferson just after an afternoon storm. | 9/6/19 Mile 2,022.7, 5,884' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571778148009-KCPP7HK5CHM0JGE6IUTL/2019_PCT_1228.jpg PCT Full Gallery 2 Walking into Washington across the Bridge of the Gods over the Columbia river. The bridge is also the lowest point on the PCT at 151 feet. | 9/12/19 Mile 2,146.9, 151' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571778162038-1CIIQNOS1J00RAE3YIBF/2019_PCT_1265.jpg PCT Full Gallery 2 Warming up by jumping while hiking through some cold and windy rain. | 9/17/19 Mile 2,265.2 5,396' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571778169956-B3LCLOK3QWALSVZZTNY2/2019_PCT_1311.jpg PCT Full Gallery 2 My hiking partner from the AT, Grapenut, lives in Yakima, WA not far from the trail. He picked us up to zero at his house. Here Lebowski eats a cookie while drying his gear after a wet few days. | 9/20/19 Mile 2,323.8, 5,358' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571778185342-YZN0U4T1KNBVL4E0YR4G/2019_PCT_1359.jpg PCT Full Gallery 2 After getting pushed in to Leavenworth, WA to wait out a snowstorm, we were surprised by a very large parade right outside our room. Lebowski had a knack for getting into dance-offs with strangers. | 9/28/19 Mile 2,464.1, 4,053' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571778196525-VAIUU6CIY62RX4S6SY8B/2019_PCT_1400.jpg PCT Full Gallery 2 The North Cascades, freshly dusted. | 10/1/19 Mile 2,502.5, 6,011' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571778215125-ZLMCIIFYWEQ3KJA0ILDE/2019_PCT_1456.jpg PCT Full Gallery 2 At long last, Canada! The line cut through the trees behind the monument is the border. Celebrations didn't last long as the temperature dropped and the rain fell harder. | 10/7/19 Mile 2,652.6, 4,258' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571778214749-9V2E4VEXXDVSDQM9E414/2019_PCT_1474.jpg PCT Full Gallery 2 Lebowski in good spirits despite having to backtrack 30 miles from the border in sub-freezing temperatures. | 10/8/19 Mile 2,627.2, 6,295' https://www.evanleonardphotography.com/pct-extended-gallery daily 0.75 2019-10-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571456861174-V90V2A009AP4FB0JN3QO/2019_PCT_006.jpg PCT Extended Gallery The adventure began with 30 hours on a train down to San Diego with stops in San Francisco and Los Angeles. | 5/1/19 Mile 0.0 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571456861174-V90V2A009AP4FB0JN3QO/2019_PCT_006.jpg PCT Extended Gallery The adventure began with 30 hours on a train down to San Diego with stops in San Francisco and Los Angeles. | 5/1/19 Mile 0.0 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463494494-VC1UKDLK123VJJ8BCS7I/2019_PCT_006.jpg PCT Extended Gallery The adventure began with 30 hours on a train down to San Diego with stops in San Francisco and Los Angeles. | 5/1/19 Mile 0.0 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463496543-NRG1MGHR7VWDYUA49VHO/2019_PCT_009.jpg PCT Extended Gallery At the southern terminus on the U.S/Mexico border. The wall is visible in the background. | 5/6/19 Mile 0.0, 2,918' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463511191-FKH0354998R2LMMH5VUB/2019_PCT_017.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Fred Canyon. | 5/8/19 Mile 32.0, 4,210' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463511102-N7AT22UM8K8WAUFAM1UB/2019_PCT_022.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Blade takes a picture of the first truly panoramic view of the trail. | 5/8/19 Mile 45.0, 5,897' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463522185-AWNR2HLM326SFRZB4S9L/2019_PCT_030.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Threading the relentless beginning-of-trail blisters. | 5/8/19 Mile 45.0, 5,897' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463525852-MYEUP9MLH7LOIKY1YECY/2019_PCT_048.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Camp just outside of Scissors Crossing, CA. | 5/9/19 Mile 71.2, 3,132' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463538021-PT7TYFMZIS21CWFD9KP4/2019_PCT_049.jpg PCT Extended Gallery After a stop in Julian, CA for resupply and beer, a group of us decided to keep the good times rolling under a nearby bridge for the evening. | 5/10/19 Mile 77.3, 2,261' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463547318-Q0GLAST9LQEBGRVKSMEN/2019_PCT_057.jpg PCT Extended Gallery A low-lying meadow outside of Warner Springs, CA. | 5/11/19 Mile 100.6, 3,453' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463555315-42S7R4P5MJK7F45MZ9MR/2019_PCT_060.jpg PCT Extended Gallery The trail cuts across a large meadow before passing through the small community of Warner Springs, CA. | 5/11/19 Mile 105.5, 3,393' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463562941-S8YHAIBAW3ROD870Y9ME/2019_PCT_061.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Aptly named Eagle Rock with Lancelot, Fiddlehead, myself and Backtrack. | 5/11/19 Mile 106.2, 3,524' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463577745-W5HWGXDX48XHYR1Z4RWA/2019_PCT_073.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Recently re-opened trail in the Jan Jacinto Wilderness. | 5/15/19 Mile 171.2, 7,352' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463576830-9YWOYLRF0B7TPE37GKVD/2019_PCT_084.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Posing in the Melly dress on the summit of San Jacinto Peak. | 5/18/19 Mile 185.7, 10,834' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463590033-9KWHY5EOG6Q3W2OTJ0EE/2019_PCT_085.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lancelot and myself on the summit of Jan Jacinto, climbed via an optional side trail. At 10,834 feet, it is the tallest peak in the San Jacinto range and is the 6th most prominent peak in the lower 48. | 5/18/19 Mile 185.7, 10,834' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463601083-0R2EHEBV5BQBL0LKDLOD/2019_PCT_090.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Fiddlehead poses with a Coulter pinecone, the heaviest species of pinecone in the world. | 5/18/19 Mile 193.9, 6,355' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463602641-67LG3INDY6KY4LJ6KG49/2019_PCT_091.jpg PCT Extended Gallery One of the largest blisters I've ever gotten. Popping and threading this one was less than enjoyable. | 5/19/19 Mile 193.9, 6,355' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463623147-OP3YQXA7FFW9IFOHMZ1S/2019_PCT_099.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Blade on the trail north of Big Bear Lake, CA. | 5/24/19 Mile 276.6, 7,716' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463619944-IUNN53UTZ81KYDKJ4YR4/2019_PCT_102.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Fiddlehead gnaws on an avocado, a trail luxury. | 5/24/19 Mile 275.6, 7,264' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463639520-YS1YOUYYINHZ4MNBM092/2019_PCT_107.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Downhill hikes across a dry creekbed. | 5/25/19 Mile 293.2, 5,331' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463640659-JRBLPN4T80S75QMVN8EJ/2019_PCT_122.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Crowder Canyon leading down to Cajon Pass and I-5. | 5/26/19 Mile 341.4, 3,129' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463661809-478HF84U3AGMON5Z2R2K/2019_PCT_124.jpg PCT Extended Gallery A popular stop on the trail in southern Califronia is the Cajon Pass McDonalds, a convenient .4 miles off trail on old Route 66. Route 66 ran 2,448 miles from Chicago to L.A., a shorter distance than the PCT. | 5/26/19 Mile 341.9, 3,041' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463657570-WIVQVBGE5VTUEUZX36TE/2019_PCT_125.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lancelot in typical fashion during an atypical desert storm. | 5/26/19 Mile 341.9, 3,071' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463677814-U0T57IX2LEWT67LNNR9D/2019_PCT_130.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lancelot on the approach to Mt. Baldy. Luckily the clouds lifted by the time the trail had a clear view of the summit. | 5/27/19 Mile 346.0, 3,568' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463679865-OQINY5NZ872CW8M98ZLE/2019_PCT_140.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Bundled up for an unexpected sub-freezing night near Mt. Baldy. | 5/27/19 Mile 364.3, 8,049' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463695209-ADH8SVLJR6ED9QVVEF1S/2019_PCT_142.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Still snowcapped Mt. Baldy just south of Wrightwood, CA. | 5/28/19 Mile 366.8, 8,125' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463699113-7DA2HAD0AUTNZFX2YH0I/2019_PCT_163.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski and I were nursing some injuries, so we decided to take a backcountry zero day at this viewpoint below Mt. Baden Powell. | 5/29/19 Mile 374.7, 7,123' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463709756-WUOMAGCTTYTE7Z8XJCJY/2019_PCT_167.jpg PCT Extended Gallery My view for the night after a backcountry zero. | 5/29/19 Mile 374.7, 7078' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463713560-OHNU9J6BUGD56QXPPRB4/2019_PCT_170.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski and I shared a tent this night for lack of available ground. | 5/29/19 Mile 374.7, 7,078' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463728317-R4LCKD8J38SK2BAO0U2Q/2019_PCT_176.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Our first taste of snow just below the summit of Mt. Baden Powell. | 5/30/19 Mile 377.9, 9,399' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463731938-CS4CXBNGKK2IB3DMKMS4/2019_PCT_179.jpg PCT Extended Gallery On the summit of Mt. Baden Powell with Mt. Baldy in the background. | 5/30/19 Mile 377.9, 9,399' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463742222-DU27E2EYX1UAWA160CI0/2019_PCT_199.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Due to the mass of tents set up at Hiker Heaven in Agua Dulce, CA, Lebowski had to set up directly underneath a raven nest. | 6/2/19 Mile 454.5, 2,537' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463747708-F70FLRDWCZEZ9FAK7142/2019_PCT_206.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Longtime friends Blankie and Lebowski. | 6/3/19 460.5, 4,500' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463757586-VF3A1BZ4YAT1JIL2W4NZ/2019_PCT_211.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Blade, having just realized that the baggie he made his dinner in previously carried his dirty TP. | 6/3/19 460.5, 4,500' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463769310-T77PYPPAOO1HPOQMQL91/2019_PCT_224.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Ruthless hikes up to a ridge outside of Agua Dulce, CA. | 6/6/19 Mile 489.2, 4,322' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463784931-TZQWBLKN4RJ9E02VPKCI/2019_PCT_226.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski and Ruthless happy that we had found our campsite. | 6/6/19 Mile 499.4, 4,792' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463789033-ZL5QOJLSHOKUBNX7JWXG/2019_PCT_228.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski at sunset. | 6/6/19 Mile 499.4, 4,792' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463805438-MUV45DU9NR43ZJ5P5CK6/2019_PCT_233.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Dirt roadwalk to the beginning of the dreaded LA aqueduct section. | 6/7/19 Mile 516.8, 3,052' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463811049-MFV3TC7Z7360BBWQF361/2019_PCT_239.jpg PCT Extended Gallery The Wee Vill Market, a very hiker friendly truck stop that allowed camping on the neighboring patch of grass. | 6/8/19 Mile 517.6, 3,050' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463813720-UJM2UUH0ICW5FAA12THU/2019_PCT_247.jpg PCT Extended Gallery The controversial L.A. aqueduct, with which the PCT was coincident for 18 miles across a wide valley. | 6/8/19 Mile 519.1, 2,970' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463828345-RFN8JYCCPS2VQKA8J8TQ/2019_PCT_252.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski walks along a covered section of the controversial L.A. aqueduct. The trail was coincident with the aqueduct for 18 miles. | 6/8/19 Mile 520.3, 2,970' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463830608-4RBGKNJPCGZHIKUED1J1/2019_PCT_255.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Myself and Lebowski on the aqueduct with Sybil and Dylan in the background. | 6/8/19 Mile 520.5, 2,970' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463844615-KU8ZUO4S1Z4367AFXA8G/2019_PCT_259.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Windfarms covered many of the valley floors and low ridges in southern CA. | 6/9/19 Mile 536.9, 4,043' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463844722-5YEZIM03SNJ131FFXELE/2019_PCT_265.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Joshua trees during a dry desert sunset just north of Tehachapi, CA. | 6/11/19 Mile 569.6, 4,684' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463870039-TAMI7AS41OWZRSEGY1JK/2019_PCT_268.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski packs up from our lunch break. | 6/13/19 Mile 607.1, 6,337' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463864139-VKTKW2ETA3NIZX4C2UHO/2019_PCT_277.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski runs through his post-hike stretch routine in camp at a water cache. | 6/13/19 Mile 617.8, 4,954' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463879604-HNJIQEB5X8VKF8G7OHXH/2019_PCT_292.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski cooks his dinner for the night, a Ramen Bomb. | 6/13/19 Mile 617.8, 4,954' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463891479-LEWFLPPVQZWRK3I433WW/2019_PCT_301.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski quality controlling his dinner. I was in a bad mood here since I had overshot camp by about a mile and had to backtrack. ALWAYS check the map when in doubt. | 6/14/19 Mile 643.8, 6,692' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463898145-2B6HX9OZAJ78OY1AVFVO/2019_PCT_302.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski heads down to Walker Pass. The southern tip of the Sierra Nevada mountains are distantly visible. | 6/15/19 Mile 645.1, 6,678' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463906264-IITLVIW6UQ1FD98HILO7/2019_PCT_307.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Grillin' up some beans in Lake Isabella, CA. I didn't have a can opener, but a trekking pole and a smashing rock did the job all the same. | 6/15/19 Mile 652.0, 3,068' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463912597-A2THGIS1MWKV963JKUGF/2019_PCT_308.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Sunset from our exposed campsite. | 6/16/19 Mile 654.0, 6,167' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463922630-GUJZZ5F6K81F0DI6499U/2019_PCT_314.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski watches a dusty moonrise on a ridge outside of Lake Isabella, CA. | 6/16/19 Mile 653.8, 6,067' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463924875-4JEUR8RDV0CNBFPNRSAV/2019_PCT_320.jpg PCT Extended Gallery I watch sunset from our campsite outside of Tehachapi, CA. | 6/16/19 Mile 653.8, 6,067' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463944013-MTD9GZH09OO4UNHVE5KO/2019_PCT_330.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Wildflowers along the trail as a storm rolls in. | 6/17/19 Mile 676.2, 6,899' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463950879-CI52BPWWEC2H3I4WABVV/2019_PCT_333.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Blankie and Lebowski combined only have three legs. | 6/19/19 Mile 706.6, 6,288' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463963430-D60HU6BBR80SHAIR8J1R/2019_PCT_335.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Blankie happily hikes along. | 6/19/19 Mile 708.6, 6,815' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463969396-K30U4QYHXIPESV2ES2I4/2019_PCT_346.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Dinner along the South Fork Kern River with Lebowski, Downhill and Blankie. | 6/19/19 Mile 716.5, 7,832' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463972051-AF33NEMWWS5UJX409JF1/2019_PCT_360.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Blankie watches the first sunset in the Sierra Nevada section of trail, having just completed the 702 mile Mojave desert section. | 6/19/19 Mile 716.5, 7,832' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463986351-QHX2UPN6EK5UF9HZ9C3B/2019_PCT_367.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski and Blankie. | 6/19/19 Mile 716.5, 7,832' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463992790-21J0GC5UJNKD1MBWN2ZU/2019_PCT_377.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski quality controls some new cold-weather sleep gear before bed. | 6/19/19 Mile 716.5, 7,832' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464007386-BPE43ADM5Y3J7NOY64H2/2019_PCT_381.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski on the approach to the Eastern Sierra. | 6/20/19 Mile 720.6, 9,106' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464010098-P2JMR08UXHHR8PMMUSID/2019_PCT_395.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Owens Valley as seen from the Alabama Hills. A wonderful local man named Reggie let us spend a day here at his ranch in Lone Pine, CA. | 6/23/19 Mile 744.5, 3,727' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464029772-FD39PDK1V6C6IY4XZQPT/2019_PCT_407.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski fords a lake outlet. | 6/25/19 Mile 766.3, 10,640' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464028207-4LG5BNV5P59HVIV4RPHF/2019_PCT_416.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Looking west from the climb up Mt. Whitney at 2:45 am. The climb to the summit is an optional 8-mile spur trail. | 6/26/19 Mile 767.0, 12,512' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464044676-NI8BMPBKV5TUGCOMAPPN/2019_PCT_419.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski surveys the Eastern Sierra sunrise from Mt. Whitney, the highest point in the lower 48 at 14,504 feet. | 6/26/19 Mile 767.0, 14,504' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464048194-1YHN2AHZ937QKZC12MMT/2019_PCT_420.jpg PCT Extended Gallery The view looking south from the summit of Mt. Whitney. | 6/26/19 Mile 767.0, 14,504' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464055519-IRO4KPXRNEWA30XIQ3SL/2019_PCT_428.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Myself, Downhill, Blankie and Lebowski alone on the summit of Mt. Whitney at first light. | 6/26/19 Mile 767.0, 14,504' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464062692-0S557NXEQB3PJY73VZBH/2019_PCT_430.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski enjoys the view from the summit of Mt. Whitney. | 6/26/19 Mile 767.0, 14,504' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464072057-057PNFKJLSBEFVSSLX0Y/2019_PCT_434.jpg PCT Extended Gallery I shred my (ice) axe on the summit of Mt. Whitney. From the summit, much of the most dramatic Eastern Sierra and Owens Valley are in clear view. | 6/26/19 Mile 767.0, 14,504' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464077617-46QUQ8706C920VGRA24J/2019_PCT_442.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski enjoys the warmth of the first rays of sun atop Mt. Whitney. | 6/26/19 Mile 767.0, 14,504' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464088109-NSM2UHUCYLL37H6KKQPA/2019_PCT_448.jpg PCT Extended Gallery The return journey from the summit of Mt. Whitney. We set out for the summit around 1:00am, so our first experience with this traverse was in the dark. | 6/26/19 Mile 767.0, 12,800' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464096497-P1I5MAB6ROFOMSG8PXNW/2019_PCT_459.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Blankie hikes across the glacial moraine below Mt. Whitney. | 6/26/19 Mile 767.0, 11,020' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464105416-BGA7UQFRXZM8UD3R8RL7/2019_PCT_460.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski negotiates suncups below Mt. Whitney. | 6/26/19 Mile 767.0, 11,202' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464117540-P5IS7SCYTNLHEQG608VL/2019_PCT_476.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Downhill enjoys a drink and a gander below Forester Pass. | 6/27/19 Mile 775.2, 11,201' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464124420-I3KKJQ9NF01H1TDVZ9P0/2019_PCT_482.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Downhill traverses a snowfield just below Forester Pass, the highest point on the PCT at 13,200 feet. | 6/27/19 Mile 779.4, 13,167' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464137646-F482ZF39JGZMK93IA842/2019_PCT_488.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Forester Pass, the highest point on the PCT is also the boundary between Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks. | 6/27/19 Mile 779.5, 13,200' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464137823-N86SZZWH7SNVL2E8PN0D/2019_PCT_490.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Downhill sporting some killer shades on Forester Pass, the boundary between Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks. Forester Pass is the highest point on the PCT. | 6/27/19 Mile 779.5, 13,200' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464151448-3WFLU6Z7EY8DKSPUHLQR/2019_PCT_492.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski follows some footprints on the descent from Forester Pass. | 6/27/19 Mile 780.2, 12,258' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464152702-PX3KJAB13Q3JP1DZMVBI/2019_PCT_495.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Myself looking down Kings Canyon from a cornice beneath Forester Pass. 6/27/19 Mile 781.1, 11,834' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464167789-3ZHEIFSN175LN7MA5N72/2019_PCT_501.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski looks down Kings Canyon from a cornice beneath Forester Pass. 6/27/19 Mile 781.1, 11,834' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464169235-ADTGTU23PZ3D497FD476/2019_PCT_507.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski does a short glisade in Kings Canyon National Park. | 6/27/19 Mile 782.5, 11,234' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464182480-JXYVB1S6JZC9IWBT66TF/2019_PCT_524.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski takes care of some oral hygene in Kings Canyon National Park. | 6/27/19 Mile 786.1, 9,912' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464185890-A5TQ8U033FZ7P4PIQJ4L/2019_PCT_529.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Blankie poses in some stellar evening light shining down Kings Canyon. 6/27/19 Mile 786.1, 9,912' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464206528-F52WD2LPJ27W6SUJ5S8H/2019_PCT_531.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Blankie practices his karate moves on Downhill. | 6/27/19 Mile 786.1, 9,912' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464206533-ZSOIDWH1G46U6IOG5ZGW/2019_PCT_540.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Blankie gazes at the majesty of the unseasonably snowy Sierra Nevada from the approach to Kearsarge Pass. | 6/28/19 Mile 788.9, 11,070' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464223568-HER3L1DL7GRZ7TVTMBOM/2019_PCT_552.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski attempts to get a hitch out of Bishop, CA. | 6/30/19 Mile 789.1, 3,202' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464222928-T67HFMZ8AILU89G9NB1K/2019_PCT_553.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Juicy tries to stay upright on some very slushy snow on the way down from Kearsarge Pass. | 6/30/19 Mile 789.1, 11,790' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464240271-XHIKUVYSV8E7YH23VGSK/2019_PCT_556.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Downhill and Blankie trudge through the slushy late-afternoon snow on the approach to the 11,946 foot Glen Pass. | 6/30/19 Mile 790.0, 11,094' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464241822-HERQ7P8BJ155XDLVGZKC/2019_PCT_559.jpg PCT Extended Gallery I test the strength of Lebowski's hat on Glenn Pass. | 6/30/19 Mile 791.1, 11,946' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464254790-7J5HW2BP73THJ30NIBQ3/2019_PCT_562.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Juicy glisades down from Glen Pass. | 6/30/19 Mile 791.3, 11,588' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464256735-EVQMFUN9TFL2TR6V2T0Y/2019_PCT_565.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Front to back: Juicy, Lebowski, Blankie and Downhill descend the north face of Glen Pass in badly sun-cupped, slushy snow. | 6/30/19 Mile 791.8, 11,488' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464268620-WPBZW8XS4X3ZSK4VYH8P/2019_PCT_567.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Middle Rae Lake, camp for the night. | 6/30/19 Mile 793.5, 10,570' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464274569-KZWPS9XL0SZTPIXR8BGF/2019_PCT_569.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Middle Rae Lake just after sunrise. | 7/1/19 Mile 793.9, 10,604' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464288053-IRFM36MZ8NLV66BAS9FK/2019_PCT_571.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Juicy on the approach to Pinchot Pass. | 7/1/19 Mile 802.2, 9,619' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464288508-CQBVX0LNPVMQN48E9AO6/2019_PCT_574.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Blankie about to cross over Pinchot Pass. | 7/1/19 Mile 807.1, 12,142' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464505316-HZ9OMU37CSLDI4LDEWMJ/2019_PCT_583.jpg PCT Extended Gallery South Fork Kings River with Mather Pass in th background. | 7/2/19 Mile 811.4, 10,039' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464504788-Z7XI197KA6DLKRKEVVE4/2019_PCT_586.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Juicy on a steep, loose slope going up Mather Pass. Mather was especailly difficult because of a loose rock scramble immediately followed by a steep, snowy traverse. | 7/2/19 Mile 816.9, 12,097' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464523696-SCH9RYTLDTY4L6IIVGAL/2019_PCT_596.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Blankie on the descent from Muir Pass. The snowpack can be seen above the outflow from Lake McDermand. In some places, the snow was still over 20 feet deep. | 7/4/19 Mile 839.6, 11,542' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464524388-XK0LM16RR7KEL3VZZJLM/2019_PCT_599.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Hiking along the outflow from Lake McDermand below Muir Pass. | 7/4/19 Mile 839.6, 11,542' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464540608-J3U2JBQ8LPJF8LVOWTIL/2019_PCT_601.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski takes a tumble after slipping on a sun cup. | 7/4/19 Mile 843.1, 10,866' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464541165-022GIXNZFNCXJ9JYF1JY/2019_PCT_606.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski disgruntled that he had to filter water which made his fingers cold. | 7/4/19 Mile 857.7, 7,789' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464558558-O797TN280GMSJMP3ULV6/2019_PCT_613.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Blankie enjoys the protection from mosquitos in his tent. | 7/4/19 Mile 857.7, 7,789' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464560051-Z88RMGWZ84WH05IJNWNS/2019_PCT_620.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Downhill enjoys some peanut butter on the high point above Silver Pass. | 7/6/19 Mile 885.1, 10,937' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464573496-H8MSR4BDA91LPP6RH3K5/2019_PCT_637.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lake Virginia during a lunch break. | 7/6/19 Mile 891.6, 10,350' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464582181-5PKDM02TXGZ25U8BDSSD/2019_PCT_643.jpg PCT Extended Gallery The trail heads west afer passing by Purple Lake. | 7/6/19 Mile 893.5 9,917' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464591950-Y7HY747OCVY9GUQ0ROHU/2019_PCT_645.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Filtering water for dinner and the hike into Mammoth, CA the following morning. | 7/6/19 Mile 901.0, 9,115' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464605295-4XVFUYOGN94DVL2DOXDU/2019_PCT_647.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Camp for the night just outside of Mammoth, CA. | 7/6/19 Mile 901.0, 9,115' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464606810-ZYB9L94GSPV8GXH67GJ7/2019_PCT_655.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Thousand Island Lake below Island Pass. | 7/9/19 Mile 922.9, 9,846' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464627233-TU216WCBJ865QGMB4LIL/2019_PCT_666.jpg PCT Extended Gallery The Tuolumne River in Yosemite National Park. | 7/10/19 Mile 947.0, 8,303' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464625492-33KGOLBKNJON2ZAXWJ5L/2019_PCT_669.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Glacial granite next to the Tuolumne River in Yosemite National Park. | 7/11/19 Mile 948.3, 7,890' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464646001-D5C7O7M4Q9QEQEAJ1KLY/2019_PCT_676.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Hiking across a very buggy meadow in Yosemite. | 7/11/19 Mile 956.2, 8,533' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464650405-6GJGDCAXAJPH01CDJKSQ/2019_PCT_682.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Troll fords a stream below Burro Pass. | 7/11/19 Mile 957.3, 8,751' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464666018-Z2QF2T8MQDKB22YUDFBN/2019_PCT_691.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Juicy and Lebowski take a swim on Miller Lake. Lebowski turned his sleeping pad into a makeshift raft. | 7/11/19 Mile 959.8, 9,467' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464672179-P6LGYJVCFR3IIEJJJV84/2019_PCT_693.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski enjoys Miller Lake from the comfort of his sleeping pad. | 7/11/19 Mile 959.8, 9,486' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464689298-NVQA33WI3YG13EL0RVXP/2019_PCT_697.jpg PCT Extended Gallery The view of Smedberg Lake from my campsite. | 7/11/19 Mile 968.4, 9,219' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464691852-YQLRE4576LNGX3A6ZBN4/2019_PCT_707.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Mosquitos were the main source of annoyance for most of July and August. Dozens would swarm me during the day and hundreds would cling to my tent at night. | 7/12/19 Mile 987.4, 7,959' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464709966-U7D9NG5WS905QG649CZV/2019_PCT_712.jpg PCT Extended Gallery The outflow from Dorothy Lake just before the northern boundary of Yosemite National Park. | 7/13/19 Mile 995.7, 9,337' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464713575-5ROCAAJIIVFL1K3866ZV/2019_PCT_721.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Camp in a pine tree cave. | 7/13/19 Mile 110.2, 10,583' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464730530-BVJAE8YDZM5RA2JDWFZ2/2019_PCT_734.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski lounges before bed on a windy evening. | 7/13/19 Mile 110.2, 10,583 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464734132-SSED5BM08GQG8Y3Z0Y0F/2019_PCT_736.jpg PCT Extended Gallery My (incorrect) route up from Sonora Pass took me across scree fields, icy traverses and through a small cave. | 7/15/19 Mile 1,019.2, 10,075' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464754482-36QUL2XWWJJ7COWHJN9B/2019_PCT_744.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Juicy crosses a small snowfield on the Tahoe Rim Trail, which is concurrent with the PCT for about 40 miles. | 7/16/19 Mile 1,080.3, 8,330' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464756827-T0EMO9AJVCTD48NPD643/2019_PCT_750.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Camp for the night just before arriving in South Lake Tahoe. | 7/17/19 Mile 1,087.3, 8,341' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464776009-630WIAD1LTGANDBJRYSC/2019_PCT_759.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Camp on the shore of Aloha Lake in Desolation Wilderness. | 7/18/19 Mile 1,098.4, 8,134' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464776609-D484DQHVGQDPGSPBMK50/2019_PCT_762.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Blankie in camp on the shore of Aloha Lake in Desolation Wilderness. | 7/18/19 Mile 1,098.4, 8,134' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464797431-54K5A2KE81GDU3JC0HOD/2019_PCT_773.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Blade attempts to outsmart the mosquitos with a makeshift net in Desolation Wilderness west of Lake Tahoe. | 7/19/19 Mile 1,122.1, 6,973' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464797337-4V22BDWZC1LQA4GQ66UX/2019_PCT_781.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Blade hikes along an exposed ridge with Lake Tahoe visible in the background. | 7/20/19 Mile 1,130.1, 8,402' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464813385-RMD4QUZCCRFS0QZ9R5FB/2019_PCT_786.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Myself on Grouse Rock. My first hike in Tahoe was to this point and the view made me fall in love. The PCT conveniently skirts Grouse Rock. | 7/20/19 Mile 1,131.7, 8,612' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464815176-J3UC67LJ6RTK04U7U6ZI/2019_PCT_791.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Downhill organizes his resupply for the upcoming section. | 7/23/19 Mile 1,131.7, 6,212' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464831589-MROB7O80STMY792TP9A9/2019_PCT_795.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Stella gives her first-ever haircut to Downhill while Lebowski and Juicy anxiously watch. | 7/23/19 Mile 1,130.9, 6,200' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464832798-Z1ECVXP49GPSKJQLBE8E/2019_PCT_800.jpg PCT Extended Gallery View of the Sierra Buttes just south of Sierra City. | 7/28/19 Mile 1,193.4, 4,808' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464854208-MCIYW8X57N07257F0LSE/2019_PCT_804.jpg PCT Extended Gallery A wonderfully constructed bridge with a motivational sign. | 7/28/19 Mile 1,190.7, 5,238' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464857433-Q8HDDPASZFZO64K40319/2019_PCT_806.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Gabriel begins the 3,000' ascent up the Sierra Buttes on the hottest day of the year so far, roughly 95 degrees. | 7/28/19 Mile 1,197.2, 5,381' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464875952-30GLNHX0YVRGCKWI6MSX/2019_PCT_809.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Gabriel on the exposed ridge just below the Sierra Buttes. | 7/28/19 Mile 1,200.7, 6,503' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464876290-KTO1DQ7DC0P6G17HX4BC/2019_PCT_812.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Gabriel on the exposed ridge just below the Sierra Buttes. The still snowcapped northern Sierra are visible in the distance. | 7/28/19 Mile 1,200.7, 6,503' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464897272-814KQG09INRU9B1HXAP5/2019_PCT_815.jpg PCT Extended Gallery My brother Gabriel and my Dad came out to hike the Northern Sierra for a week. Here Gabriel descends from the Sierra Buttes. | 7/29/19 Mile 1,205.6 7,400' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464897944-02IBOKAKDSH5IC36AB08/2019_PCT_819.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Gabriel and Dad have their first encounter with a snow crossing. | 7/30/19 Mile 1,226.3, 5,898' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464917695-L697I2JNZTP9GIWOBTWO/2019_PCT_825.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Gabriel and Dad on a ridge with a small fire burning in the distance. | 7/30/19 Mile 1,229.9, 6,745' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464920437-EC34FP7DZSRQG96JJVGL/2019_PCT_827.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Hot Take insisted on getting a photo of Gabriel, Dad and myself. | 7/31/19 Mile 1,236.9, 6,016' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464941049-SAYOSG0P4VJZOK6CA7J8/2019_PCT_831.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Gabriel, Dad and me. | 7/31/19 Mile 1,236.9, 6,016' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464944248-5ITBODFL33E4QQRV06GF/2019_PCT_833.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Dad mastering the blowdown-crossing technique. | 8/1/19 Mile 1,252.1, 3,433' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464966202-AYUC55GUQDPSX0XODDXC/2019_PCT_834.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Dad on the tail end of his section hike with me before arriving in Quincy, CA. | 8/1/19 Mile 1,261.9, 5,881' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464969323-7L7FPG6XPHRH3UYX2AI2/2019_PCT_841.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Mark and Paul, friends from the Alpine Meadows ski rental shop came out for a few day stretch. | 8/2/19 Mile 1,272, 6,898' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464980599-KDS4ELOO860YN9CBO1NO/2019_PCT_847.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Paul takes a break in a patch of light on his section hike with me. | 8/3/19 Mile 1,278.0, 6,273' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464985916-QL2J7KEJN86575CM8RT1/2019_PCT_855.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Crossing a railroad track. | 8/3/19 Mile 1,286.4, 2,301' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465003023-OHAQZF0EK6J12FT1TET1/2019_PCT_858.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Mark and Paul cross the Belden bridge on their section hike with me. | 8/3/19 Mile 1,286.8, 2,210' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465004450-76N2FNSNZSIIS9KOVLWV/2019_PCT_865.jpg PCT Extended Gallery As I got farther north, signs slowly hinted that Canada was getting closer. | 8/4/19 Mile 1,300.6, 7,094' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465020934-QQ7L2OFCEEHOEGF47GAJ/2019_PCT_869.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Mark and Paul enjoy a summit Snickers. | 8/5/19 Mile 1,321.6, 7,631' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465022939-EFANVL9VN3S6HN5LXW4M/2019_PCT_870.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Paul crosses a small snowfield while Mark traverses less succesfully. | 8/5/19 Mile 1,321.8, 7,586' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465035580-MZWLTMZCLQMPEJ0PG7L3/2019_PCT_873.jpg PCT Extended Gallery PCT midpoint, just 1,329.4 miles to go! | 8/6/19 Mile 1,323.2, 7,229' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465047495-7INIY1JKW6W6VRMCL2B8/2019_PCT_875.jpg PCT Extended Gallery The PCT midpoint. As with all of the mileages on the trail, this is also wrong. The true midpoint is 3.1 miles north of this post. | 8/6/19 Mile 1,323.2, 7,229' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465058234-TLO9H1SWVDMBTS1TUM5I/2019_PCT_880.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Catherine (right) and her backcountry felling crew in Lassen National Park. | 8/9/19 Mile 1,350.1, 5,643' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465078577-KEC0VRD6HVED4O9OLZB3/2019_PCT_887.jpg PCT Extended Gallery After reuniting with Lebowski in Burney, CA we hitched back to the trail. | 8/11/19 Mile 1,411.3, 3,112' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465093507-ZHECBYN7WMLKSXVWRIL4/2019_PCT_895.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Burney Falls, Theodore Roosevelt supposedly called them the 8th wonder of the world. | 8/12/19 Mile 1,419.0, 2,930' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465112130-LVV0EA75YM7V7TPQSS5K/2019_PCT_896.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski enjoys some chips with his new wooden spoon. | 8/12/19 Mile 1,427.8, 4,156' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465112649-FRLDWEBGFKLRFT9YU3UU/2019_PCT_901.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Mt. Shasta at sunset from camp. | 8/12/19 Mile 1,440.4, 5,119' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465139412-RF5Y7AZ32BHU9EBFX97Q/2019_PCT_931.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Mt. Shasta as seen from Castle Crags State Park. | 8/16/19 Mile 1,518.9, 6,320' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465135340-AMXVU3TIRID2CGDEKY7P/2019_PCT_960.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski and Twain enjoy a ride back up the mountain from Etna, CA. Etna is the last town north in California. | 8/19/19 Mile 1,599.7, 5,980' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465156905-AX7Y7DBACMK37CJPBCC1/2019_PCT_977.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Marble Mountain Wilderness. | 8/20/19 Mile 1,620.7, 6,504' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465156220-06CGHTZISOEJZD8ALZR2/2019_PCT_982.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski munches on some wild blackberries. | 8/21/19 Mile 1,650.9, 1,500' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465165144-4BBR6N17YQVUU6ZCK7DI/2019_PCT_989.jpg PCT Extended Gallery After arriving in camp late, Lebowski eats dinner in the dark. | 8/21/19 Mile 1,657.5, 1,889' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465181413-D37S5YK9I994ULGCN5ZD/2019_PCT_993.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Looking back at Seiad Valley at the top of a 4,300' climb. | 8/22/19 Mile 1,666.0, 5,715' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465185307-UBAE0IPYKZZ0XHA1JEMM/2019_PCT_996.jpg PCT Extended Gallery A snack with a view. | 8/22/19 Mile 1,668.3, 5,877' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465211439-KB9EGDMJB9YVT2Q6USJ6/2019_PCT_1007.jpg PCT Extended Gallery After 110 days in California, we were finally.in Oregon. Diesel (middle) hiked with Lebowski and me on and off for about a month. | 8/23/19 Mile 1,691.7, 5,585' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465217491-D9RMPU4CU20S01QSMVIE/2019_PCT_1012.jpg PCT Extended Gallery My first sunset in Oregon with a view of Mt. Shasta (14,180') in the background. | 8/23/19 Mile 1,703.9, 5,932' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465239182-H148XG1SR320S3ITRHTT/2019_PCT_1015.jpg PCT Extended Gallery The trail crosses a driveway outside of Ashland, OR. | 8/24/19 Mile 1,714.3, 5,113' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465238910-BSC45RL8YBFAT3STQJTJ/2019_PCT_1017.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski drums on a guardrail with his wooden spoons as we wait for a hitch. | 8/24/19 Mile 1,718.7, 3,976' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465256501-58BY8Y1PL2M50N99CFRU/2019_PCT_1024.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski drinks from a barium spring that tastes like carbonated rotten eggs in downtown Ashland, OR. | 8/24/19 Mile 1,718.7, 3,976' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465254088-DCSFHNQC8G8U08G87A82/2019_PCT_1027.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski enjoys some late night Subway before we figure out where to stealth camp for the night. | 8/24/19 Mile 1,718.7, 3,976' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465265915-3R817XB9DB9EVAQSU98K/2019_PCT_1042.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Posing in some afternoon light in the Sky Lakes Wilderness. | 8/26/19 Mile 1,776.3, 5,779' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465272893-3LWJDSQE4X69WC8CKIOB/2019_PCT_1044.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Practicing proper form for a Sasquatch sighting. Unfortunately and rather surprisingly, still no trace of him. | 8/26/19 Mile 1,776.3, 5,779' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465284938-XUVIK2CFNHJGZ3THH5AR/2019_PCT_1048.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Stars over Squaw Lake. | 8/26/19 Mile 1,781.5, 5,840' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465293398-K2PSJQS1CGG1E1UC7GBI/2019_PCT_1059.jpg PCT Extended Gallery A recent burn south of Crater Lake National Park. | 8/27/19 Mile 1,810.5, 6,061' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465311361-C7ZADJDXLY1DJUVRLL4P/2019_PCT_1064.jpg PCT Extended Gallery The southern boundary of Crater Lake National Park. The PCT was closed through the park due to high levels of mountain lion activity. | 8/28/19 Mile 1,814.7, 6,382' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465312136-JAX7CYVL0VSWR8UXQ1F1/2019_PCT_1067.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Diesel enjoys a shuttle ride to the rim of Crater Lake, knocking off four miles of hiking from our day. | 8/30/19 Mile 1,821.7, 6,021' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465330625-Y7LQ2532BZEJF78QAP2X/2019_PCT_1079.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski and I pose on the rim of Crater Lake, the deepest lake in the United States. | 8/30/19 Mile 1,823.0, 6,093' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465336062-IOBPAXXS5XOGFE0NVZR6/2019_PCT_1080.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Wizard Island jutting out of the middle of Crater Lake. Crater Lake is the deepest in the country with a depth of 1,914'. | 8/30/19 Mile 1,839.2, 6,178' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465361294-SH60O2IIVEJG4S99M7BQ/2019_PCT_1083.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski pays tribute to the Oregon/Washington high point. | 8/31/19 Mile 1,860.8, 7,560' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465366816-5DJ2LWZN28TVU0Y7NEKW/2019_PCT_1085.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Cruising downhill all the way to Canada from the OR/WA high point. | 8/31/19 Mile 1,860.8, 7,572' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465379958-VOZASHBGSVF4IJ7W07IB/2019_PCT_1089.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Summit Lake brought an unexpected swim break and trail magic of fruit. | 9/1/19 Mile 1,889.3, 5,575' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465393621-GARDCFMAF7457WBUHSEO/2019_PCT_1091.jpg PCT Extended Gallery The trail below Diamond Peak. | 9/1/19 Mile 1,896.6, 7,002' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465394294-AHVQVP6GGW9YG9KLIRK6/2019_PCT_1100.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Sunrise over Desane Lake in Three Sisters Wilderness. | 9/3/19 Mile 1,941.6, 5,275' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465415481-FOG2NNKTAUXC3UGTQ5JW/2019_PCT_1105.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Sunrise over Desane Lake in Three Sisters Wilderness. | 9/3/19 Mile 1,941.6, 5,275' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465415744-1ZETYAL1DB9LNEC35DAC/2019_PCT_1106.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Early morning light reflected on Mac Lake. | 9/3/19 Mile 1,942.3, 5,115' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465441475-PE7EK79BVDYTK4Y3ID10/2019_PCT_1111.jpg PCT Extended Gallery A meadow below South Sister in Three Sisters Wilderness. | 9/3/19 Mile 1,960.9, 6,162' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465444245-33EGQI5BQT5OXPQI1LFX/2019_PCT_1119.jpg PCT Extended Gallery A meadow below South Sister. | 9/3/19 Mile 1,967.9, 6,294' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465459473-I6CMFC2CSV8JJRI2PKUF/2019_PCT_1122.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Hiking to camp through the lava fields below North Sister. From front to back are Mt. Washingotn, Three Fingered Jack, Mt. Jefferson and Mt. Hood. | 9/3/19 Mile 1,977.2, 6,277' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465462203-EII8IWP1KXMMG1E9PC0K/2019_PCT_1125.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Completely exhausted after my PR 60 mile day, noticing there's a storm rolling in before camp will be set up. | 9/3/19 Mile 1,979.7, 6,023' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465479905-4HCSU2ZP1ONSGZ913BID/2019_PCT_1135.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Baby Step hides Lebowski's camp shoe on the roof at Big Lake Youth Camp. | 9/6/19 Mile 1,995.1, 4,775' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465492031-PWPTOBR5DMQ715KP5IKR/2019_PCT_1143.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski and I at mile 2000. | 9/6/19 Mile 2,000, 4,820' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465503671-DLIG2IV4ORWL5AMAJMT5/2019_PCT_1152.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Mt. Jefferson just after an afternoon storm. | 9/6/19 Mile 2,022.7, 5,884' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465517584-7QKSEOJVPR9OEJ2VX6VQ/2019_PCT_1162.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Mt. Jefferson peeks out from behind some clouds. | 9/7/19 Mile 2,043.2, 5,384' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465529515-V15YPPGM245Q11G1RB1C/2019_PCT_1164.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Myself, Lebowski and Hot Take shoot our album cover next to Little Crater Lake. | 9/7/19 Mile 2,078.8, 3,245' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465543212-K6SR8OT3TABC47F9C149/2019_PCT_1168.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Ditching raingear as we dropped below the rain. | 9/9/19 Mile 2,097.6, 6,039' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465545712-QV85OSZLS7D9IZC4N4ZO/2019_PCT_1185.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Enjoying some afternoon light in an overgrown forest. | 9/10/19 Mile 2,122.1, 4,426' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465565838-TDO71MIIMBHBNRZKK4WQ/2019_PCT_1199.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski at the top of a climb through a burn area. | 9/11/19 Mile 2,136.6, 4,097' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465565403-142WQ01135X77N0TB5CL/2019_PCT_1201.jpg PCT Extended Gallery A brief break in the clouds gave way to the only view I got of Mt. Adams despite hiking across it. | 9/11/19 Mile 2,140.7, 2,241' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465590928-UW0O08XU159B5L8I0Y5W/2019_PCT_1205.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Diesel poses before arriving in Cascade Locks, OR. | 9/11/19 Mile 2,138.1, 3,764' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465590360-0G38NKL8FL3OPJ36PN3X/2019_PCT_1207.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Hiking through a burn area south of Cascade Locks, OR. | 9/11/19 Mile 2,141.8, 1,464' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465613185-AIMGP8BCHDSNLXH3UO9P/2019_PCT_1210.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Diesel and Lebowski posing before dropping down to the Columbia river. | 9/11/19 Mile 2,141.8, 1,464' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465612235-LKWXBLCKDVTYOV63XJUI/2019_PCT_1215.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski mulls over options on the side of the interstate after bailing on a sketchy hitch. | 9/11/19 Mile 2,146.7, 151' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465632196-5Z4FOID6S8BNMLC3RWUP/2019_PCT_1217.jpg PCT Extended Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465634116-X2ZMHWS5QRCOC0U4B9W4/2019_PCT_1228.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Walking into Washington across the Bridge of the Gods over the Columbia river. The bridge is also the lowest point on the PCT at 151 feet. | 9/12/19 Mile 2,146.9, 151' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465657627-TEFPJV770ZTHEG8V6A57/2019_PCT_1233.jpg PCT Extended Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465654322-N041F8OW539HVTZDOMI2/2019_PCT_1237.jpg PCT Extended Gallery An old trail marker slowly being consumed by a tree. | 9/14/19 2,199.6, 4,027' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465682708-CY707CD51TALYJUJA8TI/2019_PCT_1241.jpg PCT Extended Gallery In 2018 a sasquatch was seen in this meadow. Unfortunately there was no trace when I hiked through. | 9/16/19 Mile 2,229.0, 3,849' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465685358-FMVTLUBV4403Y8PM56WG/2019_PCT_1244.jpg PCT Extended Gallery I did some 'squatch wood knocks but got no response. | 9/16/19 Mile 2,229.0, 3,849' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465707392-GG6W97UTFVB1W4BKYCPN/2019_PCT_1246.jpg PCT Extended Gallery A few weeks ahead of us in a freak accident a tree fell on a hiker, Colors. A memorial had been placed shortly after. | 9/16/19 Mile 2,228.9, 3,835' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465709230-41N02IKADIJK95HJEB97/2019_PCT_1248.jpg PCT Extended Gallery A burn area on Mt. Adams. | 9/16/19 Mile 2,239.0, 5,783' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465729765-QHW9ZYJA56D4DIZWP4EC/2019_PCT_1250.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski cruises along. | 9/16/19 Mile 2,239.0, 5,783' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465731448-SO85U8G6TNGACD7MJ540/2019_PCT_1259.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski asses the cloud cover.| 9/17/19 Mile 2,265.2 5,396' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465755076-7LIBCKVLJV7M4XENGC2H/2019_PCT_1265.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Warming up by jumping while hiking through some cold and windy rain. | 9/17/19 Mile 2,265.2 5,396' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465748028-31VPD8UUF4KUDKN9D0WN/2019_PCT_1269.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski hikes through the fog in Goat Rocks Wilderness. | 9/17/19 Mile 2,265.8, 5,396' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465769661-KJZ9JLVUMP5KGAMMI7ZB/2019_PCT_1270.jpg PCT Extended Gallery A brief break in the clouds showed us our first view in Goat Rocks Wilderness. | 9/17/19 Mile 2,266.8, 5,796' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465785674-5FCWX10NY5QVJHY85P1F/2019_PCT_1271.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski cuts across a gulley. | 9/17/19 Mile 2,265.8, 5,396' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465786253-ELMSCQLMBZ6F7M5WL9CZ/2019_PCT_1276.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Hiking through an unexpected snowstorm in Goat Rocks Wilderness. | 9/18/19 Mile 2,276.6, 7,095' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465802532-JN0LVZ0VB13FC9DWPTV8/2019_PCT_1278.jpg PCT Extended Gallery An unexpected snowstorm in Goat Rocks Wilderness made for less than fun exposed terrain. | 9/18/19 Mile 2,276.6, 7,095' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465805042-JT7M57634AV0PK1QNZ7S/2019_PCT_1280.jpg PCT Extended Gallery A knife edge ridgewalk through Goat Rocks Wilderness, one of the most stunning sections of trail. Thankfully the clouds lifted for about 15 minutes and we got a good view. | 9/18/19 Mile 2,277.0, 7,095' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465821724-SM4Z7XNW7RDH055E5P88/2019_PCT_1282.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski traverses the Goat Rock knife edge. | 9/18/19 Mile 2,277.0, 7,095' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465819859-6LIAXC9AWYUACVIKGRKI/2019_PCT_1291.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski enjoys a breakfast burrito in some welcome sun at White Pass, WA. | 9/19/19 Mile 2,294.9, 4,409' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465839979-N7MS4LT1K81866H20B6Q/2019_PCT_1293.jpg PCT Extended Gallery My pack dries in the first sun for days. | 9/19/19 Mile 2,294.9, 4,409' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465841590-I3FL0E7KZZTNOMZWW1NV/2019_PCT_1297.jpg PCT Extended Gallery There's never a bad time for a deep stretch. | 9/19/19 Mile 2,296.1, 4,824' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465868088-OSCDIH0VYTBB0AXK4DE6/2019_PCT_1307.jpg PCT Extended Gallery The trail heads up to a pass before dropping to Dewey Lake. | 9/19/19 Mile 2,315.7, 5,702' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465855673-ZESUTIZNL6O0ZE54RLTR/2019_PCT_1308.jpg PCT Extended Gallery After a cloudy day, finally a glimpse of Mt. Rainier. | 9/19/19 Mile 2,317.2, 5,350' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465877886-V37FR9X6STU09YIBF90Z/2019_PCT_1311.jpg PCT Extended Gallery My hiking partner from the AT, Grapenut, lives in Yakima, WA not far from the trail. He picked us up to zero at his house. Here Lebowski eats a cookie while drying his gear after a wet few days. | 9/20/19 Mile 2,323.8, 5,358' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465891198-RRLFNHGRWOU7SJ1N2BD3/2019_PCT_1318.jpg PCT Extended Gallery I take in the North Cascades on a very welcome clear morning. | 9/25/19 Mile 2,400.2, 5,390' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465905022-9OKQCP71F6Z9VBSYQWLT/2019_PCT_1327.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Looking down a valley to Snoqualmie Pass with Mt. Rainier in the background. | 9/25/19 Mile 2,403.8, 5,598' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465916759-TDX34YV00L4MX67GL24A/2019_PCT_1329.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski on a ridgewalk above Snoqualmie Pass. Mt. Rainier is visible in the background. | 9/25/19 Mile 2,404.5 5,550' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465937060-0S85R12GUVITSZGXPW5O/2019_PCT_1337.jpg PCT Extended Gallery The approach to Cathederal Pass near Deep Lake. | 9/26/19 Mile 2,434.8, 4,379' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465941141-LIVIA64QTBCPQ24MZEOA/2019_PCT_1351.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Surprise Lake below Pieper Pass. | 9/27/19 Mile 2,451.6, 5,084' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465957193-ILL89E3NSYGMYV0IUVHO/2019_PCT_1359.jpg PCT Extended Gallery After getting pushed in to Leavenworth, WA to wait out a snowstorm, we were surprised by a very large parade right outside our room. Lebowski had a knack for getting into dance-offs with strangers. | 9/28/19 Mile 2,464.1, 4,053' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465958317-QXTMBME2YGZVKEFXZD0S/2019_PCT_1367.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski enjoys the hot tub while we wait out a snowstorm in Leavenworth, WA. | 9/28/19 Mile 2,464.1, 4,053' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465980423-ZZV1C43NBMF67HSQ0NMP/2019_PCT_1371.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Babysteps and Swiss Bitch head back out into the cold from Stevens Pass. | 9/30/19 Mile 2,464.6, 4,053' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571466333702-DXAJLNZMGT5R5UBI1S91/2019_PCT_1373.jpg PCT Extended Gallery The excitement to be back on trail didn't last long after this. | 9/30/19 Mile 2,464.6, 4,053' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571466333517-VE43HK7YI3608J1OCGF7/2019_PCT_1376.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Snow covered peaks were the new norm. | 9/30/19 Mile 2,469.9, 4,906' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571466355225-VAVPS3YR8TVRGX0J12HZ/2019_PCT_1379.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Prof enjoys the last glimpse of sun before a sub-freezing night. | 9/30/19 Mile 2,478.6, 5,582' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571466356843-D99KECQEHE4YOY0G57OG/2019_PCT_1381.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski eats breakfast on a particularly chilly morning beneath Grizzly Peak. | 10/1/19 Mile 2,479.8, 5,582' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571466377897-PWNW6C061PTNFACILGBE/2019_PCT_1388.jpg PCT Extended Gallery The freshly snow-capped North Cascades. | 10/1/19 Mile2,502.4, 6,011' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571466379150-QSHEMQ0LNQ513LJWK953/2019_PCT_1397.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Most of the snow already melted off this south facing slope. | 10/1/19 Mile2,502.4, 6,011' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571466400880-MM1J9XNR73O24GP1Q2EK/2019_PCT_1400.jpg PCT Extended Gallery The North Cascades, freshly dusted. | 10/1/19 Mile 2,502.5, 6,011' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571466402166-CT7MUUPA50ABRZCPLS4C/2019_PCT_1404.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Glacier Peak. | 10/2/19 Mile 2,517.8, 5,279' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571466425760-OONPAGLPWZCQLTIKRWW9/2019_PCT_1407.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski ascends after having just had a standoff with a black bear. | 10/2/19 Mile 2,519.5, 6,342' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571466422506-ZCB6DJPJCGEUV958GK5B/2019_PCT_1416.jpg PCT Extended Gallery I had to wear the same pair of socks for the final several hundred miles because my other pair had large holes. Safe to say things got a little gnarly. | 10/3/19 Mile 2,557.1, 4,724' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571466438073-AUKWMGLEXSPPLU4PUXJ6/2019_PCT_1418.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski lost several spoons and needed to use mine after I had dinner for about a week. | 10/4/19 Mile 2,588.7, 4,303' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571466453083-4XZDYFT2YR8DJJNZEJID/2019_PCT_1426.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Waiting for a potential hitch to drive by at Rainy Pass, WA. | 10/5/19 Mile 2,591.1, 4,855' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571466465901-VCPKDQF52F0JA15LVZ8Y/2019_PCT_1430.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski hikes through fresh snow north of Cutthroat Pass. | 10/5/19 Mile 2,600.2, 6,837' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571466481062-CDESCH8DQJFAKOX87LEF/2019_PCT_1434.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski hikes across fresh snow below Glacier Pass. | 10/6/19 Mile 6,212.6, 5,581' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571466485335-ZQQNG9242PPI3DPI60DM/2019_PCT_1436.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski hikes across fresh snow south of Harts Pass. | 10/6/19 Mile 6,214.6, 5,576' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571466501784-FCER7CDPE58TO3ACJSVC/2019_PCT_1438.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Modeling my new yet awful quality aviators against the backdrop of the North Cascades. | 10/6/19 Mile 6,215.6, 5,545' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571466516026-57CH5WDKVC7W5TQQ2D2Y/2019_PCT_1456.jpg PCT Extended Gallery At long last, Canada! The line cut through the trees behind the monument is the border. Celebrations didn't last long as the temperature dropped and the rain fell harder. | 10/7/19 Mile 2,652.6, 4,258' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571466532730-7RBKN95WU8XQUA3SZHAF/2019_PCT_1466.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Over the course of the trail, Lebowski and I walked around 2,000 miles together. Saying that by the end we were close would be an understatement. | 10/7/19 Mile 2,652.6, 4,258' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571466545834-EUU60KM7NNZO9TFWIUVX/2019_PCT_1469.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Recent snowfall and unbroken trail made for quite some views. | 10/8/19 Mile 2,627.2, 6,295' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571466548100-UUKQ059C4MF2K26AOBVG/2019_PCT_1474.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski in good spirits despite having to backtrack 30 miles from the border in sub-freezing temperatures. | 10/8/19 Mile 2,627.2, 6,295' https://www.evanleonardphotography.com/pct-slideshow-selects daily 0.75 2019-10-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571274386980-1ISIC7YPZ51LBS360MYV/2019_PCT_556.jpg PCT Slideshow Selects Downhill and Blankie trudge through the slushy late-afternoon snow on the approach to the 11,946 foot Glen Pass. | 6/30/19 Mile 790.0, 11,094' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571274386980-1ISIC7YPZ51LBS360MYV/2019_PCT_556.jpg PCT Slideshow Selects Downhill and Blankie trudge through the slushy late-afternoon snow on the approach to the 11,946 foot Glen Pass. | 6/30/19 Mile 790.0, 11,094' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571455229439-2LFUAFHKYQOH7FKEHKJE/2019_PCT_556.jpg PCT Slideshow Selects Downhill and Blankie trudge through the slushy late-afternoon snow on the approach to the 11,946 foot Glen Pass. | 6/30/19 Mile 790.0, 11,094' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571455358535-U63FPR1O70G0X8C2OTG2/2019_PCT_1416.jpg PCT Slideshow Selects I had to wear the same pair of socks for the final several hundred miles because my other pair had large holes. Safe to say things got a little gnarly. | 10/3/19 Mile 2,557.1, 4,724' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571455197696-7IN8MXDC6Y08ZZKUGPHN/2019_PCT_377.jpg PCT Slideshow Selects Lebowski quality controls some new cold-weather sleep gear before bed. | 6/19/19 Mile 716.5, 7,832' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571455179831-ASE37O9OC9SEVM6EYMAF/2019_PCT_320.jpg PCT Slideshow Selects I watch sunset from our campsite outside of Tehachapi, CA. | 6/16/19 Mile 653.8, 6,067' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571455257658-IZT96T34AKJ32Y997V3A/2019_PCT_773.jpg PCT Slideshow Selects Blade attempts to outsmart the mosquitos with a makeshift net in Desolation Wilderness west of Lake Tahoe. | 7/19/19 Mile 1,122.1, 6,973' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571455168480-CYCCKU634FNOON13S1UH/2019_PCT_060.jpg PCT Slideshow Selects The trail cuts across a large meadow before passing through the small community of Warner Springs, CA. | 5/11/19 Mile 105.5, 3,393' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571455276933-JMFXF107QEPBEEKDCD2O/2019_PCT_960.jpg PCT Slideshow Selects Lebowski and Twain enjoy a ride back up the mountain from Etna, CA. Etna is the last town north in California. | 8/19/19 Mile 1,599.7, 5,980' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571455205112-0LU4U615NEGCFLG66VVD/2019_PCT_419.jpg PCT Slideshow Selects Lebowski surveys the Eastern Sierra sunrise from Mt. Whitney, the highest point in the lower 48 at 14,504 feet. | 6/26/19 Mile 767.0, 14,504' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571455294505-CDYOF12UGGZX5WX3B9XI/2019_PCT_1044.jpg PCT Slideshow Selects Practicing proper form for a Sasquatch sighting. Unfortunately and rather surprisingly, still no trace of him. | 8/26/19 Mile 1,776.3, 5,779' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571455166656-OOVTWWNLJFPOT1OQ0PFN/2019_PCT_252.jpg PCT Slideshow Selects Lebowski walks along a covered section of the controversial L.A. aqueduct. The trail was coincident with the aqueduct for 18 miles. | 6/8/19 Mile 520.3, 2,970' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571455216100-FTW387Q91V88IIPWY01S/2019_PCT_524.jpg PCT Slideshow Selects Lebowski takes care of some oral hygene in Kings Canyon National Park. | 6/27/19 Mile 786.1, 9,912' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571455342306-CYXKUYRPNTBULHOIT13U/2019_PCT_1359.jpg PCT Slideshow Selects After getting pushed in to Leavenworth, WA to wait out a snowstorm, we were surprised by a very large parade right outside our room. Lebowski had a knack for getting into dance-offs with strangers. | 9/28/19 Mile 2,464.1, 4,053' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571455239423-H5NX12IOQQBX9KC7861Z/2019_PCT_601.jpg PCT Slideshow Selects Lebowski takes a tumble after slipping on a sun cup. | 7/4/19 Mile 843.1, 10,866' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571455337070-K5BKFSGA72CQ1V80CUZJ/2019_PCT_1311.jpg PCT Slideshow Selects My hiking partner from the AT, Grapenut, lives in Yakima, WA not far from the trail. He picked us up to zero at his house. Here Lebowski eats a cookie while drying his gear after a wet few days. | 9/20/19 Mile 2,323.8, 5,358' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571455262569-KL3XHEYHZODKYFSBY79L/2019_PCT_795.jpg PCT Slideshow Selects Stella gives her first-ever haircut to Downhill while Lebowski and Juicy anxiously watch. | 7/23/19 Mile 1,130.9, 6,200' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571455319981-MD6BUWGIPKUE9FBQGHBC/2019_PCT_1228.jpg PCT Slideshow Selects Walking into Washington across the Bridge of the Gods over the Columbia river. The bridge is also the lowest point on the PCT at 151 feet. | 9/12/19 Mile 2,146.9, 151' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571455315947-WVY0N0UK6FK4EE9IR1QQ/2019_PCT_1152.jpg PCT Slideshow Selects Mt. Jefferson just after an afternoon storm. | 9/6/19 Mile 2,022.7, 5,884' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571455373676-8Q6OCK6PV8Q2NH6C797K/2019_PCT_1474.jpg PCT Slideshow Selects Lebowski in good spirits despite having to backtrack 30 miles from the border in sub-freezing temperatures. | 10/8/19 Mile 2,627.2, 6,295' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571455371225-MLZF27S26B1WRP0EAIKJ/2019_PCT_1456.jpg PCT Slideshow Selects At long last, Canada! The line cut through the trees behind the monument is the border. 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Aire during an afternoon backcountry tour. | Lambs Canyon, UT 1/29/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1585418439424-CSPWBX6GC6BJSE3XFATD/2020_HappySnaps_0082.jpg Winter 2020 1 Snacks and Ruthless (Emily and Becky, PCT friends) enthusiastically prepare to head back out after a break at Alta mountain. | Alta, UT 2/11/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1585418437198-CJEF9QJV0HDDUK18CWLZ/2020_HappySnaps_0174.jpg Winter 2020 1 Grace and Heidi enjoy an evening with the rest of the housemates. | Holladay, UT 1/26/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1585418446783-AU1HXBYF0JG9C5WGC88H/2020_HappySnaps_0197.jpg Winter 2020 1 Bullfrog tries her hand at giving Lebowski a long overdue haircut. | Holladay, UT 1/27/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1585418451040-CDUVYVCT2LIQLRD6EHKK/2020_HappySnaps_0292.jpg Winter 2020 1 Matt on the summit of Honeycomb Cliffs with Mt. Superior in the background. | Big Cottonwood Canyon, UT 2/13/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1585418457969-A025RUIN4QVK8Z5QJ4L0/2020_HappySnaps_0302.jpg Winter 2020 1 Matt slaps skins on his skis for the second backcountry run of the day. | Big Cottonwood Canyon, UT 2/13/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1585418474233-A7UYLUSH69WM1I9VM2UG/2020_HappySnaps_0341.jpg Winter 2020 1 Ruthless shreds some pow on the way down from Peak 9699. | Big Cottonwood Canyon, UT 3/2/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1585418468029-D73ARKRW7ZNT7CPP663G/2020_HappySnaps_0419.jpg Winter 2020 1 Lebowski watches the snow fall between rides at Deer Valley. | Park City, UT 3/8/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1585418477866-1VCMJV3FKS8W8KMS9PK5/2020_HappySnaps_0549.jpg Winter 2020 1 Heidi gears up to chuck some knives. | Holladay, UT 3/14/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1585418480468-VQS9Y5AJD293H0MTO2CC/2020_HappySnaps_0641.jpg Winter 2020 1 Bjorn skins up Mt. Aire as a small storm rolls in. | Lambs Canyon, UT 3/20/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1585418482581-L2K02V5G02P46KQOWOE4/2020_HappySnaps_0687.jpg Winter 2020 1 Cass models her new hat in our living room. | Holladay, UT 3/15/20 https://www.evanleonardphotography.com/winter-2020-2 daily 0.75 2020-03-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1585418507819-T4BXE09YDX2DYB7J0MWN/2019_HappySnaps_0730.jpg Winter 2020 2 Taking a good gander at the freshly snow-covered peaks of Colorado. | Buena Vista, CO 12/12/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1585418507819-T4BXE09YDX2DYB7J0MWN/2019_HappySnaps_0730.jpg Winter 2020 2 Taking a good gander at the freshly snow-covered peaks of Colorado. | Buena Vista, CO 12/12/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1585418506942-MW9M0Z21GPM9XJOFHULJ/2019_HappySnaps_0838.jpg Winter 2020 2 Bullfrog (Quinn, PCT friend) and Lebowski collaborate on a puzzle given to Lebowski for Christmas. Coincidentally, it is a Big Lebowski themed puzzle. | Holladay, UT 12/25/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1585418517384-667HVOZWGOCE83VX3E48/2020_HappySnaps_0050.jpg Winter 2020 2 Lebowski and our roommate Cass taking a break in the trees on a spectactular powder day at Snowbird mountain. | Alta, UT 1/8/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1585418517253-JZSKKTOV2IWW07QYR4F3/2020_HappySnaps_0075.jpg Winter 2020 2 Bjorn atop a subpeak of Mt. Aire. | Lambs Canyon, UT 1/29/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1585418532376-8SSU6R6QILKBIQDAZJWA/2020_HappySnaps_0096.jpg Winter 2020 2 Snacks sends a killer jump at Alta. | Alta, UT 2/11/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1585418528984-7PEVRFXYUSJL0HZBNSQ1/2020_HappySnaps_0177.jpg Winter 2020 2 Bullfrog meets Snailman, a very friendly snail who spent the winter with us. | Holladay, UT 1/26/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1585418536878-4SP0K3C6HOMLVAVI3XJW/2020_HappySnaps_0275.jpg Winter 2020 2 Lebowski basks in the afternoon light with his pile of hard-earned cash. | Holladay, UT 2/11/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1585418545178-3W3UH9FW9GJIEOJJHQEJ/2020_HappySnaps_0300.jpg Winter 2020 2 Myself atop Honeycomb Cliffs with Mt. Superior and Little Cottonwood Canyon in the background. | Big Cottonwood Canyon, UT 2/13/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1585418545246-JRJEUKHBPLES5E2DP195/2020_HappySnaps_0324.jpg Winter 2020 2 Ruthless transitioning to downhill mode after a morning ski tour to the summit of Honeycomb Cliffs. | Big Cottonwood Canyon, UT 2/21/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1585418557283-8NO2EW8KK693O994AJFR/2020_HappySnaps_0364.jpg Winter 2020 2 Lebowski enjoys sunset from our back porch on an unusually warm day. | Holladay, UT 2/24/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1585418561061-O8C4GEUJXDLEOJ4ME4HM/2020_HappySnaps_0505.jpg Winter 2020 2 Lebowski tries his hand at throwing knives that were given to me by a Native American competitive knife thrower. | Holladay, UT 3/14/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1585418568887-FYJVW4XNN8IGZXG6ONFO/2020_HappySnaps_0631.jpg Winter 2020 2 Lebowski enjoys the view overlooking Salt Lake City, nearly 4,000 feet above our house. | Mt. Olympus, UT 3/17/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1585418575056-AJPX5ILV4Z6RFGQJG2D1/2020_HappySnaps_0667.jpg Winter 2020 2 Part of our Mt. Olympus summit crew after an ice scramble down from the summit. | Mt. Olympus, UT 3/22/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1585418576857-ZKRAK7SCKP36OMPIHFLU/2020_HappySnaps_0714.jpg Winter 2020 2 Snacks, Ruthless and Lebowski share some farewell tacos overlooking Salt Lake City, our last time seeing them before leaving town for the season. | Salt Lake City, UT 3/24/20 https://www.evanleonardphotography.com/rad4-1 daily 0.75 2020-06-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1590953865529-EPS9FTTJJGMEHPFF790B/2020_HappySnaps_1930.jpg RAD4 Let’s start with the mechanical improvements. There’s a small company out of Idaho called Northwoods Performance that manufactures the lift kit I installed. It includes a set of 1.5” strut spacers paired with high performance springs all around. The ride on and off-road is substantially improved. Ground clearance now sits at ten inches. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1590953865529-EPS9FTTJJGMEHPFF790B/2020_HappySnaps_1930.jpg RAD4 Let’s start with the mechanical improvements. There’s a small company out of Idaho called Northwoods Performance that manufactures the lift kit I installed. It includes a set of 1.5” strut spacers paired with high performance springs all around. The ride on and off-road is substantially improved. Ground clearance now sits at ten inches. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1590953859556-4PYWOYRJCGIHOMF3NYFY/2020_HappySnaps_1953.jpg RAD4 Attached at the front is a basic 3” steel tube bull bar for if I happen to hit a snowbank or need to push someone out, each of which seem to happen more often than I’d like. Northwoods Performance manufactured the high clearance front exhaust pipe and 3/8” steel skid plate, shown here. I also upgraded the tires to Kumho AT-51’s, which increase ground clearance, dramatically improve off-road performance and are extreme-snow rated. No more switching out in winter! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1590953878435-JWYG4CWH5MWKKKJUSNCN/2020_HappySnaps_1965.jpg RAD4 Upon opening the tailgate, my first ever attempt at woodworking is visible. I took out the rear seats and built a platform substructure which I bolted to the frame of the car to keep everything nice and secure. The cabinet has seven sliding drawers and holds my toiletry and cook gear, as well as some dry food. There’s a sliding table that comes out the back that is self supported with plenty of room to cook a meal and drink a beer, one could even play a game of cards if their heart desired. The entire platform and cabinet are constructed out of 3/4” plywood, 1x2” whitewood board and 1 1/2” wood screws. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1590953880119-2ER36CZWLEWAWRJY4EIT/2020_HappySnaps_1973.jpg RAD4 I cut out a trap door above the spare tire well (now stored in the roof box), attached a piano hinge and a hook to keep it open. This is where I store clothes and detergent. The main lights are also strung under the door to illuminate the wardrobe a during any post-sunset layer additions. The sleeping platform is covered in Tolex, the same material used to cover guitar amps. It’s incredibly durable, water repellant and creates just the right amount of friction. Also pictured are integrated toothbrush and towel holders. It’s worth noting the cook towel is dirty because I had to wipe the outside of the car for this shoot. Don't worry Mom, my rags aren’t normally that filthy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1590953897769-WMBXPDXW7QL19QI29MZJ/2020_HappySnaps_2011.jpg RAD4 A keen eye will notice there isn’t any platform behind the driver seat, this is so I can sit upright inside with my legs in the footwell. So many SUV builds I’ve seen only allow you to sleep inside with no room for activities, and that just isn’t very rad. Similar to the tailgate, I built an interior sliding table for meals and general use. Sitting on the table is my 444 watt/hour battery, with AC and DC output in the form of 2.1 amp USB and 120v wall plugs. This is charged by my solar panel, pictured below. In the window there’s a custom cut piece of Reflectix coated in black rubber. These insulate in cold weather and black out the windows completely for stealth camping in town. I also have velcro-attachable screen windows to get on mosquitos nerves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1590953916323-FPAGH962T27T0BY1K4XZ/2020_HappySnaps_2046.jpg RAD4 Up top I’ve attached high strength cross bars, a 16 cubic foot roof box, and custom mounted sliding solar panel. The panel is rated at 100 watts and flexible, though I’ve hard-mounted it to 1/2” plywood. This was then attached to heavy duty 40-inch locking drawer slides under the roof box, with additional support built up inside the box. The panel can usually produce 70 watts on a clear day, which is enough to fully charge my battery in about 10 hours. The system can also jump start a car, which is very handy when your soon to be former pal played the radio a bit too raucously the night before. Rain guards have been added above the windows to allow airflow at all times. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1590953929476-0JM7GV4VEALONI2E6RHG/2020_HappySnaps_2057.jpg RAD4 A buddy of mine gave me the idea to switch out the gear shifter with a trekking pole handle. So I did! This is the pole I thru-hiked the AT with, and it still had a full season of life out west afterwards. I got lucky and found the 8 x 1.25 nuts I needed to stick inside the shifter in a miscellaneous metric hardware bin. I had to grind them down so they would fit inside the handle, but after that it was just some two-part epoxy and a 24-hour wait and I was in business! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1590953894990-T6QB4VKQGC4EW8TYI4JX/2020_HappySnaps_2015.jpg RAD4 The view from the captains quarters. Here I can sit upright and stretch, cook dinner or in the most dire of circumstances, work on my computer. The mattress is a 4” trifold foam mattress with washable cover. At 76” x 24”, it’s the perfect size for me and fits splendidly in the back of the RAD4. The pillow was swiped from my brother. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1590953930452-039OE995MW0YU9L4TEDZ/2020_HappySnaps_2063.jpg RAD4 The center console armrest got covered in velcro on the inside for easy access to camp and driving essentials. I have extra velcro up top for any additions to the kit. https://www.evanleonardphotography.com/spring-2020-1 daily 0.75 2020-06-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1591040204732-H4ARWAPEZIAM560DL6XI/2020_HappySnaps_0775.jpg Spring 2020 1 Lebowski flamboyantly throws a stake into the ground while on the long haul back east from Salt Lake City. This evening we pulled off at a deserted campground. | 3/26/20 Iowa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1591040204732-H4ARWAPEZIAM560DL6XI/2020_HappySnaps_0775.jpg Spring 2020 1 Lebowski flamboyantly throws a stake into the ground while on the long haul back east from Salt Lake City. This evening we pulled off at a deserted campground. | 3/26/20 Iowa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1591040204837-Q8A0D0K5V364W3UL40LK/2020_HappySnaps_0986.jpg Spring 2020 1 The annual family egg hunt took to the outdoors this year. Here Gabriel pulls one from a Paper Birch tree. | 4/13/20 Westlake, OH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1591041726834-QZCXMPOUEND1Z1UPKG0M/DSCF5338.jpg Spring 2020 1 A late season flurry dropped some snow on the old rec center sledding hill. It only stuck for a couple of hours, but I still managed to get some turns in! I can reasonably confidently say I am the only person to have telemark skied this face. (Photo cred: Dad) | 4/17/20 Westlake, OH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1591040228918-0ICDXII1F2P9IKU0HWBP/2020_HappySnaps_1139.jpg Spring 2020 1 Gabriel won an award for his truly world-class trombone playing at Purdue University. Such an honor necessitated a proper headshot, followed by a dashing pose. | 4/24/20 Westlake, OH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1591040228098-9RT6H0FPZR8J4N3JBUON/2020_HappySnaps_1234.jpg Spring 2020 1 Lebowski tinkers with a minibike he rebuilt for our backyard enjoyment. | 5/2/20 Ann Arbor, MI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1591040239034-HX15U0HD44LJU81Y3BDA/2020_HappySnaps_1508.jpg Spring 2020 1 For a change of pace we decided to camp out in the yard on a warm night. | 5/3/20 Ann Arbor, MI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1591040251794-66XJV4XUSXDA04VE82PW/2020_HappySnaps_1535.jpg Spring 2020 1 On the way to the backcountry campsite in Sells Park, Hannah pauses to enjoy the sounds and smells of spring. | 5/16/20 Athens, OH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1591040266484-UC7LLOYB8BGP6DF3ONXO/2020_HappySnaps_1542.jpg Spring 2020 1 Turtlehead Cave, one of thousands of rockhouses in the sandstone hills of the Ohio River Valley. | 5/17/20 Athens, OH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1591040262828-DTUN6A9VRCFPPCI7MNRS/2020_HappySnaps_1619.jpg Spring 2020 1 Hannah and Mel, giddy after having created a truly marvelous fire. | 5/14/20 Athens, OH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1591040289612-XHHZJ0W38W3BQZP7SFC1/2020_HappySnaps_1853.jpg Spring 2020 1 Ruthless begins the 2,000 foot rock scramble to Baker Peak. From there we would follow a knife edge ridge to Wheeler Peak which sits at 13,065 ft. | 5/24/20 Great Basin National Park, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1591041082215-2371I7EDYI5Q4LJ1AROO/2020_HappySnaps_1973.jpg Spring 2020 1 On the inside, I built a mattress platform with a trap door for clothes storage, seven drawer cabinet, interior and exterior sliding tables, space to sit upright with my feet down, window insulators and ultra-efficient LED lights. | 5/26/20 Baker, NV https://www.evanleonardphotography.com/spring-2020-2 daily 0.75 2020-06-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1591040321645-PB2B0P09TLP9KR51Q2ES/2020_HappySnaps_0981.jpg Spring 2020 2 Mom and Dad laid out an intricate Easter egg hunt for Gabriel and me. The name of the game this year was to look high. | 4/13/20 Westlake, OH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1591040321645-PB2B0P09TLP9KR51Q2ES/2020_HappySnaps_0981.jpg Spring 2020 2 Mom and Dad laid out an intricate Easter egg hunt for Gabriel and me. The name of the game this year was to look high. | 4/13/20 Westlake, OH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1591040321820-RGLG5UT7YXGRWZM9EVW7/2020_HappySnaps_1002.jpg Spring 2020 2 Gramps fills us in on the latest happenings in the neighborhood on a particularly good porch sitting day. | 4/13/20 Westlake, OH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1591040343220-4DXJ4I0UJ7ZGR74EIBND/2020_HappySnaps_1164.jpg Spring 2020 2 Gabriel took me out for my first round of disc golf to pass some time while on social distancing orders. Despite his infinitely superior technique, I finished only three throws behind. | 4/28/20 Bay Village, OH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1591040335263-V2NT1BFEW9HCX4JS9SBT/2020_HappySnaps_1365.jpg Spring 2020 2 Enjoying the fruits of his labor, Lebowski whizzes around a fine midwestern yard. | 5/3/20 Ann Arbor, MI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1591040365103-OPW8NBJ78RPPPSR7322F/2020_HappySnaps_1606.jpg Spring 2020 2 My good friend Andy is an excellent mechanic who is forever fixing up old cars. One of his favorite is this '69 El Camino. | 5/10/20 Ann Arbor, MI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1591040346636-7NDAAYYE30ZF1PUL9AK0/2020_HappySnaps_1530.jpg Spring 2020 2 A day spent fishing on an empty lake is always a good day. Here Lebowski and Blankie soak up the sun while Andy lazily works on hooking a prize fish. | 5/4/20 Pinckney, MI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1591040363810-BHLWX5ROFJWD957TKZYZ/2020_HappySnaps_1539.jpg Spring 2020 2 From the comfort of her new tent, Hannah takes a gander at the jungle that is Southseat Ohio. | 5/16/20 Athens, OH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1591040375579-F7OWHGEBRY6BQSBFOJVC/2020_HappySnaps_1838.jpg Spring 2020 2 Michael takes the longboard for a few laps down the hill in the West End. | Athens, OH 5/18/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1591040395594-8U68TJH693GIEGXLXK5S/2020_HappySnaps_1870.jpg Spring 2020 2 Through one of the craziest turns of fate I've ever expereienced, I stumbled into Athens pals Abe and Justin on the highest peak in the least visited national park in the country. As luck would have it, I had just come from Athens with a stash of Jackie O's which was nearly as sweet as the summit. | 5/24/20 Great Basin National Park, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1591041114967-EKONVZK2QWR2UUNKFGXE/2020_HappySnaps_1930.jpg Spring 2020 2 At long last, I customized my RAV4 to be both a living space and a halfway serious off-road machine. Exterior upgrades were made to suspension, ride height, tires, front end protection and a roof mounted sliding solar panel. Click here for the full tour. | 5/26/20 Baker, NV https://www.evanleonardphotography.com/summer-2020-2 daily 0.75 2020-09-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1600472544190-730MAAXJZKSBR2DUF05R/HappySnaps2020_02.jpg Summer 2020 2 Piñata score from Heidi's birthday weekend with the cousins at their grandparents farm. Arjay Ranch is home to Moonshadow CBD, the hemp farm I've been helping run for the summer. | 6/9/20 Oroville, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1600472544190-730MAAXJZKSBR2DUF05R/HappySnaps2020_02.jpg Summer 2020 2 Piñata score from Heidi's birthday weekend with the cousins at their grandparents farm. Arjay Ranch is home to Moonshadow CBD, the hemp farm I've been helping run for the summer. | 6/9/20 Oroville, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1600472547007-YA5CNKSBQORW4YRO01YI/HappySnaps2020_04.jpg Summer 2020 2 Gandalf pauses while heading to camp at a lake in the Goat Rocks Wilderness. | 6/20/20 Yakima, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1600472575238-DBOGC4BI91SARW12P4RY/HappySnaps2020_06.jpg Summer 2020 2 Camp on the summit of Mt. Watson, one my favorite spots accessible by the intricate web of 4x4 roads along the north shore of Lake Tahoe. | 6/29/20 Tahoe City, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1600472558313-CPR9I7P1Y1E5HN3F9ZDQ/HappySnaps2020_08.jpg Summer 2020 2 A momma cat and litter of kittens moved into the barn, but this little girl is the only one that made it through the spring. Her name is Elsa and has quickly become part of the family! | 7/7/20 Oroville, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1600472601435-ZALWTRDT9HC5X9YR2YWL/HappySnaps2020_10.jpg Summer 2020 2 Flower hikes down from Kearsarge Pass to join the Pacific Crest Trail. | 7/10/20 Independence, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1600472600460-7GJ0C0WFK2JXU4B3JN7B/HappySnaps2020_12.jpg Summer 2020 2 "The Bug Farm", a vehicle dwelling dirtbag commune that escaped the wrath of COVID-19 by creating a largely self-sustaining community in the mountains. | 7/26/20 Undisclosed Location, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1600472640998-MS029XBBOD6ZQV6H8QYF/HappySnaps2020_14.jpg Summer 2020 2 Lane people-watches from the comfort of his Toyota Dolphin at the Bug Farm. | 8/10/20 Undisclosed Location, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1600472634697-N2UT9LX1RRZRIMM76M91/HappySnaps2020_16.jpg Summer 2020 2 Lebowski on the way up the east ridge of Job's Sister Peak on our attempt of the Grand Sierra Traverse, a bushwhacking high route of my own design. I don't know who Jobs or his sister is, but if she's anything like this mountain I'd very much like to meet her. | 8/18/20 South Lake Tahoe, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1600472670514-O2BFJROJ0X0471TVBUG3/HappySnaps2020_18.jpg Summer 2020 2 I stumbled across a stunning meadow complete with grazing sheep below Kirkwood Pass on the Grand Sierra Traverse. I would arrive at my first resupply box pickup location just a few hours after this photo was taken, the views would only get bigger and better from here. | 8/23/20 Inyo National Forest, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1600472664013-OAKZ4LV2ADZ9R1S6QSYJ/HappySnaps2020_20.jpg Summer 2020 2 Due to a navigational error on my part, I camped on the wrong side of this ridge and had to climb it the next morning to get back on route. Luckily it didn't cost too much time or energy, but the views up top were beyond worth it. Regardless, I'm in the market for a new navigation director. | 8/30/20 (near) Shout-of-Relief Pass, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1600472709166-G058JXGK8D97847FA7WI/HappySnaps2020_22.jpg Summer 2020 2 A rare self portrait of the Cous. | 9/5/20 Cottonwood Lakes, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1600472707303-NZT60FKQ5F5YI6EJCXZP/HappySnaps2020_24.jpg Summer 2020 2 Moonshadow CBD's field of CBG producing hemp amidst the smoke from multiple nearby fires. The smoke got as bad as 540 on the Air Quality Index. | 9/12/20 Oroville, CA https://www.evanleonardphotography.com/summer-2020-1 daily 0.75 2020-09-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1600472314265-3KJ02H8LN4HZ5TBB2IVQ/HappySnaps2020_01.jpg Summer 2020 1 Buddy and I have become quite chummy this summer. He lives with the Herings, who very kindly allow me to park in their driveway and use the facilities whenever I'm in Tahoe. | 6/1/20 Tahoe City, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1600472314265-3KJ02H8LN4HZ5TBB2IVQ/HappySnaps2020_01.jpg Summer 2020 1 Buddy and I have become quite chummy this summer. He lives with the Herings, who very kindly allow me to park in their driveway and use the facilities whenever I'm in Tahoe. | 6/1/20 Tahoe City, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1600472340107-IKPYTWUBCO7YQKD9WENY/HappySnaps2020_03.jpg Summer 2020 1 Lucas and Max hunt for blue agates along a glacial river below Mt. Baker. | 6/18/20 Mt. Baker, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1600472341842-53OK810FHJWZLP8H8YJ5/HappySnaps2020_05.jpg Summer 2020 1 Normally I'm opposed to grafiti on public land, but this one rules ok. | 6/29/20 Tahoe Vista, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1600472368669-9XQQK77XONRLXLSJGM5R/HappySnaps2020_07.jpg Summer 2020 1 Afternoon thunderstorms roll through the Sierra Nevada every couple of days as the hot air coming up from the valley condenses, usually they're pretty localized but intense for just a few minutes. This one forced me to hunker down for almost an hour. | 6/29/20 Tahoe City, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1600472368789-FTGRLI8QZT1D0GSBJ02X/HappySnaps2020_09.jpg Summer 2020 1 The view east into California from Boundary Peak, the highest in Nevada at 13,146’. The Sierra is visible in the background across Owens Valley. | 7/9/20 Esmeralda County, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1600472391793-OWHBSL18Z0CGY80J5IXM/HappySnaps2020_11.jpg Summer 2020 1 Morgan skips a stone between sips of wine and bites of cheese on the north shore of Lake Tahoe. | 7/19/20 Dollar Point, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1600472392259-PMNIWB0O5ISQANOJNEVW/HappySnaps2020_13.jpg Summer 2020 1 I managed to get good pals Abe and Justin to come out and climb Mt. Shasta with me. With no real trail up the 7,000 feet of scree to the 14,179' summit, it was rough going. Extra kudos awarded to these fellas as it was their first 14er, what a climb! | 8/2/20 Weed, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1600472437568-66PNNW25RONDXDBXRG20/HappySnaps2020_15.jpg Summer 2020 1 Due to COVID-19, as well as the remote nature of the Grand Sierra Traverse, hitchhiking into town wasn't an option for resupply. Lebowski and I ended up buying a months worth of food ahead of time and orchestrated food drops in trailhead bear boxes along the route. Big thanks to Mark and Jay for running supplies! | 8/15/20 Tahoe City, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1600472423074-K1YS4GVO4B6IGPDJB79B/HappySnaps2020_17.jpg Summer 2020 1 Lebowski grabs a quick snack on the shore of Round Lake before parting ways. The smoke had been building for days and made for quite difficult breathing. | 8/19/20 Big Meadow, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1600472469621-EHX911BH4JCS6ZEXLWSK/HappySnaps2020_19.jpg Summer 2020 1 Camp below Minaret Peak, roughly halfway through my attempt of the Grand Sierra Traverse. | 8/28/20 Mammoth, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1600472469462-5X086XO5XE3B1SCV2MP4/HappySnaps2020_21.jpg Summer 2020 1 One of the final climbs of the Grand Sierra Traverse was up the Mt. Whitney mountaineers route, the highest peak in the lower 48 at 14,504'. A big perk of getting moving early is seeing the ridges painted in that vivid morning light. Unfortuantely, I tend to be lazy and sleep in so these views often slip away from me. | 9/5/20 Mt. Whitney, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1600472483021-LU96FD5YLSEC9JSBVTD0/HappySnaps2020_23.jpg Summer 2020 1 Upon getting down to Lone Pine after completing the Grand Sierra Traverse, the smoke became some of the thickest I'd ever seen. I made it out just in time, a couple of days later Forest Service land across California was closed to all users due to fire danger. | 9/6/20 Bishop, CA https://www.evanleonardphotography.com/fall-2020-2 daily 0.75 2020-11-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1606171650541-YL4RNW7A2EXH62QUKSK8/2020_HappySnaps_113.jpg Fall 2020 2 Sierra soaks up the sounds and smells of the woods in the Garden of Eden. | 9/24/20 Santa Cruz, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1606171650541-YL4RNW7A2EXH62QUKSK8/2020_HappySnaps_113.jpg Fall 2020 2 Sierra soaks up the sounds and smells of the woods in the Garden of Eden. | 9/24/20 Santa Cruz, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1606171635480-OVIY7CXRZ344XW2IBYPM/2020_HappySnaps_115.jpg Fall 2020 2 The tide on its way out, slowly revealing the jagged rocks below. | 9/25/20 Santa Cruz, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1606171689869-7X68A1ALHF6H3HZ7IJP6/2020_HappySnaps_117.jpg Fall 2020 2 I was able to wrangle up Bjorn to come meet me for a weekend in the Ruby Mountains of Nevada. Here we prepare to set out the next morning. | 10/2/2020 Ruby Valley, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1606171719678-YRKAAFON8W60EVGAH2K8/2020_HappySnaps_119.jpg Fall 2020 2 Bjorn, eager to get off the trail to scramble up the ridge and down the other side to our car. Equally exciting was the the promise of burritos, since he brought only powdered milk and granola to fuel him for 36 miles. | 10/4/20 Ruby Crest Trail, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1606171724588-9IZYC6K0JJL31WVA63HD/2020_HappySnaps_121.jpg Fall 2020 2 A quick break from harvest work at the farm meant a visit to the Feather River Fish Hatchery. They have a viewing area along the fish ladder so we could watch the truly massive King Salmon returning to breed. | 10/11/20 Oroville, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1606171763239-3UG1U3E9MHXVLVM78H51/2020_HappySnaps_123.jpg Fall 2020 2 Sierra poses for a portrait along the Yuba River. | 10/16/20 North San Juan, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1606171795229-HS9K5LH8Q3FNXVIHI291/2020_HappySnaps_125.jpg Fall 2020 2 Puppy prints in the sand on the Oregon coast, hard to get more pleasant than this! | 10/31/20 Newport, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1606172614272-1JSAL2CH2AR8RGN2M7DJ/2020_HappySnaps_135.jpg Fall 2020 2 Soaking up that Pacific juju at the expense of purple toes. | 10/31/20 Yachats, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1606172604144-JRSS6R4AQQFASBHJJY1B/2020_HappySnaps_136.jpg Fall 2020 2 Caleb swiped my camera and snapped this gem. I got bored at the farm one night and chopped off the beard! Don't worry though, it's coming back ASAP. | 10/31/20 Yachats, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1606171859484-6NDD1C95VISFEFTV6X8W/2020_HappySnaps_131.jpg Fall 2020 2 Sierra tries her hand at some side-country snowboarding after an early season storm, which opened the mountains to snow sports before the resorts. | 11/15/20 Mt. Rose, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1606171867195-FOD0JW7USGNRNFR7CAVF/2020_HappySnaps_133.jpg Fall 2020 2 Post-ski hors d'oeuvres out of the back of my car. Shortly after, snack time came to an abrupt halt as the sun set and it got brutally cold. | 11/15/20 Mt. Rose, NV https://www.evanleonardphotography.com/fall-2020-1 daily 0.75 2020-11-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1606171372609-H541FTT81FQO86MPVW6J/2020_HappySnaps_112.jpg Fall 2020 1 Ash from the CZU Lightning Complex fire falls from the sky near a swimming hole called "The Garden of Eden" | 9/24/20 Santa Cruz, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1606171372609-H541FTT81FQO86MPVW6J/2020_HappySnaps_112.jpg Fall 2020 1 Ash from the CZU Lightning Complex fire falls from the sky near a swimming hole called "The Garden of Eden" | 9/24/20 Santa Cruz, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1606171375290-XQSVT51HLDV94EGBC95L/2020_HappySnaps_114.jpg Fall 2020 1 Sierra dries off after a chilly river dunk. | 9/24/20 Santa Cruz, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1606171442766-3XVAEO2QY95O8PKFABE4/2020_HappySnaps_116.jpg Fall 2020 1 Sierra insisted on a picture of me enjoying the coast, so here ya go! | 9/25/20 Santa Cruz, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1606171420834-X5G7UFLD6DODZX1BB6IK/2020_HappySnaps_118.jpg Fall 2020 1 Overland Lake catches its first glimpse of morning light amidst the smoke from the California wildfires. The Ruby Mountains are known as "the Swiss Alps of Nevada" and while I haven't been to the Alps before, I'm still a little skeptical. | 10/4/20 Ruby Crest Trail, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1606171472372-2ZJHPARVYCQ05WJUOFMA/2020_HappySnaps_120.jpg Fall 2020 1 An empty valley on BLM land where I spent the night on my way back to the farm from the Ruby Mountains. | 10/5/20 Winnemucca, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1606171475636-QHIADEUFCW462OYJ9VFI/2020_HappySnaps_122.jpg Fall 2020 1 Cole gets moody while waiting in the car on a grocery run. | 10/11/20 Oroville, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1606171515235-JWJ8C0D6C8YU02587E1J/2020_HappySnaps_124.jpg Fall 2020 1 One of the Moonshadow barns filled with 800+ CBG hemp plants. This batch is destined to become CBG biomass: once dry, we shuck the flowers and leaves off, cure it and create topical products from the oil. | 10/27/20 Arjay Ranch, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1606172547160-VO1Q2XIIKJ3X0AEKR4OS/2020_HappySnaps_134.jpg Fall 2020 1 At the last minute, I was able to convince Justin to drive through the night from Boise to meet me on the Oregon Coast. As luck would have it, another Athens pal, Caleb, was able to hang for halloween beach brewskis as well! | 10/31/20 Yachats, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1606612574544-3KZXAUGNL8KA8F5X2TV4/2020_HappySnaps_4140+1.jpg Fall 2020 1 Caleb and Justin, reunited once more. | 10/31/20 Yachats, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1606171552809-5609U8SRKQUMDUVQZ4IH/2020_HappySnaps_130.jpg Fall 2020 1 My campsite for the night just north of the California border. | 11/1/20 Brookings, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1606171573259-3AXZSLRBWUYASJ6S810S/2020_HappySnaps_132.jpg Fall 2020 1 Emily celebrates after the first run of the season. The snow was hard and chunky, but there's no such thing as a bad day on skis! | 11/15/20 Mt. Rose, NV https://www.evanleonardphotography.com/year-in-review-2020-2 daily 0.75 2021-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1609810893569-W28NSFD7SFKWHOWLWX21/YIR_162.jpg Year in Review 2020 2 The Bug Farm prepares for an evening of outdoor music and jubilation. | 7/26/20 Soda Springs, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1609810893569-W28NSFD7SFKWHOWLWX21/YIR_162.jpg Year in Review 2020 2 The Bug Farm prepares for an evening of outdoor music and jubilation. | 7/26/20 Soda Springs, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1609810513639-C4F8YNAUFHP5HXRIDAK1/YIR_163.jpg Year in Review 2020 2 Abe and Justin scramble up the crumbling spine of Mt. Shasta just below the summit. | 8/2/20 Weed, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1609810513582-I08MRDLQ242JT26CPERP/YIR_164.jpg Year in Review 2020 2 Lane people-watches from the comfort of his Toyota Dolphin at the Bug Farm. | 8/10/20 Soda Springs, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1609810529075-RGNH1HHY2RH9TEBCBMLI/YIR_165.jpg Year in Review 2020 2 Lane and Jocelyn enjoy a dramtic sunset from our perch in a clearing. | 8/10/20 Soda Springs, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1609810529886-04YI092XDK7785GX2ZWP/YIR_166.jpg Year in Review 2020 2 Lebowski gazes across the still water of Lower Lola Montez Lake following an afternoon dip, Dorito filled tortilla in hand. | 8/15/20 Soda Springs, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1609810541179-T2MVG7TUJBYZIE57QSTD/YIR_167.jpg Year in Review 2020 2 Due to COVID-19, as well as the remote nature of the Grand Sierra Traverse, hitchhiking into town wasn't an option for resupply. Lebowski and I ended up buying a months worth of food ahead of time and orchestrated food drops in bear boxes along the route. Big thanks to Mark and Jay for running supplies! | 8/15/20 Tahoe City, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1609810540047-ICATX2S5ZWEX3DGEYQFS/YIR_168.jpg Year in Review 2020 2 Lebowski packed out a couple of butter packets from our final town breakfast. Disappointingly for him, they burst in his tightly packed bear can. | 8/17/20 East Peak, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1609810552712-E17PLIDMUT959K5K2AX2/YIR_169.jpg Year in Review 2020 2 Lebowski grabs a quick snack on the shore of Round Lake before parting ways. The smoke had been building for days and made for quite difficult breathing and reconnoitering. | 8/19/20 Big Meadow, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1609810552865-HBQC3YV0ESEQNMWP8U3R/YIR_170.jpg Year in Review 2020 2 Due to a navigational error on my part, I camped on the wrong side of this ridge and had to climb it the next morning to get back on route. Luckily it didn't cost too much time or energy, and the views up top were beyond worth it. Regardless, I'm in the market for a new navigation director. | 8/30/20 (near) Shout-of-Relief Pass, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1609810571103-E669KUCNK5EY83MYKIL4/YIR_171.jpg Year in Review 2020 2 Lake Tulainyo, the highest lake in the contiguous United States at 12,818'. This photo was taken on my way up the Russel Carillon Col, a steep up and over to my access point for the Mt. Whitney mountaineers route. | 9/4/20 Sequoia National Park, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1609810570021-DFA13SK5KKC35L6KRDF1/YIR_172.jpg Year in Review 2020 2 One of the final climbs of the Grand Sierra Traverse was up the Mt. Whitney mountaineers route, the highest peak in the lower 48 at 14,504'. A big perk of getting moving early is seeing the ridges painted in that vivid morning light. Unfortuantely, I tend to be lazy and sleep in so these views often slip away from me. | 9/5/20 Mt. Whitney, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1609810587064-J8KQIADWI63Q7P0VGDFV/YIR_173.jpg Year in Review 2020 2 A rare self portrait of the Cous on the final night of the Grand Sierra Traverse. The next morning I would hike out to the nearest road and hitchhike to a celebratory breakfast in Lone Pine. | 9/5/20 Cottonwood Lakes, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1609817045253-4IYC0TIROLWBWZBIWF83/YIR_191.jpg Year in Review 2020 2 I knew hitching out would be difficult and potentially risky thanks to COVID-19, so I found some charcoal and made this sign on the back of one of my maps. | 9/5/20 Cottonwood Lakes, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1609810599561-VEX48P0F309EEEGA6V39/YIR_175.jpg Year in Review 2020 2 Moonshadow CBD's field of CBG producing hemp amongst the smoke from multiple nearby fires. The smoke got as bad as 540 on the Air Quality Index, a rating deemed hazardous to health. | 9/12/20 Oroville, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1609810599822-HJM9W5XSLEZS9FKLNS9F/YIR_176.jpg Year in Review 2020 2 Sierra dries off from a chilly river dunk at the Garden of Eden. | 9/24/20 Santa Cruz, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1609810617944-HTRM5CW4U8B02YNUKJDJ/YIR_177.jpg Year in Review 2020 2 I was able to wrangle up Bjorn to come meet me for a weekend in the Ruby Mountains of Nevada. Here we prepare to set out the next morning on the Ruby Crest Trail. | 10/2/2020 Ruby Valley, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1609810617681-P4GU0J3QJ0ZMPYNWZTS7/YIR_178.jpg Year in Review 2020 2 A quick break from harvest work at the farm meant a visit to the Feather River Fish Hatchery. They have a viewing area along the fish ladder so we could watch the truly massive King Salmon returning to breed. | 10/11/20 Oroville, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1609810631663-P3UHA27MJIMKXK29FZB5/YIR_179.jpg Year in Review 2020 2 At the last minute, I was able to convince Justin to drive through the night from Boise to meet me on the Oregon Coast. | 10/31/20 Yachats, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1609810631669-LAW5SLLKFU0WZF2P2IWJ/YIR_180.jpg Year in Review 2020 2 As luck would have it, another Athens pal, Caleb, was able to hang for halloween beach brewskis as well! | 10/31/20 Yachats, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1609810642753-POV4B33C209A1FDD0J5E/YIR_181.jpg Year in Review 2020 2 Caleb swiped my camera and snapped this gem. I got bored at the farm one night and chopped off the beard in favor of a bad mustache. Don't worry though, it's coming back ASAP! | 10/31/20 Yachats, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1609810644800-B4QUE6C6SPRSIJ3JTO8T/YIR_182.jpg Year in Review 2020 2 Sierra snowshoes from forest service land into Mt. Rose Ski area for some (free) early season turns. | 11/15/20 Mt. Rose, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1609810653052-7DO85VE81RDICEVCKO4X/YIR_183.jpg Year in Review 2020 2 Emily pauses on the skin track up Tamarack Peak. | 11/19/20 Mt. Rose, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1609810657103-SKZLO1HJA99RZQI0P1EN/YIR_184.jpg Year in Review 2020 2 Chiara, another ski instructor, enjoys a brew between runs at an empty Alpine Meadows. | 12/4/20 Alpine Meadows, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1609810667585-U21Z7BN1C3PFA1IELQUJ/YIR_185.jpg Year in Review 2020 2 Asa, Sierra and Michael playing in the trees along the coast. | 12/12/20 Santa Cruz, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1609810667750-QLBOK5072JB75BAP5W9S/YIR_186.jpg Year in Review 2020 2 Asa on his way to check out this dead tree among the manzanita. | 12/12/20 Santa Cruz, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1609810677155-NOFHOU8NX993MSW3RY24/YIR_187.jpg Year in Review 2020 2 Isaac practices digging a snow pit to assess avalanche risk atop Andesite Peak. | 12/17/20 Norden, CA https://www.evanleonardphotography.com/year-in-review-2020-1 daily 0.75 2021-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1609810324514-EI0VN2ORQLW0N8VKAUAB/YIR_138.jpg Year in Review 2020 1 Shimone downs some snacks atop a subpeak of Mt. Aire after a gorgeous ski tour up. | Lambs Canyon, UT 1/29/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1609810324514-EI0VN2ORQLW0N8VKAUAB/YIR_138.jpg Year in Review 2020 1 Shimone downs some snacks atop a subpeak of Mt. Aire after a gorgeous ski tour up. | Lambs Canyon, UT 1/29/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1609810330795-VKCGSVXGDE746MMIZ2ZL/YIR_139.jpg Year in Review 2020 1 Myself atop Honeycomb Cliffs following a boot pack to the summit while Mt. Superior stands tall and proud behind me. | Big Cottonwood Canyon, UT 2/13/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1609810336430-IQGKHDAYLTCQ5E8UMJDD/YIR_140.jpg Year in Review 2020 1 Matt slaps skins on his skis for the second backcountry run of the day. | Big Cottonwood Canyon, UT 2/13/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1609810339875-E0TYEIFLUQ0RIPQWE2O6/YIR_141.jpg Year in Review 2020 1 Lebowski watches the snow fall in-between rides at Deer Valley while working as glorified shuttle drivers. | Park City, UT 3/8/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1609810341748-C4WACHG1CZA8X7ZIXJ70/YIR_142.jpg Year in Review 2020 1 Bjorn skins up Mt. Aire as a storm rolls in. | Lambs Canyon, UT 3/20/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1609810346959-VE8HSU386XL5QU9U3SMG/YIR_143.jpg Year in Review 2020 1 Snacks, Ruthless and Lebowski share some farewell tacos overlooking Salt Lake City, our last time together before leaving town for the season. | Salt Lake City, UT 3/24/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1609810352242-AV4OWIF9BM27DPPB7MHL/YIR_144.jpg Year in Review 2020 1 Lebowski flamboyantly throws a stake into the ground at a deserted campground while on the long haul back east from Salt Lake City. Thanks to COVID restrictions, in the morning I disappointingly found the latrine was boarded up. | 3/26/20 Somewhere in Iowa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1609810360168-375FJNE22BVBRX0E7JRH/YIR_145.jpg Year in Review 2020 1 While back home during lockdown, Gabriel taught me the age old art of disc throwing to much success. Despite his vastly superior technique, I lost by only four throws. | 4/28/20 Bay Village, OH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1609810367011-DG4LT4LI5TRU1LRN6YQA/YIR_147.jpg Year in Review 2020 1 While visiting Lebowski to work on my car, we decided to camp out in the yard on a warm night. | 5/3/20 Ann Arbor, MI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1609810360208-FSJSBZ5QT72Q84Y6E51J/YIR_146.jpg Year in Review 2020 1 Lebowski enjoys the fruits of his labor after learning some small engine repair from Detroit-area mechanics. | 5/3/20 Ann Arbor, MI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1609810368555-VBGFGF6X3HCVZD05X4I7/YIR_148.jpg Year in Review 2020 1 A day spent fishing on an empty lake is always a good day. Here Lebowski and Blankie soak up the sun while Andy lazily works on hooking a prize fish. | 5/4/20 Pinckney, MI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1609810383247-L016OF6ZEZM6OKL5PROY/YIR_149.jpg Year in Review 2020 1 Turtlehead Cave, one of thousands of rockhouses in the sandstone hills of the Ohio River Valley. I hiked back here with my friend Hannah while spending some time in Athens before heading west for the year. | 5/17/20 Athens, OH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1609810379399-DXVYJLVUNSTWAORWM9Y9/YIR_150.jpg Year in Review 2020 1 Michael takes the longboard for a few laps in the West End. | Athens, OH 5/18/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1609810387499-UK2JZM3FWYCGYRO8X6B3/YIR_151.jpg Year in Review 2020 1 Ruthless (left) and I took a trip to my old stomping grounds at Great Basin National Park. In a weird twist of fate, we ran into Athens pals Justin (right) and Abe on the summit of the 13,065' Wheeler Peak, the tallest point in the least visited national park in the lower 48. | 5/24/20 Baker, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1609810392100-NQDSJ8BUBU7OZULFIPUE/YIR_152.jpg Year in Review 2020 1 At long last, I customized my RAV4 to be both a living space and a halfway serious off-roading machine. Exterior upgrades were made to suspension, ride height, tires, front end protection and a roof mounted sliding solar panel. | 5/26/20 Baker, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1609810400949-VHCSV9ROQJP3QCPVWACF/YIR_153.jpg Year in Review 2020 1 On the inside, I built a mattress platform with a trap door for clothes storage, seven drawer cabinet, interior and exterior sliding tables, space to sit upright with my feet down, window insulators and ultra-efficient LED lights. | 5/26/20 Baker, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1609810403052-YZAUQYOVOEEHIP8ZC40O/YIR_154.jpg Year in Review 2020 1 Buddy and I have become quite chummy this summer. He lives with the Herings, who very kindly allow me to park in their driveway and use the facilities whenever I'm in Tahoe. | 6/1/20 Tahoe City, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1609810406916-431OLEJDPG2KL8PU7XN6/YIR_155.jpg Year in Review 2020 1 On a drive up to the Pacific Northwest I stopped and spent a night with my good friends Alex and his girlfriend Korynn. | 6/18/20 Seattle, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1609810417158-JVHTZI837FEQK98QTSRC/YIR_156.jpg Year in Review 2020 1 Lucas and Max hunt for blue agates along a glacial river below Mt. Baker. | 6/18/20 Mt. Baker, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1609810418314-R0GL6WPR1GWTS8FTUGF9/YIR_157.jpg Year in Review 2020 1 Gandalf pauses while heading to camp at a lake in the Goat Rocks Wilderness. | 6/20/20 Yakima, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1609810423953-HH1D43KSUY6XIBRHRCPW/YIR_158.jpg Year in Review 2020 1 A momma cat and litter of kittens moved into the barn, but this little girl is the only one that made it through the spring. Her name is Elsa and has quickly become part of the family! | 7/7/20 Oroville, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1609810437176-UXM2MIBQZJNI23358SJT/YIR_159.jpg Year in Review 2020 1 Flower hikes down from Kearsarge Pass to join the Pacific Crest Trail. | 7/10/20 Independence, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1609810437991-VE3VARKU15G6E6Q3UNBZ/YIR_160.jpg Year in Review 2020 1 Morgan skips a stone between sips of wine and bites of cheese on the north shore of Lake Tahoe. | 7/19/20 Dollar Point, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1609810450616-I1RLZJW18PDH599DY7A8/YIR_161.jpg Year in Review 2020 1 Sierra enjoys a sit in the back of my car while making dinner at The Bug Farm, a vehicle dwelling commune in Tahoe National Forest. | 7/26/20 Soda Springs, CA https://www.evanleonardphotography.com/winter-2021-1 daily 0.75 2021-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1618526425313-GE4HNRB8VKKKCU9ZQALB/2020_HappySnaps_4830.jpg Winter 2021 Emily pauses on the skin track to Tamarack Peak. | 11/19/20 Mt. Rose, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1618526425313-GE4HNRB8VKKKCU9ZQALB/2020_HappySnaps_4830.jpg Winter 2021 Emily pauses on the skin track to Tamarack Peak. | 11/19/20 Mt. Rose, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1618526401879-AZ96NDRZPSM1MUO0LPW4/2020_HappySnaps_4481.jpg Winter 2021 Chiara, another ski instructor, enjoys a brew between runs at an all but empty resort. | 12/4/20 Alpine Meadows, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1618526399428-Q8M6TR1GX9C923SDWP1U/2020_HappySnaps_4766.jpg Winter 2021 Asa on his way to check out this dead tree among the manzanita. This trip would be the last time I left the mountains until summer. | 12/12/20 Santa Cruz, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1618526424867-O4YJYNAGITGYHA0YI3RY/2020_HappySnaps_4842.jpg Winter 2021 Isaac practices digging a snow pit to asses avalanche risk atop Andesite Peak. | 12/17/20 Norden, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1618526436725-ADCZZKIYTCBXM7NV5XXJ/2020_HappySnaps_4869.jpg Winter 2021 During New Years Eve festivities, Carla gazes at Ryan adoringly despite the flamboyance of his outfit. | 12/31/20 Carnelian Bay, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1618538560933-J5FSHNP4PAEO23EQ4I5G/2021_HappySnaps_175.jpg Winter 2021 Julian and Asa, stoked to be skiing rather than surfing for a change. | 1/21/21 Mt. Rose, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1618526481872-K19Y5N0197R48TMAXLDF/2021_HappySnaps_200.jpg Winter 2021 Sierra emerges from the ice filled Donner train tunnels. The tunnels were built by Chinese prisoners in 1867 and housed the first rail line to cross the Sierra Nevada. | 1/22/21 Norden, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1618527132257-G2695VEDA8BANC5N21XG/2021_HappySnaps_252+2.jpg Winter 2021 Being a costal California native, Sierra makes her very first snow angel near Donner Summit. | 1/22/21 Norden, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1618526528800-N4AT0GZB25ICW7COG7R5/2021_HappySnaps_339.jpg Winter 2021 My roommates Jay and Morgan each have an absolute cutie of a dog. Meet Nola and Jax! | 1/26/21 Cedar Flat, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1618526530786-38QU2TQRNAO7HBP9KWFJ/2021_HappySnaps_392.jpg Winter 2021 Morgan takes a break from shoveling off our back deck in favor of a high quality snow sit. This was the only major storm of the season, dropping a measly six feet along the crest. | 1/28/21 Cedar Flat, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1618526510205-9L6AI2Z09LUAKNUEY9PD/2021_HappySnaps_277.jpg Winter 2021 Isaac pauses to enjoy a glorious view of Lake Tahoe before an exposed and windy push to the summit. | 2/1/21 Rubicon Peak, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1618526514641-SZ3GAS0US6VTPVV41K6L/2021_HappySnaps_282.jpg Winter 2021 I got a screaming deal on these custom backcountry skis thanks to my good friend Jay. They continue to grow on me with every tour! | 2/1/21 Rubicon Peak, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1618526537509-996VMENJRF8CLVZGYLXK/2021_HappySnaps_399.jpg Winter 2021 Nola soaks up the afternoon rays through the skylight from the comfort of my bed (which she pees on far too frequently). | 1/30/21 Cedar Flat, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1618526550533-KATEO4V5JRX0D29KDZKQ/2021_HappySnaps_501.jpg Winter 2021 Elena, rightly skeptical of California IPAs, continues to cradle her mug of wine as she samples a Bay Area brew. | 2/13/21 Squaw Valley, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1618526557759-PD8OJNL95AJ1WN287JLV/2021_HappySnaps_595.jpg Winter 2021 It's easy to stare at a view like this and momentarily forget there's still a pandemic raging in every nook and cranny of the world. Overall, the resorts did a pretty decent job of keeping things safe, although the quantity of exceptionally irresponsible Bay Area tourists was draining. | 3/2/21 Mammoth Mountain, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1618526576028-R2R37SEQN8TWWY7NZOQ4/2021_HappySnaps_596.jpg Winter 2021 For my birthday I ran down to Mammoth for a few days of killer skiing and cold car camping. The Grand Sierra Traverse that I hiked over the summer crossed many of the mountains in the background. | 3/1/21 Mammoth Mountain, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1618526572481-FJ36YLQTDA1C8CZCFQ7G/2021_HappySnaps_673.jpg Winter 2021 PCT buddy Janis Joplin lives up the road from my campsite and decided to join me for dinner. He had hoped to spend the night, but his insulation left a little to be desired for a winter cowboy camp. | 3/1/21 Mammoth Lakes, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1618526590366-FGKZC7LB6RKQKMOC5YB8/2021_HappySnaps_710.jpg Winter 2021 PCT pal Hot Take wanted to help his friend Mimi (pictured) find a place to camp near Mammoth, and I just so happened to already be there! I ended up inviting her to share my patch of dirt for the night and an outrageously expensive pizza from town. | 3/2/21 Mammoth Lakes, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1618537113766-VTUIS49FW6OAZ71SGPNJ/2021_HappySnaps_783+2.jpg Winter 2021 Ever heard that joke about dehydration? No? Well that's becasuse there AREN'T any jokes about dehydration, there's simply nothing funny about it. | 3/16/21 Ward Canyon, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1618526599765-CPXDGCFSLK6NT6N06T36/2021_HappySnaps_830.jpg Winter 2021 Our mission on this fine morning was to hike up to a backcountry ski line called Xanadu. Our route brought us to the edge of a snow covered meadow right when the Twin Peaks came to life for the day. | 3/16/21 Ward Canyon, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1618526661949-JHWII4QC9YN7271XM8S9/2021_HappySnaps_876.jpg Winter 2021 Fluffy fresh snow, clear skies, good pals and low avalanche danger made this one of my favorite runs of the season. Here Matt, Scott and Bryan transition their splitboards to downhill mode for 1,800 feet of floaty goodness. | 3/16/21 Ward Canyon, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1618526634062-UKV1QBYYVVC6NHIDFWDI/2021_HappySnaps_957.jpg Winter 2021 Ryan drew lots of attention from the masses after filling the Mammoth parking lot with the unmistakable smell of bacon. Here Sophia and Carla quality control Ryan's dirtbag feast. | 3/30/21 Mammoth Mountain, CA https://www.evanleonardphotography.com/spring-2021-gallery daily 0.75 2021-06-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1624633025313-LJEG6UWL7C10R9J80ZIU/2021_HappySnaps_1016.jpg Spring 2021 The sun sets behind the tram on a quintessential Sierra bluebird day. | 4/10/21 Squaw Valley, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1624633025313-LJEG6UWL7C10R9J80ZIU/2021_HappySnaps_1016.jpg Spring 2021 The sun sets behind the tram on a quintessential Sierra bluebird day. | 4/10/21 Squaw Valley, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1624633035485-JKISV6RGWKUOROEJXW2O/2021_HappySnaps_1052.jpg Spring 2021 Rylee the dog and Ryan catch me taking a snap during a lakeside barbecue. | 4/16/21 Donner Lake, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1624633037115-37LRVC33AB9A8NKC8UDG/2021_HappySnaps_1069.jpg Spring 2021 Mariah enjoys sunset and a brew on the shore of Donner Lake. | 4/16/21 Donner Lake, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1624633044493-XF46XY9YTO4E2FL79370/2021_HappySnaps_1138.jpg Spring 2021 My best pals from the mountain (and Rylee), days before heading our seperate ways for the summer. | 4/16/21 Donner Lake, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1624633045909-MIJ3PCMIL8UOPDNUCY37/2021_HappySnaps_1165.jpg Spring 2021 Mariah was nothing but smiles upon reaching the summit of Incline Peak. | 4/17/21 Incline Village, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1624633053051-81BVSSYD8UFLM06WA1CW/2021_HappySnaps_1665.jpg Spring 2021 Cramming for EMT final exams in my car before class with the beautiful Mt. Rose out the window. | 5/3/21 Reno, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1624633055702-HTFTDDE3UPECJ7ATW34N/2021_HappySnaps_1729.jpg Spring 2021 Liyv enjoys what would be one of the only fires for the year before burn bans went into effect. | 5/4/21 Truckee, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1624633064634-CRGQC7SO0XZ8B2XC3DPT/2021_HappySnaps_1762.jpg Spring 2021 Springtime means the disappearance of snow, but it also means the trampoline comes back out! | 5/7/21 Tahoe City, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1624633063823-UQ5AQFXJ59BG0U7R9S8I/2021_HappySnaps_1780.jpg Spring 2021 Cole donned some sweet glow sticks for one last trampoline jump before bed. | 5/7/21 Tahoe City, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1624633088744-SH3ZO99UHS2PB7RED40D/2021_HappySnaps_1974.jpg Spring 2021 Bjorn and I on the 10,463' summit of Lassen Peak before our first run of the day on our first overnight ski tour! Despite all of the extra gear weight, the turns were killer. | 5/28/21 Lassen Volcanic National Park, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1624633090764-4RQX2OPGIY9G656XCLZ6/2021_HappySnaps_1982.jpg Spring 2021 Bjorn anxiously waiting for me to transition on the summit of Eagle Peak. | 5/28/21 Lassen Volcanic National Park, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1624633106330-IWPZPT7IUVYASKZPVQYQ/2021_HappySnaps_2002.jpg Spring 2021 Bjorn admires his homemade tarp handiwork while waiting on sunset. | 5/28/21 Lassen Volcanic National Park, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1624633111112-KF5IIO2IFJR22SI8BGTW/2021_HappySnaps_2024.jpg Spring 2021 The view north from camp didn't disappoint, especially with Mt. Shasta looming in the distance. | 5/28/21 Lassen Volcanic National Park, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1624633119043-W8FRHM5A4BVNAREDZMD5/2021_HappySnaps_2031.jpg Spring 2021 Randy, Chiara and Elena head into downtown Healdsburg for a day of wine tasting. | 5/30/21 Sonoma County, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1624633120030-2C94EYY7T0HPAONMFKK1/2021_HappySnaps_2040.jpg Spring 2021 Randy looking fly at the Selby Tasting Room. | 5/30/21 Healdsburg, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1624633077784-H5BGZI7PJMFVQ9SJ9VOB/2021_HappySnaps_1918.jpg Spring 2021 I had the immense pleasure of my family coming to Tahoe to spend a week playing disc golf, hiking and many good porch sits. It had been over a year since I'd seen them and some QFT was overdue. | 6/2/21 Tahoe City, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1624633132163-0JHY21BJXMTRE1P4HEZ6/2021_HappySnaps_2071.jpg Spring 2021 Gabriel tests out a perfectly butt-sized indentation on a granite boulder while hiking on Lake Tahoe's east shore. | 5/31/21 Incline Village, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1624633078566-AL4AIM1A4HQVD9VLDS8P/2021_HappySnaps_1953.jpg Spring 2021 Sage and Blankie, stoked to be heading to a swimming hole in Bidwell Park. | 6/7/21 Chico, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1624633133164-YKP0WBS9XMHVAHDVISAH/2021_HappySnaps_2075.jpg Spring 2021 Hannah, Blankie and I had a grand idea to conduct a "dirtbag triathalon" in Lassen National Park. The plan was to hike Lassen Peak, ski down and then climb a sport pitch on a neighboring peak. On our first day we got a mini version, but weather blew in overnight the main event got the kabosh. | 6/10/21 Lassen Volcanic National Park, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1624731343564-1AL1APZ27ZSDLQAT7862/2021_HappySnaps_2080.jpg Spring 2021 Blankie plays golf with some ice balls on the way to camp at Shadow Lake. | 6/10/21 Lassen Volcanic National Park, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1624633146069-ADQG6MOECV1D9LYKZLKP/2021_HappySnaps_2087.jpg Spring 2021 After a night of getting barely any sleep, Blankie and Hannah decided the best way to wake themselves up was a polar bear swim in a recently thawed lake. | 6/11/21 Lassen Volcanic National Park, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1624633152246-28S03Y4KFLC4F8CQ616X/2021_HappySnaps_2101.jpg Spring 2021 Happy International Hike Naked Day! If you missed it this year, get after it on the next summer solstice. | 6/20/21 Mt. Morgan, Inyo County, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1624633157659-21UNGH4SBM6KYSL44HPO/2021_HappySnaps_2103.jpg Spring 2021 The view from the 13,750' summit of Mt. Morgan looking back on the Sierra Crest. | 6/20/21 Mt. Morgan, Inyo County, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1624633160742-D5BADO98EGH597XXRHSE/2021_HappySnaps_2129.jpg Spring 2021 Good pals from the Appalachian Trail Olde English and Two Step pose in their new employee cabin at Rock Creek Resort. | 6/20/21 Rock Creek Canyon, CA https://www.evanleonardphotography.com/pnt-20 daily 0.75 2021-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739202678-OT03P0GBJ48XO17N9W8E/2021_PNT_0728.jpg PNT 20 Skeeter and Noisy, lost in the setting sun. | 8/24/21 Mile 1,077.2 5,011' Olympic Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739202678-OT03P0GBJ48XO17N9W8E/2021_PNT_0728.jpg PNT 20 Skeeter and Noisy, lost in the setting sun. | 8/24/21 Mile 1,077.2 5,011' Olympic Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739242490-SQMNXEF44WON2WIGA4P0/2021_PNT_0862.jpg PNT 20 Hog Mamma, temporarily marooned by the incoming tide. | 8/31/21 Mile 1,213.2 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739019548-5XAWAGEYQY0Z4PR5BW17/2021_PNT_0111.jpg PNT 20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739137024-T14QUF92FBAF9G850E3N/2021_PNT_0359.jpg PNT 20 Blankie stretches out in the fading warmth of yet another excellent day in the mountains. | 8/4/21 Mile 700.3 6,520' Pasayten Wilderness, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631834311358-V7360RFPM9CIHKQMN9D4/2021_PNT_0840.jpg PNT 20 Noisy muches on her usual nasty taco soup concoction. | 8/30/21 Mile 1,206.4 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739017789-IM0K9KV3RKVNJWH67SHY/2021_PNT_0090.jpg PNT 20 Blankie and I did some tub laundry to avoid the unnecessary cost of the laundromat next door. | 7/8/21 Mile 133.5 2,676' Eureka, Montana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738989016-VKZJK913876BDLFP4IUB/2021_PNT_0015.jpg PNT 20 Blankie, never one to take a candid photo. Here he takes a break up Stoney Indian Pass. | 7/2/21 Mile 15.2 5,675' Glacier National Park, Montana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739111204-YDJ6UHWZP9W9CLVSU9UH/2021_PNT_0327.jpg PNT 20 Boundary Trail 533 was the primary route through the Pasayten on the PNT. It was unrelenting with its alpine meadows and crumbly peaks, and better yet, it was nearly smoke free! | 8/2/21 Mile 658.6 6,650' Pasayten Wilderness, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739098666-2Q245JJXBOMRYCLZ1JGM/2021_PNT_0294.jpg PNT 20 Blankie scrambles up a rock covered in deadfall on a bushwhack I devised to avoid a 1,200' pointless up down. As Blankie said, "that's a nice boulder".| 7/29/21 Mile 555.6 5,804' Okanogan Highlands, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739178310-SU2W2Y04NG57OTVCOKVN/2021_PNT_0519.jpg PNT 20 Thick smoke rolled in out of nowhere overnight, terrible in every way other than what it did to the light. | 8/12/21 Mile 822.1 1,256' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739070523-ZVB4NEWWCM77KX5ODGZ8/2021_PNT_0286.jpg PNT 20 Blankie takes advantage of his extra-wide sleeping pad and goes for a float on Lake Bonaparte. Less than a week later, a fire burned most of the circumference of the lake and surrounding mountains. | 7/28/21 Mile 549.7 3,551' Okanogan Highlands, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738989627-HW4AK5G7M80BF1MZY38J/2021_PNT_0084.jpg PNT 20 The US/Canada border swath. On the Mexican border they put up a wall to keep people out, but the Candians are so nice they make it even easier for you to cross! | 7/8/21 Mile 122.1 5,510' Rocky Mountains, Montana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739037488-NYQIUYM5RVBV4SKPW056/2021_PNT_0200.jpg PNT 20 Nooch holds on for dear life during a hitch up to the next forest road on route. | 7/19/21 Mile 355.0 2,059' Selkirk Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739235078-4RRMPUVY15R9Z3KFIK7L/2021_PNT_0859.jpg PNT 20 Hog Mamma climbs a rope step ladder up to camp after a midnight tidal crossing. | Mile 1,208.0 157' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739043666-8ZI32SF5YHSTSMTMBZLL/2021_PNT_0249.jpg PNT 20 Blankie inflates his sleeping pad at the "Deer Creek Forest Camp". We were expecting something a bit greener, but of course it all burned down a few years back. | 7/22/21 Mile 444.7 4,602' Kettle River Range, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739067508-QSPHZ2GR6PF2JW5RD60Y/2021_PNT_0261.jpg PNT 20 Blankie enjoys the gentle grade of Forest Service Road 600 after a steep and thick bushwhack down the shoulder of Edds Mountain. | 7/25/21 Mile 485.8 4,025' Kettle River Range, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739180271-AC9U2KKD6EY175UF4XP9/2021_PNT_0608.jpg PNT 20 Skeeter and Lucas apprehensively wait to turn on to Highway 20, the most highly trafficked portion of our bike route alternate. The PNT primary walks mostly roads for 80 miles from Bellingham to the Coupeville ferry, which sounded awful. So we just biked instead. Thanks to Lucas for wrangling up bikes and pedaling with us! | 8/20/21 Mile 957.0 4' Puget Sound, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739195095-ZTT0Y42KF3N8K21QPPT8/2021_PNT_0625.jpg PNT 20 Skeeter keeps a keen eye out for Port Townsend. | 8/20/21 Mile 1014.2 0' Puget Sound, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739139904-FPUV5CT6BCHFLGGSX5L4/2021_PNT_0397.jpg PNT 20 Hikers raid the Marblemount gas station in the rain. | 8/6/21 Mile 746.4 1,698' Marblemount, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739259186-8W07DCMT43XOAEPUTJ3V/2021_PNT_0943.jpg PNT 20 Even though Blankie was only able to make it for half the hike, he was an excellent companion and I'm so glad he was able to come play in the mountains for the summer. | 9/2/21 Mile 1,246.2 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://www.evanleonardphotography.com/pnt-gallery-1 daily 0.75 2021-09-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739318700-ZD6CTUQHDAVAXTOEOGLP/2021_PNT_0004.jpg PNT Gallery 1 Blankie and I at the eastern terminus of the PNT, which is also a CDT alternate terminus at Chief Mountain Customs on the USA/CAN border. The PNT lacks an official terminus monument at either end. | 7/1/21 Mile 0.0 5,329' Glacier National Park, Montana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739318700-ZD6CTUQHDAVAXTOEOGLP/2021_PNT_0004.jpg PNT Gallery 1 Blankie and I at the eastern terminus of the PNT, which is also a CDT alternate terminus at Chief Mountain Customs on the USA/CAN border. The PNT lacks an official terminus monument at either end. | 7/1/21 Mile 0.0 5,329' Glacier National Park, Montana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739318542-2MKQJ0BXWR2C3YE1V45H/2021_PNT_0007.jpg PNT Gallery 1 Blankie crosses a fine bridge over the Belly River. | 7/1/21 Mile 6.1 4,640' Glacier National Park, Montana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739357828-H9VVQDGXN3EL1HZN2BY9/2021_PNT_0015.jpg PNT Gallery 1 Blankie, never one to take a candid photo. Here he takes a break up Stoney Indian Pass. | 7/2/21 Mile 15.2 5,675' Glacier National Park, Montana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739360379-D60441XPUC5YLNI6M1XI/2021_PNT_0035.jpg PNT Gallery 1 Blankie begins the long walk up Forest Road 376, part of a 12 mile roadwalk to the next stretch of trail. Shortly after this photo was taken Blankie backtracked to Polebridge and took the next 300 miles off due to illness (not COVID, thankfully). | 7/5/21 Mile 59.3 3,937' Rocky Mountains, Montana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739392310-SUF6GLRCY95BPD97ZY1Y/2021_PNT_0044.jpg PNT Gallery 1 Skeeter and Sparky prepare camp in what would be the worst mosquito swarm of the entire hike. We built a fire to try to keep them at bay, Sparky even tried wearing shoes on his hands, but to no avail. A day or so later, fire restrictions went into effect and would remain so for the rest of the season. | 7/5/21 Mile 75.9 6,012' Rocky Mountains, Montana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739402564-0EU1XQY9UXX37QZ4O08F/2021_PNT_0048.jpg PNT Gallery 1 The 2017 Gibralter fire burned 13,000 acres on the PNT along the Whitefish Divide. Here the damage is visible on the north face of Mt. Locke. | 7/6/21 Mile 88.0 7,005' Rocky Mountains, Montana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739431771-PFES14Y6LX9LRGOAVQMP/2021_PNT_0084.jpg PNT Gallery 1 The US/Canada border swath. On the Mexican border they put up a wall to keep people out, but the Candians are so nice they make it even easier for you to cross! The PNT follows the border as closely as possible for most of the route. | 7/8/21 Mile 122.1 5,510' Rocky Mountains, Montana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739431963-NC21R88WLDSOH034SIGG/2021_PNT_0090.jpg PNT Gallery 1 Blankie and I did some tub laundry to avoid the unnecessary cost of the laundromat next door. | 7/8/21 Mile 133.5 2,676' Eureka, Montana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739458677-TB6PXTFVE499US6DBVYB/2021_PNT_0111.jpg PNT Gallery 1 Noisy waits for her taco soup to rehydrate while scouting the next days route from the summit of Northwest Peak. | 7/11/21 Mile 214.7 7,705' Purcell Mountains, Montana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739457685-SHBCB47SATZXA32TZFPZ/2021_PNT_0118.jpg PNT Gallery 1 Noisy sets off once again following a break on Davis Mountain. | 7/12/21 Mile 216.8 7,583' Purcell Mountains, Montana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739489298-7FO5RJJFMEERLDL1441O/2021_PNT_0158.jpg PNT Gallery 1 Lower Priest Lake as seen from Lookout Mountain. | 7/15/21 Mile 291.3 6,787' Selkirk Mountains, Idaho https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739491072-817KG813SAW9MBJPMSWL/2021_PNT_0185.jpg PNT Gallery 1 Blankie had to get off trail around 300 miles back thanks to a nasty bug he caught, thankfully not COVID. Gandalf and Snickers, old pals of mine from the AT, volunteered immediately to host him in their home in Spokane until I made it to Metaline Falls where Blankie could rejoin me. Thanks to these truly lovely people, Blankie was able to stay in the woods another day and we are forever grateful for their friendship! | 7/18/21 Mile 355.0 2,059' Metaline Falls, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739516988-QCULZ63N5XGXW58BLQR2/2021_PNT_0200.jpg PNT Gallery 1 Nooch holds on for dear life during a hitch up to the next forest road on route. | 7/19/21 Mile 355.0 2,059' Selkirk Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739519756-SNBHPOM3U5H4LWZ814TZ/2021_PNT_0249.jpg PNT Gallery 1 Blankie inflates his sleeping pad at the "Deer Creek Forest Camp". We were expecting something a bit greener, but it all burned down a few years back. | 7/22/21 Mile 444.7 4,602' Kettle River Range, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739538798-PZ873A3LLOJV7F1TQHFV/2021_PNT_0259.jpg PNT Gallery 1 I was convinced to buy these hilariously short orange shorts for the hike, and I have to say the short short game is the one I want to be playing from now on. Just check out that tan line! | 7/24/21 Mile 474.6 5,587' Republic, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739551251-CJULTJLAIZ9PGO7BDDQA/2021_PNT_0261.jpg PNT Gallery 1 Blankie enjoys the gentle grade of Forest Service Road 600 after a steep and thick bushwhack down the shoulder of Edds Mountain. | 7/25/21 Mile 485.8 4,025' Kettle River Range, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739562062-11TPVUQYYMFJ8F1SS89Z/2021_PNT_0282.jpg PNT Gallery 1 Blankie, stoked to be horizontal after a hot, steep climb to camp. | 7/27/21 Mile 431.5 4,910' Okanogan Highlands, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739577216-5TG7A2RWMEKZ44UZ4R7I/2021_PNT_0286.jpg PNT Gallery 1 Blankie takes advantage of his extra-wide sleeping pad and goes for a float on Lake Bonaparte. Less than a week later, a fire burned most of the circumference of the lake and surrounding mountains. | 7/28/21 Mile 549.7 3,551' Okanogan Highlands, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739597915-QMX57I71397R71HRK5QW/2021_PNT_0294.jpg PNT Gallery 1 Blankie scrambles up a rock covered in deadfall on a bushwhack I devised to avoid a 1,200' pointless up down. As Blankie said, "that's a nice boulder". | 7/29/21 Mile 555.6 5,804' Okanogan Highlands, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739612651-3C0JVW0VYM9IHRUIBI5C/2021_PNT_0301.jpg PNT Gallery 1 Hot, exhausted and sick of the smoke, we found a bench on the side of the road and just had to take a sit. Can't you see how excited we are? | 7/29/21 Mile 556.8 3,604' Okanogan Highlands, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739630784-53MM0UXID0SXVWK38QK3/2021_PNT_0304.jpg PNT Gallery 1 What would have been a stellar view across the Similkameen River Valley into the Pasayten Wilderness was completely obstructed by smoke. | 7/30/21 Mile 581.2 990' Okanogan Highlands, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739638517-KW2Y3MZJZ66RAJOQ1P7R/2021_PNT_0312.jpg PNT Gallery 1 Grouse Bite and Nooch, with whom I walked for several hundred miles and in the process got quite chummy with. | 8/1/21 Mile 640.2 2,102' Pasayten Wilderness, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739666116-0QJQ4EQB5WINK4DE5835/2021_PNT_0319.jpg PNT Gallery 1 Blanke and I finished dinner and chores, but it was still light out so we filled the time making double exposures. | 8/1/21 Mile 640.2 2,102' Pasayten Wilderness, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739676485-5BY51ZZXG8EVC5HWSVKG/2021_PNT_0327.jpg PNT Gallery 1 Boundary Trail 533 was the primary route through the Pasayten on the PNT. It was unrelenting with its alpine meadows and crumbly peaks, and better yet, it was nearly smoke free! | 8/2/21 Mile 658.6 6,650' Pasayten Wilderness, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739696018-QIS5GPVS5T383VZS5JML/2021_PNT_0338.jpg PNT Gallery 1 More damage from the 2017 Diamond Creek Fire. | 8/3/21 Mile 672.1 6,595' Pasayten Wilderness, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739711088-13LDY88BFZMOX27XD1UP/2021_PNT_0342.jpg PNT Gallery 1 Looking a couple of miles north into Canada at a pair of fires while being surrounded by recent burn scars. Historically poor land management means they're only likely to get worse. | 8/3/21 Mile 679.6 7,169' Pasayten Wilderness, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739730328-CS9KOMWZIY5S78TBE1QY/2021_PNT_0359.jpg PNT Gallery 1 Blankie stretches out in the fading warmth of yet another excellent day in the mountains. | 8/4/21 Mile 700.3 6,520' Pasayten Wilderness, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739738917-FL2JEP4LK3F5NN27EEEV/2021_PNT_0370.jpg PNT Gallery 1 The PNT follows the PCT for 14 miles between Castle Pass and Holman Pass. I was confused the whole time on the PCT why I didn't see any nobos finishing their hike. Because of the Cub Creek Fire, those that still chose to hike in the smoke were mostly rereouted around Ross Lake, thus missing the magical final stretch of PCT. | 8/5/21 Mile 715.1 5,250' Pasayten Wilderness, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739757922-VPU44M5AAQIJRJGISFOC/2021_PNT_0374.jpg PNT Gallery 1 At long last, true PNW conditions! | 8/6/21 Mile 727.3 6,982' Pasayten Wilderness, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631828115298-0B42UD053FBR4XEUK73H/2021_PNT_0386.jpg PNT Gallery 1 Noisy and Blankie drunkenly wait for a potential hitch to pass, thanks to a local mountain dweller who gave us the rest of his bag of wine. He also claimed to have stashed Canadian whiskey all over North Cascades National Park. | 8/6/21 Mile 746.4 1,698' North Cascades, Washington https://www.evanleonardphotography.com/pnt-gallery-2 daily 0.75 2022-01-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739811258-JU7UV3IBE923TV1J4NAG/2021_PNT_0397.jpg PNT Gallery 2 Hikers raid the Marblemount gas station in the rain. | 8/6/21 Mile 746.4 1,698' Marblemount, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739811258-JU7UV3IBE923TV1J4NAG/2021_PNT_0397.jpg PNT Gallery 2 Hikers raid the Marblemount gas station in the rain. | 8/6/21 Mile 746.4 1,698' Marblemount, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739811257-ORQTXO6A67HXP4SPG1RG/2021_PNT_0398.jpg PNT Gallery 2 Blankie, Sparky, Skeeter and Noisy play cards in the rain while stalling on making our next move. | 8/7/21 Mile 746.4 1,698' Marblemount, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739829277-EKNH30G31MAXTUTDTWAX/2021_PNT_0439.jpg PNT Gallery 2 Noisy being her usual photogenic self as she warms in the sun following a glacial river dunk. | 8/9/21 Mile 777.7 2,979' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739846416-U0VP0C8LT2FNH26XW73Z/2021_PNT_0456.jpg PNT Gallery 2 Skeeter, Blankie and I enjoy the suns dying rays. | 8/9/21 Mile 777.7 2,979' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739867683-OUK2LMXJAV1B0IPUDVWC/2021_PNT_0488.jpg PNT Gallery 2 Skeeter and Blankie cross the Chilliwack River via cable car, which makes for a much safer crossing when flow is high. | 8/10/21 Mile 786.8 2,624' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739888322-KIV12NPKV9MOV6P445NL/2021_PNT_0496.jpg PNT Gallery 2 My shirt underwent some prolonged unplanned disassembly, so it had to be retired. | 8/10/21 Mile 797.1 3,010' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739905809-VPHORBNFPVPORFDJXCYJ/2021_PNT_0513.jpg PNT Gallery 2 Mt. Baker hot spring in the smoky morning light. We wanted to soak the night before, but we were asked not to until morning so a couple could have a "spiritual experience" in them for their anniversary. That was fine by me, given that when Blankie and I first arrived we got caught between two other fellas arguing over who sent who to jail, just after shots were fired. | 8/12/21 Mile 822.1 1,256' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739910516-UTNO0H5TYQ2SE38HX6UT/2021_PNT_0519.jpg PNT Gallery 2 Thick smoke rolled in out of nowhere overnight, terrible in every way other than what it did to the light. | 8/12/21 Mile 822.1 1,256' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739941198-ME5L3N3WKIBCXMCLYDBO/2021_PNT_0568.jpg PNT Gallery 2 A hikers interpretation of the painting "The Last Supper", recreated with double exposure. | 8/14/21 Mile 856.0 3,364' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739942435-VB8GNN0W3K4B8EWEYQOJ/2021_PNT_0586.jpg PNT Gallery 2 Skeeter, Hog Momma (Bjorn, as seen on past expeditions) and Sparky pose in some nice light on Anderson Mountain. Bjorn parked his car near the end of the PNT, biked on gravel roads to Bellingham unsuccessfully looking for me, then continued east until running into me at Baker Lake, 200 miles from where he started. He then hiked another 300 miles with us back to his car. | 8/17/21 Mile 918.8 2,820' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739967095-RPVG7TFVFO9PGFB48J8F/2021_PNT_0590.jpg PNT Gallery 2 At long last, the Pacific Ocean came into view! Well, actually, the Puget Sound. Still, salt water! | 8/17/21 Mile 922.9 2,810' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739969051-2OFY36N2PLYR42939SMC/2021_PNT_0608.jpg PNT Gallery 2 Skeeter and Lucas apprehensively wait to turn on to Highway 20, the most highly trafficked portion of our bike route alternate. The PNT primary walks mostly roads for 80 miles from Bellingham to the Coupeville ferry, which sounded awful so we biked instead! Thanks to Lucas for wrangling up some wheels and pedaling with us! | 8/20/21 Mile 957.0 4' Puget Sound, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739992651-NNPKYK4O2NPNRGD0X38G/2021_PNT_0619.jpg PNT Gallery 2 The PNT primary route takes the Coupeville Ferry across the sound to Port Townsend. Easiest six miles of forward progress I've ever made! | 8/20/21 Mile 1014.2 0' Puget Sound, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739995933-Z2FUVLX2O96OADF2EW0N/2021_PNT_0625.jpg PNT Gallery 2 Skeeter keeps a keen eye out for Port Townsend. | 8/20/21 Mile 1014.2 0' Puget Sound, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740022730-OZML0K1S5MFHJA7878GV/2021_PNT_0676.jpg PNT Gallery 2 There was no shortage of quality pranks at the tail end of the hike, here during a break Hog Mamma tied a rock to Noisy's pack that she didn't notice until she started walking again. | 8/24/21 Mile 1,070.0 5,890' Olympic Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740022720-C9N3TT6UEYST3AQQOYTQ/2021_PNT_0709.jpg PNT Gallery 2 Noisy happened to sit in the perfect sunset spotlight, fitting since the campsite was called Sunnybrook! | 8/24/21 Mile 1,077.2 5,011' Olympic Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740049023-O73IEHNXKS1CHVD91K2A/2021_PNT_0728.jpg PNT Gallery 2 Skeeter and Noisy, lost in the setting sun. | 8/24/21 Mile 1,077.2 5,011' Olympic Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740056788-98VQTMDYJX7ZCM5WERZ1/2021_PNT_0766.jpg PNT Gallery 2 Hog Mamma paces around camp waiting for the sun to set. | 8/25/21 Mile 1,094.5 5,760' Olympic Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740079681-N7MRD864JHZWZSP3T6YB/2021_PNT_0783.jpg PNT Gallery 2 Hog Mamma loiters outside while waiting for everyone else to pack up. Being out in the open was also safer, since he could make sure nobody slipped the 5 oz bath bomb we'd been shuffling around into his pack. Mileage discrepancy due to alternate routes. | 8/27/21 Mile 1,069.5 47' Port Angeles, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740079316-2GSKRT13737KDPR8Q9FR/2021_PNT_0822.jpg PNT Gallery 2 Hog Mamma sneakily pushes rocks into other peoples packs. | 8/30/21 Mile 1,206.4 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631834240481-5I0Y8VABAFUZ87MAA3UW/2021_PNT_0840.jpg PNT Gallery 2 Noisy muches on her usual nasty taco soup concoction. | 8/30/21 Mile 1,206.4 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740108648-BBXAQM4JEGTHXSJJLNOW/2021_PNT_0849.jpg PNT Gallery 2 A long awaited Pacific sunset. | 8/30/21 Mile 1,206.4 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740124797-10FYH2517OT84V3VWHCN/2021_PNT_0857.jpg PNT Gallery 2 Noisy digs out her rain jacket after getting back on solid ground. Due to a one foot tide restriction, we had to make the crossing around Diamond Rocks at 1:00am. | 8/31/21 Mile 1,207.4 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740132602-DRD1A8B1ZVDANM60C6HA/2021_PNT_0859.jpg PNT Gallery 2 Hog Mamma climbs a rope step ladder up to camp after a midnight tidal crossing. | Mile 1,208.0 157' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740209851-U300N2Z99QIE36S7L06N/2021_PNT_0862.jpg PNT Gallery 2 Hog Mamma, temporarily marooned by the incoming tide. | 8/31/21 Mile 1,213.2 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740161189-WKPGK19772C1UQPCIOKS/2021_PNT_0870.jpg PNT Gallery 2 We managed to hit Toleak Point at low tide, exposing tidal pools and lots of horrendous smells. | 8/31/21 Mile 1,215.6 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740182903-WFZCZQ5XKY677L4SQXS4/2021_PNT_0899.jpg PNT Gallery 2 Possibly my favorite hang ever, who'd have thought you could hammock on the beach? | 8/31/21 Mile 1,220.6 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740206665-RUZW1Y1EV5VOHP6PM64D/2021_PNT_0914.jpg PNT Gallery 2 After kindly dropping us on the north bank of the Quillayute River, the Harbor Master heads back to work. The PNT primary route requires going to the La Push Marina to arrange a ride across the river with a local fisherman. | 9/1/21 Mile 1,225.6 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740234090-5OVP4PRQ41ST8QBNBVMW/2021_PNT_0941.jpg PNT Gallery 2 Happy it's done, not at all happy it's over. Cape Alava is the westernmost point in the Lower 48. | 9/2/21 Mile 1,246.2 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740240563-I2HYKJEZQ3VEK6C4H0ZV/2021_PNT_0943.jpg PNT Gallery 2 Even though Blankie was only able to make it for half the hike, he was an excellent companion and I'm so glad he was able to come play in the mountains for the summer. | 9/2/21 Mile 1,246.2 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://www.evanleonardphotography.com/pnt-extended-gallery daily 0.75 2021-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631736912894-JLAEFN5NN9S3XR8I390Q/2021_PNT_0004.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blankie and I at the eastern terminus of the PNT, which is also a CDT alternate terminus at Chief Mountain Customs on the USA/CAN border. The PNT lacks an official terminus monument at either end. | 7/1/21 Mile 0.0 5,329' Glacier National Park, Montana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631736912894-JLAEFN5NN9S3XR8I390Q/2021_PNT_0004.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blankie and I at the eastern terminus of the PNT, which is also a CDT alternate terminus at Chief Mountain Customs on the USA/CAN border. The PNT lacks an official terminus monument at either end. | 7/1/21 Mile 0.0 5,329' Glacier National Park, Montana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631736914090-LES8XW2SNFU5U16OCXBD/2021_PNT_0005.jpg PNT Extended Gallery The first panoramic view the PNT had to offer, located in the Belly River valley. | 7/1/21 Mile 4.6 4,680' Glacier National Park, Montana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631736920320-XCRQSGRVJKFROJW6YY8N/2021_PNT_0007.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blankie crosses a fine bridge over the Belly River. | 7/1/21 Mile 6.1 4,640' Glacier National Park, Montana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631736921532-HJ7A8D7I3E12HOMQFIRT/2021_PNT_0011.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blankie takes in the view while catching his breath on the very steep trail up to Stoney Indian Pass. Little did we know climbs of this gradient would soon become normal. | 7/2/21 Mile 15.2 5,675' Glacier National Park, Montana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631736946068-CAO81JDYSCEOMA2H57GG/2021_PNT_0015.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blankie, never one to take a candid photo. Here he takes a break up Stoney Indian Pass. | 7/2/21 Mile 15.2 5,675' Glacier National Park, Montana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631736946068-01F74AMV4DR8IYGVLSC0/2021_PNT_0021.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blankie crosses a snow field on the north side of Stoney Indian Pass. 2021 was an unusually warm spring preceded by a low snow winter, yet the rangers were still fear mongering about snow conditions up high. To be honest, they were full of it. This was essentilly the only spot of snow we crossed in all of Glacier NP. | 7/2/21 Mile 18.0 6,908' Glacier National Park, Montana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631736961333-CIZDM2JQY9CFWOP2EBMM/2021_PNT_0031.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Lake Francis as seen from the trail up to Brown Pass. | 7/3/21 Mile 33.9 5,355' Glacier National Park, Montana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631736956650-1LCSB5APYDSA1YOPWWFT/2021_PNT_0034.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Looking back into Glacier NP across Bowman Lake just before hitchhing down the dirt road into Polebridge, MT. Polebridge is an off-grid community of a dozen or so people that threw one hell of a 4th of July party. | 7/3/21 Mile 49.1 4,030' Glacier National Park, Montana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631736980177-JLZDLE31OZQHW1XZ7YXW/2021_PNT_0035.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blankie begins the long walk up Forest Road 376, part of a 12 mile roadwalk to the next stretch of trail. Shortly after this photo was taken Blankie backtracked to Polebridge and took the next 300 miles off due to illness (not COVID, thankfully). | 7/5/21 Mile 59.3 3,937' Rocky Mountains, Montana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631736997606-9CSBE87FKRPYVO0UN5MG/2021_PNT_0040.jpg PNT Extended Gallery The first PNT blaze seen on the PNT. | 7/5/21 Mile 64.2 4,202' Rocky Mountains, Montana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631737050559-XEGU0K17WJ1U2BME38LG/2021_PNT_0044.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Skeeter and Sparky prepare camp in what would be the worst mosquito swarm of the entire hike. We built a fire to try to keep them at bay, Sparky even tried wearing shoes on his hands, but to no avail. A day or so later, fires became illegal and would remain so for the rest of the season. | 7/5/21 Mile 75.9 6,012' Rocky Mountains, Montana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631737063896-3MJUUMDFBD1AMUJZIGNU/2021_PNT_0048.jpg PNT Extended Gallery The 2017 Gibralter fire burned 13,000 acres on the PNT along the Whitefish Divide. Here the damage is visible on the north face of Mt. Locke. | 7/6/21 Mile 88.0 7,005' Rocky Mountains, Montana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631737083560-UQ52KLN3R4P91IGULM0Y/2021_PNT_0052.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Tex, Sparky and Skeeter enjoy a welcome hitch up a forest service road in the back of a converted ambulance. | 7/6/21 Mile 95.6 4,060' Rocky Mountains, Montana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631737090878-GUGBVGUOZL8OV0O8LS6D/2021_PNT_0061.jpg PNT Extended Gallery The view out the back of a converted ambulance that gave us a hitch up a forest service road. | 7/6/21 Mile 95.6 4,060' Rocky Mountains, Montana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631737130468-LOWRUUN3ENV2ZZV63V0B/2021_PNT_0065.jpg PNT Extended Gallery I thought it was funny that my shadow made it look like I'm riding a horse. The red tint comes from smoke that blew in the night before. It would remain in some capcaity until reaching the coast. | 7/7/21 Mile 101.2 5,444' Rocky Mountains, Montana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631737132185-MTBBAANW0TTS2QRPOYEZ/2021_PNT_0071.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Mt. Wam lookout, a decomissioned fire lookout tower now used for inclement weather shelter, or just a rad place to camp. | 7/7/21 Mile 104.6 7,203' Rocky Mountains, Montana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631737176253-6U1TTDFEGR0E0A8ZWVXH/2021_PNT_0083.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Whoever placed this border sign installed it up a steep hill behind a bush when there was a perfectly good spot just below. This was literally the best image I could muster. The PNT started at the Canadian Border and would remain within a few miles of it for the majority of the hike. | 7/8/21 Mile 122.1 5,510' Rocky Mountains, Montana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631737192669-XYZETMZ5KQNE5SP2LCR3/2021_PNT_0084.jpg PNT Extended Gallery The US/Canada border swath. On the Mexican border they put up a wall to keep people out, but the Candians are so nice they make it even easier for you to cross! | 7/8/21 Mile 122.1 5,510' Rocky Mountains, Montana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631737232540-JP63825GMS58BWJ0KCHQ/2021_PNT_0088.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Burma Rd., the first paved road walk of the PNT. Luckily I made it to the road after accidentally bushwhacking into private property. It being Montana, things could have gone poorly. | 7/8/21 Mile 130.1 2,802' Rocky Mountains, Montana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631737233501-1IYZBLP2S3X0HU954XXZ/2021_PNT_0090.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blankie and I did some tub laundry to avoid the unnecessary cost of the laundromat next door. | 7/8/21 Mile 133.5 2,676' Eureka, Montana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631737286003-5QTV9KBRVWMYQHJ53VEE/2021_PNT_0095.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blankie waits for a hitch to Libby, MT so he could rest up and continue hiking later down the trail. | 7/9/21 Mile 141.0 2647' Rexford, Montana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631737286005-8M8A4AMJE15GP45JZR2N/2021_PNT_0100.jpg PNT Extended Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631737338764-UADS00LVERH0MRRSVGWJ/2021_PNT_0102.jpg PNT Extended Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631737338764-EHUXRTVEXYMQ1TIW95TI/2021_PNT_0103.jpg PNT Extended Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631737374662-XBGK2IIHM5DNPKHUCUAR/2021_PNT_0111.jpg PNT Extended Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631737374658-XOHHLR1F8WQNTKJU6J40/2021_PNT_0114.jpg PNT Extended Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631737409468-JL5CJSUDAIWULQT2NY8G/2021_PNT_0118.jpg PNT Extended Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631737410342-4Z7HXLQSXQD06RX47CNK/2021_PNT_0122.jpg PNT Extended Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631737456126-FWQXPPSQ9VVXG2ACBXD6/2021_PNT_0123.jpg PNT Extended Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631737459067-4O9LN0DN52Q3A1ZF7JKS/2021_PNT_0132.jpg PNT Extended Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631737515536-WGDP0PYL83JW1JSPD9F8/2021_PNT_0136.jpg PNT Extended Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631737538911-LU5SEOULF4U6LX01WKTE/2021_PNT_0148.jpg PNT Extended Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631737609813-IP6JBKSENDX3Y4HKHTFA/2021_PNT_0152.jpg PNT Extended Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631737643288-DM709WIG0WBC3G7EXTRU/2021_PNT_0154.jpg PNT Extended Gallery The ridge I 'schwacked to the summit of Lookout Mountain. | 7/15/21 Mile 291.3 6,787' Selkirk Mountains, Idaho https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631737709357-N1JALXEXSVI0GITN4RQG/2021_PNT_0158.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Lower Priest Lake as seen from Lookout Mountain. | 7/15/21 Mile 291.3 6,787' Selkirk Mountains, Idaho https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631737771690-J4MZKT1GEN5ZRV0ZDH9V/2021_PNT_0160.jpg PNT Extended Gallery The Lookout Mountain Lookout tower, used for fire surveillance starting in 1929. The shadow in the foreground is from the replacement raised shelter, also decomissioned in favor of more modern tools. | 7/15/21 Mile 291.3 6,787' Selkirk Mountains, Idaho https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631737798418-RFLDFAACSGZG6835MNF1/2021_PNT_0162.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Lower Priest Lake, which is not on the PNT but I noticed a route down to it while mulling over maps and just had to go for a swim. | 7/15/21 Mile 299.1 2,480' Selkirk Mountains, Idaho https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631737895299-N7SICF8W233C7Q3M9Z8N/2021_PNT_0170.jpg PNT Extended Gallery After crossing into Idaho without really realizing it, it was nice to see someone set up a small monument to denote the Washington border. | 7/16/21 Mile 316.1 3,460' Selkirk Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631737901170-P2KADGZ4K7LLC287YIPO/2021_PNT_0171.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Damage from the 2017 Noisy Creek fire along the Shedroof Divide. | 7/16/21 Mile 320.0 6,175' Selkirk Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631737955789-UU2ZU4S48WY9PX26LOX2/2021_PNT_0174.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Looking back toward Lions Head ridge in Idaho from the Shedroof Divide in Washington. | 7/16/21 Mile 320.0 6,175' Selkirk Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631737968217-9KBJACFJ5QNKHSZH6JLO/2021_PNT_0181.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Fireweed takes over the mountains in the wake of the 2017 Noisy Creek Fire. | 7/17/21 Mile 329.4 6,102' Selkirk Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738002802-45WNY1UVY9RH0H0OIU4D/2021_PNT_0185.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blankie had to get off trail around 300 miles back thanks to a nasty bug he caught, thankfully not COVID. Gandalf and Snickers, old pals of mine from the AT, volunteered immediately to host him in their home in Spokane until I made it to Metaline Falls where Blankie could rejoin me. Thanks to these truly lovely people, Blankie was able to stay in the woods another day and we are forever grateful for their friendship! | 7/18/21 Mile 355.0 2,059' Metaline Falls, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738012368-FO04T1QTED0THTLP69QJ/2021_PNT_0195.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Mary, a very generous Metaline Falls local allows thru-hikers to camp in the yard of her boat rental and guide service business. The PNT passes straight through the middle of town, which is about a block long. | 7/18/21 Mile 355.0 2,059' Metaline Falls, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738030292-LHC5Q89A3GIJK49UVBWJ/2021_PNT_0198.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blankie, excited to get back on trail after taking over a couple of weeks off to recuperate. | 7/19/21 Mile 355.0 2,059' Selkirk Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738048149-NTKITA3N45KAS2653C6Q/2021_PNT_0200.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Nooch holds on for dear life during a hitch up to the next forest road on route. | 7/19/21 Mile 355.0 2,059' Selkirk Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738095553-3L062ZAAIKDD8EVFRLYF/2021_PNT_0210.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blankie heads down the saddle of Abercrombie Mountain as a wall of smoke begins to blow in. | 7/19/21 Mile 370.7 7,060' Selkirk Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738110696-YY8DG7KE1CWVFC5SB69H/2021_PNT_0217.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Nooch and Blankie, one more stoked than the other on the 100 degree 13 mile roadwalk into Northport, WA. | 7/20/21 Mile 390.8 1,689' Selkirk Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738157464-AF70WP60BSR51HIWBEY5/2021_PNT_0221.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Nooch, Grouse Bite and Blankie pause for a quick pee on the roadwalk into Northport, WA. | 7/20/21 Mile 391.0 1,689' Selkirk Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738158766-0MKOS5IM06QUYPN4Z7NG/2021_PNT_0223.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Nooch, Grouse Bite and Blankie trudge along in 100 degree heat on a 13 mile roadwalk into Northport, WA. | 7/20/21 Mile 391.0 1,689' Selkirk Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738213279-9I9MZNZMVFYMDK0FRW9O/2021_PNT_0224.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blankie poses in front of a clear cut, a sight all too common in the Pacific Northwest. | 7/21/21 Mile 407.1 2,021' Kettle River Range, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738214928-568A7Z8LE3WFN2THJHC6/2021_PNT_0227.jpg PNT Extended Gallery What a lovely meadow on the side of this here forest road! | 7/21/21 Mile 408.3 2,052' Kettle River Range, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738263231-RG5JYS9KHCTJWPPLRDGI/2021_PNT_0230.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blankie enjoys the company of a small butterfly, who refused to pose for my picture. | 7/22/21 Mile 435.0 4,190' Kettle River Range, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738285679-JCHVTUK2D6FSWOHYLY1L/2021_PNT_0238.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blankie emerges from the brush on a decommissioned Forest Service road. | 7/22/21 Mile 441.2 4,801' Kettle River Range, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738334483-J7FVY4012O33KCCFGHOK/2021_PNT_0240.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Nooch enjoys a gander after taking the wrong forest road a few miles back, thus adding distance to his day. | 7/22/21 Mile 441.2 4,801' Kettle River Range, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738334959-AXMCGF6QQDPEJECDKT8A/2021_PNT_0243.jpg PNT Extended Gallery A sizeable chunk of the PNT passes through recently burned areas. The smoke getting thicker every day painted a bleak picture for the future of our forests, and our hike. | 7/22/21 Mile 442.4 4,387' Kettle River Range, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738374289-JB94AIL70ZJ8XUCKTWUT/2021_PNT_0249.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blankie inflates his sleeping pad at the "Deer Creek Forest Camp". We were expecting something a bit greener, but of course it all burned down a few years back. | 7/22/21 Mile 444.7 4,602' Kettle River Range, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738376739-B1SQGUVGUMGWAPXZ7MCO/2021_PNT_0253.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blankie settles in for what would become three hours of attempted hitching in a new cloud of smoke that had blown in overnight. | 7/24/21 Mile 474.6 5,587' Kettle River Range, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738407527-KM0VKK2NET3H6KZZU5Y7/2021_PNT_0259.jpg PNT Extended Gallery I was convinced to buy these hilariously short orange shorts for the hike, and I have to say the short short game is the one I want to be playing from now on. Just check out that tan line! | 7/24/21 Mile 474.6 5,587' Republic, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738410826-JV4DRYCR0Z5Z8BL3KK5R/2021_PNT_0261.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blankie enjoys the gentle grade of Forest Service Road 600 after a steep and thick bushwhack down the shoulder of Edds Mountain. | 7/25/21 Mile 485.8 4,025' Kettle River Range, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738461460-4N3NH5GFTB47O5LE3ATU/2021_PNT_0263.jpg PNT Extended Gallery The Okanogan Highlands, a band of hot, dry grassland with sparse tree cover that stretches from British Columbia down into Eastern Washington. | 7/26/21 Mile 500.1 2,908' Oganogan Highlands, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738465817-S1JLOCTAM6U9IR8QCRCX/2021_PNT_0267.jpg PNT Extended Gallery The Okanogan Highlands, a band of hot, dry grassland and sparse tree cover that stretches from British Columbia down into Eastern Washington. | 7/26/21 Mile 500.1 2,908' Oganogan Highlands, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738499567-4ERLE2OSBL331RK2HFQ5/2021_PNT_0268.jpg PNT Extended Gallery The Okanogan Highlands, a band of hot, dry grassland and sparse tree cover that stretches from British Columbia down into Eastern Washington. | 7/26/21 Mile 500.1 2,908' Oganogan Highlands, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738526155-P6NBOMYR2GQYP63NBHLA/2021_PNT_0271.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Colville National Forest, famous for their desire to get as many cows as possible in the woods, of course at the detriment of forest health but benefit of their wallets. | 7/26/21 Mile 506.4 2,077' Okanogan Highlands, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738567569-4FU9I21X2HLIHOX9NHMC/2021_PNT_0274.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blankie endures a very hot asphalt roadwalk on the way to the next trail. | 7/26/21 Mile 506.7 2,077' Okanogan Highlands, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738600059-LV6R1GLJ1Q5XZ2AFD5J5/2021_PNT_0275.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blankie makes his way through the blowdowns on a burn area bushwhack. On this particular 'schwack, Blankie lost both his sunglasses and a trekking pole, to his great disappointment. | 7/27/21 Mile 511.4 3,804' Okanogan highlands, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738625322-VSTF1JMGPKQJWFIJ5U2G/2021_PNT_0281.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blankie shows off his elegant living accomodations. | 7/27/21 Mile 431.5 4,910' Okanogan Highlands, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738648536-5JQ3YQTQO9Q2PB5FSZPU/2021_PNT_0282.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blankie, stoked to be horizontal after a steep and hot climb to camp. | 7/27/21 Mile 431.5 4,910' Okanogan Highlands, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738672052-EMQNJCKHOGPOIO15Y2IJ/2021_PNT_0284.jpg PNT Extended Gallery The Pacific Northwest is home to many wild and wonderful creatures, and it's nice to see these people taking the proper precautions through quality signage. | 7/28/21 Mile 537.6 3,466' Okanogan Highlands, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738672902-D17Y3F6LEXVHLUQZIAKM/2021_PNT_0286.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blankie takes advantage of his extra-wide sleeping pad and goes for a float on Lake Bonaparte. Less than a week later, a fire burned most of the circumference of the lake and surrounding mountains. | 7/28/21 Mile 549.7 3,551' Okanogan Highlands, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738702306-UL7G26BJLIDYX8SCFSHC/2021_PNT_0288.jpg PNT Extended Gallery If there's one thing Blankie loves, it's walking on logs. | 7/29/21 Mile 555.6 5,804' Okanogan Highlands, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738700607-EYCBWGDPGDFIZGNX22HO/2021_PNT_0292.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blankie makes his way across Mt. Bonaparte on an impromptu bushwhack. | 7/29/21 Mile 555.6 5,804' Okanogan Highlands, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738722030-MOG4J2CZ7W7J022RIZXD/2021_PNT_0294.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blankie scrambles up a rock covered in deadfall on a bushwhack I devised to avoid a 1,200' pointless up down. As Blankie said, "that's a nice boulder".| 7/29/21 Mile 555.6 5,804' Okanogan Highlands, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738722031-5AIWHRSWDRC2EO8SEOW9/2021_PNT_0296.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Back on forest roads! | 7/29/21 Mile 568.0 3,644' Okanogan Highlands, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738735182-PALFWF5FO30SBQ7HYV7W/2021_PNT_0301.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Hot and exhausted, we found a bench on the side of the road and just had to take a sit. Can't you see how excited we are? | 7/29/21 Mile 556.8 3,604' Okanogan Highlands, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738731238-21LXE1NJM5WX6TTDALT1/2021_PNT_0303.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Overnight, fresh smoke and ash blew in from the nearby Cub Creek and Cub Creek 2 fires. | 7/30/31 Mile 575.5 1,146' Okanogan Highlands, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738762941-W5J27EWUPUEVQMA3B7S2/2021_PNT_0304.jpg PNT Extended Gallery What would have been a stellar view across the Similkameen River Valley into the Pasayten Wilderness was completely obstructed by smoke. | 7/30/21 Mile 581.2 990' Okanogan Highlands, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738767265-TB0RSKW8H0F3GED50HSN/2021_PNT_0305.jpg PNT Extended Gallery What would have been a stellar view across the Similkameen River Valley into the Pasayten Wilderness was completely obstructed by smoke. | 7/30/21 Mile 581.2 990' Okanogan Highlands, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738800072-TQ8AZG9PB3DORW2RDFBA/2021_PNT_0307.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Thanks to Washington state land closures due to fire danger, an alternate route was necessary to enter the Pasayten Wilderness. Sunny Pass, visible in the background, would be our way back on to the primary route. | 8/1/21 Mile 636.7 2,150' Pasayten Wilderness, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738800072-BM0X3EKD9ES8N4HJGM5A/2021_PNT_0310.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blankie, Grouse Bite and Nooch work on lightening their food bags on our first day out from town under the cover of my tarp in a PNW mist. | 8/1/21 Mile 640.2 2,102' Pasayten Wilderness, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738816984-VB254XAKJDT6WKFECT2Y/2021_PNT_0312.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Grouse Bite and Nooch, who I walked with for a several hundred miles and in the process got quite chummy with. | 8/1/21 Mile 640.2 2,102' Pasayten Wilderness, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738817699-CZDS7WGLUMYT7SHQMT03/2021_PNT_0317.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blanke and I finished dinner and chores, but it was still light out so we filled the time making double exposures. | 8/1/21 Mile 640.2 2,102' Pasayten Wilderness, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738835819-RQ4QT2GOYQKAFT8J0B54/2021_PNT_0318.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blanke and I finished dinner and chores, but it was still light out so we filled the time making double exposures. | 8/1/21 Mile 640.2 2,102' Pasayten Wilderness, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738842957-S3JAH4WNLBGNV9EQNAYL/2021_PNT_0319.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blanke and I finished dinner and chores, but it was still light out so we filled the time making double exposures. | 8/1/21 Mile 640.2 2,102' Pasayten Wilderness, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738865676-G4MWQ6XLOQJPDQ296EFG/2021_PNT_0320.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Looking across to Amphitheater Mountain and Cathedral Pass, the highest point on the PNT primary route. | 8/2/21 Mile 652.6 7,206' Pasayten Wilderness, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738891824-8DODZNL96UDIPG4CCR9K/2021_PNT_0322.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Grouse Bite and Nooch just before taking a dip in Upper Cathedral Lake. We weren't there for it, but Nooch proposed to Grouse Bite just before arriving at the western terminus. | 8/2/21 Mile 656.2 7,305' Pasayten Wilderness, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738907626-JD7DPTCJZDF2SUQ4SEQI/2021_PNT_0325.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Damage done by the 2017 Diamond Creek Fire. | 8/2/21 Mile 657.1 6,859' Pasayten Wilderness, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738921484-QBT0UJTUYA77H1CRMXTA/2021_PNT_0327.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Boundary Trail 533 was the primary route through the Pasayten on the PNT. It was unrelenting with its alpine meadows and crumbly peaks, and better yet, it was nearly smoke free! | 8/2/21 Mile 658.6 6,650' Pasayten Wilderness, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738932955-9MDI2BUJD3SXQ6RZDCJ4/2021_PNT_0332.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Sheep Mountain, just over the other side is the Canadian border. | 8/3/21 Mile 670.9 6,937' Pasayten Wilderness, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738954263-HOLB9FXU2MPPF9MJ35MA/2021_PNT_0337.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blankie makes his way to Quartz Mountain on Boundary Trail 533. | 8/3/21 Mile 670.9 6,937' Pasayten Wilderness, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738967765-LLYSWP7H1ABSIB158C4E/2021_PNT_0338.jpg PNT Extended Gallery More damage from the 2017 Diamond Creek Fire. | 8/3/21 Mile 672.1 6,595' Pasayten Wilderness, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738994631-OF4BRIDFZSST8K0G75AM/2021_PNT_0340.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Descending Quartz Mountain to ascend once again again up to Bunker Hill. | 8/3/21 Mile 675.5 7,005' Pasayten Wilderness, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739007811-9GFMYMSMBLNZIOO1BTOG/2021_PNT_0342.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Looking a couple of miles north into Canada at a pair of fires while being surrounded by recent burn scars. Fire's no joke, and they're only going to get worse. | 8/3/21 Mile 679.6 7,169' Pasayten Wilderness, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739028746-LQAYD148A0WT6YHPAMKW/2021_PNT_0344.jpg PNT Extended Gallery At long last, the North Cascades come in to view! From there until the end, the trail would truly be in the Pacific Northwest. | 8/3/21 Mile 679.0 7,060' Pasayten Wilderness, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739043187-1KDL1VKJINM2DMXO0OSO/2021_PNT_0351.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blankie triumphiantly makes it to the top of Frosty Pass. | 8/4/21 Mile 700.3 6,520' Pasayten Wilderness, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739065144-IJPV528SB59M3VN4LGIO/2021_PNT_0354.jpg PNT Extended Gallery The smoke plume from the Cub Creek Fire to the south rises above Blizzard Peak. This fire was one of the most problematic for us the whole hike, we were in its smoke for a couple of weeks and it closed a pretty vital resupply point. | 8/4/21 Mile 700.3 6,520' Pasayten Wilderness, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739090310-W5POZYMM3DEOXMFTA5MK/2021_PNT_0356.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blankie lost his underwear in the morning. Luckily a full gear survey led to their discovery in the bottom of his quilt. The smoke from the Cub Creek Fire rises in the background. | 8/4/21 Mile 700.3 6,520' Pasayten Wilderness, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739096067-0ABWPBVWK9DWFJW15KE0/2021_PNT_0359.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blankie stretches out in the fading warmth of yet another excellent day in the mountains. | 8/4/21 Mile 700.3 6,520' Pasayten Wilderness, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739128547-0R3ANVYANTMHWWOI0G4W/2021_PNT_0362.jpg PNT Extended Gallery I find the ground to be consistently cold, hard, wet and sad, so for the PNT I upgraded my hammock setup and took to the skies once more! | 8/4/21 Mile 700.3 6,520' Pasayten Wilderness, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739135873-OPW20G0LYD880F95EX3N/2021_PNT_0365.jpg PNT Extended Gallery The PNT follows the PCT for 14 miles from just south of the border to Holman Pass. I expected to see thru-hikers, but fires essentially closed this stretch of the PCT. Compared to the PNT, the PCT might as well be a sidewalk! | 8/5/21 Mile 704.8 6,873' Pasayten Wilderness, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739153384-2U6K4FYC5AD4QUSZK07G/2021_PNT_0366.jpg PNT Extended Gallery The North Cascades as seen from the PCT under a high altitude layer of smoke. | 8/5/21 Mile 706.1 7,001' Pasayten Wilderness, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739180273-H6JLR5Z8IY7D6X9DR1U6/2021_PNT_0368.jpg PNT Extended Gallery When I hiked through the Rock Creek Basin a couple of years before on the PCT, it was sleeting and visibilty was poor. It was such a treat to come through again in better conditions! | 8/5/21 Mile 711.5 6,410' Pasayten Wilderness, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739197578-5SMB57SL97QBAHHAXO0E/2021_PNT_0369.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Looking south from Rock Pass on the PCT. | 8/5/21 Mile 711.5 6,410' Pasayten Wilderness, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739206345-IKLWEX2MT94QOVCNLBZD/2021_PNT_0370.jpg PNT Extended Gallery The PNT follows the PCT for 14 miles between Castle Pass and Holman Pass. I was confused the whole time on the PCT why I didn't see any nobos finishing their hike. Because of the Cub Creek Fire, those that still chose to hike in the smoke were mostly rereouted around Ross Lake, thus missing the magical final stretch of PCT. | 8/5/21 Mile 715.1 5,250' Pasayten Wilderness, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739229661-JUW3FVNMPR60N8LRJBKE/2021_PNT_0374.jpg PNT Extended Gallery At long last, true PNW conditions! | 8/6/21 Mile 727.3 6,982' Pasayten Wilderness, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739240810-XNG7BVKWRD2SWWDGSPY3/2021_PNT_0377.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Noisy dries her tent on the shores of Ross Lake. | 8/6/21 Mile 737.6 1,760' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739258282-YBIE211L12ZGH9GR25CL/2021_PNT_0379.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Ruby Creek, a tributary of the dammed Ross Lake. | 8/6/21 Mile 746.1 1,648' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739261734-MMNXTCPI1LYCNEFH9OZA/2021_PNT_0384.jpg PNT Extended Gallery A very nice mountain dwelling kook had a bag of wine at our road crossing, which he shared with us in generous quantities to make hitching a little more interesting. He also claimed to have stashed scotch in nearly every corner of North Cascades National Park. | 8/6/21 Mile 746.4 1,698' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739273149-IAK6AUNVKD2PR9HWPPYD/2021_PNT_0386.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Noisy and Blankie drunkenly wait for a potential hitch to pass. | 8/6/21 Mile 746.4 1,698' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739279850-YSRDKU9V78QXLNG4YI7A/2021_PNT_0388.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Noisy takes a knee after a healthy shot of Crown Royal from a man at the trailhead. | 8/6/21 Mile 746.4 1,698' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739291982-1754NINHAFE60AH3JD7R/2021_PNT_0394.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Skeeter and Blankie enjoy a ride to Marblemount, WA to raid the gas station roller dog machine. | 8/6/21 Mile 746.4 1,698' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739298931-UBW1QLYJCPWXWKVCX7IQ/2021_PNT_0397.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Hikers raid the Marblemount gas station in the rain. | 8/6/21 Mile 746.4 1,698' Marblemount, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739316582-J5DPXP0RFBUQ2E0XQRMI/2021_PNT_0398.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blankie, Sparky, Skeeter and Noisy play cards in the rain while stalling on making our next move. | 8/7/21 Mile 746.4 1,698' Marblemount, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739322099-TUBL638AKGP7G0V4WGH1/2021_PNT_0406.jpg PNT Extended Gallery I didn't know it until seeing him, but this statue is a role model of mine. | 8/7/21 Mile 746.4 1,698' Sedro-Woolley, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739338008-8H3WNNTBN8TTHCXXBVA9/2021_PNT_0408.jpg PNT Extended Gallery The storm broke and a faint rainbow came in to view, so naturally we all had to check it out. | 8/6/21 Mile 746.4 1,698' Sedro-Woolley, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739360376-0NVF6I8AU6TQFZXE6SB4/2021_PNT_0414.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blankie poses under a spot of sun in the dense forest that is the North Cascades. | 8/9/21 Mile 770.9 3,612' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739379489-WMOGFFQ630C7U3NLA82X/2021_PNT_0418.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Why hike two miles when you can hike half a mile, cross a creek and end up in the same spot? | 8/9/21 Mile 775.0 2,464' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739402564-JWG0LTR1YK5AI6A1NEM3/2021_PNT_0424.jpg PNT Extended Gallery When you see a big tree, you hug it! | 8/9/21 Mile 776.0 2,660' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739408496-IK150WKNN4V8V0Z6DBCC/2021_PNT_0427.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blankie and Noisy just had to take a dunk in some glacial runoff. I thought it best to watch from the side, a decision I'm still pretty stoked on. | 8/9/21 Mile 777.7 2,979' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739432814-IXTWRGLWS1G7M2CHFWAP/2021_PNT_0432.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Skeeter, Blankie and Noisy try to warm up from their glacial runoff dunk in the only spot of sunlight around. | 8/9/21 Mile 777.7 2,979' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739431970-8WBZJTN19JJ35DBC8VNK/2021_PNT_0437.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blankie warms up after a cold swim. | 8/9/21 Mile 777.7 2,979' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739449004-X8VS7CB0Y6VTVJN46D3Q/2021_PNT_0439.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Noisy being her usual photogenic self as she warms in the sun from a glacial river dunk. | 8/9/21 Mile 777.7 2,979' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739463388-99JY7F507HNRJ295ZSZO/2021_PNT_0456.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Skeeter, Blankie and I enjoy the suns dying rays. | 8/9/21 Mile 777.7 2,979' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739482599-PWDYWEXJ73TKQ7KN8EXP/2021_PNT_0471.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Whatcom Peak, shrouded in fog. | 8/10/21 Mile 780.8 5,802' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739492486-KEJMB34RHHCAKY857SGX/2021_PNT_0475.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Sparky tops out Whatcom Pass after a very steep climb up. | 8/10/21 Mile 780.8 5,802' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739519757-XVL296L1HI1MGAU5DOG0/2021_PNT_0488.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Skeeter and Blankie cross the Chilliwack River via cable car, which makes for a much safer crossing when flow is high. | 8/10/21 Mile 786.8 2,624' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739527219-EZJGM9TRAIOXFUGLG3WF/2021_PNT_0489.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Ruth Mountain as seen on the Hannegan Pass Trail. | 8/10/21 Mile 794.5 4,055' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739558671-NEPADCWZ4TD3Q8CDDSOT/2021_PNT_0490.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Ruth Mountain as seen on the Hannegan Pass Trail. | 8/10/21 Mile 795.5 3,905' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739560822-MBU6QTY3F5T0CLHY98PS/2021_PNT_0493.jpg PNT Extended Gallery The aptly named Granite Mountain. | 8/10/21 Mile 794.5 4,055' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739598073-BB6ZSPNIAPFQVSAEPQ8A/2021_PNT_0496.jpg PNT Extended Gallery My shirt underwent some prolonged unplanned disassembly, so it had to be retired. | 8/10/21 Mile 797.1 3,010' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739594492-K2OUV2FO40AXV4BYIZEQ/2021_PNT_0498.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Mt. Shuksan. | 8/11/21 Mile 812.0 4,801' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739629432-V8SR1D90HJP84K3TIXKU/2021_PNT_0502.jpg PNT Extended Gallery The formidable Mt. Baker. | 8/11/21 Mile 812.0 4,801' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739636379-X7OJL7RGVY0A9DD3W3IC/2021_PNT_0503.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Heading down to Swift Creek from Austin Pass. | 8/11/21 Mile 813.5 4,518' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739652170-72ZDN9TLV16OCT7E54RW/2021_PNT_0509.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blankie, Skeeter and myself enjoy the Mt. Baker hot spring. | 8/12/21 Mile 822.1 1,256' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739675216-PIH8GTPPDPHT3207CQKS/2021_PNT_0513.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Mt. Baker hot spring in the smoky morning light. We wanted to soak the night before, but we were asked not to until morning so a couple could have a "spiritual experience" in them for their anniversary. That was fine by me, given that when Blankie and I first arrived we got caught between two other fellas arguing over who sent who to jail, just after shots were fired. | 8/12/21 Mile 822.1 1,256' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739678199-QTA7WM3VPSVS3MRRV0R5/2021_PNT_0519.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Thick smoke rolled in out of nowhere overnight, terrible in every way other than what it did to the light. | 8/12/21 Mile 822.1 1,256' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739711085-3I4LEN9LO2XS42CK1WF8/2021_PNT_0524.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blankie poses in a spotlight of smoky rays. | 8/12/21 Mile 822.1 1,256' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739735783-JVQD54N1IGP08AKPOWMC/2021_PNT_0533.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Noisy wouldn't let me get away without one of myself too. | 8/12/21 Mile 822.1 1,256' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739734505-70TTYTUVOPCYUKZ4AP10/2021_PNT_0548.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Look closely and you can see Noisy lounging on the far tree in the water. | 8/12/21 Mile 822.1 1,256' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739763882-B7BQW6B7PQQ7X8N7MEWE/2021_PNT_0551.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blankie gazes at me longingly from the shore of Baker Lake. | 8/12/21 Mile 822.1 1,256' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739759790-6FY6QWNXX3BLNHVVHO0K/2021_PNT_0561.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Sunset over Mt. Baker. | 8/12/21 Mile 822.1 1,256' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739771048-L2G4WBYYCJZGMBB73Y72/2021_PNT_0564.jpg PNT Extended Gallery This nice motel wasn't very happy when Sparky hung his tent to dry over the railing, so I figured it would be best just to dry my socks in our window instead. | 8/13/21 Mile 847.7 856' Burlington, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739787668-MATOOB7RYQLMBRYZVFT1/2021_PNT_0566.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Another double exposure, here Noisy plays her own ghost. | 8/14/21 Mile 856.0 3,364' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739794798-59F5L6R1H14C364YQH30/2021_PNT_0567.jpg PNT Extended Gallery An outtake from our double exposure rendition of "The Last Supper". | 8/14/21 Mile 856.0 3,364' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739816551-SZBWNMEF5A7U6C9XA9I1/2021_PNT_0568.jpg PNT Extended Gallery A hikers interpretation of the painting "The Last Supper", recreated with double exposure. | 8/14/21 Mile 856.0 3,364' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739834123-XLV7MBB9I9RE9BP5MTA4/2021_PNT_0570.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Easton Glacier, pictured here is nearly all bare ice thanks to the exceptionally hot summer burning off what little snow remained. Climbers we ran into said they had never seen conditions like this earlier than October in previous years. | 8/15/21 Mile 858.7 4,646' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739850522-TJKAPT7T989BSVSNHM63/2021_PNT_0575.jpg PNT Extended Gallery The view after coming over the top of Bell Pass. | 8/15/21 Mile 862.8 3,990' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739862550-95KZUVOK1JI6AF6QWCN7/2021_PNT_0578.jpg PNT Extended Gallery According to the logging companies and the US Forest Service, clear cuts "make room for a view". Some view, eh? | 8/16/21 Mile 877.1 2,981' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739879290-BAS57JXBHCWHCRXW04TH/2021_PNT_0580.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Hog Mamma, Blankie and Skeeter enjoy the flat and wide Cascade Rail Trail, an alternate route that circumvented active logging and more clear cuts. | 8/17/21 Mile 898.6 66' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739904303-ATY1CMXXODZSPLSH6C5J/2021_PNT_0582.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Skeeter and Sparky prepare to get back at it after a water fill up. | 8/17/21 Mile 917.5 2,609' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739905811-GSP0L4259OJURG9LKUQM/2021_PNT_0586.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Skeeter, Hog Mamma (Bjorn, as seen on past expeditions) and Sparky pose in some nice light on Anderson Mountain. Bjorn parked his car near the end of the PNT, rode on gravel roads to Bellingham unsucessfully looking for me, so he continued east until running into me at Baker Lake, 200 miles from where he started. He then hiked another 300 miles with us back to his car. | 8/17/21 Mile 918.8 2,820' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739936347-929XZ310R3VY28MAKKS8/2021_PNT_0590.jpg PNT Extended Gallery At long last, the Pacific Ocean came into view! Well, actually, the Puget Sound. Still, salt water! | 8/17/21 Mile 922.9 2,810' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739944811-VYUAYNYYKL00MAJW6MDQ/2021_PNT_0596.jpg PNT Extended Gallery One of my favorite ways to hang is over a hole in the ground, there's so much more room for activities! | 8/17/21 Mile 923.5 2,580' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739967097-UIPLKFTZ7KJ7KNWREQ1C/2021_PNT_0600.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Sparky, in Lucas's loaner clothes, and Hog Mamma dry gear on the porch. | 8/18/21 Mile 932.3 360' Bellingham, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739985536-T3Z35QYZLHG2Z9C9Q12M/2021_PNT_0601.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Hog Mamma, Skeeter and Lucas take a snack break on our way to the Coupeville Ferry. | 8/20/21 Mile 952.9 18' Puget Sound, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739993832-O7KJ4FOSM8O4SDO5TTKG/2021_PNT_0604.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Hog Mamma and Lucas prepare their bikes for departure. Rather than an 80 mile roadwalk, we decided to bike this stretch as to give us more time to drink beer in town. | 8/20/21 Mile 952.9 18' Puget Sound, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740017115-VX6O8FVOVRLH4UV441HL/2021_PNT_0606.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Lucas shows off his pride and joy touring bike. | 8/20/21 Mile 952.9 18' Puget Sound, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740021351-M0GB90V6HHDBH02K0NYQ/2021_PNT_0608.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Skeeter and Lucas apprehensively wait to turn on to Highway 20, the most highly trafficked portion of our bike route alternate. The PNT primary walks mostly roads for 80 miles from Bellingham to the Coupeville ferry, which sounded awful. So we just biked instead. Thanks to Lucas for wrangling up bikes and pedaling with us! | 8/20/21 Mile 957.0 4' Puget Sound, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740049059-HRB2D973XQYCROI6UD0P/2021_PNT_0618.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Hog Mamma takes advantage of some soft ground in between pedals. | 8/20/21 Mile 981.1 8' Puget Sound, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740046291-B1O0AU84029OQQT66NH2/2021_PNT_0619.jpg PNT Extended Gallery The PNT primary route takes the Coupeville Ferry across the sound to Port Townsend. Easiest six miles of forward progress I've ever made! | 8/20/21 Mile 1014.2 0' Puget Sound, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740071913-1MOT8X5TMX9FBPZUA7C3/2021_PNT_0623.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Hog Mamma and Noisy wait for Port Townsend to come into view. It's also Noisy's most recent home town. | 8/20/21 Mile 1014.2 0' Puget Sound, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740077242-USI87XC4G42YYSDV99J7/2021_PNT_0625.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Skeeter keeps a keen eye out for Port Townsend. | 8/20/21 Mile 1014.2 0' Puget Sound, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740091025-6YHSNADV9GLO7EI4LP7M/2021_PNT_0628.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Port Townsend as seen from the ferry. | 8/20/21 Mile 1017.2 0' Puget Sound, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740101913-LCKPASKK9F1P0AOLIMPO/2021_PNT_0633.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Skeeter, Noisy, Blankie and Hog Mamma stroll through downtown Port Townsend. | 8/20/21 Mile 1,018.1 15' Olympic Peninsula, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740125820-H48E9QJNV8GLIZDE6KXX/2021_PNT_0639.jpg PNT Extended Gallery The approach to Olympic National Park on the Tubal Cain Trail 840. | 8/24/21 Mile 1,067.0 5,212' Olympic Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740132204-NF50F4DBGDXGSW4SRBPR/2021_PNT_0644.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Noisy, Hog Mamma and Sparky take a break to enjoy the view since our permits had us doing a shorter than normal day. | 8/24/21 Mile 1,068.5 6,015' Olympic Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740157948-1FSUAZZO75BQCPFY401S/2021_PNT_0658.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Noisy chugs along to Marmot Pass. | 8/24/21 Mile 1,069.0 6,220' Olympic Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740173282-U628MLROOPXEWZO7IY7N/2021_PNT_0668.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Onward! | 8/24/21 Mile 1,069.6 6,245' Olympic Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740192934-YI6RB4BRTO77GXSMHFJF/2021_PNT_0670.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Noisy pauses to look at Mt. Baker poking through the clouds in the distance. | 8/24/21 Mile 1,069.0 6,220' Olympic Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740209296-W6LDF6EV5RWJKC2KIB35/2021_PNT_0673.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Noisy makes her way to Marmot Pass. | 8/24/21 Mile 1,069.0 6,220' Olympic Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740221470-HVG1XY95DRZM989YNN9O/2021_PNT_0676.jpg PNT Extended Gallery There was no shortage of quality pranks at the tail end of the hike, here Hog Mamma tied a rock to Noisy's pack during a break that she didn't notice until she started walking again. | 8/24/21 Mile 1,070.0 5,890' Olympic Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740231635-ATBQLXWJALJ8RGC61U3W/2021_PNT_0690.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Noisy, short for Noise Complaint. | 8/24/21 Mile 1,073.9 4,760' Olympic Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740251584-WCHAWVZ48KBJ2KGOTSFB/2021_PNT_0694.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Hog Mamma ascends Constance Pass. | 8/24/21 Mile 1,074.8 4,764' Olympic Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740251584-CUSD6VYMIH0KM5B2DA3G/2021_PNT_0699.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Hog Mamma grabs a snack before the final climb of the day. | 8/24/21 Mile 1,075.6 5,800' Olympic Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740267158-SJPVKQOB9JSTPEXQT26T/2021_PNT_0702.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Constance Ridge. | 8/24/21 Mile 1,076.1 6,150' Olympic Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740264510-6XP4Y452JUTW1I604LA3/2021_PNT_0709.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Noisy happened to sit in the perfect sunset spotlight, fitting since the campsite was called Sunnybrook! | 8/24/21 Mile 1,077.2 5,011' Olympic Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740282757-37TWQM054TAB2GGBROEO/2021_PNT_0722.jpg PNT Extended Gallery The crew watches sunset over the Olympics. | 8/24/21 Mile 1,077.2 5,011' Olympic Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740283726-5VESFH8S9PDIWZS5CJXB/2021_PNT_0728.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Skeeter and Noisy, lost in the setting sun. | 8/24/21 Mile 1,077.2 5,011' Olympic Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740297350-FUW2M0NBT3N63YAWUWW7/2021_PNT_0733.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Sparky with some fresh dome-side fireweed. | 8/24/21 Mile 1,077.2 5,011' Olympic Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740298628-CWN4T20LD44QPSKBANOJ/2021_PNT_0735.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Hog Mamma, Skeeter and my near-death crocs. | 8/24/21 Mile 1,077.2 5,011' Olympic Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740312014-JFQ2FLNEULYCR7RX57V2/2021_PNT_0736.jpg PNT Extended Gallery While watching sunset, a presumably military aircraft flew overhead. | 8/24/21 Mile 1,077.2 5,011' Olympic Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740316146-3WBQKASZCXKZYMF2EKZW/2021_PNT_0741.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Mt. Cameron. | 8/25/21 Mile 1,092.3 5,612' Olympic Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740334421-IOD3SLU6B8B0S0LRCP8L/2021_PNT_0743.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Lost Peak, as seen on the Grand Pass alternate route. | 8/25/21 Mile 1,092.3 5,612' Olympic Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740342947-BVNBM5OO0AEKCB1BEQ2K/2021_PNT_0750.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Upper Cameron Basin, with one of the most steep and slippery trails yet even though it doesn't look it. | 8/25/21 Mile 1,093.1 6,550' Olympic Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740358887-OF31YO3R2Q0REQ0CDQEO/2021_PNT_0751.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Mt. Cameron. | 8/25/21 Mile 1,093.1 6,550' Olympic Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740372774-IGH7M7VC0Y4VZFFS9OEH/2021_PNT_0756.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Upper Cameron Creek, as seen from camp. | 8/25/21 Mile 1,094.5 5,760' Olympic Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740388842-3J446E1C9QWY4CGUQ9P3/2021_PNT_0757.jpg PNT Extended Gallery A tight hang as there was a storm rolling in overnight. | 8/25/21 Mile 1,094.5 5,760' Olympic Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740402558-2L3ZG5LC4CELOD1T6RG3/2021_PNT_0766.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Hog Mamma paces around camp waiting for the sun to set. | 8/25/21 Mile 1,094.5 5,760' Olympic Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740422545-VW01I35Z9HCBOJ4OE0UG/2021_PNT_0773.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Hog Mamma poses on the way up Grand Pass. | 8/26/21 Mile 1,099.3 6,472' Olympic Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740433298-XXSN9AGNKIH5LMUCCKF9/2021_PNT_0775.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Hog Mamma outruns a storm into Port Angeles, WA. | 8/26/21 Mile 1,103.0 6,436' Olympic Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740444592-HWZSE3DAB35HZCZSH9AG/2021_PNT_0778.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Skeeter makes way for everyone else exploding their bags in our cheap motel room. | 8/26/21 Mile 1,069.5 47' Port Angeles, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740466915-M3PMQ3YJDGG44WV7L4LF/2021_PNT_0783.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Hog Mamma loiters outside while waiting for everyone else to pack up. Being out in the open is also safer, since he could make sure nobody slipped the 5 oz bath bomb we'd been shuffling around into his pack. Mileage discrepancy due to alternate routes. | 8/27/21 Mile 1,069.5 47' Port Angeles, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740476421-0VJRXCO87YLF2AB68R4C/2021_PNT_0784.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Skateboarders get a bad rap. | 8/27/21 Mile 1,069.5 47' Port Angeles, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740495195-MRPQHFNY4622VFVM3FQ0/2021_PNT_0785.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Hitching back up to Hurricane Ridge. | 8/26/21 Mile 1,069.5 47' Port Angeles, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740501541-S6KXX1ZVSYXNRYMVFNZU/2021_PNT_0791.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Hurricane Ridge looking down into the Elwha Valley. | 8/27/21 Mile 1,080.2 5,757' Olympic Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740676709-418E8O1S6DIXUSV0EUNE/2021_PNT_0794.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Hog Mamma makes is way down Hurricane Ridge through the clouds. | 8/27/21 Mile 1,080.2 5,757' Olympic Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740677711-YZMXPCWS04XPKGLG999S/2021_PNT_0796.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Skeeter poses on the way down a 5,200' descent in less than 4 miles. | 8/27/21 Mile 1,082.2 2,757' Olympic Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740706453-I1YD9RMCG5F52HN5D4D1/2021_PNT_0797.jpg PNT Extended Gallery The former lake bed of Lake Mills, home of one of the largest dam removal projects in the world. | 8/27/21 Mile 1,124.0 605' Olympic Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740707874-3J3UO5Q99ZMX0N4SYJGP/2021_PNT_0803.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Mt. Olympus as seen from the Seven Lakes Basin. | 8/28/21 Mile 1,142.9 5,180' Olympic Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740795019-3A4DMRFI8SPTVXIRJURW/2021_PNT_0804.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Hog Mamma makes his way down the Bogachiel River Valley at sunset. | 8/28/21 Mile 1,157.0 1,590' Olympic Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740799844-JI2E8KV4R9U64L4JIHYQ/2021_PNT_0809.jpg PNT Extended Gallery We commandeered the motel parking lot in the name of gear drying. | 8/29/21 Mile 1,182.3 197' Forks, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740807171-7VN3X5RV2DC726G1FKM7/2021_PNT_0811.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Our first steps on the beach. | 8/30/21 Mile 1,206.4 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631741061358-940JP6O9NJOUX37BK6K3/2021_PNT_0822.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Hog Mamma sneakily pushes rocks into other peoples packs. | 8/30/21 Mile 1,206.4 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631741063716-ZK6CZCI72DLOL24BL6LL/2021_PNT_0823.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Desperate to avoid sleeping on the ground, I was able to strap up on some driftwood. | 8/30/21 Mile 1,206.4 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631741078090-IWGOAX8DUXJA6V9F17TN/2021_PNT_0825.jpg PNT Extended Gallery My hammock among the driftwood on the beach. | 8/30/21 Mile 1,206.4 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631741078088-VCX8PRKPR0ZB39SXWQDK/2021_PNT_0832.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Noisy prepares dinner. | 8/30/21 Mile 1,206.4 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631741092964-5OO3F8DXCGXLXPF0R7GC/2021_PNT_0836.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Looks like I caught just about everyone by surprise! | 8/30/21 Mile 1,206.4 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631834384870-LRVAAAEZ5A4RD2W96QSW/2021_PNT_0840.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Noisy muches on her usual nasty taco soup concoction. | 8/30/21 Mile 1,206.4 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631741104832-CY6FUKY7B25ME1HTSHD4/2021_PNT_0849.jpg PNT Extended Gallery A long awaited Pacific sunset. | 8/30/21 Mile 1,206.4 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631741112608-1J0H183X6D735XOSKHDQ/2021_PNT_0857.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Noisy digs out her rain jacket after getting back on solid ground. Due to a one foot tide restriction, we had to make the crossing around Diamond Rocks at 1:00am. | 8/31/21 Mile 1,207.4 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631741119224-J5N5MGVVQ6IZ9PS2J6TG/2021_PNT_0859.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Hog Mamma climbs a rope step ladder up to camp after a midnight tidal crossing. | Mile 1,208.0 157' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631741158687-MBZRQUHQ98BI5JR3OK9P/2021_PNT_0862.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Hog Mamma, temporarily marooned by the incoming tide. | 8/31/21 Mile 1,213.2 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631741135167-1WWJW5ZE687THYDT505U/2021_PNT_0870.jpg PNT Extended Gallery We managed to hit Toleak Point at low tide, exposing tidal pools and lots of horrendous smells. | 8/31/21 Mile 1,215.6 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631741151684-0Q7NM6OGMKR22LGM0BRW/2021_PNT_0878.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Toleak Point. | 8/31/21 Mile 1,215.6 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631741169695-CPQRT0BVWE9CUDRGZL0Y/2021_PNT_0880.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Toleak Point tidal pools. | 8/31/21 Mile 1,215.6 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631741173159-OPP9POA2C1ULGFSO2E1G/2021_PNT_0887.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Hog Mamma plays with a fine piece of kelp that washed up on the beach. | 8/31/21 Mile 1,215.6 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631741187828-X3TKA8JAYIGYQ1A4J6CZ/2021_PNT_0890.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Hog Mamma poses real casual like while Chilly descends a rope. 8/31/21 Mile 1,218.4 30' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631741189380-G2CTBNRM3U7D9SXMLOF2/2021_PNT_0892.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Noisy ascends a rope on an overland route around Taylor Point. | 8/31/21 Mile 1,219.0 35' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631741203650-8DG641DU5V2QP753XT1Y/2021_PNT_0899.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Possibly my favorite hang ever, who'd have thought you could hammock on the beach? | 8/31/21 Mile 1,220.6 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631741216141-8PQ5P5NASY9SFJ19A518/2021_PNT_0902.jpg PNT Extended Gallery The La Push Marina, a fishing village on the Quillayute Reservation. | 9/1/21 Mile 1,225.2 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631741217505-IEMU94NQOWSH9FF3SHOV/2021_PNT_0906.jpg PNT Extended Gallery The PNT crosses the Quillayute River, but a boat ride is necessary to make it to the other bank. | 9/1/21 Mile 1,225.6 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631741228306-57RQQYK1WEVRZIJJZUC4/2021_PNT_0911.jpg PNT Extended Gallery The PNT crosses the Quillayute River, but a boat is necessary to make it to the other bank. Here the La Push harbor master gives Sparky and me a ride over. | 9/1/21 Mile 1,225.6 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631741229102-6WWIBOL5UTFC5WJ0R9B5/2021_PNT_0914.jpg PNT Extended Gallery After kindly dropping us on the north bank of the Quillayute River, the La Push Harbor Master heads back to work. The PNT primary route requires going to the La Push Marina to arrange a ride across the river with a local fisherman. | 9/1/21 Mile 1,225.6 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631741242137-H675FY9KKGT7Z3RM8D1G/2021_PNT_0917.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Hog Mamma and Noisy rock hop at low tide. | 9/1/21 Mile 1,227.1 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631741240884-XR9915NLJGKL24ADW9JN/2021_PNT_0920.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Hog Mamma hikes on ideal sand along Kayostla Beach. | 9/1/21 Mile 1,234.8 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631741253815-48AU7EOFV3Y7EGOZ7KC5/2021_PNT_0925.jpg PNT Extended Gallery The sun rises a few miles in to my early morning hike to the terminus. | 9/2/21 Mile 1,237.8 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631741254003-C9CTFMFAGSCHWR6XYDOH/2021_PNT_0926.jpg PNT Extended Gallery The sun rises a few miles in to my early morning hike to the terminus. | 9/2/21 Mile 1,237.8 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631741269235-UA0XBTWRQH70L3EBFBIP/2021_PNT_0931.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Cape Alava, the westernost point in the Lower 48 and the terminus of the PNT. | 9/2/21 Mile 1,246.2 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631741268379-ZFVHFBBIFUSVK6O3ULHP/2021_PNT_0932.jpg PNT Extended Gallery While in Olympic National Park, I became a proud Junior Ranger! | 9/2/21 Mile 1,246.2 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631741280281-8JT2PTLUUGAQ5WOZ6EMI/2021_PNT_0936.jpg PNT Extended Gallery My trusty maps and Field Notes book. | 9/2/21 Mile 1,246.2 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631852008115-QHC0HX3EPGM7Z8C6AY82/2021_PNT_0938.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Cape Alava, the westernost point in the Lower 48 and the unmarked terminus of the PNT. | 9/2/21 Mile 1,246.2 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631741286236-GOZDYA3MK4J0C2ZTHPZW/2021_PNT_0941.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Happy it's done, not at all happy it's over. | 9/2/21 Mile 1,246.2 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631741288329-V4GOATY5HKKWVSYBGQQZ/2021_PNT_0943.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Even though Blankie was only able to make it for half the hike, he was an excellent companion and I'm so glad he was able to come play in the mountains for the summer. | 9/2/21 Mile 1,246.2 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631741294111-YXU2QL0711FSC0AIN4A7/2021_PNT_0945.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Noisy arrives at Cape Alava. | 9/2/21 Mile 1,246.2 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631741294845-NDC4TVCEKHI42U2OWW4Y/2021_PNT_0946.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Noisy at the terminus. | 9/2/21 Mile 1,246.2 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631741310066-53A1RN8SWZ3SQJ2X6XZX/2021_PNT_0947.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Just before arriving in Forks, we ran into two people who had done the trail without seeing much of anyone, so they joined our group for the final push. 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Can't you see how excited we are? | 7/29/21 Mile 556.8 3,604' Okanogan Highlands, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1640553439413-IZ24MGFOTLY629RWPF2G/2021_YIR_025.jpg 2021 YIR Gallery 2 Hot and exhausted, we found a bench on the side of the road and just had to take a sit. Can't you see how excited we are? | 7/29/21 Mile 556.8 3,604' Okanogan Highlands, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1640553439263-BL0BUZH9D2FT57OXQC8G/2021_YIR_026.jpg 2021 YIR Gallery 2 Boundary Trail 533 was the primary route through the Pasayten on the PNT. It was unrelenting with its alpine meadows and crumbly peaks, and better yet, it was nearly smoke free! | 8/2/21 Mile 658.6 6,650' Pasayten Wilderness, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1640553451905-LLDTHF7CT7543TR3F0LJ/2021_YIR_027.jpg 2021 YIR Gallery 2 Noisy and Blankie drunkenly wait for a potential hitch to pass. | 8/6/21 Mile 746.4 1,698' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1640553450975-O2BX2ZJ9PYWCZR11BAMS/2021_YIR_028.jpg 2021 YIR Gallery 2 Hikers raid the Marblemount gas station in the rain. | 8/6/21 Mile 746.4 1,698' Marblemount, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1640553466354-EWVN31GR535AAB5A176Y/2021_YIR_029.jpg 2021 YIR Gallery 2 My shirt underwent some prolonged unplanned disassembly, so it had to be retired. | 8/10/21 Mile 797.1 3,010' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1640553465562-SMZN4AL8HSJ8NNGCKVYB/2021_YIR_030.jpg 2021 YIR Gallery 2 Thick smoke rolled in out of nowhere overnight, terrible in every way other than what it did to the light. | 8/12/21 Mile 822.1 1,256' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1640553474840-4ZUH4DJ1SGUX7BEZQGN0/2021_YIR_031.jpg 2021 YIR Gallery 2 Skeeter, Hog Momma (Bjorn, as seen on past expeditions) and Sparky pose in some nice light on Anderson Mountain. Bjorn parked his car near the end of the PNT, biked on gravel roads to Bellingham unsuccessfully looking for me, then continued east until running into me at Baker Lake, 200 miles from where he started. He then hiked another 300 miles with us back to his car. | 8/17/21 Mile 918.8 2,820' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1640553479275-6XV729RZ87SWWWDI3ZRL/2021_YIR_032.jpg 2021 YIR Gallery 2 Hog Momma loiters outside while waiting for everyone else to pack up. Being out in the open is also safer, since he could make sure nobody slipped the 5 oz bath bomb we'd been shuffling around into his pack. Mileage discrepancy due to alternate routes. | 8/27/21 Mile 1,069.5 47' Port Angeles, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1640553485620-OG2ZLWM0CMA8VSULR1KZ/2021_YIR_033.jpg 2021 YIR Gallery 2 Noisy muches on her usual nasty taco soup concoction. | 8/30/21 Mile 1,206.4 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1640553491065-5U2W7EIUAJ1P77MG94XG/2021_YIR_034.jpg 2021 YIR Gallery 2 Even though Blankie was only able to make it for half the hike, he was an excellent companion and I'm so glad he was able to come play in the mountains for the summer. | 9/2/21 Mile 1,246.2 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1640553497776-VAODQIPFCAFUEP4H1XAZ/2021_YIR_035.jpg 2021 YIR Gallery 2 Blankie enjoys sunset from the comfort of the new back porch at the farm. | 9/9/21 Oroville, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1640553501265-9WNXIAO6I3Q9EM6PLCFF/2021_YIR_036.jpg 2021 YIR Gallery 2 While in Salt Lake for a wilderness medicine class, I stayed with my good friend Snacks whose neighbors built a halfpipe in their back yard. 9/26/21 Salt Lake City, Utah https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1640553508309-HJCOSAR1Z1MQGSH7J7S3/2021_YIR_037.jpg 2021 YIR Gallery 2 Moonshadow CBD Salve, our signature product! | 9/30/21 Oroville, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1640553511828-38JKDTSUQV9TSSYXP286/2021_YIR_038.jpg 2021 YIR Gallery 2 I completely disassembled the RAD4 for some improvements. Among them, wool insulation, hard-wired ceiling and rear flood lights, hard-wired dash cam, upgraded speakers, an interior trunk-release button, and a hose that runs outside with a funnel on the inside for liquid disposal. | 10/3/21 Oroville, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1640553519393-T8ELYR6YTOFO6BXQR51Q/2021_YIR_039.jpg 2021 YIR Gallery 2 Squiller helps Shannon trim some hemp on a cool fall day. | 10/9/21 Oroville, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1640553519905-5NIPWGDCJ4DG6K0WZWER/2021_YIR_040.jpg 2021 YIR Gallery 2 Shannon and her good friend Squiller on a lazy morning. | 10/11/21 Oroville, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1640553529888-V6YKMEHUUIINKSTRFO5P/2021_YIR_041.jpg 2021 YIR Gallery 2 Shannon and Blankie work on harvesting one of the last fields left standing. | 10/11/21 Oroville, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1640553529887-IY3SDNCE4EGQPVOLBYF6/2021_YIR_042.jpg 2021 YIR Gallery 2 Mr. Squiller, handsome and skeptical as ever. | 10/11/21 Oroville, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1640553540264-KLFNLMCP9ZM5VGXMV5B5/2021_YIR_043.jpg 2021 YIR Gallery 2 Making breakfast on a chilly morning at some hot springs before heading to Mammoth for a day of early season skiing. | 11/17/21 Mono County, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1640553539951-ZCXZINH2I3GL7K5MQKFB/2021_YIR_045.jpg 2021 YIR Gallery 2 Sunset as seen from Rose Knob on the Tahoe Rim Trail. I knew a late season attempt would be difficult, but despite 50-60 degree daytime temperatures, most water sources were completely frozen and I didn't have enough fuel to keep melting snow until my resupply point. Oh well, next year awaits! | 11/27/21 Mt. Rose Wilderness, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1640555113589-YY5F8R9FU4IVHB8NMKI5/2021_HappySnaps_2751.jpg 2021 YIR Gallery 2 When the ski resorts are closed, patrollers still show up to keep the mountain useable in following days. Nearly 200" have fallen this month, soon making it the snowiest December on record. | 12/14/21 Mt. Rose, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1640553548256-910V854X2JQ3GDHPAFLK/2021_YIR_047.jpg 2021 YIR Gallery 2 Peter (right) leads our class through AIARE 2, an avalanche assesment/rescue course and requisite for professional level certifications to be completed next year. | 12/15/21 Andesite Peak, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1640553551187-6N8KENIFF1XM0WRQ48TW/2021_YIR_048.jpg 2021 YIR Gallery 2 Arriving at the peak in a lingering storm cycle. | 12/15/21 Andesite Peak, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1640553556803-QRKIWGVIC3VCZ1210M3U/2021_YIR_049.jpg 2021 YIR Gallery 2 Heading up the spine of Andesite Ridge immerses you in dense woods until rising above treline for the summit pitch. Better even than the views is the wind protection. | 12/16/21 Andesite Peak, CA https://www.evanleonardphotography.com/2021-yir-gallery-1 daily 0.75 2021-12-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1640553175967-SPWF6PCVX9F3PWNO1R0V/2021_YIR_001.jpg 2021 YIR Gallery 1 Julian and Asa, stoked to be skiing rather than surfing for a change. | 1/21/21 Mt. Rose, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1640553175967-SPWF6PCVX9F3PWNO1R0V/2021_YIR_001.jpg 2021 YIR Gallery 1 Julian and Asa, stoked to be skiing rather than surfing for a change. | 1/21/21 Mt. Rose, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1640553174955-T09O7SSADEAKJL3S1J3N/2021_YIR_002.jpg 2021 YIR Gallery 1 Sierra emerges from the ice filled Donner train tunnels. The tunnels were built by Chinese prisoners in 1867 and housed the first rail line to cross the Sierra Nevada. | 1/22/21 Norden, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1640553187799-SI2AC6SYHGGR8LV02B3Z/2021_YIR_003.jpg 2021 YIR Gallery 1 Isaac on the way up Rubicon Peak, trying to hurry since the winds were so strong. | 2/1/21 Tahoma, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1640553187927-N1RSBJ3U84BJOTPMQA4Z/2021_YIR_004.jpg 2021 YIR Gallery 1 My winter roommates Jay and Morgan each have an absolute cutie of a dog. Meet Nola and Jax! | 1/26/21 Cedar Flat, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1640553196282-5FC9EV3WFGJ2XAMPYXJC/2021_YIR_005.jpg 2021 YIR Gallery 1 Morgan takes a break from shoveling off our back deck in favor of a high quality snow sit. | 1/28/21 Cedar Flat, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1640553199382-OUGM3N24MV52LWLTAFXK/2021_YIR_006.jpg 2021 YIR Gallery 1 Elena and Ryan live it up at the weekly "Car Bar" in the Squaw Valley (now Palisades Tahoe) parking lot. | 2/13/21 Olympic Valley, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1640553207153-QIIS49EO6SM2SRXTH26M/2021_YIR_007.jpg 2021 YIR Gallery 1 It's easy to stare at a view like this and forget there's still a pandemic raging in every nook and cranny of the world. Overall, the resorts did a pretty decent job of keeping things safe, although the sheer quantity of exceptionally irresponsible Bay Area tourists was draining. | 3/2/21 Mammoth Mountain, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1640553208439-5NC4JJE5P65315NQK7HS/2021_YIR_008.jpg 2021 YIR Gallery 1 PCT pal Hot Take wanted to help his friend Mimi (pictured) find a place to camp near Mammoth. I just so happened to already be there, so I invited her to share my patch of dirt and an outrageously expensive pizza from town. | 3/2/21 Mammoth Lakes, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1640553220941-VFMGYF7QVG1JBM679RVM/2021_YIR_009.jpg 2021 YIR Gallery 1 Fluffy fresh snow, clear skies, good pals and low avalanche danger made this one of my favorite runs of the season. Here Matt, Scott and Bryan transition their splitboards to downhill mode for 1,800 feet of floaty goodness. | 3/16/21 Ward Canyon, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1640553220097-4VD1Y1QE9S1SXRB05V50/2021_YIR_010.jpg 2021 YIR Gallery 1 We ran out of buns during parking lot lunch, so Elena ended up with a naked dog. | 3/30/21 Mammoth Lakes, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1640553231264-AV6RUVGSTAXRQVGHSR3C/2021_YIR_011.jpg 2021 YIR Gallery 1 My best pals from the mountain (and Rylee), days before heading our seperate ways for the summer. | 4/16/21 Donner Lake, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1640553233203-FCR5RCOQ3CPLJAM8EV4K/2021_YIR_012.jpg 2021 YIR Gallery 1 Mariah was nothing but smiles upon reaching the summit of Incline Peak. | 4/17/21 Incline Village, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1640553241378-6ARJQTYFHVTN3FC7PU08/2021_YIR_013.jpg 2021 YIR Gallery 1 Cramming for EMT final exams in my car with the beautiful Mt. Rose out the window. | 5/3/21 Reno, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1640553241778-TMR9EVE7CLPBKFJDMMAI/2021_YIR_014.jpg 2021 YIR Gallery 1 Cole donned some sweet glow sticks for one last trampoline jump before bed. | 5/7/21 Tahoe City, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1640553253313-I5HC5DJ9HPH2HPBVLC0A/2021_YIR_015.jpg 2021 YIR Gallery 1 Bjorn and I on the 10,463' summit of Lassen Peak before our first run of the day on our first overnight ski tour! Despite all of the extra gear weight, the turns were killer. | 5/28/21 Lassen Volcanic National Park, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1640553253329-C5TCI6ZBY3E5ZJNW40Q5/2021_YIR_016.jpg 2021 YIR Gallery 1 Bjorn, ready to ski the first pitch of Eagle Peak on some fine Cascade Corn. | 5/28/21 Lassen National Park, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1640553260988-OREU4DA0GNZCLXT3Y80R/2021_YIR_017.jpg 2021 YIR Gallery 1 Randy catches some fine light while on a winery crawl in Sonoma County. | 5/29/21 Healdsburg, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1640553265539-MX1K2QEC63IB8IZVK1L7/2021_YIR_018.jpg 2021 YIR Gallery 1 Blankie and Hannah on our way to camp at Shadow Lake for a "dirtbag triathlon", where we would hike to the top of Lassen Peak, ski down, then climb a sport pitch. Unfortunately extreme wind pushed us off the mountain and we had to bail back to the farm. | 6/10/21 Lassen National Park, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1640553271629-XZZ0LOF377TX89DF6ZJV/2021_YIR_019.jpg 2021 YIR Gallery 1 Happy International Hike Naked Day! If you missed it this year, get after it on the next summer solstice. | 6/20/21 Mt. Morgan, Inyo County, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1640553276986-N11HY4PI61E2NW2VUSWQ/2021_YIR_020.jpg 2021 YIR Gallery 1 Good pals from the Appalachian Trail Olde English and Two Step pose in their new employee cabin at Rock Creek Resort. | 6/20/21 Rock Creek Canyon, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1640553280952-K5TRVYVX8B5Z9GX2F0DA/2021_YIR_021.jpg 2021 YIR Gallery 1 Blankie and I did some tub laundry to avoid the unnecessary cost of the laundromat next door. | 7/8/21 Mile 133.5 2,676' Eureka, Montana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1640553287390-RV5J32GY87C92NU3RNBY/2021_YIR_022.jpg 2021 YIR Gallery 1 Noisy sets off once again after a break on Davis Mountain. | 7/12/21 Mile 216.8 7,583' Purcell Mountains, Montana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1640553290456-IE8SL55CXPR614Y7K47L/2021_YIR_023.jpg 2021 YIR Gallery 1 Nooch holds on for dear life during a hitch up to the next forest road on route. | 7/19/21 Mile 355.0 2,059' Selkirk Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1640553295186-U9GOQ351GNAVR5I4SX0X/2021_YIR_024.jpg 2021 YIR Gallery 1 Blankie, stoked to be horizontal after a steep and hot climb to camp. | 7/27/21 Mile 431.5 4,910' Okanogan Highlands, Washington https://www.evanleonardphotography.com/rookie-scavenger-hunt daily 0.75 2022-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1651419784028-QKHX1VV97D9124VP8A90/2022_HappySnaps_0553.jpg Rookie Scavenger Hunt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1651419784028-QKHX1VV97D9124VP8A90/2022_HappySnaps_0553.jpg Rookie Scavenger Hunt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1651419779796-A5TLC6CP5MGPE5C9C7YR/2022_HappySnaps_0554.jpg Rookie Scavenger Hunt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1651419798701-5S1WIQ9RMBCVR2P1QJV4/2022_HappySnaps_0560.jpg Rookie Scavenger Hunt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1651419812577-2LWP2SLNLTYUPXRIF36Y/2022_HappySnaps_0566.jpg Rookie Scavenger Hunt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1651419822164-HMLWXPR9U2NG3JIEGMQT/2022_HappySnaps_0573.jpg Rookie Scavenger Hunt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1651419833597-UPP3O4XPYUAUP1MO4FC5/2022_HappySnaps_0577+1.jpg Rookie Scavenger Hunt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1651419848062-GC28Y1UWB7CMLW4UTAZX/2022_HappySnaps_0590.jpg Rookie Scavenger Hunt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1651419854952-4VY1M1AN8EM5XYG0S1VK/2022_HappySnaps_0598.jpg Rookie Scavenger Hunt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1651419872719-UGX4I2Z3PELZXAEQKB46/2022_HappySnaps_0609.jpg Rookie Scavenger Hunt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1651419884208-AX4I6SF8CGKB3I0ISRFW/2022_HappySnaps_0630.jpg Rookie Scavenger Hunt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1651419894867-X0T25WNT3R2KNIWU6EGJ/2022_HappySnaps_0710.jpg Rookie Scavenger Hunt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1651419907016-TJE4GPNBW6EGT2T7XHFF/2022_HappySnaps_0722.jpg Rookie Scavenger Hunt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1651419925091-SZVST27O190NDOISJO6N/2022_HappySnaps_0727.jpg Rookie Scavenger Hunt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1651419932128-V8SMI5NR0HVHUJOTP8B1/2022_HappySnaps_0755.jpg Rookie Scavenger Hunt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1651419942619-IQYVTRGN3KPOD1MZAF5B/2022_HappySnaps_0760.jpg Rookie Scavenger Hunt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1651419955789-BX6G1AQYDPUNL65OAC2F/2022_HappySnaps_0911.jpg Rookie Scavenger Hunt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1651419961382-S4ZBMO0SYSNT6Z7HZAJV/2022_HappySnaps_0919.jpg Rookie Scavenger Hunt https://www.evanleonardphotography.com/2022-winter-g daily 0.75 2022-11-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1651424438461-V3SVEPQ9J2BRGL7COLCH/2021_HappySnaps_2751+4.jpg 2022 Winter By the end of December, 225 inches of snow had fallen on Mt. Rose, making the task of setting up and maintaining the mountain a daunting one. | 12/14/21 Mt. Rose, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1651424438461-V3SVEPQ9J2BRGL7COLCH/2021_HappySnaps_2751+4.jpg 2022 Winter By the end of December, 225 inches of snow had fallen on Mt. Rose, making the task of setting up and maintaining the mountain a daunting one. | 12/14/21 Mt. Rose, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1651418881526-0F1IF726D5UFVS2S5VZ0/2021_HappySnaps_2768.jpg 2022 Winter Arriving at the peak at the tail end of a storm cycle. | 12/15/21 Andesite Peak, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1651423338254-URG40PLOWG1V2DNWFITL/2021_HappySnaps_2751+4.jpg 2022 Winter By the end of December, 225 inches of snow had fallen on Mt. Rose, making the task of setting up and maintaining the mountain a daunting one. | 12/14/21 Mt. Rose, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1651418890193-YHH59Q0JS2E6TH8J68N0/2021_HappySnaps_2790.jpg 2022 Winter Heading up the spine of Andesite Ridge after a fresh dump. Better even than the views is the wind protection. | 12/16/21 Andesite Peak, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1651419011900-737JF75ZLSCGUQ5QAW2F/2021_HappySnaps_2808.jpg 2022 Winter 911 Dispatch contacted Mt. Rose about a missing person potentially on the mountain, prompting an after hours search. | 12/25/21 Mt. Rose, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1651419695888-KR1W7TBGSZWPWHZ03BNY/2021_HappySnaps_2751+3.jpg 2022 Winter By the end of December, 225 inches of snow had fallen on Mt. Rose, making the task of setting up and maintaining the mountain a daunting one. | 12/14/21 Mt. Rose, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1651418898699-E70A346H7BJAZ3EJLGL5/2022_HappySnaps_0014.jpg 2022 Winter Ruthless distracted me with a dice game while working my side hustle driving a van around Olympic Valley. | 1/11/22 Olympic Valley, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1651418898355-QJ2Q4LEC3G0243IK5GT9/2022_HappySnaps_0110.jpg 2022 Winter A solid flow of Hot Toddy's at the Tahoe City ice rink gets Jay groovin'. | 1/20/22 Tahoe City, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1651418902438-4J4YMLZIH5EQHVOS1IGB/2022_HappySnaps_0225.jpg 2022 Winter Matt takes the mantra "look good, have fun, be safe" very seriously while patrolling. | 1/27/22 Mt. Rose, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1651419558397-ALXMZZTLGKHFNV9CACD2/2021_HappySnaps_2751+2.jpg 2022 Winter By the end of December, 225 inches of snow had fallen on Mt. Rose, making the task of setting up and maintaining the mountain a daunting one. | 12/14/21 Mt. Rose, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1651418913239-WB7D3WNVKLBTBE7C1FCO/2022_HappySnaps_0316.jpg 2022 Winter Freshly rimed trees with distant views of Lake Tahoe make sweeping the mountain at the end of the day a treat. Special thanks to Stephen Neff for loaning me a Venus Laowa 9mm lens to play with for a couple of months! | 2/23/22 Mt. Rose, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1651418913701-9ZMPV3C0RBP33R4R8E7H/2022_HappySnaps_0362.jpg 2022 Winter Beau and Cameron practice with the RECCO, a device used to help locate victims buried in avalanche debris. | 3/3/22 Mt. Rose, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1651418925741-KIZ0L9SQ92GT8QCI2841/2022_HappySnaps_0510.jpg 2022 Winter Shannon takes off from the halfway station at the Great Ski Race, a 26 km course to benefit the Tahoe Nordic Search and Rescue Team. Despite skiing an extra 5 km from our house to the start, beginning 45 minutes late, and taking a healthy break at the soup station she still finished with a quite respectable time. | 3/6/22 Tahoe City, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1651418925267-FLQ578VSK1W2KUYA7ZX4/2022_HappySnaps_0517.jpg 2022 Winter The Tahoe Cross Country Center didn't know they needed a door greeter until Ruthless arrived and did such a bang up job. | 3/8/22 Tahoe City, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1651419477712-DSW6P26940YV0QRKIXQ7/2021_HappySnaps_2751+1.jpg 2022 Winter By the end of December, 225 inches of snow had fallen on Mt. Rose, making the task of setting up and maintaining the mountain a daunting one. | 12/14/21 Mt. Rose, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1651418937037-JPWTLUHY6RBWZUA6P1MN/2022_HappySnaps_0519.jpg 2022 Winter Ruthless and Shannon take a sit at Silver Hut, part of the Tahoe Cross Country trail system. | 3/8/22 Tahoe City, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1651418938247-0527IHEZCM24GLN0T4IV/2022_HappySnaps_0532.jpg 2022 Winter In the nordic skiing world, downhills are terrifying and everything hurts, all the time. These hippie purists are a different breed, yet at the end of the day I was still smiling just as much as after a day of gravity assisted skiing. | 3/8/22 Tahoe City, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1651418949210-4GH9CJCNL73TW1YSHAZ9/2022_HappySnaps_0560.jpg 2022 Winter At the end of the season we were sent on the Mt. Rose Rookie Scavenger Hunt, 17 secret and interestingly named locations in back corners of the mountain. We were meant to prove our success with a simple selfie, but Devin and I took things to another level. The full set of images can be found here. | 3/9/22 Mt. Rose, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1651418949772-CN53FEB42ZRUDS8Q37UL/2022_HappySnaps_0663.jpg 2022 Winter Turns out my ski crampons perfectly fit and preserve my leftover breakfast sandwhich for enjoyment at the top of the climb. | 3/21/22 Twin Peaks, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1651418957467-8IUZ3K3FLZW304BSXJMW/2022_HappySnaps_0686.jpg 2022 Winter Jennie at the base of Twin Peaks, still riding the high from killer turns off the 8,880' summit. Due to a low snowpack, we had to boot pack on the PCT before skinng the ridge up to the peak. | 3/21/22 Twin Peaks, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1651419435163-OZA1FTJOB2QX8982HF02/2021_HappySnaps_2751.jpg 2022 Winter By the end of December, 225 inches of snow had fallen on Mt. Rose, making the task of setting up and maintaining the mountain a daunting one. | 12/14/21 Mt. Rose, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1651418956180-I2QB4WY04RQ3LLTQXUWM/2022_HappySnaps_0693.jpg 2022 Winter Mo peers out from a snow cave, soon to be rescued by Carmen, a Mt. Rose Avalanche dog as part of a training scenario. | 3/23/22 Mt. Rose, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1651418965685-DUR740RM29WME6QWFJ3S/2022_HappySnaps_0743.jpg 2022 Winter Penny the pig, a rescue that now lives with the Common family in their Kings Beach home. | 3/25/22 Kings Beach, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1651418967567-704R8SSV9518YU5JQRWB/2022_HappySnaps_0798.jpg 2022 Winter Shannon does a van deep clean and mattress assessment in preparation for overnighting at the Winter Wondergrass bluegrass festival. | 3/31/22 Olympic Valley, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1651418977411-JAHO2ZMPSUIM9ZKMH7QY/2022_HappySnaps_0821.jpg 2022 Winter Lebowski came out from Colorado to ski and party at Winter Wondergrass. | 4/1/22 Alpine Meadows, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1651418978698-CTEBWWYRXWK7Z73NXQZ2/2022_HappySnaps_0839.jpg 2022 Winter Best friends Squiller and Shannon enjoy some morning rays before the jams start at Wondergrass. | 4/2/22 Olympic Valley, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1651419239550-C87APIM5VJYBIVW9F3GZ/2021_HappySnaps_2751+1.jpg 2022 Winter By the end of December, 225 inches of snow had fallen on Mt. Rose, making the task of setting up and maintaining the mountain a daunting one. | 12/14/21 Mt. Rose, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1651418990389-6Q5CN13PHRQ16R6UUA2N/2022_HappySnaps_0898.jpg 2022 Winter Ryan grills up some dogs after a fantastic day of spring corn skiing. | 4/3/22 Olympic Valley, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1651424378147-9MJDDEPLLNTRNXDFD7HH/2022_HappySnaps_0886.jpg 2022 Winter Lebowski and Shannon hydrate in preparation for the Infamous Stringdusters headlining show while Squiller cowers, terrified of every single thing that moves. | 4/2/22 Olympic Valley, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1651418998091-2AZ7VM5T98825EAA564G/2022_HappySnaps_0906.jpg 2022 Winter Lebowski enjoys the newest addition to the RAD4, a sink/urinal that drains out to the ground below. | 4/3/22 Olympic Valley, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1651418999378-3KQIVFJB472UN0NHIU0J/2022_HappySnaps_0933.jpg 2022 Winter Tish and Kevin skin along the ridge of Black Mountain during a killer ski tour in the Eastern Sierra. | 4/24/22 Black Mountain, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1651419007556-S4TJMHB2IT9C9EMMHDAV/2022_HappySnaps_0936.jpg 2022 Winter Kevin and Tish on the uphill skin track for a second lap off Black Peak. Dunderberg Peak and Virginia Lakes dominate the background. | 4/24/22 Black Peak, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1651419007554-T8IEFQ1Q15Q35ZXTNG83/2021_HappySnaps_2751.jpg 2022 Winter By the end of December, 225 inches of snow had fallen on Mt. Rose, making the task of setting up and maintaining the mountain a daunting one. | 12/14/21 Mt. Rose, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1651418876995-MDF8BPTYSM8BALSM9ICV/2021_HappySnaps_2751.jpg 2022 Winter By the end of December, 225 inches of snow had fallen on Mt. Rose, making the task of setting up and maintaining the mountain a daunting one. | 12/14/21 Mt. Rose, NV https://www.evanleonardphotography.com/cdt-gallery-1 daily 0.75 2022-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667776464389-4NLSC1T1VYK4JT6PJIVB/2022_CDT_0001.jpg CDT Gallery 1 So it begins! Fast Cash and Mango let us on to their permit for Glacier National Park and we got to spend a delightful week with them as a result. | Chief Mountain Customs, MT 6/22/22 Day 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667776464389-4NLSC1T1VYK4JT6PJIVB/2022_CDT_0001.jpg CDT Gallery 1 So it begins! Fast Cash and Mango let us on to their permit for Glacier National Park and we got to spend a delightful week with them as a result. | Chief Mountain Customs, MT 6/22/22 Day 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778146837-PZQZCH4XQNXMWQFXEE1E/2022_CDT_0001.jpg CDT Gallery 1 So it begins! Fast Cash and Mango let us on to their permit for Glacier National Park and we got to spend a delightful week with them as a result. | Chief Mountain Customs, MT 6/22/22 Day 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778147354-L7NIWP9T2OVH2NQL5WYW/2022_CDT_0010.jpg CDT Gallery 1 Noisy passes a ranger station corral in the Belly River Valley. | Glacier National Park, MT 6/22/22 Day 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778148478-YUNKWU4CT1BKIVTCFZLJ/2022_CDT_0015.jpg CDT Gallery 1 Noisy crosses the Belly River suspension bridge. | Glacier National Park, MT 6/22/22 Day 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778149404-GF8JHW3B70D2U08Z8461/2022_CDT_0045.jpg CDT Gallery 1 Noisy crosses a snowy slope, an obstacle common in the park after the unusually snowy winter season. | Glacier National Park, MT 6/23/22 Day 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778150509-LHVQRCR8GOT93CWJ4LK4/2022_CDT_0058.jpg CDT Gallery 1 Mango expertly fords Cataract Creek. | Glacier National Park, MT 6/24/22 Day 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778151818-CLKRFU8SZMSO0SCD9FO7/2022_CDT_0068.jpg CDT Gallery 1 Noisy takes advantage of some welcome bare ground. | Glacier National Park, MT 6/24/22 Day 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778152475-Q9T2LSCWBN9T9MBY54KW/2022_CDT_0095.jpg CDT Gallery 1 After we lost some time helping a woman in medical distress, Mango and Noisy enjoy the speedy views a hitch in a pickup bed provide. Little did we know, a spilled bottle of bleach was eating away at all of the fabric that covered Noisy's backside during the ride. Sadly, she wouldn't allow the trail name "Bleach Bum" to stick. | Glacier National Park, MT 6/25/22 Day 4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778155549-N0DT7KKLFS5W0UQICVHN/2022_CDT_0124.jpg CDT Gallery 1 Noisy and Avon play rubber horseshoes on a rainy afternoon at Looking Glass, our basecamp while piecing our way through the park. | East Glacier, MT 6/29/22 Day 8 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778159649-Z2WPVUSDN91ARZ952T7O/2022_CDT_0130.jpg CDT Gallery 1 Noisy and Dig scramble through the jungle gym of blowdowns that plague The Bob. | Bob Marshall Wilderness, MT 6/30/22 Day 9 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778159647-24R5HFIHM0COP13A2DMN/2022_CDT_0141.jpg CDT Gallery 1 Dig stops for a sit in one of the few pools of light that broke through the dense forest. | Bob Marshall Wilderness, MT 6/30/22 Day 9 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778163013-SJ0NNFOZCB5KQ34GDZSZ/2022_CDT_0144.jpg CDT Gallery 1 Noisy and Dig pose during dinner in a grizzly-safe location away from camp. | Bob Marshall Wilderness, MT 6/30/22 Day 9 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778165855-FDKGRFWGG938OQX2TVXA/2022_CDT_0189.jpg CDT Gallery 1 The Chinese Wall sees its first light after a storm rolled through the night before. | Bob Marshall Wilderness, MT 7/5/22 Day 13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778168933-DHR7MGH8R7WRCSQ7K0R8/2022_CDT_0200.jpg CDT Gallery 1 Dig and I were given a hitch in the only free space these cowboys had: their empty (but well used) horse trailer. | Benchmark, MT 7/5/22 Day 13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778174905-35R5O79QXLT8ONNQGL6E/2022_CDT_0210.jpg CDT Gallery 1 Noisy and Dig enjoy the final moments outside before yet another rainstorm sent us into our tents for the night. | Scapegoat Wilderness, MT 7/7/22 Day 16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778174907-ZFYTC13IAZMG9WDR8RQX/2022_CDT_0227.jpg CDT Gallery 1 Noisy poses while visiting my tent during a break in the storm. | Scapegoat Wilderness, MT 7/8/22 Day 17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778178620-CNVQQI1Z9HYNMR8QUSGD/2022_CDT_0282.jpg CDT Gallery 1 An exhausted Dig filters water at a cow trough fed by Dana Spring. | Helena National Forest, MT 7/12/22 Day 21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778178627-85PDALW52BHHL55CJU57/2022_CDT_0321.jpg CDT Gallery 1 Noisy and Dig enjoy sunset from the comfort of our temporary new home in the Whitehall town garage, graciously provided by Mayor Mary. | Whitehall, MT 7/19/22 Day 28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778181757-BMWCGR93G8KWJWNRKVS7/2022_CDT_0417.jpg CDT Gallery 1 Noisy atop a rocky outcropping just before topping Anceney Peak. | Spanish Peaks, MT 7/22/22 Day 31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778182610-V7UTX9JUQCSKNFXSZF59/2022_CDT_0487.jpg CDT Gallery 1 Noisy peers out from the top of Beehive Pass. | Spanish Peaks, MT 7/24/22 Day 33 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778183865-E7DWL0BCAZ4YNJ01Z8Y9/2022_CDT_0512.jpg CDT Gallery 1 A ridgewalk above Onion Basin. | Gallatin Petrified Forest, MT 7/24/22 Day 37 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778185328-18PW83ETU09MW8TYQLMH/2022_CDT_0540.jpg CDT Gallery 1 It seems I need my gallbladder removed! My first ever ambulance ride took us from Yellowstone to the Livingston, MT Hospital, where I was then discharged at 2:00am after they determined I had no life-threatening ailments. Since we had no car, much less anywhere to go, the ER staff kindly allowed Noisy to sleep on the floor of our now very smelly room. | Livingston, MT 7/31/22 Day 39 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778187840-V3GGT4BVAS08X5ZWQY09/2022_CDT_0582.jpg CDT Gallery 1 Ferris Thermal Area, home to Mr. Bubbles, one of the few places in Yellowstone that soaking in hot springs is allowed (or safe!). | Yellowstone National Park, WY 8/3/22 Day 43 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778288569-012924QZFOCBNB3UY1TJ/2022_CDT_0597.jpg CDT Gallery 1 Noisy relentlessly tries to hook a branch for her bear hang. | Teton National Park, WY 8/4/22 Day 44 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778191353-W2KCRDUNCXT35F5TLP8M/2022_CDT_0624.jpg CDT Gallery 1 Noisy made the dire mistake of leaving her shorts and socks outside on a wet night. If only I had gotten a picture of her face when she had to put them back on! | 8/6/22 Grand Teton National Park, WY Day 46 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778199726-EAAXHKTDYCK2L8PGE0N0/2022_CDT_0658.jpg CDT Gallery 1 Noisy crosses wildflower filled tundra before the scramble up to the Paintbrush Divide. | 8/7/22 Grand Teton National Park, WY Day 47 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778204490-JRMTVK9RM5EM0X8YPM2C/2022_CDT_0665.jpg CDT Gallery 1 Mt. Woodring as seen from the Paintbrush Divide. | 8/7/22 Grand Teton National Park, WY Day 47 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778208151-DXDRUSROF1LIZ6R475T8/2022_CDT_0724.jpg CDT Gallery 1 Dale and SquarePants joined us for the Wind River High Route, which was a truly spectacular but very stormy week. Nonetheless, these fellas helped make one of the most incredible weeks of the hike even better! | Wind River High Route, WY 8/11/22 Day 51 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778211506-CIAYWQUZY2LLMVFD5HZN/2022_CDT_0739.jpg CDT Gallery 1 Noisy and Dale make their way up Downs Mountain, the northernmost 13'er in the Winds and the highest point on the Wind River High Route. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/12/22 Day 52 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778212798-D245YLC3XTJJ13PMYTXN/2022_CDT_0773.jpg CDT Gallery 1 Dale whips up some cold coffee during an alpine start. We had to get most of our distance done before 12:00 since the afternoon thunderstorms were sketchy at best, and just made for a miserable time. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/13/22 Day 53 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778214999-K0TK2XQ64XXARRC4IXO8/2022_CDT_0816.jpg CDT Gallery 1 Noisy crosses Gannett Glacier beneath Mt. Koven. | Wind River High Route, WY8/13/22 Day 53 https://www.evanleonardphotography.com/cdt-gallery-2 daily 0.75 2023-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667796073334-PUF2JSQK6BZRBWMQOEL5/2022_CDT_0862+2.jpg CDT Gallery 2 Noisy ascends Douglas Peak Pass as a storm rolls in, with Alpine Lakes Pass in the far background. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/14/22 Day 54 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667796073334-PUF2JSQK6BZRBWMQOEL5/2022_CDT_0862+2.jpg CDT Gallery 2 Noisy ascends Douglas Peak Pass as a storm rolls in, with Alpine Lakes Pass in the far background. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/14/22 Day 54 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667776876266-8C0ULUOWK8T56IDJFO2X/2022_CDT_0862.jpg CDT Gallery 2 Noisy ascends Douglas Peak Pass as a storm rolls in, with Alpine Lakes Pass in the far background. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/14/22 Day 54 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778324237-72LRU6P4OCFE3A2H7KPF/2022_CDT_0864.jpg CDT Gallery 2 Golden Lake at sunrise. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/15/22 Day 55 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778326257-WEGA69QHC1J529VVVHGC/2022_CDT_0921.jpg CDT Gallery 2 SquarePants and Noisy boil vegetables and drink Sloshies, an alcohlic Wyoming delicacy on the grocery store curb. | Lander, WY 8/18/22 Day 58 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778328409-ZMW4QV0T1TJTKU9B0PGR/2022_CDT_0957.jpg CDT Gallery 2 The Great Divide Basin: flat, sagebrush, and antelope. That's pretty much it for 130 miles. It's lovely from about 6:00-6:45 in the morning before becoming hot, dry and boring until sunset. Then it's just dry and boring. | Great Divide Basin, WY 8/22/22 Day 62 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778328976-L949GWI0PIMLPRN907K1/2022_CDT_0980.jpg CDT Gallery 2 Noisy filters water in a stand of snags from the 2016 Sheep Fire. | Arapaho National Forest, CO 8/28/22 Day 68 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778330848-9CTQB4EJXQHZM256Y38V/2022_CDT_0983.jpg CDT Gallery 2 The summit of Parkview Mountain, overlooking Rocky Mountain National Park. | Arapaho National Forest, CO 8/28/22 Day 68 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778331108-DGBOOZZUQ42OZKIQFDFF/2022_CDT_0995.jpg CDT Gallery 2 Noisy doing some good old fashioned loitering at the town park. | Winter Park, CO 9/1/22 Day 72 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778332570-PV8IFGWO7D4OVMF1TMIV/2022_CDT_1005.jpg CDT Gallery 2 Noisy on the knife edge between Grays Peak, the highest point on the Continental Divide, and Mt. Edwards. | Arapaho National Forest 9/2/22 Day 73 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778333745-2GNDRNKJ0OQMUI840S86/2022_CDT_1013.jpg CDT Gallery 2 Noisy on the Divide with Grays and Torreys peaks in the background. | Arapaho National Forest 9/2/22 Day 73 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778334991-YWDQROB4LBOCYGJG7CMO/2022_CDT_1067.jpg CDT Gallery 2 Noisy arrives at Cottonwood Pass. | Collegiate Peaks, CO 9/9/22 Day 80 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778335943-UYZSSIZ1WFFO1OXIEX67/2022_CDT_1071.jpg CDT Gallery 2 Noisy and I had been dealing with low crew morale, but a few days spent with my dear friend Lebowski fixed that right up! | Gunnison, CO 9/9/22 Day 80 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778337111-I5FWWSA6R5KAACVZJHXD/2022_CDT_1151.jpg CDT Gallery 2 Noisy arrives in camp at sunset, which was getting earlier at an alarming rate. | Gunnison National Forest, CO 9/12/22 Day 83 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778338318-0A44MXY76OKD53QLTBPP/2022_CDT_1167.jpg CDT Gallery 2 The Colorado Trail uses way more dirt roads than I expected. Easy walking, but pretty boring. | Gunnison National Forest, CO 9/14/22 Day 85 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778339374-L0KJ937B9IME2S5MBE6O/2022_CDT_1172.jpg CDT Gallery 2 Field Guide, a Colorado Trail hiker and Noisy watch as a storm rages just across the valley. | Gunnison National Forest, CO 9/14/22 Day 85 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778340048-Z8TKZL9Y3DEYDNXPSO50/2022_CDT_1184.jpg CDT Gallery 2 Noisy got some new mineral sunscreen that was pretty scary looking, although highly effective. | Gunnison National Forest, CO 9/14/22 Day 85 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778340627-CHK33NZ2B7TL4EN1DVU5/2022_CDT_1238.jpg CDT Gallery 2 Some Texans in a pickup offered to take us into Lake City, CO, but said we would have to squeeze around their sign. | Lake City, CO 9/16/22 Day 87 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778341978-MKN4X6ZCV6T5V9MN957A/2022_CDT_1275.jpg CDT Gallery 2 Noisy heads to Nebo Creek after coming over Hunchback Pass. | Weminuche Wilderness, CO 9/19/22 Day 90 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778342958-HUGGH654QB9U0XKDCDH9/2022_CDT_1292.jpg CDT Gallery 2 The rocks that had fallen away from The Window beneath Rio Grande Pyramid. | Weminuche Wilderness, CO 9/19/22 Day 90 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778344548-7PSERCIXLO94H5C494IT/2022_CDT_1358.jpg CDT Gallery 2 At long last, the final state! New Mexico: home of gentle grades, big miles and wouldn't you believe it, more rain. | Carson National Forest, NM 9/27/22 Day 98 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778345744-OX5RK59X8XVQ8UMJXJ9I/2022_CDT_1367.jpg CDT Gallery 2 After being above treeline for what felt like most of the hike, it was a delight to be among the golden Quaking Aspens. | Carson National Forest, NM 9/27/22 Day 98 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778348736-42U2DTNHW6D3LN2WZ1I9/2022_CDT_1383.jpg CDT Gallery 2 New Mexico, land of the barbed wire fence. | Carson National Forest, NM 9/28/22 Day 99 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778349519-YMJLITTMHZX36VVLDC4S/2022_CDT_1412.jpg CDT Gallery 2 Del Yeso Canyon was full of cool rock formations. | Ghost Ranch, NM 9/29/22 Day 100 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778350502-BLZPGJIDOKWBQMOMUWJY/2022_CDT_1445.jpg CDT Gallery 2 Cabezon Peak near sunset. Just below the peak lies the town of Cabezon, a Breaking Bad filming location. | San Luis Mesa, NM 10/3/22 Day 104 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778351113-SZGH48JSGSUL02NOMOT1/2022_CDT_1456.jpg CDT Gallery 2 At long last, reunited with Noisy in a Chinese buffet after being apart for two weeks. | Grants, NM 10/5/22 Day 106 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778351895-P6ECQ293T2ZTN1UZLCHK/2022_CDT_1467.jpg CDT Gallery 2 Noisy smiles in the sunlight on a high quality dirt road. | Pie Town Roadwalk, NM 10/6/22 Day 107 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778353071-6D4YSFG0Z0PP7JV82N3N/2022_CDT_1517.jpg CDT Gallery 2 Noisy crosses the Gila River as it flows at 600% of average. Over the next 80 miles, we would need to cross in the ballpark of 200 more times. Sadly, a mile from here a major tributary joined the Gila, and the water was just too high and fast to continue. | Gila National Forest, NM 10/11/22 Day 112 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778353551-QI3MH43G54OQG0L47SWZ/2022_CDT_1564.jpg CDT Gallery 2 Sunset over Pyramid Peak. | Chihuahuan Desert, NM 10/17/22 Day 118 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778354527-HC549JDYQJYOH35VHJSN/2022_CDT_1581.jpg CDT Gallery 2 For the second year in a row, I destroyed my prized hiking shirt. | Big Hatchet Mountains, NM 10/19/22 Day 120 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778355868-VBOWUMKJ8VVSG0VQOD54/2022_CDT_1592.jpg CDT Gallery 2 Noisy heads to the border on our final day. | Big Hatchet Mountains, NM 10/20/22 Day 121 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778357229-WF68ZRD0W4EJOU6DKCVM/2022_CDT_1622.jpg CDT Gallery 2 We LOVE the monument. | US/Mexico Border 10/20/22 Day 121 https://www.evanleonardphotography.com/cdt-20 daily 0.75 2022-11-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667777141057-I3VHXV5YKN9BIWIQNJ5M/2022_CDT_0015.jpg CDT 20 Noisy crosses the Belly River suspension bridge. | Glacier National Park, MT 6/22/22 Day 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667777141057-I3VHXV5YKN9BIWIQNJ5M/2022_CDT_0015.jpg CDT 20 Noisy crosses the Belly River suspension bridge. | Glacier National Park, MT 6/22/22 Day 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778093588-7XY3J60P72I0T23ZB10Q/2022_CDT_0015.jpg CDT 20 Noisy crosses the Belly River suspension bridge. | Glacier National Park, MT 6/22/22 Day 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778109658-IF2QV2FR66OO5V2S09O2/2022_CDT_0665.jpg CDT 20 Mt. Woodring as seen from the Paintbrush Divide. | 8/7/22 Grand Teton National Park, WY Day 47 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778103841-F71EF3AH27C46U9YTD9N/2022_CDT_0487.jpg CDT 20 Noisy peers out from the top of Beehive Pass. | Spanish Peaks, MT 7/24/22 Day 33 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778111721-UE36IX3LCLHKJP5NRWQA/2022_CDT_0773.jpg CDT 20 Dale whips up some cold coffee during an alpine start. We had to get most of our distance done before 12:00 since the afternoon thunderstorms were sketchy at best, and just made for a miserable time. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/13/22 Day 53 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778094956-QZ62GS2UHXBYEJFXVJGJ/2022_CDT_0058.jpg CDT 20 Mango expertly fords Cataract Creek. | Glacier National Park, MT 6/24/22 Day 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778096411-SZ060S3HUE3KXJ0K7WYZ/2022_CDT_0124.jpg CDT 20 Noisy and Avon play rubber horseshoes on a rainy afternoon at Looking Glass, our basecamp while piecing our way through the park. | East Glacier, MT 6/29/22 Day 8 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778097929-IG34DKWOMW79ZOSF6PSR/2022_CDT_0130.jpg CDT 20 Noisy and Dig scramble through the jungle gym of blowdowns that plague The Bob. | Bob Marshall Wilderness, MT 6/30/22 Day 9 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778101856-VR51GNPBUX0R5RPAW4J7/2022_CDT_0321.jpg CDT 20 Noisy and Dig enjoy sunset from the comfort of our new home in the Whitehall town garage, graciously provided by Mayor Mary. | Whitehall, MT 7/19/22 Day 28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778117204-9CAGBFES99C4XCOGIVMA/2022_CDT_1238.jpg CDT 20 Some Texans in a pickup offered to take us into Lake City, CO, but said we would have to squeeze around their over-engineered sign. | Lake City, CO 9/16/22 Day 87 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778098913-45PJJSQS53AN1L9ZCD2E/2022_CDT_0141.jpg CDT 20 Dig stops for a sit in one of the few pools of light that broke through the dense forest. | Bob Marshall Wilderness, MT 6/30/22 Day 9 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778114895-0MR4ATO9AYO1ZS9V7LTS/2022_CDT_0957.jpg CDT 20 The Great Divide Basin: flat, sagebrush, and antelope. That's pretty much it for 130 miles. It's lovely from about 6:00-6:45 in the morning before becoming hot, dry and boring until sunset. Then it's just dry and boring. | Great Divide Basin, WY 8/22/22 Day 62 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778104694-67AW9G5LNN7X3Q799RKX/2022_CDT_0540.jpg CDT 20 It seems I need my gallbladder removed! My first ever ambulance ride took us from Yellowstone to the Livingston, MT Hospital, where I was then discharged at 2:00am after they determined I had no life-threatening ailments. Since we had no car, much less anywhere to go, the ER staff kindly allowed Noisy to sleep on the floor of my now very smelly room. | Livingston, MT 7/31/22 Day 39 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778109439-OKB741MPXL8R2GSPG95G/2022_CDT_0597.jpg CDT 20 Noisy relentlessly tries to hook a branch for her bear hang. | Teton National Park, WY 8/4/22 Day 44 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778101742-FJG9ZZ7OWZ3XZCXD2WY0/2022_CDT_0282.jpg CDT 20 An exhausted Dig filters water at a cow trough fed by Dana Spring. | Helena National Forest, MT 7/12/22 Day 21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778111351-LP0WD6S7BG19EFDZ0ZI5/2022_CDT_0739.jpg CDT 20 Noisy and Dale make their way up Downs Mountain, the northernmost 13'er in the Winds and the highest point on the Wind River High Route. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/12/22 Day 52 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Fast Cash and Mango let us on to their permit for Glacier National Park and we got to spend a delightful week with them as a result. | Chief Mountain Customs, MT 6/22/22 Day 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789162993-O2EVR9ST3J7U117TM2VS/2022_CDT_0001.jpg CDT Extended So it begins! Fast Cash and Mango let us on to their permit for Glacier National Park and we got to spend a delightful week with them as a result. | Chief Mountain Customs, MT 6/22/22 Day 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789166352-GKZRAW28W636EY9PTXMJ/2022_CDT_0010.jpg CDT Extended Noisy passes a ranger station corral in the Belly River Valley. | Glacier National Park, MT 6/22/22 Day 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789176643-BMETWYPON097LTBI75BQ/2022_CDT_0011.jpg CDT Extended Crossing the Belly River with Sentinel Mountain in the background. | Glacier National Park, MT 6/22/22 Day 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789176953-BVIVX8WJD9KCMLENBZ2C/2022_CDT_0015.jpg CDT Extended Noisy crosses the Belly River suspension bridge. | Glacier National Park, MT 6/22/22 Day 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789188900-J92PU9051Q27UVUYT3UE/2022_CDT_0018.jpg CDT Extended Unbeknownst to her, Noisy flashes all left in her wake thanks to her dress getting snagged on her ice axe. | Glacier National Park, MT 6/22/22 Day 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789189269-FRYAFJ3XH0YYU1302J07/2022_CDT_0020.jpg CDT Extended Dawn Mist Falls roars with fresh snowmelt. | Glacier National Park, MT 6/22/22 Day 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789195732-NEXVWW4HQLVOS978II0E/2022_CDT_0022.jpg CDT Extended Noisy admires Dawn Mist Falls. | Glacier National Park, MT 6/22/22 Day 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789196117-JMMQHZ10NGUJJEL07657/2022_CDT_0038.jpg CDT Extended Redgap Pass, aptly named. | Glacier National Park, MT 6/23/22 Day 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789202606-H36NBGLQI0XX6OOKK0AZ/2022_CDT_0045.jpg CDT Extended Noisy crosses a snowy slope, an obstacle common in the park after the unusually snowy winter season. | Glacier National Park, MT 6/23/22 Day 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789211865-X1Z0607REW28ITN7RU5Y/2022_CDT_0054.jpg CDT Extended Fast Cash makes his way to the Piegan Pass approach trail, which we never even used since it was snow covered most of the way up. | Glacier National Park, MT 6/24/22 Day 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789211871-LAY93985IFMVMZ4W499Y/2022_CDT_0056.jpg CDT Extended The only indication we were on the right track to Piegan Pass. | Glacier National Park, MT 6/24/22 Day 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789216690-3R0QU1OHXDXWR9PB3T73/2022_CDT_0058.jpg CDT Extended Mango expertly fords Cataract Creek. | Glacier National Park, MT 6/24/22 Day 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789220428-W3XEH14Y1YLD7AXGLW56/2022_CDT_0067.jpg CDT Extended Mango and Fast Cash begin the ascent to Piegan Pass. | Glacier National Park, MT 6/24/22 Day 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789222395-C4ZGMK6CP0LJNZNN0FT4/2022_CDT_0068.jpg CDT Extended Noisy takes advantage of some welcome bare ground. | Glacier National Park, MT 6/24/22 Day 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789224773-KBBHHK4GSROKEWUBCQ0Y/2022_CDT_0071.jpg CDT Extended Mango, Fast Cash and Noisy admire the splendor of Mt. Gould. | Glacier National Park, MT 6/24/22 Day 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789226836-EOVT5QH0O38R1D79XZNN/2022_CDT_0079.jpg CDT Extended Fast Cash, stoked to nearly be on the pass. | Glacier National Park, MT 6/24/22 Day 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789230668-NZA9D2091UG32K3LQ13R/2022_CDT_0081.jpg CDT Extended The view from Piegan Pass down the Siyeh Valley. | Glacier National Park, MT 6/24/22 Day 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789240447-8N8SUHMSIOD9AL4TKRWZ/2022_CDT_0092.jpg CDT Extended Fast Cash makes his way through a burn area moments before we came upon a woman in medical distress that required our assistance. | Glacier National Park, MT 6/25/22 Day 4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789240735-EOM42DSD7NPHVFGWEOM3/2022_CDT_0095.jpg CDT Extended After we lost some time helping a woman in medical distress, Mango and Noisy enjoy the speedy views a hitch in a pickup bed provide. Little did we know, a spilled bottle of bleach was eating away at all of the fabric that covered Noisy's backside during the ride. Sadly, she wouldn't allow the trail name "Bleach Bum" to stick. | Glacier National Park, MT 6/25/22 Day 4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789249136-U5U1QLCTWG3F6XVHT5AV/2022_CDT_0100.jpg CDT Extended A family of Mountain Goats momentarily halted progress on the climb out of Two Medicine. | Glacier National Park, MT 6/25/22 Day 4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789250949-JT5WIR7B1YFP0VOWZXND/2022_CDT_0104.jpg CDT Extended Mango and Fast Cash hitch out of East Glacier to slackpack back into town from Maria's Pass. | East Glacier, MT 6/26/22 Day 5 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789258532-F3K8VXDOP65TO8LSWG9P/2022_CDT_0105.jpg CDT Extended Mango and Fast Cash, disappointed they will be unable to pack out a 50lb sack of potatoes. | Maria's Pass, MT 6/26/22 Day 5 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789259021-3E1LJA2PFV2T0I7QEWMB/2022_CDT_0114.jpg CDT Extended Noisy works on restoring her badly hurt foot at Looking Glass Basecamp. | East Glacier, MT 6/27/22 Day 6 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789266308-3IEFQI72P5SX78RD1ZFB/2022_CDT_0124.jpg CDT Extended Noisy and Avon play rubber horseshoes on a rainy afternoon at Looking Glass, our basecamp while piecing our way through the park. | East Glacier, MT 6/29/22 Day 8 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789268683-41P4GICO4JC4S3O1KUPA/2022_CDT_0128.jpg CDT Extended Noisy accidentally becomes a dirtbag spectacle while reorganizing in front of an interpretive sign. | Maria's Pass, MT 6/30/22 Day 9 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789274949-6G12L0MOX0V09HIG1I79/2022_CDT_0130.jpg CDT Extended Noisy and Dig scramble through the jungle gym of blowdowns that plague The Bob. | Bob Marshall Wilderness, MT 6/30/22 Day 9 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789276630-6VZ22N02ZWN25AHXN9ZK/2022_CDT_0141.jpg CDT Extended Dig stops for a sit in one of the few pools of light that broke through the dense forest. | Bob Marshall Wilderness, MT 6/30/22 Day 9 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789278838-OZU3BWECYF3K7QS33ABC/2022_CDT_0144.jpg CDT Extended Noisy and Dig pose during dinner in a grizzly-safe location away from camp. | Bob Marshall Wilderness, MT 6/30/22 Day 9 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789285306-HBAKA54YMSG3S4ZEBLRE/2022_CDT_0147.jpg CDT Extended Believe it or not, the trail is somewhere in there. | Bob Marshall Wilderness, MT 7/3/22 Day 11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789286068-HK1N0SB1K2UXR85YPOUH/2022_CDT_0151.jpg CDT Extended Only $25 for an illegal kill? | Bob Marshall Wilderness, MT 7/3/22 Day 11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789292868-UXSUIS3BMHY7QKD0KMZ9/2022_CDT_0161.jpg CDT Extended Gonzo, Dig and Noisy wait out a rainstorm on the porch of an unoccupied ranger cabin. | Bob Marshall Wilderness, MT 7/3/22 Day 11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789302364-39TAMIAOQC6ASL729LIW/2022_CDT_0184.jpg CDT Extended Camp beneath the Chinese Wall. | Bob Marshall Wilderness, MT 7/4/22 Day 12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789302352-BJJJ3I9M5ZHVZOLRT9LJ/2022_CDT_0187.jpg CDT Extended A favorite snack of mine: a log of sausage dipped in nutritional yeast. | Bob Marshall Wilderness, MT 7/4/22 Day 12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789306411-ZM2SI9C9YUUQAIZ7GBZT/2022_CDT_0189.jpg CDT Extended The Chinese Wall sees its first light after a storm rolled through the night before. | Bob Marshall Wilderness, MT 7/5/22 Day 13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789310923-3QZCJI6TBC0Y7OQPT55Q/2022_CDT_0200.jpg CDT Extended Dig and I were given a hitch in the only free space these cowboys had: their empty (but well used) horse trailer. | Benchmark, MT 7/5/22 Day 13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789323484-ZU9HW79W1A10ZE1HTNQO/2022_CDT_0210.jpg CDT Extended Noisy and Dig enjoy the final moments outside before yet another rainstorm sent us into our tents for the night. | Scapegoat Wilderness, MT 7/7/22 Day 16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789324262-2PSRYQUR6GSU7XU1TYSW/2022_CDT_0224.jpg CDT Extended Dig races to camp as a rainstorm rolls across the Continental Divide. | Scapegoat Wilderness, MT 7/8/22 Day 17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789328519-DV8ODFYQBGAUFS6L9X2G/2022_CDT_0227.jpg CDT Extended Noisy poses while visiting my tent during a break in the storm. | Scapegoat Wilderness, MT 7/8/22 Day 17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789341005-KNN6SBDBHYJO9FJ4DK58/2022_CDT_0232.jpg CDT Extended One of many cliff bands along the Divide. | Scapegoat Wilderness, MT 7/9/22 Day 18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789341397-1EM82LK0EXA4Q5V3WR2M/2022_CDT_0234.jpg CDT Extended A well maintained CDT sign. | Lewis and Clark National Forest, MT 7/9/22 Day 18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789342923-2SNRH8ODOG7U9JRSOBWF/2022_CDT_0243.jpg CDT Extended A work-in-progress yurt provided shelter from a storm, followed by a lovely sunset. The mice, however, were less than lovely. | Helena National Forest, MT 7/9/22 Day 18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789347863-Y52SVOM9X1EWO3W4CKGN/2022_CDT_0250.jpg CDT Extended Noisy walks the Divide just before dropping down to Rogers Pass. | Helena National Forest, MT 7/10/22 Day 19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789356535-4PEKJVDE78HCEB3QY9UL/2022_CDT_0255.jpg CDT Extended An unplanned trip to Lincoln, MT yielded some Rainiers that we hauled back to Flesher Pass where we then spent the night. | Helena National Forest, MT 7/10/22 Day 19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789358750-EM4VZ87CQNKZ9L566E85/2022_CDT_0261.jpg CDT Extended Noisy poses in the evening light atop Flesher Pass. | Helena National Forest, MT 7/10/22 Day 19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789359811-2TWPTAZQQYLV14QNKJL0/2022_CDT_0275.jpg CDT Extended Dig proudly wears last nights brews on his pack. | Helena National Forest, MT 7/11/22 Day 20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789376608-08PUPQI7MN2EWI0T8T58/2022_CDT_0281.jpg CDT Extended Another Continental Divide ridgewalk. | Helena National Forest, MT 7/12/22 Day 21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789376605-DUI0KK7OHIB7E5WXIJOM/2022_CDT_0282.jpg CDT Extended An exhausted Dig filters water at a cow trough fed by Dana Spring. | Helena National Forest, MT 7/12/22 Day 21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789381852-7LAP60JKI8UKWMTVBGAX/2022_CDT_0289.jpg CDT Extended Noisy catches some rays while brushing her teeth before bed. | Helena National Forest, MT 7/12/22 Day 21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789384885-PGLCHIK7MJOYP6U9PZNS/2022_CDT_0290.jpg CDT Extended Dig reorganizes his overstuffed food bag. | Helena National Forest, MT 7/12/22 Day 21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789386345-XCWVUDH2295WY8OY081R/2022_CDT_0296.jpg CDT Extended Noisy shakes off the relentless mosquitos while packing up her tent. | Helena National Forest, MT 7/13/22 Day 22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789388100-7I80ZRSKQW1UQTQ20G7M/2022_CDT_0312.jpg CDT Extended Mayor Mary of Whitehall, MT graciously allowed us to sleep in the town hall garage before starting the Big Sky Alternate of the CDT. | Whitehall Town Hall, MT 7/19/22 Day 28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789388849-OMSBJ0CSPBJ2T4YGKB58/2022_CDT_0316.jpg CDT Extended Dig and Noisy try to get into the Montana spirit by pirating a copy of Brokeback Mountain. | Whitehall Town Hall, MT 7/19/22 Day 28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789402013-ASQ5FE1TENAOX39LDWUC/2022_CDT_0321.jpg CDT Extended Noisy and Dig enjoy sunset from the comfort of our new home in the Whitehall town garage, graciously provided by Mayor Mary. | Whitehall, MT 7/19/22 Day 28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789407702-MDQBEZTYG010MUVPUJU2/2022_CDT_0333.jpg CDT Extended The Tobacco Root Mountains, the first range crossed on the Big Sky Alt, and surprisingly beautiful! | Tobacco Root Mountains, MT 7/20/22 Day 29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789410819-6AIFAR5J9K04S16EQGD4/2022_CDT_0335.jpg CDT Extended Noisy swiped my camera for a portrait of me. | Tobacco Root Mountains, MT 7/20/22 Day 29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789413386-QVDMLVT8BJWQOLOY9QRY/2022_CDT_0351.jpg CDT Extended Another one of me, this time building a fire to kill some time until sunset around 10:30. | Tobacco Root Mountains, MT 7/20/22 Day 29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789419954-F69F5P0S68AP0ZOJHUT7/2022_CDT_0358.jpg CDT Extended Noisy enjoys a rare thru-hike fire. | Tobacco Root Mountains, MT 7/20/22 Day 29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789427893-67VS3R6DFZCACC4LDM42/2022_CDT_0367.jpg CDT Extended Hollowtop Mountain, one of the many dramatic peaks of the Tobacco Roots, and far more interesting than most of the peaks on the primary CDT. | Tobacco Root Mountains, MT 7/21/22 Day 30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789428456-ZJSWD2T05F302Q5BD6A3/2022_CDT_0374.jpg CDT Extended Dig spearheads the hitch out of Ennis, MT. | Tobacco Root Mountains, MT 7/22/22 Day 31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789435008-SKU24QC3SWN5UUDND36K/2022_CDT_0382.jpg CDT Extended Noisy working the blowdowns on a bushwhack. | Gallatin National Forest, MT 7/22/22 Day 31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789435168-9S2UWQY7E5EGEYFLFO0W/2022_CDT_0403.jpg CDT Extended Noisy strolls across a high meadow after a grizzly encounter. | Spanish Peaks, MT 7/22/22 Day 31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789440594-JD4GNOK126L6HITKC8B5/2022_CDT_0407.jpg CDT Extended Noisy scrambles up a rocky spine to a good view. | Spanish Peaks, MT 7/22/22 Day 31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789458323-8VG8ERHWK2MNTQGIAEDC/2022_CDT_0417.jpg CDT Extended Noisy atop a rocky outcropping just before topping Anceney Peak. | Spanish Peaks, MT 7/22/22 Day 31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789461568-W5F971KD713VLIFHNXTL/2022_CDT_0434.jpg CDT Extended Noisy, back on the cross country walk to Anceney Peak. | Spanish Peaks, MT 7/22/22 Day 31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789463542-L13R1DL7RCLGCEVW72UF/2022_CDT_0445.jpg CDT Extended Noisy escapes the mosquitos at Chiquita Lake. | Spanish Peaks, MT 7/22/22 Day 31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789470548-IR6XCJBNTWO3LD11QQEQ/2022_CDT_0447.jpg CDT Extended Noisy navigates a talus field above Marcheta Lake. | Spanish Peaks, MT 7/23/22 Day 32 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789474503-KOXHI9ADC9YQ17D9MG71/2022_CDT_0449.jpg CDT Extended Marcheta Lake as seen from Marcheta Pass. | Spanish Peaks, MT 7/23/22 Day 32 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789489769-HE568UKVQKIVZ52KQKSX/2022_CDT_0456.jpg CDT Extended Noisy strolls back to good tread after a stretch of cross country. | Spanish Peaks, MT 7/23/22 Day 32 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789495726-0BSEJH4YE9WFAW6CS9MK/2022_CDT_0468.jpg CDT Extended The Spanish Peaks and Lakes as seen from above Lake Solitude. | Spanish Peaks, MT 7/23/22 Day 32 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789501103-MTPKYW89I6HQ6KX4F3I6/2022_CDT_0472.jpg CDT Extended Lower Spanish Lake at sunrise. | Spanish Peaks, MT 7/24/22 Day 33 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789503822-EU19YZ2VXSFAJK8UDBK8/2022_CDT_0476.jpg CDT Extended Noisy admires the spendlor of Beehive Lake and Peak before scrambling up and over the pass on the left. | Spanish Peaks, MT 7/24/22 Day 33 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789505535-XJOV7LB7HXUV8G0OYM9F/2022_CDT_0487.jpg CDT Extended Noisy peers out from the top of Beehive Pass. | Spanish Peaks, MT 7/24/22 Day 33 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789511403-QTKHENQK935CNG482U1N/2022_CDT_0498.jpg CDT Extended Noisy enjoys a small patch of grass, a far more enjoyable descent than the loose talus. | Spanish Peaks, MT 7/24/22 Day 33 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789516379-U20BT2ALK06UVTCM9ARW/2022_CDT_0504.jpg CDT Extended Noisy does a little skiing on her way down from Beehive Pass. | Spanish Peaks, MT 7/24/22 Day 33 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789527239-5WSKQIUDFR9E848TM0YI/2022_CDT_0508.jpg CDT Extended A petrified wood specimen found on the side of Eaglehead Mountain. | Gallatin Petrified Forest, MT 7/28/22 Day 37 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789531596-O3NK0BXDV1XC7VYHH1TS/2022_CDT_0512.jpg CDT Extended A ridgewalk above Onion Basin. | Gallatin Petrified Forest, MT 7/24/22 Day 37 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789535852-NDWWDLXHTXTVFHCK7DYL/2022_CDT_0517.jpg CDT Extended Noisy is a bit of a fiend with the olive oil, believe it or not this is a light portion for her. | Gallatin National Forest, MT 7/28/22 Day 37 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789539064-GVYYSKBKXFEZJSMK9OW6/2022_CDT_0521.jpg CDT Extended Fortress Mountain as seen from our campsite on Ramshorn Lake. | Gallatin National Forest, MT 7/28/22 Day 37 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789550077-2ZALZUL08I1H33NYZ5DK/2022_CDT_0533.jpg CDT Extended Noisy tries her hand at hitching US-287. An unexpected closure due to a carcass on the trail (and subsequent grizzly activity) forced us to turn a 14 mile hike into a 70 mile hitch. | Yellowstone National Park, MT 7/30/22 Day 39 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789550475-HTK6HI9WTUPFFFKHJQB9/2022_CDT_0540.jpg CDT Extended It seems I need my gallbladder removed! My first ever ambulance ride took us from Yellowstone to the Livingston, MT Hospital, where I was then discharged at 2:00am after they determined I had no life-threatening ailments. Since we had no car, much less anywhere to go, the ER staff kindly allowed Noisy to sleep on the floor of my now very smelly room. | Livingston, MT 7/31/22 Day 39 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789552545-U6E8BJ4W332QFJA1QECZ/2022_CDT_0565.jpg CDT Extended Lone Star Geyser early in its eruption cycle. We made a point to watch the whole event, which was really quite spectacular. Since the typical National Park visitor can't be bothered to walk more than a few hundred feet, we had it all to ourselves! | Yellowstone National Park, WY 8/2/22 Day 42 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789554115-69TZQE1N8TTEFRCJFJA7/2022_CDT_0579.jpg CDT Extended Noisy warms up in a welcome ray of sunshine after a turrential downpour. | Yellowstone National Park, WY 8/3/22 Day 43 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789562089-YPZE2N0L4JXYRUFEM06E/2022_CDT_0582.jpg CDT Extended Ferris Thermal Area, home to Mr. Bubbles, one of the few places in Yellowstone that soaking in hot springs is allowed (or safe!). | Yellowstone National Park, WY 8/3/22 Day 43 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789564567-L74T6IP94JIUWC9OTRMG/2022_CDT_0583.jpg CDT Extended Noisy heads back from Mr. Bubbles, surrounded by thermal pools. | Yellowstone National Park, WY 8/3/22 Day 43 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789573831-9PCD2ZPTOC189EAD19LR/2022_CDT_0597.jpg CDT Extended Noisy relentlessly tries to hook a branch for her bear hang. | Teton National Park, WY 8/4/22 Day 44 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789573864-SW31TMPX2WLQ9RMIX6PO/2022_CDT_0599.jpg CDT Extended Noisy channels her inner farmer in the evening light on the shore of Jackson Lake. | 8/4/22 Grand Teton National Park, WY Day 44 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789581541-IIPXN48VC9B9AZTK1KA2/2022_CDT_0611.jpg CDT Extended Noisy, excited to finally be in camp after a day of chores. | 8/4/22 Grand Teton National Park, WY Day 44 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789587515-W3ADI02OJBPC6UDNA2K6/2022_CDT_0615.jpg CDT Extended Noisy heads into the clouds on the Moose Divide. | 8/5/22 Grand Teton National Park, WY Day 45 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789587575-1DXJJ8Z7B3YF3499LF9Z/2022_CDT_0624.jpg CDT Extended Noisy made the dire mistake of leaving her shorts and socks outside on a wet night. If only I had gotten a picture of her face when she had to put them back on! | 8/6/22 Grand Teton National Park, WY Day 46 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789597845-AR4DEN8M2POCV2LYO3E1/2022_CDT_0625.jpg CDT Extended Green Lakes Basin between storm cycles. | 8/6/22 Grand Teton National Park, WY Day 46 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789597846-SHYO0SSE82L6A67ZL41F/2022_CDT_0637.jpg CDT Extended Relentless rain left nothing dry. | 8/6/22 Grand Teton National Park, WY Day 46 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789604402-MMKYN7TPBZONH1SK4B9Z/2022_CDT_0644.jpg CDT Extended Leigh Canyon, a cross country alternate we put together for the views and extra scrambling. | 8/7/22 Grand Teton National Park, WY Day 47 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789757314-L5SWVXUFGKEYMK6204SS/2022_CDT_0645.jpg CDT Extended Noisy enjoys the views Leigh Canyon provides as the storm finally rolls out. | 8/7/22 Grand Teton National Park, WY Day 47 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789762802-CJOB5FFCTE1SDKVEANQ4/2022_CDT_0654.jpg CDT Extended Wildflowers near the floor of Leigh Canyon. | 8/7/22 Grand Teton National Park, WY Day 47 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789763742-WXTIRSGT3YU3XZ2IQUWX/2022_CDT_0655.jpg CDT Extended Noisy drops into Leigh Canyon. | 8/7/22 Grand Teton National Park, WY Day 47 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789767085-QV0OS1Z0ZTAHRDB5PPOA/2022_CDT_0656.jpg CDT Extended Noisy on the talus lined shores of Mink Lake. | 8/7/22 Grand Teton National Park, WY Day 47 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789773419-C5W87UPJI8ADE5JIN32H/2022_CDT_0658.jpg CDT Extended Noisy crosses wildflower filled tundra before the scramble up to the Paintbrush Divide. | 8/7/22 Grand Teton National Park, WY Day 47 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789773879-51LB1CYZ96CHHZJGZ2BC/2022_CDT_0665.jpg CDT Extended Mt. Woodring as seen from the Paintbrush Divide. | 8/7/22 Grand Teton National Park, WY Day 47 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789777878-FUNPMQ74PZBB0VDWBAG8/2022_CDT_0672.jpg CDT Extended Drying gear atop the Paintbrush Divide after a very rainy few days. | 8/7/22 Grand Teton National Park, WY Day 47 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789780867-TD2HDCBX9CGPY9CR3VBQ/2022_CDT_0677.jpg CDT Extended The Grand Teton, as seen from Cascade Creek Canyon. | 8/7/22 Grand Teton National Park, WY Day 47 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789781412-ODS7C5T0O9O64JPQ227Q/2022_CDT_0698.jpg CDT Extended The rim of the Alaska Basin as seen from the Teton Crest Trail. | 8/7/22 Grand Teton National Forest, WY Day 47 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789786428-IRRBJ4TU4K8C8ZZ6DK1C/2022_CDT_0700.jpg CDT Extended Noisy waits for dinner to rehydrate on the shore of Sunset Lake. | 8/7/22 Grand Teton National Forest, WY Day 47 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789788078-SFJCC67ORXWUUTDAL8JM/2022_CDT_0703.jpg CDT Extended Noisy with a ground score tent pole repair splint, even though she doesn't use tent poles. | 8/7/22 Grand Teton National Forest, WY Day 47 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789789798-M23DNS5L2C7J1N9XRS3K/2022_CDT_0705.jpg CDT Extended Sunset at Sunset Lake. | 8/7/22 Grand Teton National Forest, WY Day 47 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789794321-36W6PO0VEFV6P2AI9C1Y/2022_CDT_0708.jpg CDT Extended Sunrise in the Alaska Basin. | 8/8/22 Grand Teton National Forest, WY Day 48 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789803531-EI72BMGW1J3AQWHKUN1Y/2022_CDT_0715.jpg CDT Extended The view from the Sheep Steps. | 8/8/22 Grand Teton National Forest, WY Day 48 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789804272-IE63C30YFWNV9J59AN2K/2022_CDT_0716.jpg CDT Extended PCT pal Diesel (middle) let us take over his garage for a couple of days while we were in town. | Jackson, WY 8/8/22 Day 48 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789807432-RDQVLZ5ZHWFBNASNISHE/2022_CDT_0724.jpg CDT Extended Dale and SquarePants joined us for the Wind River High Route, which was a truly spectacular but very stormy week. Nonetheless, these fellas helped make one of the most incredible weeks of the hike even better! | Wind River High Route, WY 8/11/22 Day 51 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789809381-9B9HORT1UAIXJ3EYRGMK/2022_CDT_0725.jpg CDT Extended Wouldn't you believe it, another storm rolls in at sunset. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/11/22 Day 51 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789811396-22TD9BHPMOWN25DKIH6J/2022_CDT_0727.jpg CDT Extended SquarePants enjoys the last few feet of trail before the Wind River High Route went cross country for most of the next 90 miles south. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/12/22 Day 52 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789814922-31U3Q662IXTTF7MN7MAF/2022_CDT_0733.jpg CDT Extended Looking south into the heart of the Winds from No Mans Pass. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/12/22 Day 52 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789815944-A9SSIMRIH603HVOI7ECT/2022_CDT_0739.jpg CDT Extended Noisy and Dale make their way up Downs Mountain, the northernmost 13'er in the Winds and the highest point on the Wind River High Route. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/12/22 Day 52 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789819957-LNZZB44ALG12MT1E0A0S/2022_CDT_0746.jpg CDT Extended Iceberg Lake, Sourdough Glacier and Klondike Peak. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/12/22 Day 52 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789823099-QNHW02WNBW1T5IWX2X6V/2022_CDT_0750.jpg CDT Extended Noisy, proud of herself for discovering the only flat and rock free ground next to Baker Lake. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/12/22 Day 52 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789824730-14KCDNA2SIDT65926SLZ/2022_CDT_0773.jpg CDT Extended Dale whips up some cold coffee during an alpine start. We had to get most of our distance done before 12:00 since the afternoon thunderstorms were sketchy at best, and just made for a miserable time. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/13/22 Day 53 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789827136-EM8DD9ZCOTNGN5T4WGMR/2022_CDT_0783.jpg CDT Extended Dale enjoys coffee at first light before dropping down onto the Dinwoody Glacier. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/13/22 Day 53 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789830369-W4E0D7D12DA0G0DO1DMW/2022_CDT_0784.jpg CDT Extended Pedestal Peak and the Continental Divide at sunrise. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/13/22 Day 53 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789839289-MVDIG37O69ZH13QKAF67/2022_CDT_0788.jpg CDT Extended Noisy and SquarePants on the upper edge of Grasshopper Glacier. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/13/22 Day 53 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789841433-P22JSJ7U2WG2H9C4SLD8/2022_CDT_0792.jpg CDT Extended Noisy, Dale and SquarePants make the initial descent onto Grasshopper Glacier. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/13/22 Day 53 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789845203-ILOTQWZYWFKBVX801VD9/2022_CDT_0794.jpg CDT Extended Noisy was the only one of us who brought spikes, making her speed and surefootedness the envy of the group. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/13/22 Day 53 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789851505-0DLPYQY1P3MDG5QIHUPD/2022_CDT_0795.jpg CDT Extended Noisy leads the charge down Grasshopper Glacier. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/13/22 Day 53 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789855501-TYTBBSTR2LYI1LU9K1F2/2022_CDT_0802.jpg CDT Extended Noisy crosses the bare and rapidly shrinking Grasshopper Glacier. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/13/22 Day 53 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789857980-Z3ZHZT6S8LFWD1PKL6M4/2022_CDT_0803.jpg CDT Extended Flagstone and Pedestal Peak rise up from Grasshopper Glacier and its terminal lake. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/13/22 Day 53 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789864128-VIS6SFV6JZ7GCPP7ZMSR/2022_CDT_0804.jpg CDT Extended Noisy crosses a talus field that was until recently covered by Grasshopper Glacier. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/13/22 Day 53 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789864133-2FUORZ9ZPWDS8J9O1E7K/2022_CDT_0816.jpg CDT Extended Noisy crosses Gannett Glacier beneath Mt. Koven. | Wind River High Route, WY8/13/22 Day 53 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789869265-MY9JRT7WFW8QJKSSVU67/2022_CDT_0821.jpg CDT Extended East Sentinel Peak and the remaining fraction of Dinwoody Glacier. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/13/22 Day 53 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789870619-KJXL31YEB6ZTLL9FTRSV/2022_CDT_0827.jpg CDT Extended Noisy enjoys a rare patch of grass beneath Gannett Peak, the highest point in Wyoming at 13,804'. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/13/22 Day 53 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789871881-7FA0XNNTPO5H11ASMWHD/2022_CDT_0829.jpg CDT Extended Noisy on top of Blaurock Pass, happy to have just barely threaded the needle between two lightning storms. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/13/22 Day 53 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789872763-391TL8G84EYFODN9W2YC/2022_CDT_0831.jpg CDT Extended A floodplain full of glacial quicksand beneath Blaurock Pass. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/13/22 Day 53 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789876067-4824NJZ8YW1KXEKOF7EC/2022_CDT_0838.jpg CDT Extended Glacial runoff below Knife Point Mountain. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/13/22 Day 53 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789876869-6NZ9VI2941R4GY7UUE6F/2022_CDT_0848.jpg CDT Extended SquarePants on the shore of Alpine Lake, with The Fortress in the background. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/14/22 Day 54 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789879463-ZYE6TWMXVUSRYV82QSB0/2022_CDT_0855.jpg CDT Extended Another snowfield. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/14/22 Day 54 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789881964-K63HE26GFJ0X0EWNLK8R/2022_CDT_0862.jpg CDT Extended Noisy ascends Douglas Peak Pass as a storm rolls in, with Alpine Lakes Pass in the far background. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/14/22 Day 54 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789881965-MTXM488W74CKLYCAGRFC/2022_CDT_0864.jpg CDT Extended Golden Lake at sunrise. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/15/22 Day 55 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789888986-H9OHJXM5SVJP3RNAXDSU/2022_CDT_0880.jpg CDT Extended Mt. Bonneville. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/16/22 Day 56 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789890362-MJUX440VTTRF9EW7JPCP/2022_CDT_0882.jpg CDT Extended East Fork and Ambush Peak as seen from a sublime bench. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/16/22 Day 56 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789939826-C5TTUUVOZRZ6472EE8RM/2022_CDT_0896.jpg CDT Extended Cirque of the Towers. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/16/22 Day 56 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789941993-LRB2APNMWPTT5U1WE150/2022_CDT_0899.jpg CDT Extended War Bonnet Peak at first light. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/17/22 Day 57 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789944707-Q5RR69OK4SAJFAMRFZVQ/2022_CDT_0900.jpg CDT Extended Haystack Mountain seen from Jackass Pass at first light. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/17/22 Day 57 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789954514-OZ048C35NJCGPU5N63S8/2022_CDT_0904.jpg CDT Extended A spiderweb on the steamy shore of Black Joe Creek. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/17/22 Day 57 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789956265-E467VJYAJWKKTMBSTKUP/2022_CDT_0905.jpg CDT Extended Steeple Peak and Black Joe Lake. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/17/22 Day 57 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789958373-TDQ2I6YO1EZTTOKMZ6FH/2022_CDT_0908.jpg CDT Extended The headwaters of Black Joe Creek and Steeple Peak. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/17/22 Day 57 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667790218375-6301RFLHUZKRO8EJU1W3/2022_CDT_0918.jpg CDT Extended The view back up Wind River Peak, the southernmost 13'er in the Wind River Range. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/17/22 Day 57 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667790757421-YBZW1DV9C3S6N6RC0UGB/2022_CDT_0921.jpg CDT Extended SquarePants and Noisy boil vegetables and drink Sloshies, an alcohlic Wyoming delicacy on the grocery store curb. | Lander, WY 8/18/22 Day 58 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667790761684-06O5ZCZFM5710SNLDN5Z/2022_CDT_0931.jpg CDT Extended By twist of fate, Futurebirds happened to be playing a free show at the town park that had free camping! Sadly no free beer. | Lander, WY 8/18/22 Day 58 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667790766350-OEXVB8IEGU6BCQQ2NQKN/2022_CDT_0945.jpg CDT Extended The Oregon and California Trails cross the CDT multiple times in the Great Divide Basin. | Great Divide Basin, WY 8/20/22 Day 60 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667790988695-ZB1276WNU9QZ3X5ZL07K/2022_CDT_0949.jpg CDT Extended The Divide Basin is lovely from about 6:00-6:45 in the morning. After that it's hot, dry and boring until sunset. Then it's just dry and boring. | Great Divide Basin, WY 8/21/22 Day 61 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667790989414-K6PBEP6HF4U4MGYZ0KBZ/2022_CDT_0957.jpg CDT Extended The Great Divide Basin: flat, sagebrush, and antelope. That's pretty much it for 130 miles. It's lovely from about 6:00-6:45 in the morning before becoming hot, dry and boring until sunset. Then it's just dry and boring. | Great Divide Basin, WY 8/22/22 Day 62 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667790994342-ADQQS460LW45S3TXXL7D/2022_CDT_0963.jpg CDT Extended A very long, very straight decommissioned road. | Great Divide Basin, WY 8/22/22 Day 62 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667790994341-SQTA1CBX0S5M7F702P1J/2022_CDT_0969.jpg CDT Extended A triple rainbow almost made the rainstorm worth it. | Medicine Bow National Forest, WY 8/23/22 Day 63 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667794979839-OD0QXNCEU5X6F1V15JF1/2022_CDT_0971.jpg CDT Extended Goodbye Wyoming, hello Colorado! | Medicine Bow National Forest, WY 8/24/22 Day 64 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667794993188-E4T4AD2UVBDPBXBHTTN4/2022_CDT_0977.jpg CDT Extended Stands of beetle kill below Lost Ranger Peak. | Mt. Zirkel Wilderness, CO 8/25/22 Day 65 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667794993976-16E5K2BI2M3JRDPGCW5F/2022_CDT_0979.jpg CDT Extended Noisy successfully crosses a cattle guard. | Arapaho National Forest, CO 8/27/22 Day 67 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667794997972-OJN5V7DQ0U8HJGWMVD8W/2022_CDT_0980.jpg CDT Extended Noisy filters water in a stand of snags from the 2016 Sheep Fire. | Arapaho National Forest, CO 8/28/22 Day 68 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797009780-NLFA39CTI3OOX6OQQLOP/2022_CDT_0983.jpg CDT Extended The summit of Parkview Mountain, overlooking Rocky Mountain National Park. | Arapaho National Forest, CO 8/28/22 Day 68 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797010421-PGQVG1M5UQQZ6PC1JGTM/2022_CDT_0984.jpg CDT Extended Looking back at Parkview Mountain from the Bowen Pass trail. | Never Summer Wilderness, CO 8/29/22 Day 69 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797016953-N8RIEFTOOLUU6RXD5B2C/2022_CDT_0992.jpg CDT Extended Sometimes you just need a break. | Roosevelt National Forest, CO 8/31/22 Day 71 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797016953-LIHC8H65VR7BZ0ZG295Q/2022_CDT_0995.jpg CDT Extended Noisy doing some gold old fashioned loitering at the town park. | Winter Park, CO 9/1/22 Day 72 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797020639-OR5C8CW3V9NU0I3XSUA8/2022_CDT_0999.jpg CDT Extended The view from the summit of Grays Peak, the highest point on the Continental Divide. An insulting sign at the trailhead talked about how the CDT is gentle, well maintained, and good for families, while the 14'ers are rugged beasts not for the faint of heart. In reality, the trail up to the summit was the easiest tread in days, and as soon as the CDT left the summit the trail all but disappeared on to a knife edge. Thanks, Forest Service. | Arapaho National Forest, CO 9/2/22 Day 73 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797025159-V42Q2UA7DUGOTUWQ7AA2/2022_CDT_1002.jpg CDT Extended Mountain goat! Seen on the knife edge below Mt. Edwards. | Arapaho National Forest 9/2/22 Day 73 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797035468-1PV7UB4C7ZZNI43XI3YR/2022_CDT_1005.jpg CDT Extended Noisy on the knife edge between Grays Peak, the highest point on the Continental Divide, and Mt. Edwards. | Arapaho National Forest 9/2/22 Day 73 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797044811-Z0XQI90V0J7HP4M8UYAJ/2022_CDT_1011.jpg CDT Extended Noisy descends from the summit of Mt. Edwards. | Arapaho National Forest 9/2/22 Day 73 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797046709-HN0D8B6T48LHHWTZDFZH/2022_CDT_1013.jpg CDT Extended Noisy on the Divide with Grays and Torreys peaks in the background. | Arapaho National Forest 9/2/22 Day 73 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797054943-14O88UJ1TN6KWCMBOW85/2022_CDT_1020.jpg CDT Extended One of thousands of abandoned mining cabins in Colorado. | Arapaho National Forest 9/3/22 Day 74 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797056129-HHCP4UJ4T3A3GYG3ZON9/2022_CDT_1032.jpg CDT Extended Noisy arrives in camp just south of Searle Pass. | Arapaho National Forest, CO 9/4/22 Day 75 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797058943-W2CSM4LXFCX1ORDS2QJB/2022_CDT_1041.jpg CDT Extended Twin Lakes General Store, a delightful place to have ice cream and soda before the 3,300' climb up Hope Pass. | Twin Lakes, CO 9/7/22 Day 78 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797061819-4BJ4I7GSGWZLR1DG8XZ7/2022_CDT_1044.jpg CDT Extended Noisy on the dirt road walk out of Twin Lakes. | San Isabel National Forest, CO 9/7/22 Day 78 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797064782-R7N3UOQD82KV91N2NK99/2022_CDT_1067.jpg CDT Extended Noisy arrives at Cottonwood Pass. | Collegiate Peaks, CO 9/9/22 Day 80 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797064959-MJIUEMGMTTKDW0LKQAQD/2022_CDT_1071.jpg CDT Extended Noisy and I had been dealing with low crew morale, but a few days spent with my dear friend Lebowski fixed that right up! | Gunnison, CO 9/9/22 Day 80 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797066351-RIR8LFIU99HP5DZAKU55/2022_CDT_1074.jpg CDT Extended Noisy emerges from her tent like a goddess. | Gunnison, CO 9/10/22 Day 81 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797071785-MAVZR5LC64F49R7BVCAB/2022_CDT_1079.jpg CDT Extended Lebowski does some touchup work on Noisy's hair after I took a whack at it the week before. | Gunnison, CO 9/10/22 Day 81 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797076589-B8XHOVUDFFKCCIP51955/2022_CDT_1101.jpg CDT Extended Lebowski explains his philosophy on fire-starting techniques to myself, a near novice. | Gunnison, CO 9/10/22 Day 81 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797083097-EC6AXGG2M1LBYFP0AO0Z/2022_CDT_1124.jpg CDT Extended I lost a bet and had to sit in front of Lebowski's house offering cheap mullets to passerbys. Luckily for me, nobody walked by before sunset. | Gunnison, CO 9/10/22 Day 81 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797085657-QE583J8RYNZ3R9YRCPF0/2022_CDT_1134.jpg CDT Extended Flower crown, courtesy of Noisy. | Gunnison, CO 9/10/22 Day 81 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797086706-90O89Q03IGM4XJCIY4KU/2022_CDT_1145.jpg CDT Extended Noisy and Lebowski, at his inaugural backyard firepit burn. | Gunnison, CO 9/10/22 Day 81 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797090734-X8TTQVQO0K9UOHRUFHO0/2022_CDT_1150.jpg CDT Extended For 180 miles, the CDT uses the Colorado Trail. We barely saw any CT thru hikers, but certainly appreciated the frequent maintenance and quality signage. | Gunnison National Forest, CO 9/12/22 Day 83 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797093522-IUUQ3NO4W2VMK4M10X9K/2022_CDT_1151.jpg CDT Extended Noisy arrives in camp at sunset, which was getting earlier at an alarming rate. | Gunnison National Forest, CO 9/12/22 Day 83 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797097770-7AEQ0SDJ349R841TPZNU/2022_CDT_1157.jpg CDT Extended After losing her spoon for the third time, Noisy decided she didn't need to carry one given the multitude of nearby sticks. | Gunnison National Forest, CO 9/14/22 Day 85 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797104724-JRLA6392A3RZB9M9G7OR/2022_CDT_1167.jpg CDT Extended The Colorado Trail uses way more dirt roads than I expected. Easy walking, but pretty boring. | Gunnison National Forest, CO 9/14/22 Day 85 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797105280-3YPEOB6SMFFFZNPXDXU1/2022_CDT_1172.jpg CDT Extended Field Guide, a Colorado Trail hiker and Noisy watch as a storm rages just across the valley. | Gunnison National Forest, CO 9/14/22 Day 85 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797106939-UZRR4E4COR3UE0QE4THV/2022_CDT_1184.jpg CDT Extended Noisy got some new mineral sunscreen that was pretty scary looking, although highly effective. | Gunnison National Forest, CO 9/14/22 Day 85 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797108675-4SLFS26YZWAG0MGOGHHS/2022_CDT_1199.jpg CDT Extended Rain showers and patchy light at least make the views a little more interesting. | La Garita Wilderness, CO 9/15/22 Day 86 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797110844-75D7KSHHX1738CNKKLS5/2022_CDT_1202.jpg CDT Extended The Divide just before Snow Mesa. | La Garita Wilderness, CO 9/15/22 Day 86 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797114093-D1GZOSM5XQEDEZBL9UVS/2022_CDT_1208.jpg CDT Extended The trail rises to Snow Mesa. | La Garita Wilderness, CO 9/15/22 Day 86 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797115371-4FNMR11GUYUHGCSA59YG/2022_CDT_1223.jpg CDT Extended Noisy arrives in camp on Snow Mesa. | La Garita Wilderness, CO 9/15/22 Day 86 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797116978-9FJKVL5BCAFJU0R873QJ/2022_CDT_1238.jpg CDT Extended Some Texans in a pickup offered to take us into Lake City, CO, but said we would have to squeeze around their over-engineered sign. | Lake City, CO 9/16/22 Day 87 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797126512-S44R98ISE72EAI0FKSKG/2022_CDT_1248.jpg CDT Extended Noisy makes her way into the San Juans. | Rio Grande National Forest, CO 9/17/22 Day 88 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797129858-6E5Q019Y5J6FV5C6BTD1/2022_CDT_1251.jpg CDT Extended The San Juans as seen from Coney Benchmark. | Rio Grande National Forest, CO 9/17/22 Day 88 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797135533-G7ZB8I5DU283C1EQ451J/2022_CDT_1254.jpg CDT Extended The headwaters of the mighty Rio Grande River. It's also one of the few places that the river is safe to drink. | Rio Grande National Forest, CO 9/18/22 Day 89 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797136799-HSVTMMP2TMCTFBPC8O3I/2022_CDT_1257.jpg CDT Extended Noisy reluctantly gets back to walking on a miserably windy day. | Rio Grande National Forest, CO 9/18/22 Day 89 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797151883-7F7JCMXCIEEJH444OI8F/2022_CDT_1275.jpg CDT Extended Noisy heads to Nebo Creek after coming over Hunchback Pass. | Weminuche Wilderness, CO 9/19/22 Day 90 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797152357-8W3JI4QIH4FMUWAH8PVW/2022_CDT_1278.jpg CDT Extended A small lake below Mt. Nebo. | Weminuche Wilderness, CO 9/19/22 Day 90 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797156154-38OAOKKSB2U2SAIWLUL9/2022_CDT_1283.jpg CDT Extended The Continental Divide just past Ute Lake. | Weminuche Wilderness, CO 9/19/22 Day 90 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797157089-FMLNZXDTQHXYNUTKZI4G/2022_CDT_1290.jpg CDT Extended The Window, a notch that could be seen from about 10 miles out, and an optional side scramble from the CDT. | Weminuche Wilderness, CO 9/19/22 Day 90 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797160207-DVZF25S8076AY9SP39CC/2022_CDT_1292.jpg CDT Extended The rocks that had fallen away from The Window beneath Rio Grande Pyramid. | Weminuche Wilderness, CO 9/19/22 Day 90 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797326657-RTICHP0NZEMDG7JQB6ND/2022_CDT_1328.jpg CDT Extended The South San Juans. | South San Juan Wildnerness, CO 9/25/22 Day 96 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797328459-8J20D1UYA25AQH3KDSNV/2022_CDT_1344.jpg CDT Extended As the trail got closer to New Mexico, the ridgetops got abruptly flatter. | South San Juan Wilderness, CO 9/26/22 Day 97 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797328460-JPFN70J1SRTJRBEGSZO0/2022_CDT_1349.jpg CDT Extended The Colorado Rockies fall off into the rolling hills of New Mexico. | South San Juan Wilderness, CO 9/26/22 Day 97 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797332704-WHWLFAALF2VWUTUFU5RD/2022_CDT_1358.jpg CDT Extended At long last, the final state! New Mexico: home of gentle grades, big miles and wouldn't you believe it, more rain. | Carson National Forest, NM 9/27/22 Day 98 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797332704-609ZB3L3LYB1WB4S52SP/2022_CDT_1366.jpg CDT Extended Afternoon storms roll out over the hills of Northern New Mexico. | Carson National Forest, NM 9/27/22 Day 98 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797335093-DYVAR609XEKSIODMU3DC/2022_CDT_1367.jpg CDT Extended After being above treeline for what felt like most of the hike, it was a delight to be among the golden Quaking Aspens. | Carson National Forest, NM 9/27/22 Day 98 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797335094-DF6ZU16C7D8TBTUPE0UJ/2022_CDT_1371.jpg CDT Extended The final resting place of Otter, who died in 2015 after getting trapped in an early winter storm. He lived here for 4-6 weeks before succumbing to the elements. | Carson National Forest, NM 9/27/22 Day 98 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797338128-BHWK26UG5LJBGYX5SBJL/2022_CDT_1373.jpg CDT Extended Meadows at sunrise were rarely quiet since the Elk were mid-rut and bugling like no tomorrow. | Carson National Forest, NM 9/28/22 Day 99 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797342787-KNT8MY5EGP5CFBRLKJ5N/2022_CDT_1383.jpg CDT Extended New Mexico, land of the barbed wire fence. | Carson National Forest, NM 9/28/22 Day 99 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797348326-H04B3WPKXS1ZDZVEX29S/2022_CDT_1384.jpg CDT Extended I'm trying, dammit! | Carson National Forest, NM 9/28/22 Day 99 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797348538-2M1HLT25HCRMXUEWERAH/2022_CDT_1385.jpg CDT Extended Sunlight warms the frosty grass (and my ass) after a chilly night. | Carson National Forest, NM 9/29/22 Day 100 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797351847-OXWFRFD12IJEMX2XST59/2022_CDT_1406.jpg CDT Extended The trail into Ghost Ranch, and the start of the proper desert. | Ghost Ranch, NM 9/29/22 Day 100 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797359648-WXTHMSETPWAXDG075M6Z/2022_CDT_1412.jpg CDT Extended Del Yeso Canyon was full of cool rock formations. | Ghost Ranch, NM 9/29/22 Day 100 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797361655-PDJCZ6X2Z28ENVQA0DSJ/2022_CDT_1429.jpg CDT Extended No officer, that's not pee. Also, can I have a ride? | Cuba, NM 10/1/22 Day 102 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797366798-GJPAA0QTRYOIRT4KAQAG/2022_CDT_1431.jpg CDT Extended I had terrible luck getting a ride into Cuba, but I did score a couple beers! | Cuba, NM 10/1/22 Day 102 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797373470-NVU62A71SHZI3ZPYMG20/2022_CDT_1432.jpg CDT Extended Roadwalk out of Cuba, NM. | Cuba, NM 10/3/22 Day 104 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797375816-J3QIEVA176O5WNFFG310/2022_CDT_1438.jpg CDT Extended The rim of Mesa Portales. | Cuba, NM 10/3/22 Day 104 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797381453-MHJMQ5EL9IIY1RJCNC6A/2022_CDT_1439.jpg CDT Extended One of countless canyons. | San Luis Mesa, NM 10/3/22 Day 104 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797381841-GC6JPKCWASFVDT3TFI92/2022_CDT_1445.jpg CDT Extended Cabezon Peak near sunset. Just below the peak lies the town of Cabezon, a Breaking Bad filming location. | San Luis Mesa, NM 10/3/22 Day 104 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797382672-UGNNGJS75FYIV766AL7Y/2022_CDT_1452.jpg CDT Extended Wouldn't you know it, another rain storm. 2022 became the wettest year on record in New Mexico. | Cibola National Forest, NM 10/4/22 Day 105 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797385186-5FX6K2NRFQN0QDYOFVGT/2022_CDT_1456.jpg CDT Extended At long last, reunited with Noisy in a Chinese buffet after being apart for two weeks. | Grants, NM 10/5/22 Day 106 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797386269-6TWSA3WUC72U444QD61M/2022_CDT_1461.jpg CDT Extended Even though we were walking a reasonably well traveled road, Noisy didn't care who was watching. | Pie Town Roadwalk, NM 10/6/22 Day 107 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797387458-ZC8PHBEZ0T8H0IE5E0OE/2022_CDT_1467.jpg CDT Extended Noisy smiles in the sunlight on a high quality dirt road. | Pie Town Roadwalk, NM 10/6/22 Day 107 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797389381-Y9D8KIY40E62C69GUHUR/2022_CDT_1468.jpg CDT Extended Pinkman and Tara on their way to Davila Ranch. | Pie Town Roadwalk, NM 10/8/22 Day 109 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797390360-ZZBOLYUCUYI8I9UCSRNG/2022_CDT_1475.jpg CDT Extended Noisy and Tara critique an interior design magazine found at the Davila Ranch hiker shed. | Davila Ranch, NM 10/8/22 Day 109 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797395342-TW1H45EL5ZTG0BECHNS3/2022_CDT_1484.jpg CDT Extended Pinkman and Tara enjoy the first sunlight of the day while eating some beans left at the Davila Ranch hiker shed. | Davila Ranch, NM 10/8/22 Day 109 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797397805-F9D7ESG74DB5RUR0JX4I/2022_CDT_1493.jpg CDT Extended With the days getting annoyingly short, we were forced to have both dinner and breakfast in the dark every day, often in the rain which did nothing good for morale. | Gila National Forest, NM 10/10/22 Day 111 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797404385-7XW3PWAUI9OFDHJ7CLQN/2022_CDT_1517.jpg CDT Extended Noisy crosses the Gila River as it flows at 600% of average. Over the next 80 miles, we would need to cross in the ballpark of 200 more times. Sadly, a mile from here a major tributary joined the Gila, and the water was just too high and fast to continue. | Gila National Forest, NM 10/11/22 Day 112 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797405443-VNT29DTRC3V83MJ4XY15/2022_CDT_1525.jpg CDT Extended Noisy on the way back to our bailout point after determining the Gila wasn't possible. | Gila National Forest, NM 10/11/22 Day 112 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797406276-TFIXIU3V65GWKOID38AX/2022_CDT_1528.jpg CDT Extended Should've put my socks in the tent overnight... | Gila National Forest, NM 10/12/22 Day 113 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797406762-NZSZYCNLCZBXLP8KBP33/2022_CDT_1529.jpg CDT Extended A foggy morning at Snow Lake campground. | Gila National Forest, NM 10/12/22 Day 113 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797407980-PR9C687Y88GQOWWM93IO/2022_CDT_1533.jpg CDT Extended Noisy soaks up the last of the sun as we try to hitch to Silver City after being forced to bail out of the Gila due to record high water. | Gila National Forest, NM 10/12/22 Day 113 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797408434-REBU6JF3LD949BBMF2K5/2022_CDT_1543.jpg CDT Extended The Chihuahuan Desert, and associated flora. | Gila National Forest, NM 10/15/22 Day 116 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797411017-P3GBRJNDB532Q5O6UNF2/2022_CDT_1545.jpg CDT Extended Yucca and a wash. | Gila National Forest, NM 10/15/22 Day 116 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797411572-D65140KSCY2BVTAYUC7G/2022_CDT_1547.jpg CDT Extended A fine cattle trough. | Gila National Forest, NM 10/15/22 Day 116 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797415017-WN1XY148W6BQXHK7V5U6/2022_CDT_1552.jpg CDT Extended Yucca in the evening light. | Chihuahuan Desert, NM 10/17/22 Day 118 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797415014-NRX90VAZ10LA0DPOP4CW/2022_CDT_1555.jpg CDT Extended Noisy catches last light from our campsite in a wash. | Chihuahuan Desert, NM 10/17/22 Day 118 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797418976-MRJ353MNR42CFW8ZSNMJ/2022_CDT_1564.jpg CDT Extended Sunset over Pyramid Peak. | Chihuahuan Desert, NM 10/17/22 Day 118 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797423468-BSCAD9UIUZ2OXNW2BMZA/2022_CDT_1574.jpg CDT Extended Big Hatchet Peak. Just over the ridge, Mexico! | Chihuahuan Desert, NM 10/19/22 Day 120 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797423574-IK4KVJ39YORT3KI2PLK2/2022_CDT_1578.jpg CDT Extended Another cattle trough, complete with cattle. | Big Hatchet Mountains, NM 10/19/22 Day 120 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797425341-XYIY26MO1OAUOTPV4NI9/2022_CDT_1581.jpg CDT Extended For the second year in a row, I destroyed my prized hiking shirt. | Big Hatchet Mountains, NM 10/19/22 Day 120 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797427000-JWB08GCCP7SJXGN75OEV/2022_CDT_1585.jpg CDT Extended The final night! | Big Hatchet Mountains, NM 10/19/22 Day 120 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797427595-W2II8FKPLRIAYGXGLUZK/2022_CDT_1588.jpg CDT Extended Noisy slowly packs up during a lazy morning, our last of the hike. | Big Hatchet Mountains, NM 10/20/22 Day 121 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797431301-Q26QTXJ5ZRO1UFK66W9H/2022_CDT_1592.jpg CDT Extended Noisy heads to the border on our final day. | Big Hatchet Mountains, NM 10/20/22 Day 121 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797432436-PADQQQCQ3H0TXCIQ1RT6/2022_CDT_1593.jpg CDT Extended The final stretch to the border was through the Big Hatchet Mountains along this wash. | Big Hatchet Mountains, NM 10/20/22 Day 121 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797435149-8Z1S56E76W94MBXYZ7TT/2022_CDT_1608.jpg CDT Extended Noisy gives her rendition of the National Anthem for my Triple Crown ceremony. | US/Mexico Border 10/20/22 Day 121 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797440622-JCFD95YH2VCIHPVWQD1A/2022_CDT_1619.jpg CDT Extended I could barely life my leg that high, but who cares! We're done! | US/Mexico Border 10/20/22 Day 121 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797442163-YDRL0FXGHSMO46PMCUXI/2022_CDT_1622.jpg CDT Extended We LOVE the monument. | US/Mexico Border 10/20/22 Day 121 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797446643-JZPQEQKC5JGSIKJ9YFJ6/2022_CDT_1625.jpg CDT Extended Another hike, another utterly destroyed shirt. | US/Mexico Border 10/20/22 Day 121 https://www.evanleonardphotography.com/about-me-slideshow daily 0.75 2026-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1668460052223-AUB66OJEIQ1W9OJ2FRH0/IMG_0701.JPG About Me Slideshow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1668460052223-AUB66OJEIQ1W9OJ2FRH0/IMG_0701.JPG About Me Slideshow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1668460070156-QLF57HDDVQ97XNK8RQXH/IMG_2775.jpeg About Me Slideshow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1771021810600-I7S6ON6R9N40R0F702B9/IMG_0014.png About Me Slideshow - IMG_0014.JPG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1668460042197-TTSRTXTOTFZAC1TH1ACX/2021_PNT_0943.jpg About Me Slideshow Even though Blankie was only able to make it for half the hike, he was an excellent companion and I'm so glad he was able to come play in the mountains for the summer. | 9/2/21 Mile 1,246.2 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1771021797765-3BGLR51DAV56DN2ZGGDL/IMG_5922.jpg About Me Slideshow - IMG_5922.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1682875385487-26SIZ8C57LPF1FHCLGC2/IMG_3363.jpeg About Me Slideshow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1668460041208-A106WS47UVKVAYLK7MRD/2021_PNT_0533.jpg About Me Slideshow Noisy wouldn't let me get away without one of myself too. | 8/12/21 Mile 822.1 1,256' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1771021792052-0DI291CAQE0QORMM19SK/IMG_0472.png About Me Slideshow - IMG_0472.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1668460044467-DTCOLNIW8710SEP759Z5/2022_HappySnaps_0583.jpg About Me Slideshow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1668460044143-TDJTNYXS03V7MG2Z8AJA/2022_HappySnaps_0544.jpg About Me Slideshow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1771021793545-L5UZ5HFJL0BS0F91EGRT/IMG_5735.png About Me Slideshow - IMG_5735.PNG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1668459672181-ZLLIY67WEQGTASTULB38/2019_PCT_1044.jpg About Me Slideshow Practicing proper form for a Sasquatch sighting. Unfortunately and rather surprisingly, still no trace of him. | 8/26/19 Mile 1,776.3, 5,779' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1668460038372-K5T0KDFZIJ80JX28LY7D/2019_PCT_ImagesOfMe_052.jpg About Me Slideshow PCT People Project https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1668460047163-CYXJTQQRX1DVBXXZEYSK/2022_HappySnaps_0674.jpg About Me Slideshow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1668460071600-VVFMVNJT60O8EKTIQ1A8/IMG_1818.JPG About Me Slideshow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1668460060719-FNKFGFUP0M0ML373LI7Y/IMG_1232.JPG About Me Slideshow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1668460072295-R2924W9CBFUMP53TBR4F/IMG_3842.JPEG About Me Slideshow https://www.evanleonardphotography.com/2022-yir-1 daily 0.75 2023-01-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1673210976108-E13BG0LXVPIHCNKUXBS1/2022_HappySnaps_0014.jpg 2022 YIR 1 Ruthless distracted me with a dice game while working my side hustle driving a van around Olympic Valley. | 1/11/22 Olympic Valley, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1673210976108-E13BG0LXVPIHCNKUXBS1/2022_HappySnaps_0014.jpg 2022 YIR 1 Ruthless distracted me with a dice game while working my side hustle driving a van around Olympic Valley. | 1/11/22 Olympic Valley, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1673210977257-0SAP6GL95LJLUH3XCXH4/2022_HappySnaps_0225.jpg 2022 YIR 1 Matt tearing it up on the chalk. | 1/27/22 Mt. Rose, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1673210980157-F6D9DC8QRNJAUF13U0CR/2022_HappySnaps_0316.jpg 2022 YIR 1 Fresh rime after a much needed storm. | 2/23/22 Mt. Rose, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1673210981112-XJQ96U0HQIUUZ83LY8WP/2022_HappySnaps_0362.jpg 2022 YIR 1 Beau and Cameron practice with the RECCO, a device used to locate victims buried in avalanche debris. | 3/3/22 Mt. Rose, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1673210982166-MWODP182UA63HUU1QTHE/2022_HappySnaps_0510.jpg 2022 YIR 1 Shannon heads out from the halfway station at the Great Ski Race, a 26 km course to benefit the Tahoe Nordic Search and Rescue Team. Despite skiing an extra 5 km from our house to the gate, starting 45 minutes late, and taking a healthy break at the soup station she still managed to not come in last. | 3/6/22 Tahoe City, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1673210983399-7TJ2ATATXLQ9BC71HNMT/2022_HappySnaps_0519.jpg 2022 YIR 1 Ruthless and Shannon take a sit at Silver Hut, part of the Tahoe Cross Country trail system. | 3/8/22 Tahoe City, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1673210984204-BRADZZRP1WDRTWYO1OVZ/2022_HappySnaps_0532.jpg 2022 YIR 1 In the nordic skiing world, downhills are terrifying and everything hurts, all the time. These hippie purists are a different breed, yet at the end of the day I was still smiling just as much as after a day of gravity assisted skiing. | 3/8/22 Tahoe City, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1673210985364-HN3JDWW4WWWNC1P1R256/2022_HappySnaps_0560.jpg 2022 YIR 1 At the end of the season we were sent on the Mt. Rose Rookie Scavenger Hunt, 17 secret and interestingly named locations in back corners of the mountain. We were meant to prove our success with a simple selfie, but Devin and I took things to another level. The full set of images can be found here. | 3/9/22 Mt. Rose, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1673210987266-51BLK4J2F0I2ZFJX995X/2022_HappySnaps_0583.jpg 2022 YIR 1 "Find a Bearing Tree." | 3/16/22 Mt. Rose, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1673210988267-S1WQDJL43S30QJJ3RY7W/2022_HappySnaps_0660.jpg 2022 YIR 1 Jennie bootpacks along the Sierra Crest on the way to ski Twin Peaks. | 3/21/22 Twin Peaks, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1673210988979-L7STL356DLK9U16O3QTS/2022_HappySnaps_0686.jpg 2022 YIR 1 Jennie at the base of Twin Peaks, still riding the high from killer turns off the 8,880' summit. | 3/21/22 Twin Peaks, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1673210989407-T8GSANB1ZLOU95KLGE2U/2022_HappySnaps_0693.jpg 2022 YIR 1 Mo peers out from a snow cave, soon to be rescued by Carmen, a Mt. Rose Avalanche dog as part of a training scenario. | 3/23/22 Mt. Rose, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1673210990684-7S9Y8TN88L41ONEPKTIW/2022_HappySnaps_0743.jpg 2022 YIR 1 Penny the pig, a rescue that now lives with the Common family in their Kings Beach home. | 3/25/22 Kings Beach, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1673210992057-XEQ8HZ946NBR0DUXCZIY/2022_HappySnaps_0839.jpg 2022 YIR 1 Best friends Squiller and Shannon enjoy some morning rays before the jams start at Winter Wondergrass. | 4/2/22 Olympic Valley, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1673210993229-J99U8UAX5O3LHTIAPWDG/2022_HappySnaps_0898.jpg 2022 YIR 1 Ryan grills up some dogs after a fantastic day of spring corn skiing. | 4/3/22 Olympic Valley, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1673210994705-HM68QR97T0N5WX99WI1M/2022_HappySnaps_0933.jpg 2022 YIR 1 Tish and Kevin skin along the ridge of Black Mountain on a ski tour in the Eastern Sierra. | 4/24/22 Black Mountain, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1673211027822-B153KS6N8K30YUFT2WQF/2022_CDT_0010.jpg 2022 YIR 1 Noisy passes a ranger station corral in the Belly River Valley. | Glacier National Park, MT 6/22/22 CDT Day 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1673211027906-6NC8D84DYXSKU19VW0LQ/2022_CDT_0015.jpg 2022 YIR 1 Noisy crosses the Belly River suspension bridge. | Glacier National Park, MT 6/22/22 CDT Day 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1673211031905-WXOC4DMUENTW9QJFTBFE/2022_CDT_0045+1.jpg 2022 YIR 1 Noisy crosses a snowy slope, an obstacle common in the park after the unusually snowy winter season. | Glacier National Park, MT 6/23/22 CDT Day 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1673211033561-VRD1ZD45LA5IQ5X8IKPW/2022_CDT_0058.jpg 2022 YIR 1 Mango expertly fords Cataract Creek. | Glacier National Park, MT 6/24/22 CDT Day 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1673211035901-NYBP15XQO9Y0D8GGNJK5/2022_CDT_0130.jpg 2022 YIR 1 Noisy and Dig scramble through the jungle gym of blowdowns that plague The Bob. | Bob Marshall Wilderness, MT 6/30/22 CDT Day 9 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1673211035550-U6C7CNUUA4TKHS07W873/2022_CDT_0141.jpg 2022 YIR 1 Dig stops for a sit in one of the few pools of light that broke through the dense forest. | Bob Marshall Wilderness, MT 6/30/22 CDT Day 9 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1673211037985-URWEMUQ4I59X1AJ9ORDM/2022_CDT_0227.jpg 2022 YIR 1 Noisy poses while visiting my tent during a break in the storm. | Scapegoat Wilderness, MT 7/8/22 CDT Day 17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1673211038662-0CJJJ4HB62OO3XI10O29/2022_CDT_0321.jpg 2022 YIR 1 Noisy and Dig enjoy sunset from the comfort of our new home in the Whitehall town garage, graciously provided by Mayor Mary. | Whitehall, MT 7/19/22 CDT Day 28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1673211040035-XKZ1JD4AN052ERIX2YN6/2022_CDT_0487.jpg 2022 YIR 1 Noisy peers out from the top of Beehive Pass. | Spanish Peaks, MT 7/24/22 CDT Day 33 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1673211043332-Q1NVPAN0ACFT4915S4R0/2022_CDT_0540.jpg 2022 YIR 1 It seems I need my gallbladder removed! My first ever ambulance ride took us from Yellowstone to the Livingston, MT Hospital, where I was then discharged at 2:00am after they determined I had no life-threatening ailments. Since we had no car, much less anywhere to go, the ER staff kindly allowed Noisy to sleep on the floor of my now very smelly room. | Livingston, MT 7/31/22 CDT Day 39 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1673211047406-4C37T8FFWILVODEL2FHE/2022_CDT_0597.jpg 2022 YIR 1 Noisy relentlessly tries to hook a branch for her bear hang. | Teton National Park, WY 8/4/22 CDT Day 44 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1673211047406-9GAHQWVDSM35PNXYUMZO/2022_CDT_0665.jpg 2022 YIR 1 Mt. Woodring as seen from the Paintbrush Divide. | 8/7/22 Grand Teton National Park, WY CDT Day 47 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1673211054281-OD9N4W0BT5LC9G9YRCRM/2022_CDT_0739.jpg 2022 YIR 1 Noisy and Dale make their way up Downs Mountain, the northernmost 13'er in the Winds and the highest point on the Wind River High Route. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/12/22 CDT Day 52 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1673211055189-4UVMYSPL6TN480G6ITYW/2022_CDT_0773.jpg 2022 YIR 1 Dale whips up some cold coffee during an alpine start. We had to get most of our distance done before 12:00 since the afternoon thunderstorms were sketchy at best, and just made for a miserable time. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/13/22 CDT Day 53 https://www.evanleonardphotography.com/2022-yir-2 daily 0.75 2023-01-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1673211150908-FHM5XJF6GK46G0XW1IPT/2022_CDT_0862.jpg 2022 YIR 2 Noisy ascends Douglas Peak Pass as a storm rolls in, with Alpine Lakes Pass in the far background. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/14/22 CDT Day 54 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1673211150908-FHM5XJF6GK46G0XW1IPT/2022_CDT_0862.jpg 2022 YIR 2 Noisy ascends Douglas Peak Pass as a storm rolls in, with Alpine Lakes Pass in the far background. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/14/22 CDT Day 54 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1673211151159-F3NALDXWOOH0V9GP3Z1X/2022_CDT_0921.jpg 2022 YIR 2 SquarePants and Noisy boil vegetables and drink Sloshies, an alcohlic Wyoming delicacy on the grocery store curb. | Lander, WY 8/18/22 CDT Day 58 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1673211157103-BFZNSPQ4M1W2NQI9BYNF/2022_CDT_0957.jpg 2022 YIR 2 The Great Divide Basin: flat, sagebrush, and antelope. That's pretty much it for 130 miles. It's lovely from about 6:00-6:45 in the morning before becoming hot, dry and boring until sunset. Then it's just dry and boring. | Great Divide Basin, WY 8/22/22 CDT Day 62 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1673211157362-QDDTQRX5VE21BZPSV7NZ/2022_CDT_0980.jpg 2022 YIR 2 Noisy filters water in a stand of snags from the 2016 Sheep Fire. | Arapaho National Forest, CO 8/28/22 CDT Day 68 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1673211159170-W8DZ7XHMLXM9T02OPSSO/2022_CDT_1013.jpg 2022 YIR 2 Noisy on the Divide with Grays and Torreys peaks in the background. | Arapaho National Forest 9/2/22 CDT Day 73 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1673211161227-NYLD8FFSOUO8R8H6TEHU/2022_CDT_1071.jpg 2022 YIR 2 Noisy and I had been dealing with low crew morale, but a few days spent with my dear friend Lebowski fixed that right up! | Gunnison, CO 9/9/22 CDT Day 80 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1673211161815-8PK0S9YPFXO1KGKJV4C5/2022_CDT_1238.jpg 2022 YIR 2 Some Texans in a pickup offered to take us into Lake City, CO, but said we would have to squeeze around their over-engineered sign. | Lake City, CO 9/16/22 CDT Day 87 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1673211164609-U2SLZDBZO2K48TR57RC6/2022_CDT_1367.jpg 2022 YIR 2 After being above treeline for what felt like most of the hike, it was a delight to be among the golden Quaking Aspens. | Carson National Forest, NM 9/27/22 CDT Day 98 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1673211166407-G1CITS13S4LUUCDJQJL5/2022_CDT_1456.jpg 2022 YIR 2 At long last, reunited with Noisy in a Chinese buffet after being apart for two weeks. | Grants, NM 10/5/22 CDT Day 106 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1673211171468-JLDSFVM3NHEMZ2UWA2SZ/2022_CDT_1517.jpg 2022 YIR 2 Noisy crosses the Gila River as it flows at 600% of average. Over the next 80 miles, we would need to cross in the ballpark of 200 more times. 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Rose Ski Area, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1682810297735-FL6L0H5P3OA1OYW05GNX/2023_HappySnaps_0002.jpg 2023 Winter Reno and Truckee Meadows as seen from Slide Mountain after yet another monumental dump. | 1/1/23 Mt. Rose Ski Area, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1682810298223-EBURIAQCAGG54QAR5Z1H/2023_HappySnaps_0023.jpg 2023 Winter Patrol helps Lift Maintenance de-rime our new chair, the Lakeview Express. | 1/1/23 Mt. 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Squiller even tolerated his presence! | 2/1/23 Truckee, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1682810306010-ZEX3QAVJ2N6XEF88CPK5/2023_HappySnaps_0154.jpg 2023 Winter Shannon poses near the Drifter Hut, the high point of my second skate skiing experience. | 2/14/23 Tahoe Donner Cross Country, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1682810308058-BWS948JK9LT7Y6RNN9PH/2023_HappySnaps_0165.jpg 2023 Winter Matt conducts a taste test for faceting snow crystals on a rain crust. | 2/17/23 Mt. Rose Ski Area, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1682810309089-FPKZMF9SHDDE2L2FBVST/2023_HappySnaps_0191.jpg 2023 Winter An avalanche control explosive detonates in the Chutes after yet another storm. | 3/2/23 Mt. 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Morrison as seen from the top of Old Man's Bowl. | 5/18/23 Mammoth Lakes, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1688313131487-D8ND9WECIBOGJYBTCAUT/2023_HappySnaps_0520.jpg 2023 Spring Shannon and Squiller share a moment of love outside Shannon's van. | 5/19/23 Long Valley Caldera, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1688313131802-KBV3UIX8WWO9BQAGO2IN/2023_HappySnaps_0524.jpg 2023 Spring Shannon desperately tries to aquire cell signal to research brain eating amoeba after having heard they may live in the hot spring we just soaked in. | 5/22/23 Long Valley Caldera, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1688313132481-8AKJ8FT6QVJHC5ME89ID/2023_HappySnaps_0571.jpg 2023 Spring Shannon shows off a late night quesadilla. | 5/23/23 Long Valley Caldera, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1688313132938-E6APQ9MG6BKN0XPKTRQ8/2023_HappySnaps_0582.jpg 2023 Spring Taj and Kevin prepare for a spicy ski down Crescent Moon Couloir. | 5/26/23 Carson Pass, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1688313133595-D9QP1GLXONPTBA13A1D5/2023_HappySnaps_0595.jpg 2023 Spring Tish transitions on the east face of Mt. Wood. | 5/27/23 June Lake, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1688313134056-J189H1NRAS12GNNV5ULD/2023_HappySnaps_0604.jpg 2023 Spring Post ski dogs! You know they're done when they're dancin'. | 5/27/23 June Lake, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1688313134743-XQFA4B1M8T7MX9FE6OTT/2023_HappySnaps_0623.jpg 2023 Spring Squiller and Shannon enjoy sunset and dinner from the comfort of my car. | 5/27/23 Long Valley Caldera, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1688313135179-PI3VZF9WB777H9B9KII3/2023_HappySnaps_0653.jpg 2023 Spring Matt finishes his stint in the RTO relay race. | 6/2/23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1688313136135-TLBUSPXW9DOS45AYDWRL/2023_HappySnaps_0712.jpg 2023 Spring The Tahoe Lake Elementary egg-drop! Seems it was the year of the parachute. | 6/9/23 Tahoe City, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1688313136782-JAI1SM38OTGAO64B93I7/2023_HappySnaps_0732.jpg 2023 Spring I stopped at Badlands National Park on my drive back east, and it did not disappoint. | 6/15/23 Badlands National Park, SD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1688313137306-HN8S20Z2P3B63YPXJFT5/2023_HappySnaps_0782.jpg 2023 Spring Shannon and Squiller find a patch of light on a hike in her hometown. | 6/20/23 Lodi, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1688313138287-4T3VVMNDSDHCJPJNK6QF/2023_HappySnaps_0808.jpg 2023 Spring Best friends Oskar and Squiller at the top of Gibraltar Rock. | 6/20/23 Lodi, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1688313138664-F1HM1D43M8570UDB58ON/2023_HappySnaps_0815.jpg 2023 Spring Shannon crawls out of a hole in the top of Gibraltar Rock. | 6/20/23 Lodi, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1688313139839-MTWVMGAKM7TXBU7FUWVI/2023_HappySnaps_0840.jpg 2023 Spring Janeen, Squiller and Shannon drop into Devil's Lake. | 6/21/23 Lodi, CA https://www.evanleonardphotography.com/2023-yir-1 daily 0.75 2024-02-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1707417888169-E37CNARCCJXA5WF3SJSY/2023_HappySnaps_0060.jpg 2023 YIR 1 - 2023_HappySnaps_0060.jpg Squiller waiting for someone to join him in our lofted bedroom. | 1/12/23 Truckee, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1707417888169-E37CNARCCJXA5WF3SJSY/2023_HappySnaps_0060.jpg 2023 YIR 1 - 2023_HappySnaps_0060.jpg Squiller waiting for someone to join him in our lofted bedroom. | 1/12/23 Truckee, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1707417888841-XYQPN474ZON53U0WR2KN/2023_HappySnaps_0097.jpg 2023 YIR 1 - 2023_HappySnaps_0097.jpg The Tahoe Nordic Search and Rescue Team practices building snow shelters on an overnight trip to the Benson Hut. | 1/28/23 Anderson Peak, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1707417889444-XMRHTNVP4XKCPJFEIMVC/2023_HappySnaps_0098.jpg 2023 YIR 1 - 2023_HappySnaps_0098.jpg Skinning up the Anderson Saddle on the way to an ice climbing pitch. | 1/28/23 Anderson Peak, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1707417889817-NGWXT97GV0JQAFIWAQKD/2023_HappySnaps_0154.jpg 2023 YIR 1 - 2023_HappySnaps_0154.jpg Shannon poses near the Drifter Hut, the high point of my second skate skiing experience. | 2/14/23 Tahoe Donner Cross Country, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1707417890632-8LTHKFJAUR6RJJ4XQFAK/2023_HappySnaps_0165.jpg 2023 YIR 1 - 2023_HappySnaps_0165.jpg Matt conducts a lick test on a rain crust for faceting snow crystals. Results LTN. | 2/17/23 Mt. Rose Ski Area, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1707417891271-S5G5CTU84NK9CY2CUS3Y/2023_HappySnaps_0191.jpg 2023 YIR 1 - 2023_HappySnaps_0191.jpg An avalanche hand charge detonates in the Chutes after yet another storm. | 3/2/23 Mt. Rose Ski Area, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1707417892269-7S3H72ABYCVDCNZGW853/2023_HappySnaps_0194.jpg 2023 YIR 1 - 2023_HappySnaps_0194.jpg Tyler expertly launches a single charge in Hornets Nest. | 3/2/23 Mt. Rose Ski Area, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1707417893108-A12WUER061KMLUUIDCEK/2023_HappySnaps_0219.jpg 2023 YIR 1 - 2023_HappySnaps_0219.jpg Lebowski tears it up at White Pass on a powder day. | 3/13/23 Naches, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1707417893948-XZCBLWITUI7XOJ5LE8S5/2023_HappySnaps_0232.jpg 2023 YIR 1 - 2023_HappySnaps_0232.jpg Lebowski and Grapenut yucking it up in Grapenut's box truck home. | 3/13/23 Naches, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1707417894674-49G64MHLRI3PZ39U4Y6O/2023_HappySnaps_0239.jpg 2023 YIR 1 - 2023_HappySnaps_0239.jpg Grapenut and Lebowski on the bootpack to Hogbaack Mountain at White Pass Ski Area, with Mt. Rainier in the background. | 3/14/23 Naches, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1707417895308-AVE886SEA26FXXLWOM7R/2023_HappySnaps_0249.jpg 2023 YIR 1 - 2023_HappySnaps_0249.jpg Lebowski, Grapenut and myself on Hogback Peak with Mt. Adams and the Goat Rocks in the background. | 3/14/23 Naches, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1707417896503-P9BPFZLLR0YQ4HNXDNM2/2023_HappySnaps_0260.jpg 2023 YIR 1 - 2023_HappySnaps_0260.jpg Grapenut takes a break in one of many thick, moss covered forests in the Cascades. | 3/14/23 Naches, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1707417896838-ASD8KTODA52RUVEDOKKB/2023_HappySnaps_0267.jpg 2023 YIR 1 - 2023_HappySnaps_0267.jpg Lebowski poses in a shack constructed and maintained in secret at White Pass. | 3/15/23 Naches, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1707417897930-EZ0P4WUS413SBE76QWR4/2023_HappySnaps_0272.jpg 2023 YIR 1 - 2023_HappySnaps_0272.jpg Lebowski emerges from a shack at White Pass Ski Area. | 3/15/23 Naches, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1707417898346-H2JX2N2CMJ24T8PZ0E8C/2023_HappySnaps_0317.jpg 2023 YIR 1 - 2023_HappySnaps_0317.jpg Lancelot makes the long trudge up Mt. St. Helens with Mt. Adams in the background. | 3/18/23 Mt. St Helens, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1707417899264-DW3SDOYEM25WQCRRKWPA/2023_HappySnaps_0325.jpg 2023 YIR 1 - 2023_HappySnaps_0325.jpg Lancelot and myself on the sumit of Mt. St. Helens with Mt. Rainier in the background. | 3/18/23 Mt. St Helens, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1707417899602-57DKTPCYYGCXP25LFCGR/2023_HappySnaps_0329.jpg 2023 YIR 1 - 2023_HappySnaps_0329.jpg Julia and David at the summit before setting up the mountain for another powder day. | 3/21/23 Mt. Rose Ski Area, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1707417900350-ZKMTVL3MN55VQHFY07IL/2023_HappySnaps_0336.jpg 2023 YIR 1 - 2023_HappySnaps_0336.jpg Tish on the way to Mt. Rose Summit. | 3/25/23 Mt. Rose, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1707417901273-JCQY6HNKXU49I3MQ47XL/2023_HappySnaps_0351.jpg 2023 YIR 1 - 2023_HappySnaps_0351.jpg Ryan and Elena finally made it over to Mt. Rose for a day of skiing. A day at Rose wouldn't be complete without a ride on North America's only double covered conveyor lift, the "Magic Carpet". | 4/10/23 Mt. Rose Ski Area, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1707417901740-9H6UE7YXGEMMO8E39STT/2023_HappySnaps_0357.jpg 2023 YIR 1 - 2023_HappySnaps_0357.jpg Kevin lunges along the north shore of Lake Tahoe, en route to Rose Knob. | 4/25/23 Rose Knob, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1707417902576-E31IKFLTA0KW3BW6SXXL/2023_HappySnaps_0371.jpg 2023 YIR 1 - 2023_HappySnaps_0371.jpg Shannon and Squiller enjoy the dying light along the shore of Donner Lake. | 4/26/23 Truckee, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1707417904232-0VZAQPZXQJ0Y8GKPQVO2/2023_HappySnaps_0420.jpg 2023 YIR 1 - 2023_HappySnaps_0420.jpg Wendy, almost to the top of Cocaine Chute. | 5/16/23 Lee Vining Canyon, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1707417904235-WZTL7UXROCXNW03E248G/2023_HappySnaps_0424.jpg 2023 YIR 1 - 2023_HappySnaps_0424.jpg Wendy pauses for a contemplative sandwich break. | 5/16/23 Lee Vining Canyon, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1707417905738-IJ3L6LB44HAXS3UD4RA1/2023_HappySnaps_0450.jpg 2023 YIR 1 - 2023_HappySnaps_0450.jpg Ryan enjoys sunset in the desert below the Sherwin Range of the Sierra Nevada. | 5/12/23 Long Valley Caldera, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1707417906312-JFPQOLGHKKNBZNYOI6SI/2023_HappySnaps_0520.jpg 2023 YIR 1 - 2023_HappySnaps_0520.jpg Shannon and Squiller share a moment of love outside Shannon's van. | 5/19/23 Long Valley Caldera, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1707417907157-QQ8D88OXFA8071PCTSAJ/2023_HappySnaps_0524.jpg 2023 YIR 1 - 2023_HappySnaps_0524.jpg Shannon desperately tries to aquire cell signal to research brain eating amoeba, after having heard they may live in the hot spring we just soaked in. | 5/22/23 Long Valley Caldera, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1707417907514-M8E40QNZVAP23FGGM72J/2023_HappySnaps_0571.jpg 2023 YIR 1 - 2023_HappySnaps_0571.jpg Shannon shows off a late night quesadilla. | 5/23/23 Long Valley Caldera, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1707417908570-1TLL0R189LQSW0A7RN9V/2023_HappySnaps_0582.jpg 2023 YIR 1 - 2023_HappySnaps_0582.jpg Taj and Kevin prepare for a spicy ski down Crescent Moon Couloir. | 5/26/23 Carson Pass, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1707417909164-BSY8MIEY88CSX8Y7KRCT/2023_HappySnaps_0623.jpg 2023 YIR 1 - 2023_HappySnaps_0623.jpg Squiller and Shannon enjoy sunset and dinner from the comfort of my car. | 5/27/23 Long Valley Caldera, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1707417910451-3XRRT2WG22ZL1JUBCG2Z/2023_HappySnaps_0653.jpg 2023 YIR 1 - 2023_HappySnaps_0653.jpg Matt finishes his stint in the RTO relay race. | 6/2/23 Tahoe City, CA https://www.evanleonardphotography.com/2023-yir-2 daily 0.75 2024-02-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1707417953252-11A5VTZ3XP6Y8607ZZKN/2023_HappySnaps_0722.jpg 2023 YIR 2 - 2023_HappySnaps_0722.jpg Badlands National Park as seen on my cross country drive back east. | 6/15/23 Wall, SD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1707417953252-11A5VTZ3XP6Y8607ZZKN/2023_HappySnaps_0722.jpg 2023 YIR 2 - 2023_HappySnaps_0722.jpg Badlands National Park as seen on my cross country drive back east. | 6/15/23 Wall, SD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1707417954655-6GIGHIMMFJZ5KDSI9ZM5/2023_HappySnaps_0808.jpg 2023 YIR 2 - 2023_HappySnaps_0808.jpg Best friends Oskar and Squiller at the top of Gibraltar Rock. | 6/20/23 Lodi, WI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1707417956971-3NBO26ZYF44MDSTYYSAK/2023_HappySnaps_0878.jpg 2023 YIR 2 - 2023_HappySnaps_0878.jpg Myself at the southern terminus of the NAHR, a route I came up with that traverses every peak above 4,000 feet in the Northeastern US. | 7/4/23 Keene Valley, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1707417956848-FK8073QU0PE9GZ44IZOI/2023_HappySnaps_0879.jpg 2023 YIR 2 - 2023_HappySnaps_0879.jpg Within minutes of starting the NAHR, a classic northeast thunder storm came in force. | 7/4/23 Adirondack Park, NH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1707417958920-CRXE25SUUJETVS9ANPZD/2023_HappySnaps_0893.jpg 2023 YIR 2 - 2023_HappySnaps_0893.jpg Afternoon storms begin to roll in on the descent from Giant Mountain. | 7/5/23 Adirondack Park, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1707417961548-JIO516UC3N2DEPQRADXE/2023_HappySnaps_0924.jpg 2023 YIR 2 - 2023_HappySnaps_0924.jpg The descent from Dix Mountain in another storm. | 7/21/23 Adirondack Park, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1707417961809-A5CIPUAH5DWKF9DQV2YZ/2023_HappySnaps_0938.jpg 2023 YIR 2 - 2023_HappySnaps_0938.jpg The east slide of The Gothics, one of the most famous peaks in the Adirondacks. | 7/22/23 Adirondack Park, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1707417963221-016UMCU62MNF3ER41W88/2023_HappySnaps_0944.jpg 2023 YIR 2 - 2023_HappySnaps_0944.jpg The Adirondack Trail Crew let me spend the night in their camp, where we spent the evening playing board games and eating undercooked cake. | 7/22/23 Keene Valley, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1707417963899-8D1QJY6Y49SV5ALUD5LZ/2023_HappySnaps_0966.jpg 2023 YIR 2 - 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2023_HappySnaps_1051.jpg Lake Aloha as seen from Cracked Crag. | 9/18/23 Desolation Wilderness, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1707417970829-2V4UVCBSHQ3R7GJJQMEE/2023_HappySnaps_1082.jpg 2023 YIR 2 - 2023_HappySnaps_1082.jpg Sunset over Mosquito Pass. | 9/18/23 Desolation Wilderness, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1707417971893-GVRDVUBNCJBQ5CCC3KTC/2023_HappySnaps_1096.jpg 2023 YIR 2 - 2023_HappySnaps_1096.jpg Eric on the scramble from Jacks to Dicks Peak.| 9/19/23 Desolation Wilderness, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1707417974266-ZZJ4HVZKN0L1D48XLSQ3/2023_HappySnaps_1199.jpg 2023 YIR 2 - 2023_HappySnaps_1199.jpg South Sister as seen on my circumnavigation and summit of the mountain. | 10/5/23 Three Sisters Wilderness, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1707417974250-QR6TJZHJEUEKPXKRRDD9/2023_HappySnaps_1246.jpg 2023 YIR 2 - 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Jefferson, Mt. Hood, and Mt. Adams in the background. | 10/6/23 Three Sisters Wilderness, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1707417979970-8YSWOZ5PY12KW7Z0RF90/2023_HappySnaps_1318.jpg 2023 YIR 2 - 2023_HappySnaps_1318.jpg Wendy and Devin observe the Annular Solar Eclipse. Also worth observing is Devin's haircut, expertly cut by me. | 10/13/23 Klamath Falls, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1707417980878-6ZTS6S9F89KTOECNBPQG/2023_HappySnaps_1323.jpg 2023 YIR 2 - 2023_HappySnaps_1323.jpg Matt was truly enamored by the eclipse. | 10/13/23 Klamath Falls, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1707417981161-F7304SCBMQGS5STJUQEO/2023_HappySnaps_1387.jpg 2023 YIR 2 - 2023_HappySnaps_1387.jpg The Annular Solar Eclipse of 2023 in full "Ring of Fire". | 10/13/23 Klamath Falls, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1707417977731-KEGRZNYVKHK0FCVR7AWI/2023_HappySnaps_1306.jpg 2023 YIR 2 - 2023_HappySnaps_1306.jpg Squiller enjoys the last of the days sunlight from the comfort of Shannon's Van. | 10/23/23 Sierra Buttes, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1707417979053-S36TQNRSDXP6IJG4WBH4/2023_HappySnaps_1311.jpg 2023 YIR 2 - 2023_HappySnaps_1311.jpg A late season boating excursion! | 10/27/23 Tahoe City, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1707417982577-2HTZ3Y7WM98QP7RYR3L8/2023_HappySnaps_1410.jpg 2023 YIR 2 - 2023_HappySnaps_1410.jpg Mt. Rose at first light as seen from the Lakeview chairlift. | 11/20/23 Mt. Rose Ski Area, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1707417983247-6BNE82YMFJ4FD8QCLSC9/2023_HappySnaps_1429.jpg 2023 YIR 2 - 2023_HappySnaps_1429.jpg Matt works on some early morning hill maintenance projects. | 12/28/23 Mt. Rose Ski Area, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1707417984292-VQA2B8QYE3EAFTYAGPEA/2023_HappySnaps_1431.jpg 2023 YIR 2 - 2023_HappySnaps_1431.jpg Mt. Rose as seen while sweeping the mountain at the end of the day. | 12/28/23 Mt. Rose Ski Area, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1707417985134-N6CMPD50TOWFQJOVJJNX/2023_HappySnaps_1438.jpg 2023 YIR 2 - 2023_HappySnaps_1438.jpg The rookies learn pop fence repair during a storm. | 12/30/23 Mt. Rose Ski Area, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1707417985537-8HOMD85TFC6784GBRV4Q/2023_HappySnaps_1443.jpg 2023 YIR 2 - 2023_HappySnaps_1443.jpg Devin poses in the early morning locker room light. | 12/31/23 Mt. Rose Ski Area, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1707417986304-IAC0D8OXVGH2HDO0628G/2023_HappySnaps_1448.jpg 2023 YIR 2 - 2023_HappySnaps_1448.jpg New Years Eve fireworks on the mountain. | 12/31/23 Mt. Rose Ski Area, NV https://www.evanleonardphotography.com/2024-yir-1 daily 0.75 2025-05-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584439430-FMZHUCHWWZVKTN6YCWE1/2024_HappySnaps_0005.jpg 2024 YIR 1 - 2024_HappySnaps_0005.jpg Matt enjoys a bubbly while waiting for the helicopter to return after we were asked to respond to a backcountry avalanche near the resort. | 1/14/24 Mt. Rose Ski Area, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584439430-FMZHUCHWWZVKTN6YCWE1/2024_HappySnaps_0005.jpg 2024 YIR 1 - 2024_HappySnaps_0005.jpg Matt enjoys a bubbly while waiting for the helicopter to return after we were asked to respond to a backcountry avalanche near the resort. | 1/14/24 Mt. Rose Ski Area, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584441326-M3VA17QZDPW8UIPBF5IX/2024_HappySnaps_0039.jpg 2024 YIR 1 - 2024_HappySnaps_0039.jpg Tahoe Nordic Search and Rescue on a terrain familiarization training at Palisades Tahoe. | 1/23/24 Olympic Valley, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584443511-VO9FUHMFXMGJ1EJQRT0V/2024_HappySnaps_0056.jpg 2024 YIR 1 - 2024_HappySnaps_0056.jpg Austin expertly navigating a narrow chute on Peak 8,569. | 1/29/24 Pole Creek Canyon, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584445320-NENEA6WR3F5NBFZI5SCG/2024_HappySnaps_0064.jpg 2024 YIR 1 - 2024_HappySnaps_0064.jpg Niccolo plays with Carmen after a successful avalanche scenario. | 1/30/24 Mt. Rose Ski Area, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584449179-BYOF2SD3MCCNP05758C9/2024_HappySnaps_0106.jpg 2024 YIR 1 - 2024_HappySnaps_0106.jpg Kevin and Dad prepare for a small ford on the Allegheny Trail. | 5/14/24 Durbin, WV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584451643-LLKT6NZSXHN3HEWX7I9R/2024_HappySnaps_0110.jpg 2024 YIR 1 - 2024_HappySnaps_0110.jpg The southern terminus of the Manhattan Approach, and the beginning of the North Appalachian High Route. | Day 1 5/22/24 Manhattan, New York https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584453465-MMXSS2K3NNLYY2OUZXX0/2024_HappySnaps_0142.jpg 2024 YIR 1 - 2024_HappySnaps_0142.jpg A delightful field just before dropping into Unionville, NY. | Day 6 5/27/24 Unionville, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584455740-NZ1JPHH9K892I3GE5QXY/2024_HappySnaps_0155.jpg 2024 YIR 1 - 2024_HappySnaps_0155.jpg The view north from the Shawangunk Ridge in a burn area. | Day 16 6/6/24 Minnewaska State Park Preserve, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584458314-JT7LHH4WYAQUOFNRMMMI/2024_HappySnaps_0189.jpg 2024 YIR 1 - 2024_HappySnaps_0189.jpg Looking north from the summit of Slide Mountain, the first 4,000 footer of the NAHR. | Day 19 6/9/24 Catskill State Park, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584459636-RBM3D2ZH4AIK51EGKS3P/2024_HappySnaps_0211.jpg 2024 YIR 1 - 2024_HappySnaps_0211.jpg After I left Rockland Cider Works, which was closed when I passed by, the cider I had asked for to take on the road was never given to me. The wonderful bar manager realized after I left and intercepted me on my next road walk to drop off the can. Who knew peanut butter cider could be so good! | Day 24 6/14/24 Gilboa, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584462281-O95WG53998FGQ80X5S4W/2024_HappySnaps_0225.jpg 2024 YIR 1 - 2024_HappySnaps_0225.jpg My campsite, provided by the wonderful family that owns the Sap Brush Hollow Cafe. | Day 25 6/15/24 West Fulton, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584465452-85ZZCZU3QE3DDCWDMB22/2024_HappySnaps_0247.jpg 2024 YIR 1 - 2024_HappySnaps_0247.jpg A wonderful series of farms and barns kept me somewhat entertained on my 80 mile road walk to Northville. | Day 35 6/25/24 West Charlton, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584467405-3K8QAGXK4QMP2MIXEUZ1/2024_HappySnaps_0251.jpg 2024 YIR 1 - 2024_HappySnaps_0251.jpg A wonderful local gave me a beer to take to camp for the night. | Day 35 6/25/24 Lake Desolation, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584469382-0XR37YZ9XNU93V0DZA03/2024_HappySnaps_0254.jpg 2024 YIR 1 - 2024_HappySnaps_0254.jpg Northville, New York marks the end of the New York Long Path and the start of the Northville Placid Trail. | Day 36 6/26/24 Northville, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584471924-SVQI8OR5BQATDEB4NDDH/2024_HappySnaps_0258.jpg 2024 YIR 1 - 2024_HappySnaps_0258.jpg My campsite along the North Branch of West Stony Creek. | Day 37 6/27/24 Adirondack Park, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584473761-J1M0TFTSYLA0BMY1DUVQ/2024_HappySnaps_0264.jpg 2024 YIR 1 - 2024_HappySnaps_0264.jpg The NAHR follows the North Country National Scenic Trail for a couple of days. The NCT is not well travelled, nor does it boast spectacular maintenance. | Day 41 7/1/24 Adirondack Park, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584475908-HBH0VT3V1ADFHPF7TSRH/2024_HappySnaps_0274.jpg 2024 YIR 1 - 2024_HappySnaps_0274.jpg The view from the summit of Rocky Ridge Peak, looking north into the Adirondack High Peaks. | Day 43 7/3/24 Adirondack Park, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584477316-OXGCVJVTJTNIV7SUW1HO/2024_HappySnaps_0281.jpg 2024 YIR 1 - 2024_HappySnaps_0281.jpg Giant Washbowl at sunset after a massive day of vert. | Day 43 7/3/24 Adirondack Park, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584479625-ZZY67U80FB1CSS9G6QWJ/2024_HappySnaps_0289.jpg 2024 YIR 1 - 2024_HappySnaps_0289.jpg The final view on my third attempt of the NAHR, looking north toward the Great Range. This year though, I left because I just wasn't having fun. As it turns out, I've been spoiled by the west coast and as beautiful as this view is, I wanted to be in bigger mountains with the person I love. | Day 45 7/5/24 Adirondack Park, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584481716-QPZ8ZD8ACFMV6AKFQF3M/2024_HappySnaps_0294.jpg 2024 YIR 1 - 2024_HappySnaps_0294.jpg Shannon dons mosquito equipment while taking a break at the only water for 17 miles. | Day 50 7/10/24 Winema National Forest, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584484257-Y8D6INDUUXEIMIWNEP2P/2024_HappySnaps_0299.jpg 2024 YIR 1 - 2024_HappySnaps_0299.jpg Shannon takes in the view while cooking dinner. | Day 50 7/10/24 Rogue River National Forest, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584486368-8G4Z6PSGZRXPC0MW7CKQ/2024_HappySnaps_0315.jpg 2024 YIR 1 - 2024_HappySnaps_0315.jpg Shannon and I begin the Crater Lake Rim Trail. | Day 53 7/13/24 Crater Lake National Park, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584488572-UUONN384SB9X4T08A857/2024_HappySnaps_0327.jpg 2024 YIR 1 - 2024_HappySnaps_0327.jpg Shannon finds a patch of sun just before getting to camp. | Day 53 7/13/24 Crater Lake National Park, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584491420-FNB7QP6DZT3I5T7ZFLA8/2024_HappySnaps_0331.jpg 2024 YIR 1 - 2024_HappySnaps_0331.jpg Mt. Thielson, one of the dozens of volcanoes the PCT touches. | Day 54 7/14/24 Mt. Thielson Wilderness, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584493693-7BARACLOCC23N7TSRW7G/2024_HappySnaps_0334.jpg 2024 YIR 1 - 2024_HappySnaps_0334.jpg Shannon moseys across a snowfield on the flank of Mt. Thielson. | Day 54 7/14/24 Mt. Thielson Wilderness, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584495618-XIJFUBIM73VJCII32J44/2024_HappySnaps_0341.jpg 2024 YIR 1 - 2024_HappySnaps_0341.jpg Shannon takes cover under my tarp during the first rainfall in weeks. Unfortuantely, the lightning strikes that resulted would eventually close hundreds of miles of trail. | Day 56 7/16/24 Deschutes National Forest, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584496792-5U72CRKXXVB13GX4R6XM/2024_HappySnaps_0362.jpg 2024 YIR 1 - 2024_HappySnaps_0362.jpg Shannon brushes her teeth in full view of the public on the Amtrak. | Day 64 7/24/24 Chemult, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584498812-GDCY84P4HA0RL5B3ZR55/2024_HappySnaps_0365.jpg 2024 YIR 1 - 2024_HappySnaps_0365.jpg Shannon poses in the fading light as thick smoke blows in from a nearby wildfire. | Day 66 7/26/24 Deschutes National Forest, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584501296-SOAB7B78AFII2CWEB9G7/2024_HappySnaps_0375.jpg 2024 YIR 1 - 2024_HappySnaps_0375.jpg The trail passes through a moonscape after fires in 2017 and then 2020 burned through Charlton Lake. | Day 67 7/27/24 Deschutes National Forest, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584502616-C1ASTQ7XLZJ3AWU1QSBY/2024_HappySnaps_0376.jpg 2024 YIR 1 - 2024_HappySnaps_0376.jpg Shannon poses while waiting for dinner to rehydrate at Brahma Lake. | Day 67 7/27/24 Three Sisters Wilderness, OR https://www.evanleonardphotography.com/2024-yir-2 daily 0.75 2025-05-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584527618-TSPIDFEE0EQWQ9A26IGR/2024_HappySnaps_0388.jpg 2024 YIR 2 - 2024_HappySnaps_0388.jpg Shannon takes a dip during lunch. | Day 68 7/28/24 Three Sisters Wilderness, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584527618-TSPIDFEE0EQWQ9A26IGR/2024_HappySnaps_0388.jpg 2024 YIR 2 - 2024_HappySnaps_0388.jpg Shannon takes a dip during lunch. | Day 68 7/28/24 Three Sisters Wilderness, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584529917-K6AL2FWYHFRUPTAMAS38/2024_HappySnaps_0411.jpg 2024 YIR 2 - 2024_HappySnaps_0411.jpg Shannon plays the part of friendly hitchiker while leaving Sisters. | Day 71 7/31/24 Sisters, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584532272-5MI6QU7FAIFFF2CPDPC8/2024_HappySnaps_0414.jpg 2024 YIR 2 - 2024_HappySnaps_0414.jpg Looking south at the Three Sisters from Belknap Crater. | Day 71 7/31/24 Mt. Jefferson Wilderness, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584534201-SX4DS8P9KAA9PU9XILAI/2024_HappySnaps_0420.jpg 2024 YIR 2 - 2024_HappySnaps_0420.jpg Mt. Jefferson as seen from the beautiful Jefferson Park. | Day 75 8/4/24 Mt. Jefferson Wilderness, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584536549-4BF4J4OKGXR1V6CXR9QX/2024_HappySnaps_0430.jpg 2024 YIR 2 - 2024_HappySnaps_0430.jpg Shannon takes a dip in Head Lake. | Day 75 8/4/24 Ollalie Lake, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584538981-1JK7F6YVBIYMIOEG3H7V/2024_HappySnaps_0439.jpg 2024 YIR 2 - 2024_HappySnaps_0439.jpg Mt. Hood as seen from the banks of the mighty Sandy River. | Day 79 8/8/24 Mt. Hood Wilderness, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584541767-LN517JK0P3X8ACUGBVY5/2024_HappySnaps_0464.jpg 2024 YIR 2 - 2024_HappySnaps_0464.jpg Shannon waits for the bus with a teddy bear that she found on the trail, and hiked out in the name of Leave No Trace. | Day 89 8/18/24 Frisco, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584543699-NF19VG0PUHM9VFDSRVT2/2024_HappySnaps_0466.jpg 2024 YIR 2 - 2024_HappySnaps_0466.jpg Shannon poses with her birthday doughnut tower in a very quaint hotel room. | Day 89 8/18/24 Frisco, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584545378-W7UI3FU85QPDFHLHUJ2A/2024_HappySnaps_0470.jpg 2024 YIR 2 - 2024_HappySnaps_0470.jpg Niccolo, a coworker and dear friend enjoys a doughnut leftover from Shannon's birthday doughnut tower on the bus to the Whole Foods. Niccolo was about halfway done with his thru-hike of the CDT when we met up with him. | Day 90 8/19/24 Frisco, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584548056-GNG12FZZOFLX0BO72R3T/2024_HappySnaps_0471.jpg 2024 YIR 2 - 2024_HappySnaps_0471.jpg Niccolo, Shannon and I pose on a bench outside of the REI while munching on some high quality town food. | Day 90 8/19/24 Silverthorne, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584549198-NX90BDH9C4OFDSSH6TRV/2024_HappySnaps_0480.jpg 2024 YIR 2 - 2024_HappySnaps_0480.jpg Bjorn tends to the "first fire of winter" on a stormy day at his house in Leadville. Niccolo continued on the CDT from Frisco and met us in town, just in time to avoid the rain. | Day 92 8/21/24 Leadville, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584551101-3V7XYLDEZ1GDOL4LGP9V/2024_HappySnaps_0499.jpg 2024 YIR 2 - 2024_HappySnaps_0499.jpg Shannon trying to be the newest Dr. Bronners backcountry rep. | Day 94 8/23/24 Roosevelt National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584553459-UQ4TS1AHLFE45GTSPKKC/2024_HappySnaps_0510.jpg 2024 YIR 2 - 2024_HappySnaps_0510.jpg Shannon is tempted by an aisle of cookies, despite the ziploc bag of healthy leaves in her hand. | Day 96 8/25/24 Winter Park, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584556930-IKQJ08FXBEBVWJS9WG3B/2024_HappySnaps_0521.jpg 2024 YIR 2 - 2024_HappySnaps_0521.jpg Shannon ascends a ridgeline on the Continental Divide. | Day 97 8/26/24 Arapaho National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584559295-6SZYM4CALNBODKHC56H1/2024_HappySnaps_0554.jpg 2024 YIR 2 - 2024_HappySnaps_0554.jpg Shannon, Bjorn and I before we departed for the next stretch. | Day 100 8/29/24 Leadville, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584560989-WT6A7JAOHTG4AW75M3M6/2024_HappySnaps_0557.jpg 2024 YIR 2 - 2024_HappySnaps_0557.jpg Shannon enjoys one of the dozen hard boiled eggs she packed out while hitchhiking to Cottonwood Pass. | Day 100 8/29/24 Twin Lakes, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584562610-WG8ZTSHI6DZZDSJ5IIFB/2024_HappySnaps_0571.jpg 2024 YIR 2 - 2024_HappySnaps_0571.jpg Shannon shows off that beautiful smile! | Day 100 8/29/24 San Isabel National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584564983-35P3AJCGPC9TSSIQYUBL/2024_HappySnaps_0578.jpg 2024 YIR 2 - 2024_HappySnaps_0578.jpg Upper and Lower Hancock Lakes. | Day 101 8/30/24 San Isabel National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584566774-E3J5KJHGU34VJXMV2NSL/2024_HappySnaps_0589.jpg 2024 YIR 2 - 2024_HappySnaps_0589.jpg Shannon and Lebowski prance in the Western Colorado University parking lot. | Day 102 8/31/24 Gunnison, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584569390-8GUF8SQ4CM38F9V5M8K3/2024_HappySnaps_0592.jpg 2024 YIR 2 - 2024_HappySnaps_0592.jpg Lebowski poses on the Paradise Divide. | Day 103 9/1/24 White River National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584572423-EZMETXQGH5DEYNJAEI0M/2024_HappySnaps_0635.jpg 2024 YIR 2 - 2024_HappySnaps_0635.jpg Per Lebowskis request, we try to pose on the shore of Yule Lake. | Day 104 9/2/24 White River National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584575386-YG03KZHTVMFE6527YU5K/2024_HappySnaps_0656.jpg 2024 YIR 2 - 2024_HappySnaps_0656.jpg Shannon broke Lebowskis prized backyard chair. | Day 106 9/4/24 Gunnison, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584577638-77RZGR9R08SOIXLE437B/2024_HappySnaps_0665.jpg 2024 YIR 2 - 2024_HappySnaps_0665.jpg Elk Creek Canyon. | Day 108 9/6/24 Weminuche Wilderness, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584579023-4ISXOFO9GGI7CQL93VGA/2024_HappySnaps_0676.jpg 2024 YIR 2 - 2024_HappySnaps_0676.jpg Shannon poses at the entrance to an abandoned mine shaft. | Day 108 9/6/24 Weminuche Wilderness, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584580829-XQRMSXZESRU6U3XSLI89/2024_HappySnaps_0685.jpg 2024 YIR 2 - 2024_HappySnaps_0685.jpg Twin Sisters at sunset. | Day 109 9/7/24 San Juan National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584583377-5VN26DABDFYVZ2SOQCWA/2024_HappySnaps_0700.jpg 2024 YIR 2 - 2024_HappySnaps_0700.jpg The Animas River as seen on our ride on the Durango-Silverton Narrow Guage Railroad. | Day 114 9/12/24 San Juan National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584586330-8G9JNJGTBJW3J846MGY0/2024_HappySnaps_0733.jpg 2024 YIR 2 - 2024_HappySnaps_0733.jpg Shannon makes one of the final climbs of the day out of Spencer Basin. | Day 115 9/13/24 San Jaun National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584589494-XTKIUJTGPO000VTY1RJH/2024_HappySnaps_0746.jpg 2024 YIR 2 - 2024_HappySnaps_0746.jpg Shannon atop Trinity Lake Pass. | Day 116 9/14/24 San Jaun National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584592209-ZGTP8IG6V1WXK5LXCMTH/2024_HappySnaps_0826.jpg 2024 YIR 2 - 2024_HappySnaps_0826.jpg Shannon enjoys the view from the top of our climb up a sub peak of Windom Peak. | Day 117 9/15/24 San Jaun National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584594816-U83GO3R7IAX6T4IEX964/2024_HappySnaps_0845.jpg 2024 YIR 2 - 2024_HappySnaps_0845.jpg Peak 13,472 towers above the Chicago Basin. | Day 117 9/15/24 San Jaun National Forest, CO https://www.evanleonardphotography.com/2024-yir-20 daily 0.75 2025-02-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584660794-FMGMGYGXMUW1J6ZE6T5L/2024_HappySnaps_0005.jpg 2024 YIR 20 - 2024_HappySnaps_0005.jpg Matt enjoys a bubbly while waiting for the helicopter to return after we were asked to respond to a backcountry avalanche near the resort. | 1/14/24 Mt. Rose Ski Area, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584660794-FMGMGYGXMUW1J6ZE6T5L/2024_HappySnaps_0005.jpg 2024 YIR 20 - 2024_HappySnaps_0005.jpg Matt enjoys a bubbly while waiting for the helicopter to return after we were asked to respond to a backcountry avalanche near the resort. | 1/14/24 Mt. Rose Ski Area, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584662470-E2Y7VG2PQATK4D8Z7DZ8/2024_HappySnaps_0064.jpg 2024 YIR 20 - 2024_HappySnaps_0064.jpg Niccolo plays with Carmen after a successful avalanche scenario. | 1/30/24 Mt. Rose Ski Area, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584665241-MX43EAFHKOD583W1XGNM/2024_HappySnaps_0110.jpg 2024 YIR 20 - 2024_HappySnaps_0110.jpg The southern terminus of the Manhattan Approach, and the beginning of the North Appalachian High Route. | Day 1 5/22/24 Manhattan, New York https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584667779-5TX7HD81F8M3I0KVIUIE/2024_HappySnaps_0258.jpg 2024 YIR 20 - 2024_HappySnaps_0258.jpg My campsite along the North Branch of West Stony Creek. | Day 37 6/27/24 Adirondack Park, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584669681-DRBJJ587HF2Z7SC1DR7V/2024_HappySnaps_0274.jpg 2024 YIR 20 - 2024_HappySnaps_0274.jpg The view from the summit of Rocky Ridge Peak, looking north into the Adirondack High Peaks. | Day 43 7/3/24 Adirondack Park, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584671770-FD0NYT7ICSGUXFP1KING/2024_HappySnaps_0294.jpg 2024 YIR 20 - 2024_HappySnaps_0294.jpg Shannon dons mosquito equipment while taking a break at the only water for 17 miles. | Day 50 7/10/24 Winema National Forest, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584673850-U5EABR7QIK53BX8170ZX/2024_HappySnaps_0315.jpg 2024 YIR 20 - 2024_HappySnaps_0315.jpg Shannon and I begin the Crater Lake Rim Trail. | Day 53 7/13/24 Crater Lake National Park, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584676102-G79JVJNT43WYV4K0EXET/2024_HappySnaps_0334.jpg 2024 YIR 20 - 2024_HappySnaps_0334.jpg Shannon moseys across a snowfield on the flank of Mt. Thielson. | Day 54 7/14/24 Mt. Thielson Wilderness, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584678354-VHLJZJQOA2QB6OTDC8Y3/2024_HappySnaps_0411.jpg 2024 YIR 20 - 2024_HappySnaps_0411.jpg Shannon plays the part of friendly hitchiker while leaving Sisters. | Day 71 7/31/24 Sisters, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584680266-D9U35W15K7PVSV8FHANS/2024_HappySnaps_0420.jpg 2024 YIR 20 - 2024_HappySnaps_0420.jpg Mt. Jefferson as seen from the beautiful Jefferson Park. | Day 75 8/4/24 Mt. Jefferson Wilderness, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584682915-AHLFMZULAHJV3X4RUG63/2024_HappySnaps_0439.jpg 2024 YIR 20 - 2024_HappySnaps_0439.jpg Mt. Hood as seen from the banks of the mighty Sandy River. | Day 79 8/8/24 Mt. Hood Wilderness, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584685341-GAJOL7S84SKXBCZ0N5CF/2024_HappySnaps_0471.jpg 2024 YIR 20 - 2024_HappySnaps_0471.jpg Niccolo, Shannon and I pose on a bench outside of the REI while munching on some high quality town food. | Day 90 8/19/24 Silverthorne, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584686481-CVL5SKYWVKT75YGUT6RP/2024_HappySnaps_0480.jpg 2024 YIR 20 - 2024_HappySnaps_0480.jpg Bjorn tends to the "first fire of winter" on a stormy day at his house in Leadville. Niccolo continued on the CDT from Frisco and met us in town, just in time to avoid the rain. | Day 92 8/21/24 Leadville, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584688794-VV1H7YAKB2GZKA3UETLG/2024_HappySnaps_0510.jpg 2024 YIR 20 - 2024_HappySnaps_0510.jpg Shannon is tempted by an aisle of cookies, despite the ziploc bag of healthy leaves in her hand. | Day 96 8/25/24 Winter Park, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584690554-5SN9974OPZYVRS1C5UE2/2024_HappySnaps_0557.jpg 2024 YIR 20 - 2024_HappySnaps_0557.jpg Shannon enjoys one of the dozen hard boiled eggs she packed out while hitchhiking to Cottonwood Pass. | Day 100 8/29/24 Twin Lakes, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584692263-5Z43NVQEFSKAP6MYKMJJ/2024_HappySnaps_0571.jpg 2024 YIR 20 - 2024_HappySnaps_0571.jpg Shannon shows off that beautiful smile! | Day 100 8/29/24 San Isabel National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584694456-2S7ZYAH25WTCX82VO7BC/2024_HappySnaps_0665.jpg 2024 YIR 20 - 2024_HappySnaps_0665.jpg Elk Creek Canyon. | Day 108 9/6/24 Weminuche Wilderness, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584695829-34YKP2YNQTP2NUPXKVOH/2024_HappySnaps_0676.jpg 2024 YIR 20 - 2024_HappySnaps_0676.jpg Shannon poses at the entrance to an abandoned mine shaft. | Day 108 9/6/24 Weminuche Wilderness, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584698356-YTGVI1UH72TLO4ZPTRF3/2024_HappySnaps_0700.jpg 2024 YIR 20 - 2024_HappySnaps_0700.jpg The Animas River as seen on our ride on the Durango-Silverton Narrow Guage Railroad. | Day 114 9/12/24 San Juan National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584700938-8H4RY6KDY07H5N4VHTCC/2024_HappySnaps_0845.jpg 2024 YIR 20 - 2024_HappySnaps_0845.jpg Peak 13,472 towers above the Chicago Basin. | Day 117 9/15/24 San Jaun National Forest, CO https://www.evanleonardphotography.com/2024-yir-extended daily 0.75 2025-02-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585090668-KOVH3ENP81F4PWOFDO6J/2024_HappySnaps_0003.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0003.jpg Wendy and Andrew pause to enjoy the view while on an avalanche mitigation route. | 1/7/24 Mt. 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Rose Ski Area, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585095949-TDQ4XXEYT8H7N48E8WL2/2024_HappySnaps_0021.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0021.jpg Matt and Taj before dropping in on one of the first true storm days of the season. | 1/22/24 Mt. Rose Ski Area, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585096909-SDSS47JJPAICNAPC4ZF8/2024_HappySnaps_0023.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0023.jpg Matt gazes longingly at the outdoors while holding coverage in the patrol shack. | 1/22/24 Mt. Rose Ski Area, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585098943-7JLC9CCF5ZSZJ4L6HWV4/2024_HappySnaps_0027.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0027.jpg The view towards Lyon Peak from Granite Chief. | 1/23/24 Olympic Valley, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585100796-4L2O5LCN6YKKCBV61JXX/2024_HappySnaps_0039.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0039.jpg Tahoe Nordic Search and Rescue on a terrain familiarization training at Palisades Tahoe. | 1/23/24 Olympic Valley, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585103022-31G4UCH9PHYO17C9OUP6/2024_HappySnaps_0046.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0046.jpg Skinning up Silver Peak on an overnight hut trip to the Bradley Hut with the Tahoe Nordic Search and Rescue Team. | 1/28/24 Pole Creek Canyon, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585104815-5PX05FB2VWW0TBVOY6D7/2024_HappySnaps_0049.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0049.jpg Austin enjoys a mid-tour banana in the morning sunshine. | 1/29/24 Pole Creek Canyon, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585107344-HCKF2W6S2P1V161Y0ZHX/2024_HappySnaps_0055.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0055.jpg Austin after summitting Peak 8,569 on an overnight ski tour. | 1/29/24 Pole Creek Canyon, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585109460-I5KQX297VE0WAW6738QM/2024_HappySnaps_0056.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0056.jpg Austin expertly navigating a narrow chute on Peak 8,569. | 1/29/24 Pole Creek Canyon, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585111097-2G8YJLLGTZZ0E7NKYKX7/2024_HappySnaps_0064.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0064.jpg Niccolo plays with Carmen after a successful avalanche scenario. | 1/30/24 Mt. Rose Ski Area, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585113570-MFJ9N91N1CHEFEBH39KJ/2024_HappySnaps_0067.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0067.jpg Andrew just after throwing a shot in Beehive with Washoe Lake in the background. | 2/5/24 Mt. Rose Ski Area, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585115403-FH4XO6E0NNEYHFGDL109/2024_HappySnaps_0070.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0070.jpg Court pauses at the top of Wildcard during sweep to wait for some jump-building knuckledraggers to vacate the premises. | 2/11/24 Mt. Rose Ski Area, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585117994-2MMICIWQIG8Y3DJSCHKF/2024_HappySnaps_0075.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0075.jpg Devin Fairbanks, one of our best men who soon left us to work a big-boy structure fire job. | 2/11/24 Mt. Rose Ski Area, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585122057-0XDF6DV1BAZZ7EFCF2XA/2024_HappySnaps_0081.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0081.jpg Kevin and Taj enjoy the lake views during my first ski at Homewood Ski Area. | 2/27/24 Homewood, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585123992-1C74GM9GY9CFK5YLKH5V/2024_HappySnaps_0082.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0082.jpg South Lake Tahoe as seen from the top of Homewood Ski Area. | 2/27/24 Homewood, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585127291-S5DPZ5HGWT8G8UR8MPS8/2024_HappySnaps_0091.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0091.jpg David at the bottom of the Chutes after a successful mitigation route. | 3/5/24 Mt. Rose Ski Area, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585128650-XSQHMOGRIW56P2DYH5YB/2024_HappySnaps_0095.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0095.jpg Shannon reads me a story from our temporary home, kindly offered to us by my coworker and local legend, Kevin Devine. | 4/23/24 Incline Village, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585131935-GD24WS6MMXNQDMRIAA8N/2024_HappySnaps_0101.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0101.jpg Kevin and Dad prepare for a small ford on the Allegheny Trail. | 5/14/24 Durbin, WV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585135844-1SYQ0MR5RNGCLCDUDJPR/2024_HappySnaps_0106.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0106.jpg Kevin and Dad prepare for a small ford on the Allegheny Trail. | 5/14/24 Durbin, WV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585138898-WV8WTYHMUP8SSAMWN0JV/2024_HappySnaps_0107.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0107.jpg Gabriel cruises through a Rhododendron tunnel on the Allegheney Trail. | 5/14/24 Durbin, WV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585141843-DYAJ6F4ZPCIJC9NXSOSR/2024_HappySnaps_0110.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0110.jpg The southern terminus of the Manhattan Approach, and the beginning of the North Appalachian High Route. | Day 1 5/22/24 Manhattan, New York https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585144000-PN3VUPR1DUN4BUN7ASTB/2024_HappySnaps_0112.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0112.jpg The George Washington Bridge, and the first crossing of the Hudson on the NAHR. | Day 1 5/22/24 Manhattan, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585145830-R4I626M53PJQYTYROQT2/2024_HappySnaps_0114.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0114.jpg The Hudson as seen from the G.W. Bridge. | Day 1 5/22/24 Manhattan, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585148024-KC47GB6LHK0HUU59NSJ5/2024_HappySnaps_0116.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0116.jpg The G.W. Bridge. | Day 1 5/22/24 Manhattan, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585149329-D2JX8UGWCW1TMEM2FW2M/2024_HappySnaps_0121.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0121.jpg Looking back at Manhattan from the G.W. Bridge. | Day 1 5/22/24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585151884-1E7DERT31UB31WKFIIZZ/2024_HappySnaps_0123.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0123.jpg The New York Long Path begins at the far end of the G.W. Bridge. I would follow the NYLP for its entire 340 mile length. | Day 1 5/22/24 Fort Lee, NJ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585154768-Q8FO9A01115DLFGZET19/2024_HappySnaps_0124.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0124.jpg The start of the New York Long Path. | Day 1 5/22/24 Fort Lee, NJ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585157483-EXMLRNFHV8V6GXPJWSSY/2024_HappySnaps_0125.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0125.jpg The New York Long Path begins at the far end of the G.W. Bridge. I would follow the NYLP for its entire 340 mile length, becoming the 36th person to thru-hike it. | Day 1 5/22/24 Fort Lee, NJ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585159716-I3QVKHT2N2TQJX7LVWSU/2024_HappySnaps_0126.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0126.jpg Manhattan and the G.W. Bridge. | Day 1 5/22/24 Fort Lee, NJ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585162374-NRYX04HTS3FACVKRV3RU/2024_HappySnaps_0127.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0127.jpg The view from atop The Palisades. | Day 1 5/22/24 Piermont, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585164869-XSR6VONWP7R3OHSQI7CA/2024_HappySnaps_0130.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0130.jpg Looking South down the Hudson and the Tappan Zee Bridge. | Day 2 5/23/24 Nyack, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585167511-WDCD59IRYMJPD3GSP7C2/2024_HappySnaps_0131.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0131.jpg Big Hill Shelter, and the first legal camping in the 45 miles since leaving Manhattan. | Day 2 5/23/24 Harriman State Park, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585169703-S67NM4MNEMVL4H8W5DV6/2024_HappySnaps_0132.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0132.jpg The final, faint view of Manhattan on the NAHR. | Day 2 5/23/24 Harriman State Park, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585171276-FVGG8OA0BYQ5V38ASST7/2024_HappySnaps_0133.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0133.jpg Island Pond, just after joining the Appalachian Trail. | Day 3 5/24/24 Harriman State Park, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585174009-SFQFFH9KT3OM7EM23B92/2024_HappySnaps_0135.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0135.jpg A rocky outcropping on the summit of Bellvale Mountain. | Day 4 5/25/24 Greenwood Lake, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585177066-JF4QZGITE2NTD6DORJ0W/2024_HappySnaps_0138.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0138.jpg The NY/NJ state line. Back into New Jersey for a couple of days! | Day 5 5/26/24 Greenwood Lake, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585179429-O1C86TMNRJTW881TBEQJ/2024_HappySnaps_0141.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0141.jpg A delightful field just before dropping into Unionville, NY. | Day 6 5/27/24 Unionville, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585181161-0FGWG7978YTO5JDY3PMC/2024_HappySnaps_0142.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0142.jpg A delightful field just before dropping into Unionville, NY. | Day 6 5/27/24 Unionville, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585184382-9SEI3Z0F0E1EYROJDXCO/2024_HappySnaps_0144.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0144.jpg Camping in the town park, a welcome respite from some serious plantar fasciitis and the rain. | Day 6 5/27/24 Unionville, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585187023-J1GJM2XGL22PUA75KIFT/2024_HappySnaps_0145.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0145.jpg The High Point State Park monument, the highest point in New Jersey at 1,802'. | Day 9 5/30/24 Port Jervis, NJ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585189475-J6MVTI2HOZFC038J6HLG/2024_HappySnaps_0146.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0146.jpg The view north along the Shawangunk Ridge from High Point State Park | Day 9 5/30/24 Port Jervis, NJ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585193046-5AKHCC0CAXB44R400PB1/2024_HappySnaps_0151.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0151.jpg Based on the map, I thought I was supposed to walk the railroad tracks themselves, but was very excited to find an old road along the side of them. | Day 15 6/5/24 Shin Hollow, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585195323-A9PNQDECU5J3UAIMD0UP/2024_HappySnaps_0153.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0153.jpg The Basher Kill. | Day 15 6/5/24 Westbrookville, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585197700-0FGKG8K35HEPH92WWO0K/2024_HappySnaps_0155.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0155.jpg The view north from the Shawangunk Ridge in a burn area. | Day 16 6/6/24 Minnewaska State Park Preserve, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585199834-MGRTU5NBUVYPJ8LDCFSI/2024_HappySnaps_0158.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0158.jpg Sams Point. | Day 16 6/6/24 Minnewaska State Park Preserve, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585201960-7VZ1WZGV2Z71DIMH2MKA/2024_HappySnaps_0161.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0161.jpg The view from Sams Point looking into the Wallkill River Valley. | Day 16 6/6/24 Minnewaska State Park Preserve, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585204903-PTSWQ5EK4EAQNMQWDCYG/2024_HappySnaps_0162.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0162.jpg The exposed Shawangunk Ridge. | Day 16 6/6/24 Minnewaska State Park Preserve, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585207550-PVWNX181Q8C986W0F4YP/2024_HappySnaps_0171.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0171.jpg Approaching the Shawangunk Ridge high point. | Day 17 6/7/24 Minnewaska State Park Preserve, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585209356-RSVH0FROK9F04EXPQFTQ/2024_HappySnaps_0180.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0180.jpg The south end of the Catskills, which is the end of the Manhattan Approach and the start of the NAHR. | Day 18 6/8/24 Catskill State Park, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585212644-VW27WFST2X9ME10PQCW2/2024_HappySnaps_0182.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0182.jpg Vernooy Falls. | Day 18 6/8/24 Catskill State Park, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585215153-BS8KRLP7FUSEPAA5CNC5/2024_HappySnaps_0186.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0186.jpg Roundout Creek as seen from camp. | | Day 18 6/8/24 Catskill State Park, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585219315-174XQVE2605501151MZB/2024_HappySnaps_0188.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0188.jpg My campsite on Roundout Creek. | Day 18 6/8/24 Catskill State Park, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585221068-DDZ7GOD57W32N123TK5V/2024_HappySnaps_0189.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0189.jpg Looking north from the summit of Slide Mountain, the first 4,000 footer of the NAHR. | Day 19 6/9/24 Catskill State Park, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585222616-T5RM5QDABRXSO8BYV57R/2024_HappySnaps_0191.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0191.jpg The Ashokan Reservoir as seen from the summit of Slide Mountain. | Day 19 6/9/24 Catskill State Park, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585224996-2ML3N699XBAA7COY85J2/2024_HappySnaps_0193.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0193.jpg Looking north from Tremper Mountain after a delightful day in Phoenicia, NY. | Day 20 6/10/24 Catskill State Park, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585227088-JUMA18CMIDI4PSVI6132/2024_HappySnaps_0195.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 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An old logging camp with hundreds of residents once existed here. | Day 21 6/10/24 Catskill State Park, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585228614-NJUHT764CXU199IE3KDH/2024_HappySnaps_0202.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0202.jpg The Hunter Mountain fire tower, looking north at edge of the Catskills. | Day 22 6/12/24 Catskill State Park, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585231899-MVY76BEN7WTH7DVJRVGQ/2024_HappySnaps_0204.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0204.jpg Rejoining the New York Long Path, after leaving it for a couple of days to summit Hunter Mountain, the second and last 4,000 footer for 350 miles. | Day 22 6/12/24 Catskill State Park, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585235833-7PWP8JSS6U62F8YSOSWJ/2024_HappySnaps_0206.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0206.jpg The NYLP is blazed along Windam Ridge, but left a little to be desired in terms of tread. | Day 23 6/13/24 Catskill State Park, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585236641-GDNLKYMICYNOG7UO78WU/2024_HappySnaps_0210.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0210.jpg Rockland Cider Works was closed when I passed by, but the delightful bar manager still gave me a cider tasting. | Day 24 6/14/24 Gilboa, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585238012-0GVQ7M4R2NFY9Q837JOO/2024_HappySnaps_0211.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0211.jpg After I left Rockland Cider Works, which was closed when I passed by, the cider I had asked for to take on the road was never given to me. The wonderful bar manager realized after I left and intercepted me on my next road walk to drop off the can. Who knew peanut butter cider could be so good! | Day 24 6/14/24 Gilboa, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585240262-H98OEXVK75X3CX1QER7R/2024_HappySnaps_0213.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0213.jpg Yet another road walk into West Fulton. | Day 25 6/15/24 West Fulton, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585242815-FZY7T8EQ1CPG83JN2F74/2024_HappySnaps_0225.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0225.jpg My campsite, provided by the wonderful family that owns the Sap Brush Hollow Cafe. | Day 25 6/15/24 West Fulton, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585244827-VH10ZL6M2CJTTYTFFFQA/2024_HappySnaps_0231.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0231.jpg A foggy morning greeted me on my return to trail after a few days off to heal a variety of injuries at the Swider's house in Schenectady. | Day 32 6/22/24 Partridge Run Game Management Area, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585247285-QNHT98Q6G9JCK8K9QE2X/2024_HappySnaps_0235.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0235.jpg The final hill before an 80 mile flat, mostly road walk section to Northville, NY. | Day 33 6/23/24 John Boyd Thatcher State Park, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585249378-HIR7HNNT3JSLMG0MRKUF/2024_HappySnaps_0237.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0237.jpg The final hill before an 80 mile flat, mostly road walk section to Northville, NY. | Day 33 6/23/24 John Boyd Thatcher State Park, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585251801-WGHWF3VWB9XLYGCVR8GS/2024_HappySnaps_0239.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0239.jpg The Plotter Kill. | Day 34 6/24/24 Plotter Kill Preserve, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585253703-BFQ1NR43M5CBJENEUN78/2024_HappySnaps_0244.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0244.jpg The Loch 9 bridge crosses the Mowhawk River. I had hoped to get a beer at the only bar in town, but they thought I was homeless and threw me out. | Day 34 6/24/24 Rotterdam Junction, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585256658-Y889CASAY0E6TTHT6FIS/2024_HappySnaps_0247.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0247.jpg A wonderful series of farms and barns kept me somewhat entertained on my 80 mile road walk to Northville. | Day 35 6/25/24 West Charlton, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585258629-N0HWE2JQKIXMJ6BB4Q93/2024_HappySnaps_0251.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0251.jpg A wonderful local gave me a beer to take to camp for the night. | Day 35 6/25/24 Lake Desolation, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585260915-EN6JZWW369BGM1WYENK1/2024_HappySnaps_0253.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0253.jpg Northville, New York marks the end of the New York Long Path and the start of the Northville Placid Trail. | Day 36 6/26/24 Northville, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585262833-X35EXPZUPS67R7H7OEMY/2024_HappySnaps_0254.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0254.jpg Northville, New York marks the end of the New York Long Path and the start of the Northville Placid Trail. | Day 36 6/26/24 Northville, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585265299-TSDBK12JIJABRXENXE0S/2024_HappySnaps_0258.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0258.jpg My campsite along the North Branch of West Stony Creek. | Day 37 6/27/24 Adirondack Park, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585267204-OW1HUXW1PBBWFR774V1J/2024_HappySnaps_0259.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0259.jpg My lunch spot on the shore of Mud Lake. | Day 38 6/28/24 Adirondack Park, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585270090-8QYRL9SZDV6IUTYUGZE9/2024_HappySnaps_0261.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0261.jpg A suspension bridge crosses the West Branch of the Sacandaga River. | Day 38 6/28/24 Adirondack Park, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585271513-F9I472ZO3SPCUV5QDK8X/2024_HappySnaps_0262.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0262.jpg Drying out ofter arriving in town during a 4" rainstorm. | Day 39 6/29/24 Speculator, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585273280-0BGL8PS78CQQZB9849IV/2024_HappySnaps_0264.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0264.jpg The NAHR follows the North Country National Scenic Trail for a couple of days. The NCT is not well travelled, nor does it boast spectacular maintenance. | Day 41 7/1/24 Adirondack Park, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585276608-UO9QW6BHA2SE9MC7YBTM/2024_HappySnaps_0266.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0266.jpg A ski patrol equipment cache from times of yore. | Day 42 7/2/24 Adirondack Park, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585278248-U3J7CLPAYJW73HRQPZ95/2024_HappySnaps_0268.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0268.jpg Once again, I cross the Hudson River, eventually drinking from it's headwaters in the Adirondack High Peaks region. | Day 42 7/2/24 North Creek, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585281096-QWFAXE6Y99AF4QG7I9GF/2024_HappySnaps_0270.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0270.jpg Drying out after arriving in Schroon Lake. | Day 42 7/2/24 Schroon Lake, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585283360-56L8JX08R9OUPK0KM488/2024_HappySnaps_0271.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0271.jpg Riding the steep ridgeline to Rocky Ridge Peak, the first 4,000 footer in over 300 miles. | Day 43 7/3/24 Adirondack Park, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585285196-K0BLBPSYVSRM8PXPR1PK/2024_HappySnaps_0273.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0273.jpg The view from the summit of Rocky Ridge Peak, looking west into the Adirondack High Peaks. | Day 43 7/3/24 Adirondack Park, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585287049-ZLP7M50PLXYTEHNN5VPQ/2024_HappySnaps_0274.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0274.jpg The view from the summit of Rocky Ridge Peak, looking north into the Adirondack High Peaks. | Day 43 7/3/24 Adirondack Park, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585289062-TXEP5RRIDYN2QBVYOVGH/2024_HappySnaps_0275.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0275.jpg Descending from Giant Mountain looking into the Adirondack High Peaks. | Day 43 7/3/24 Adirondack Park, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585290421-19DAF6VB5OBUACG11Z3F/2024_HappySnaps_0281.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0281.jpg Giant Washbowl at sunset after a massive day of vert. | Day 43 7/3/24 Adirondack Park, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585293227-K103NSM544IX0OO0TZZP/2024_HappySnaps_0282.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0282.jpg A delightful day traversing the formidable Dix Range. | Day 44 7/4/24 Adirondack Park, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585295842-QVAYBDY3JK38KZZTT49N/2024_HappySnaps_0283.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0283.jpg Dix Mountain as seen from Hough Peak. | Day 44 7/4/24 Adirondack Park, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585298329-QP4HKFCESUB8TLU57GZ7/2024_HappySnaps_0285.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0285.jpg The Great Range as seen from the summit of Dix Mountain. | Day 44 7/4/24 Adirondack Park, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585300697-YWEWVU0S411XAAICXI03/2024_HappySnaps_0286.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0286.jpg One of the slides on Dix Peak looking at Giant Mountain, and the location that the year before I heard from Shannon that she was in the hospital. | Day 44 7/4/24 Adirondack Park, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585303181-T0P06GK763E83FH2QXOK/2024_HappySnaps_0288.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0288.jpg One of the slides leading up Dix Peak, and the location that the year before I heard from Shannon that she was in the hospital. | Day 44 7/4/24 Adirondack Park, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585305420-QTLV9EWIDF5SS5I3DJ90/2024_HappySnaps_0289.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0289.jpg The final view on my third attempt of the NAHR, looking north toward the Great Range. This year though, I left because I just wasn't having fun. As it turns out, I've been spoiled by the west coast and as beautiful as this view is, I wanted to be in bigger mountains with the person I love. | Day 45 7/5/24 Adirondack Park, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585308830-354S0BW4R0Y4B5Y94WV3/2024_HappySnaps_0290.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0290.jpg Shannon on the PCT traversing the slopes of Brown Mountain. | Day 49 7/9/24 Winema National Forest, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585312160-C0GY1CFIA635NLUZ3GZZ/2024_HappySnaps_0292.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0292.jpg Mt. McLoughlin pokes through the trees. | Day 50 7/10/24 Winema National Forest, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585314188-VU540EQNREL79TJBGTM6/2024_HappySnaps_0294.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0294.jpg Shannon dons mosquito equipment while taking a break at the only water for 17 miles. | Day 50 7/10/24 Winema National Forest, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585316769-W4F9G1LQTNFQFLNDDUXA/2024_HappySnaps_0295.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0295.jpg Mt. McLoughlin as seen from the top of Luther Mountain. | Day 50 7/10/24 Rogue River National Forest, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585318436-ZPASP95G2QL2M1N8SR1L/2024_HappySnaps_0296.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0296.jpg Mt. McLoughlin as seen from the top of Lucifer Mountain. | Day 50 7/10/24 Rogue River National Forest, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585320936-O4A9VVYOEQ3Q3DS229OZ/2024_HappySnaps_0299.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0299.jpg Shannon takes in the view while cooking dinner. | Day 50 7/10/24 Rogue River National Forest, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585322665-X2E6WHV3I8MVBQN1II51/2024_HappySnaps_0305.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0305.jpg A rare photo of myself in camp. | Day 50 7/10/24 Sky Lakes Wilderness, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585325385-CXXTHD4SVL6E3T1JR3SM/2024_HappySnaps_0309.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0309.jpg The Blanket Creek burn area. | Day 51 7/11/24 Rogue River National Forest, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585327998-V8JKMU1QC8GA82E3SM4O/2024_HappySnaps_0311.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0311.jpg A patch of melting snow was the water source for the day. | Day 51 7/11/24 Rogue River National Forest, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585330039-9IF8MV1LIHMYY7FY4A0E/2024_HappySnaps_0315.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0315.jpg Shannon and I begin the Crater Lake Rim Trail. | Day 53 7/13/24 Crater Lake National Park, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585331593-8R9HIFBD0381XO1F3FVG/2024_HappySnaps_0320.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0320.jpg A couple of hikers we met on the descent from the Crater Lake Rim. | Day 53 7/13/24 Crater Lake National Park, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585333122-AKS8F9OP42S75CYD1ULV/2024_HappySnaps_0321.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0321.jpg Wizard Island as seen from the Crater Lake Rim Trail. | Day 53 7/13/24 Crater Lake National Park, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585335242-3YEAOT3K7WPPK8OZW5DR/2024_HappySnaps_0327.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0327.jpg Shannon finds a patch of sun just before getting to camp. | Day 53 7/13/24 Crater Lake National Park, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585337721-EYW9PE66MRCJ7E603XST/2024_HappySnaps_0330.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0330.jpg Mt. Thielson, one of the dozens of volcanoes the PCT touches. | Day 54 7/14/24 Mt. Thielson Wilderness, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585340247-TE1ORX0YD8GOIOCC9VF2/2024_HappySnaps_0331.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0331.jpg Mt. Thielson, one of the dozens of volcanoes the PCT touches. | Day 54 7/14/24 Mt. Thielson Wilderness, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585342446-G1CVN9RH6S6TAPW54617/2024_HappySnaps_0334.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0334.jpg Shannon moseys across a snowfield on the flank of Mt. Thielson. | Day 54 7/14/24 Mt. Thielson Wilderness, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585344681-G18G16Y3R6QE7C1K6ULT/2024_HappySnaps_0339.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0339.jpg Cowhorn Mountain. | Day 56 7/16/24 Deschutes National Forest, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585346533-FTWYW36TF77N8EOVKB37/2024_HappySnaps_0341.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0341.jpg Shannon takes cover under my tarp during the first rainfall in weeks. Unfortuantely, the lightning strikes that resulted would eventually close hundreds of miles of trail. | Day 56 7/16/24 Deschutes National Forest, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585348623-HQ4GM2MQU6NNCUQK0BLS/2024_HappySnaps_0346.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0346.jpg I show off my skittles after dinner. | Day 56 7/16/24 Diamond Peak Wilderness, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585350553-PDGHTCR6JWSM9110ADF2/2024_HappySnaps_0348.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0348.jpg A still snow covered Diamond Peak. | Day 57 7/17/24 Diamond Peak Wilderness, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585352291-COUBH4U03L2ZQ3XAE9V9/2024_HappySnaps_0349.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0349.jpg An old avalanche debris field below Diamond Peak. | Day 57 7/17/24 Diamond Peak Wilderness, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585354758-T15630LJ8Y3MAG31VJUX/2024_HappySnaps_0351.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0351.jpg Descending below snow line on Diamond Peak. | Day 57 7/17/24 Diamond Peak Wilderness, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585357234-WKGMEFYGD9AS12MF6QDZ/2024_HappySnaps_0353.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0353.jpg I hung my hammock from the power pole at the RV park that let us camp in their yard. | Day 58 7/18/24 Chemult, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585359346-C9ETUEGXC3C6FSWNRQD7/2024_HappySnaps_0356.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0356.jpg Shannon poses while waiting for the Amtrak (that was predictably late) before going to a wedding in Milwaukee while I hung out with Lancelot in Portland. | Day 58 7/18/24 Chemult, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585360492-3P9LJMTPPZG46EH2OLV6/2024_HappySnaps_0362.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0362.jpg Shannon brushes her teeth in full view of the public on the Amtrak. | Day 64 7/24/24 Chemult, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585362647-GXZZ07BY4C0I9UQQTZO1/2024_HappySnaps_0365.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0365.jpg Shannon poses in the fading light as thick smoke blows in from a nearby wildfire. | Day 66 7/26/24 Deschutes National Forest, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585364714-Q6HOL7UQSR368KOLPPD4/2024_HappySnaps_0368.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0368.jpg Shannon poses masked and ready for the thick smoke blowing in from a nearby wildfire. | Day 66 7/26/24 Deschutes National Forest, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585367091-BK6YEKZP15YPU4FY389N/2024_HappySnaps_0371.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0371.jpg Another rare photo of me after arriving in camp at Bobby Lake. | Day 67 7/27/24 Deschutes National Forest, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585369498-8LX8HSR8KA1XY80K8YW1/2024_HappySnaps_0375.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0375.jpg The trail passes through a moonscape after fires in 2017 and then 2020 burned through Charlton Lake. | Day 67 7/27/24 Deschutes National Forest, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585370763-QXLG2Q9AYM2LHJ5C7LAT/2024_HappySnaps_0376.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0376.jpg Shannon poses while waiting for dinner to rehydrate at Brahma Lake. | Day 67 7/27/24 Three Sisters Wilderness, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585372931-M1RWO0ILZG9YVUSB6EQW/2024_HappySnaps_0388.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0388.jpg Shannon takes a dip during lunch. | Day 68 7/28/24 Three Sisters Wilderness, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585374850-9ZKEV16J1NUQNTDNWBDY/2024_HappySnaps_0395.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0395.jpg Shannon posing quintessentially in the fog along the slopes of North Sister. | Day 70 7/30/24 Three Sisters Wilderness, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585376631-R7ADVXOVQHW5X51LGOI9/2024_HappySnaps_0400.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0400.jpg Shannon, excited to have traded smoke for fog. | Day 70 7/30/24 Three Sisters Wilderness, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585379133-7UNBB1TJTHTNZ7HBF36Q/2024_HappySnaps_0402.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0402.jpg The thick fog broke just long enough for a good view of North Sister. | Day 70 7/30/24 Three Sisters Wilderness, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585381809-7IGO3YUPR0NHSUXVLT6O/2024_HappySnaps_0403.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0403.jpg Shannon in the lava field surrounding North Sister. | Day 70 7/30/24 Three Sisters Wilderness, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585383698-1HW7X45LAH6J3TB9WPOY/2024_HappySnaps_0406.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0406.jpg Shannon follows a rocky spine down from North Sister. | Day 70 7/30/24 Three Sisters Wilderness, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585384889-1AJTIXQ4D0NB4CBAS28E/2024_HappySnaps_0409.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0409.jpg The fog starts to blow out from Harlow Crater. | Day 70 7/30/24 Three Sisters Wilderness, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585387085-JWBQKZ2YN6LGWL0WIQHF/2024_HappySnaps_0411.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0411.jpg Shannon plays the part of friendly hitchiker while leaving Sisters. | Day 71 7/31/24 Sisters, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585389333-GXCR5J1FFTB6HRB3IP67/2024_HappySnaps_0414.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0414.jpg Looking south at the Three Sisters from Belknap Crater. | Day 71 7/31/24 Mt. Jefferson Wilderness, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585391912-AIW63398XN3HHL6IVHT2/2024_HappySnaps_0416.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0416.jpg Mt. Jefferson as seen from Belknap Crater. | Day 71 7/31/24 Mt. Jefferson Wilderness, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585393892-DZX0113QVUG4D2NU9A5P/2024_HappySnaps_0420.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0420.jpg Mt. Jefferson as seen from the beautiful Jefferson Park. | Day 75 8/4/24 Mt. Jefferson Wilderness, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585396024-XRZA2WVC24ZOW1XYLRSJ/2024_HappySnaps_0421.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0421.jpg Mt. Jefferson as seen from the beautiful Jefferson Park. | Day 75 8/4/24 Mt. Jefferson Wilderness, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585398531-O8VXLN4S4XTGVAMAEKAL/2024_HappySnaps_0423.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0423.jpg Mt. Jefferson as seen from Park Ridge. | Day 75 8/4/24 Mt. Jefferson Wilderness, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585400338-D34WRELRPKPCGUO32VGY/2024_HappySnaps_0427.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0427.jpg Looking out into the smoke from Park Ridge. | Day 75 8/4/24 Mt. Jefferson Wilderness, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585402619-0FOQNFZL8OZ3LGAIY35O/2024_HappySnaps_0430.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0430.jpg Shannon takes a dip in Head Lake. | Day 75 8/4/24 Ollalie Lake, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585405169-3HCJYUD76RT7FMLIYVS4/2024_HappySnaps_0436.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0436.jpg Mt. Hood just before dipping below treeline. | Day 79 8/8/24 Mt. Hood Wilderness, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585407521-4S2LP3ZF0624H6DIS8GM/2024_HappySnaps_0439.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0439.jpg Mt. Hood as seen from the banks of the mighty Sandy River. | Day 79 8/8/24 Mt. Hood Wilderness, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585409308-UMVHFWALKCKMTHUGI6UM/2024_HappySnaps_0441.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0441.jpg Looking back at Mt. Hood before dropping down to the Columbia River. | Day 80 8/9/24 Mt. Hood National Forest, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585412765-73RBCSVXZ47NLRIHFG3N/2024_HappySnaps_0449.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0449.jpg The spectacular Eagle Creek Alternate avoided a wildfire closure. | Day 81 8/10/24 Mt. Hood National Forest, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585415016-JIU1M3TK12MZ08CIA288/2024_HappySnaps_0455.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0455.jpg The view from camp on our first night on the Colorado Trail. | Day 85 8/14/24 Pike National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585418017-P9VABI0ZY905YNF37NWP/2024_HappySnaps_0459.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0459.jpg Lost Creek Canyon. | Day 87 8/16/24 Lost Creek Wilderness, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585420717-2E0EYZ85YZEOI10V42BE/2024_HappySnaps_0464.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0464.jpg Shannon waits for the bus with a teddy bear that she found on the trail, and hiked out in the name of Leave No Trace. | Day 89 8/18/24 Frisco, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585422581-YUK8LTJVX8YZ713XCH1F/2024_HappySnaps_0466.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0466.jpg Shannon poses with her dougnut tower that I constructed for her birthday in a very quaint hotel room. | Day 89 8/18/24 Frisco, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585424209-7MNDQ04UN5BX7WFWVTNT/2024_HappySnaps_0470.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0470.jpg Niccolo, a coworker and dear friend enjoys a doughnut leftover from Shannon's birthday doughnut tower on the bus to the Whole Foods. Niccolo was about halfway done with his thru-hike of the CDT when we met up with him. | Day 90 8/19/24 Frisco, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585426555-H33RMJRW2AJ1BYV4HJB9/2024_HappySnaps_0471.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0471.jpg Niccolo, Shannon and I pose on a bench outside of the REI while munching on some high quality town food. | Day 90 8/19/24 Silverthorne, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737586025608-NW825GSUEG00RUU22U3O/2024_HappySnaps_0472.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0472.jpg Shannon tests out my new pack pillow. | Day 90 8/19/24 Silverthorne, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585429094-YA5HYFDN23EZLGYVLXMF/2024_HappySnaps_0478.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0478.jpg Niccolo enjoys a well earned brewski on his bunk in a fancy hostel. | Day 90 8/19/24 Silverthorne, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585430195-QY0A2P63P9PIZLRO7AHG/2024_HappySnaps_0480.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0480.jpg Bjorn tends to the "first fire of winter" on a stormy day at his house in Leadville. Niccolo continued on the CDT from Frisco and met us in town, just in time to avoid the rain. | Day 92 8/21/24 Leadville, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585431532-2CEE0SE5IP6K3RG72VR7/2024_HappySnaps_0486.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0486.jpg Niccolo basks in the light of a desk lamp at Bjorns house. | Day 92 8/21/24 Leadville, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585432377-B19XFUHR0BBMJLS4VHU2/2024_HappySnaps_0488.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0488.jpg Niccolo enjoys a durro, our favorite new snack. | Day 92 8/21/24 Leadville, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585435534-I2ZIYG7HF2NWPD1I81EO/2024_HappySnaps_0489.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0489.jpg Shannon enjoys a bit of sunlight on an otherwise dreary and unmotivated day. | Day 94 8/23/24 Roosevelt National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585437394-SQTZDYOIK7D074NHTHNX/2024_HappySnaps_0499.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0499.jpg Shannon trying to be the newest Dr. Bronners backcountry rep. | Day 94 8/23/24 Roosevelt National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585439862-C60V6OWM5MA7Y2GU3CG0/2024_HappySnaps_0501.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0501.jpg Shannon cooks dinner after a storm just rolled through. | Day 94 8/23/24 Roosevelt National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585442631-AG6IC5HH0YA69AMF7Q15/2024_HappySnaps_0504.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0504.jpg Shannon just after descending from James Peak. | Day 95 8/24/24 Roosevelt National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585445271-EI963DR5YHX17APGXUXN/2024_HappySnaps_0508.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0508.jpg Shannon on the James Peak Traverse just after the clouds broke and the view opened up. | Day 95 8/24/24 Roosevelt National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585447760-Z19ZPRAEY9TDS60E9VPQ/2024_HappySnaps_0510.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0510.jpg Shannon is tempted by an aisle of cookies, despite the ziploc bag of healthy leaves in her hand. | Day 96 8/25/24 Winter Park, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585450638-SMCG59C9AGCUTXR7P1I4/2024_HappySnaps_0513.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0513.jpg Back on trail after leaving Winter Park and finishing the James Peak Traverse. | Day 97 8/26/24 Arapaho National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585453002-7PM93B5VPZX8I3GP4H2O/2024_HappySnaps_0515.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0515.jpg Shannon poses on a windy day atop Stanley Mountain. | Day 97 8/26/24 Arapaho National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585456009-6GQXU4FVY75WV3UMP45K/2024_HappySnaps_0521.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0521.jpg Shannon ascends a ridgeline on the Continental Divide. | Day 97 8/26/24 Arapaho National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585458326-YVU5X56PWWLYFFKV8FO2/2024_HappySnaps_0522.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0522.jpg The view north from the Continental Divide. | Day 97 8/26/24 Arapaho National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585461332-Q5NAS6PF758U4DOSYRGT/2024_HappySnaps_0525.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0525.jpg Shannon swiped my camera for a rare photo of me. | Day 97 8/26/24 Arapaho National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585464375-ULK4VD0EQO2YUKU7DK0R/2024_HappySnaps_0529.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0529.jpg Shannon makes the final ascent of the day to Peak 13,215. | Day 97 8/26/24 Arapaho National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585467343-B4TLNKIYX3T434WY7XBJ/2024_HappySnaps_0534.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0534.jpg Shannon ascends peak 13,215 with Pettingell Peak in the background. | Day 97 8/26/24 Arapaho National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585470561-ERKNSZH4IENNVR9TI5LY/2024_HappySnaps_0537.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0537.jpg Shannon begins the descent to Herman Gulch. | Day 97 8/26/24 Arapaho National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585471600-D0AHZ2IN4GTNV444ICNL/2024_HappySnaps_0552.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0552.jpg Bjorns toilet handle broke, but he made quick work of the repair with some light cordage and a bike pedal counterweight. | Day 99 8/28/24 Leadville, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585474235-683SGLWCGQVEQ3TIO591/2024_HappySnaps_0554.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0554.jpg Shannon, Bjorn and I before we departed for the next stretch. | Day 100 8/29/24 Leadville, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585475877-3UWHOF30LF5RIUVT52IF/2024_HappySnaps_0557.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0557.jpg Shannon enjoys one of the dozen hard boiled eggs she packed out while hitchhiking to Cottonwood Pass. | Day 100 8/29/24 Twin Lakes, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585478556-8D270V7EH0GJTKZO3BFM/2024_HappySnaps_0559.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0559.jpg Gladstone Ridge. | Day 100 8/29/24 San Isabel National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585481258-25TR468R1RNHU9TIOK34/2024_HappySnaps_0564.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0564.jpg Shannon hikes on some cruisey tread along the divide. | Day 100 8/29/24 San Isabel National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585483432-YP1WXUR6YL0G3EUCGPJ7/2024_HappySnaps_0567.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0567.jpg The sun sets on Mt. Mamma. | Day 100 8/29/24 San Isabel National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585485352-1HRSSX3E6A4H75C298MT/2024_HappySnaps_0569.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0569.jpg Sunset on Grizzly Mountain. | Day 100 8/29/24 San Isabel National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585487026-KNNIQ4SWWUMPW0OMKB4W/2024_HappySnaps_0571.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0571.jpg Shannon shows off that beautiful smile! | Day 100 8/29/24 San Isabel National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585489903-S5CHUF8SXIEKACTHMI5T/2024_HappySnaps_0575.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0575.jpg A small pond along Chalk Creek. | Day 101 8/30/24 San Isabel National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585492308-LCVSUM1XWIG5X7673C8S/2024_HappySnaps_0578.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0578.jpg Upper and Lower Hancock Lakes. | Day 101 8/30/24 San Isabel National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585495055-0ACH85W0D1GPNC4XYT4A/2024_HappySnaps_0581.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0581.jpg Bald Mountain, just before arriving at Monarch Pass. | Day 101 8/30/24 San Isabel National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585496762-QTX860P5AI5O5U4ME080/2024_HappySnaps_0589.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0589.jpg Shannon and Lebowski prance in the Western Colorado University parking lot. | Day 102 8/31/24 Gunnison, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585499532-V16QBEGWLC7N73SU5WVJ/2024_HappySnaps_0592.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0592.jpg Lebowski poses on the Paradise Divide. | Day 103 9/1/24 White River National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585502049-UZBOJNYQ0U28P1CHBRA6/2024_HappySnaps_0596.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0596.jpg Hiking to Yule Pass on an old mining road. | Day 103 9/1/24 White River National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585504602-2Q5KGV36N7RR8WUXIRRP/2024_HappySnaps_0600.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0600.jpg Lebowski, Courtney and Shannon on the way to Yule Lakes. | Day 103 9/1/24 White River National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585507272-4Z605BQGFWE5ZNGVNXG3/2024_HappySnaps_0601.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0601.jpg Shannon, Lebowski and Courtney enjoy some rotisserie chicken, whiskey and corn on the cob that we packed out to Yule Lakes. | Day 103 9/1/24 White River National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585509426-E1R8ML32PUPWOV7MQRNA/2024_HappySnaps_0604.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0604.jpg Lebowski poses with his corn products. | Day 103 9/1/24 White River National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585512099-N9F9FV3ZZEDX92H7F5FD/2024_HappySnaps_0610.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0610.jpg Shannon and Courtney preform an interpretive dance at Yule Lakes. | Day 103 9/1/24 White River National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585514463-FGYMF99KUVG5TN6UENXC/2024_HappySnaps_0612.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0612.jpg Lebowski poses beneath Treasure Mountain. | Day 103 9/1/24 White River National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585515930-D7GV0C4NW9DGC8SA7FMF/2024_HappySnaps_0616.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0616.jpg Lebowski scoffs at something snarky I surely said beneath Treasure Mountain. | Day 103 9/1/24 White River National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585517858-FJACQNTQO1LQTK1PLFBU/2024_HappySnaps_0624.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0624.jpg Courtney and Lebowski above Yule Creek Canyon. | Day 103 9/1/24 White River National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585520104-KI3QVZ559P4XJMEYZUY6/2024_HappySnaps_0627.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0627.jpg Shannon and myself above Yule Creek Canyon. | Day 103 9/1/24 White River National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585522745-H5A4T57L0IASJUTK0C5H/2024_HappySnaps_0634.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0634.jpg Lebowski, Courtney, Shannon and I on the shore of Yule Lake. | Day 104 9/2/24 White River National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585525703-YHVVJQOTZJWB0OORZ00H/2024_HappySnaps_0635.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0635.jpg Per Lebowskis request, we try to pose on the shore of Yule Lake. | Day 104 9/2/24 White River National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585528889-N8RAX2TBKI2B3UCGNZL8/2024_HappySnaps_0638.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0638.jpg Hiking past Yule Lake, just before taking a dip. | Day 104 9/2/24 White River National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585531946-0PWG1IZ2380G7B0WQUWA/2024_HappySnaps_0642.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0642.jpg A wild Shannon! | Day 104 9/2/24 White River National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585534919-6LS62HTAX1P211OHJ6JZ/2024_HappySnaps_0644.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0644.jpg Courtney and Lebowski above Yule Lake. | Day 104 9/2/24 White River National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585537895-VWOFE8IFD7MB0E1XVCGV/2024_HappySnaps_0651.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0651.jpg Lebowski expertly maneuvers above a small outflow of Yule Lake. | Day 104 9/2/24 White River National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585540723-GCA2VDH8K5BPZCYWOL9E/2024_HappySnaps_0656.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0656.jpg Shannon broke Lebowskis prized backyard chair. | Day 106 9/4/24 Gunnison, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585543401-RPE23UD396Z56TIRXSU1/2024_HappySnaps_0659.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0659.jpg Shannon hikes along the Divide on our final stretch of the Colorado Trail. | Day 108 9/6/24 Weminuche Wilderness, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585544774-UQH87MY8ZDSXERAXEXT3/2024_HappySnaps_0663.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0663.jpg An afternoon spot storm along the Continental Divide. | Day 108 9/6/24 Weminuche Wilderness, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585546935-C6EZI8BTD069W7CLJAI4/2024_HappySnaps_0665.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0665.jpg Elk Creek Canyon. | Day 108 9/6/24 Weminuche Wilderness, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585548514-HSMOJIBEBWXLUWFM7Z2R/2024_HappySnaps_0676.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0676.jpg Shannon poses at the entrance to an abandoned mine shaft. | Day 108 9/6/24 Weminuche Wilderness, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585551085-OONPRQMUIZCOTEW0UMLA/2024_HappySnaps_0679.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0679.jpg A moose interrupted from her drink along the Durango-Silverton Narrow Guage Railroad. | Day 108 9/6/24 San Juan National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585552608-NDAKK9R5AIAC2SXLB9WT/2024_HappySnaps_0685.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0685.jpg Twin Sisters at sunset. | Day 109 9/7/24 San Juan National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585555336-E91S36M6TVRIN1LAIK0E/2024_HappySnaps_0690.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0690.jpg Tin Can Basin. | Day 110 9/8/24 San Juan National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585557786-5IP3C70VPLDRH5BR0KYX/2024_HappySnaps_0695.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0695.jpg The Cumberland Basin as seen from Indian Trail Ridge. | Day 111 9/9/24 San Juan National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585559232-OHQHMKEHSFO3882ZIQ9L/2024_HappySnaps_0697.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0697.jpg Shannon enjoys a carrot and Nutso on the Durango-Silverton Narrow Guage Railroad. | Day 114 9/12/24 San Juan National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585561709-W2JEGL4R1M60B46YYHWD/2024_HappySnaps_0700.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0700.jpg The Animas River as seen on our ride on the Durango-Silverton Narrow Guage Railroad. | Day 114 9/12/24 San Juan National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585563441-KT7I9QG7KF5C1JNFPQAF/2024_HappySnaps_0701.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0701.jpg Shannon finally understands why I love trains! | Day 114 9/12/24 San Juan National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585565473-3QS31O4Z5YP52199CSAA/2024_HappySnaps_0706.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0706.jpg Shannon rolls out in the town park. | Day 114 9/12/24 Silverton, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585567285-42HAJEZWIMA4510XH9OU/2024_HappySnaps_0709.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0709.jpg We begin the Weminuche High Route! We would also set the Fastest Known Time of the WHR, although that's not saying much because one did not exist prior to our attempt. | Day 115 9/13/24 Silverton, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585569911-PAHEAJI99C6LIJCSGTBQ/2024_HappySnaps_0710.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0710.jpg The Weminuche High Route began with an easy ford of the very cold Animas River. | Day 115 9/13/24 Silverton, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585572985-OTKCI5C4N24U3XZ4YTXW/2024_HappySnaps_0714.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0714.jpg Shannon climbs to Woodchuck Basin. | Day 115 9/13/24 San Juan National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585574634-JMJR8LQ31MH6PY8HKJR5/2024_HappySnaps_0723.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0723.jpg Shannon drops into Woodchuck Basin. | Day 115 9/13/24 San Jaun National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585578077-VPSH8GLFLFASU542QV15/2024_HappySnaps_0725.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0725.jpg Hazelton Mountain, as seen from a creek we expected to have water in it. | Day 115 9/13/24 San Jaun National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585580457-LYPMAM67EL8J1UWCDJTM/2024_HappySnaps_0728.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0728.jpg The San Juans, my favorite mountains in Colorado as seen from Round Mountain Pass. | Day 115 9/13/24 San Jaun National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585583100-QJ9IE4L148P1LFZVL5W0/2024_HappySnaps_0729.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0729.jpg Silver Lake, a once thriving mining area. | Day 115 9/13/24 San Jaun National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585585940-2XSG9WGAB30O3EMKQ4CQ/2024_HappySnaps_0733.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0733.jpg Shannon makes one of the final climbs of the day out of Spencer Basin. | Day 115 9/13/24 San Jaun National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585587105-JUKW0DKH53032IKPM5S4/2024_HappySnaps_0736.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0736.jpg Highland Mary Lake at sunset. | Day 115 9/13/24 San Jaun National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585589723-BS673PIO6G9Y1Y5NHVWX/2024_HappySnaps_0742.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0742.jpg Shannon climbs to Trinity Lake Pass. | Day 116 9/14/24 San Jaun National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585593021-CA3NJ8NPRJ0LE9GCQWGA/2024_HappySnaps_0746.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0746.jpg Shannon atop Trinity Lake Pass. | Day 116 9/14/24 San Jaun National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585595706-SZYLGWLQU93L1WVMATXC/2024_HappySnaps_0751.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0751.jpg A loose, rocky chute that I'd much prefer to have climbed with snow in it. | Day 116 9/14/24 San Jaun National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585597457-CFI6J6ERB587F4A3UNVQ/2024_HappySnaps_0753.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0753.jpg Mt. Silex. | Day 116 9/14/24 San Jaun National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585599147-C0OAQ3JYPEUL7SSXQ14D/2024_HappySnaps_0758.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0758.jpg Storm King Peak. | Day 116 9/14/24 San Jaun National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585601639-5AF4LJVKJMX5C4MX7UO5/2024_HappySnaps_0768.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0768.jpg Shannon makes it to the top of Storm King Pass. | Day 116 9/14/24 San Jaun National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585604231-6Y7A8LN8D3WQCV0MD0RJ/2024_HappySnaps_0772.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0772.jpg Shannon enjoys sunset along the Trinity Peaks. | Day 116 9/14/24 San Jaun National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585607059-6NFRVNMWJP6JKFOSVWR1/2024_HappySnaps_0775.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0775.jpg Shannon descends from Storm King Pass. | Day 116 9/14/24 San Jaun National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585609010-DQP5J4SDW2CQI2PAFOJ3/2024_HappySnaps_0781.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0781.jpg A tarn below Peak Eight. | Day 116 9/14/24 San Jaun National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585611549-CNTZKNDD710FWM5TZP9X/2024_HappySnaps_0784.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0784.jpg Leviathin Peak and Lake, part of the Needle Mountains. | Day 117 9/15/24 San Jaun National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585614237-C75WXF6V7OZ7VTDLQYF4/2024_HappySnaps_0795.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0795.jpg Jagged Mountain. | Day 117 9/15/24 San Jaun National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585616954-O6XADF9W1BJRFBBYW0E9/2024_HappySnaps_0797.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0797.jpg Shannon pauses to enjoy Jagged Peak on the final climb of the Weminuche High Route. | Day 117 9/15/24 San Jaun National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585619380-5TC48Y2F11MF8OH11B0O/2024_HappySnaps_0803.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0803.jpg Shannon contours around Sunlight Lake. | Day 117 9/15/24 San Jaun National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585621669-TCJJ5W33XOQTNHRHVL8X/2024_HappySnaps_0806.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0806.jpg An unnamed lake below Windom Peak with Jagged Mountain in the background. | Day 117 9/15/24 San Jaun National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585624017-K8LPO2PU38RPDCPE52RD/2024_HappySnaps_0810.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0810.jpg The final unnamed lake below Windom Peak on the final ascent of the Weminuche High Route. | Day 117 9/15/24 San Jaun National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585625885-2GZZ6NSQ31IVMPIQTFND/2024_HappySnaps_0819.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0819.jpg A brief snow storm blows through on the most exposed pitch of our route up Windom Peak. | Day 117 9/15/24 San Jaun National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585627686-LTL1IO1Z083058XROY3W/2024_HappySnaps_0821.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0821.jpg Shannon ascends a Windom sub-Peak. | Day 117 9/15/24 San Jaun National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585630324-7PDT146XQHKIX9H0CAVE/2024_HappySnaps_0826.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0826.jpg Shannon enjoys the view from the top of our climb up a sub peak of Windom Peak. | Day 117 9/15/24 San Jaun National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585633039-HTM84X3GULOOAYRC7173/2024_HappySnaps_0827.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0827.jpg Windom Peak. | Day 117 9/15/24 San Jaun National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585635311-FVOKEEL7LMIUIQYQDQK4/2024_HappySnaps_0829.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0829.jpg The storm cleared out just as we reached our high point of the Weminuche High Route. | Day 117 9/15/24 San Jaun National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585638528-AYHJVXNL61E1OS4NKRF4/2024_HappySnaps_0831.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0831.jpg Shannon descends a loose chute into the Chicago Basin. | Day 117 9/15/24 San Jaun National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585641336-KWEVOVTQKBBUPZVIYK48/2024_HappySnaps_0836.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0836.jpg Shannon takes a break below Windom Peak. | Day 117 9/15/24 San Jaun National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585644080-OCV3HMV9PJC0EJS634CB/2024_HappySnaps_0840.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0840.jpg An elk skeleton, presumably killed by an avalanche. | Day 117 9/15/24 San Jaun National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585646954-CEK3W00VF02H5HHMQ00K/2024_HappySnaps_0844.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0844.jpg Shannon makes it to solid ground in the Chicago Basin. | Day 117 9/15/24 San Jaun National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585649460-8ANBOLODSXWL7TFBURK0/2024_HappySnaps_0845.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0845.jpg Peak 13,472 towers above the Chicago Basin. | Day 117 9/15/24 San Jaun National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585652194-D7JORDYDTSNK9LKGC7ZU/2024_HappySnaps_0847.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0847.jpg Shannon contours below Peak 13,472. | Day 117 9/15/24 San Jaun National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585656253-8IZ10SX5XHBWRU9EBIZX/2024_HappySnaps_0850.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0850.jpg Shannon descends the steep slope into the Chicago Basin. | Day 117 9/15/24 San Jaun National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585658854-HG9MLK8YG3IB9X5MYQX1/2024_HappySnaps_0853.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0853.jpg Shannon pauses on the descent to the Chicago Basin with Needle Ridge in the background. | Day 117 9/15/24 San Jaun National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585661439-XEQ7YE95NTATVMVA19BG/2024_HappySnaps_0858.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0858.jpg Shannon waits for the bus with her prized spinach. | Day 121 9/19/24 Golden, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585663061-PZYNA8PNPVZJ7I98MKXN/2024_HappySnaps_0862.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0862.jpg Shannon enjoys the sunlight while waiting for the bus. | Day 121 9/19/24 Golden, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585664033-PKGKTDS3QN5TFP6N567V/2024_HappySnaps_0902.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0902.jpg https://www.evanleonardphotography.com/toyota-siesta-2 daily 0.75 2025-05-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1747435688777-ZW459CYRCXBG4X6QLMM9/2025_HappySnaps_0402.jpg Toyota Siesta - 2025_HappySnaps_0402.jpg Let's start with the outside. A 2" Traxda lift kit was installed in the front and rear and could not have been done without my good friend Andrew's expertise. AirLift airbags were added to the rear coil springs to pick up the slack from the weight of the build. Larger than stock Michellin Cross Climate 2 tires were mounted as year round tires that are also legal snow tires. The lift and tires bring ground clearance up to 9", more than enough for unplowed streets and dirt roads! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1747435688777-ZW459CYRCXBG4X6QLMM9/2025_HappySnaps_0402.jpg Toyota Siesta - 2025_HappySnaps_0402.jpg Let's start with the outside. A 2" Traxda lift kit was installed in the front and rear and could not have been done without my good friend Andrew's expertise. AirLift airbags were added to the rear coil springs to pick up the slack from the weight of the build. Larger than stock Michellin Cross Climate 2 tires were mounted as year round tires that are also legal snow tires. The lift and tires bring ground clearance up to 9", more than enough for unplowed streets and dirt roads! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1747435676292-IIP4UDYMZIS77XYREKBY/2025_HappySnaps_0180.jpg Toyota Siesta - 2025_HappySnaps_0180.jpg Inside, a sink with running water and two stovetop burners are mounted into the counter top. A 5 gallon fresh water, 2.5 gallon grey water and 10lb propane tank live underneath. Over six months I've used only half of the fuel! The cabinet also houses a hose and funnel assembly that drains under the van so I can pee without getting out, a necessity in the winter. A sponge rack, cleaning supplies and a propane alarm also live in this cabinet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1747435681691-PRJE7GKMFTTX6JUVTGPR/2025_HappySnaps_0334.jpg Toyota Siesta - 2025_HappySnaps_0334.jpg In addition to three-zone interior lighting, flood lights were added to the tailgate for outdoor festivities. A momentary switch was installed to allow for interior tailgate egress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1747435679299-UK2AGD09VRVCBLAUP32A/2025_HappySnaps_0316.jpg Toyota Siesta - 2025_HappySnaps_0316.jpg A Vevor diesel heater is mounted under the sub-floor and heats the cabin through a vent in bed frame. Diesel exhaust and fresh air intake are routed outside underneath the chassis of the van. It's incredibly efficent, pulling only 12 watts and costing me probably $20 of diesel all winter. The bed and associated storage is mounted to the floor. Niccolo shamed me into getting proper bedding, so the 4" tri-fold foam mattress is now complete with fitted sheet and down duvet cover. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1747435686025-VQ5SBIIQB57B3PXH0BGB/2025_HappySnaps_0368.jpg Toyota Siesta - 2025_HappySnaps_0368.jpg The bed is broken into three sections with flip up doors that form the brunt of the indoor storage space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1747435684854-RWYHIED4MQ77ZMVOU7X2/2025_HappySnaps_0356.jpg Toyota Siesta - 2025_HappySnaps_0356.jpg Ventilation holes for the mattress were drilled down the center of the bed platform. A small aisle runs down the length of the van between the bed and the cabinets, complete with variable color LED underlighting and extra foot or storage space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1747435677057-GXTGK7EJK2KRU2AWN1ZD/2025_HappySnaps_0199.jpg Toyota Siesta - 2025_HappySnaps_0199.jpg A BougeRV 30 Quart 12V fridge/freezer convienently fits right between the front seats after removal of the center console. Better yet, it only needs 35 watts to run! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1747435689381-8UO5ZDFKB7FPKHZ14XUY/2025_HappySnaps_0427.jpg Toyota Siesta - 2025_HappySnaps_0427.jpg After a scary cut into the roof, a Maxxair Dome Plus vent fan was successfully installed and sealed! It fits perfectly under the roof box and is nearly unnoticeable from the outside. A PWN speed controller was wired in to allow for variable speed settings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1747435682708-FMN6D1MRB2NFOI8NWYVN/2025_HappySnaps_0345.jpg Toyota Siesta - 2025_HappySnaps_0345.jpg A trap door under the floor in the rear of the van allows access to the basement, where plentiful storage abounds! When the floor is closed, hooks for dish towels and trash bags are accessible, as well as battery access and miscellaneous storage on the side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1747435680803-APXK8HK88MXFZYABI95O/2025_HappySnaps_0319.jpg Toyota Siesta - 2025_HappySnaps_0319.jpg The attic is a Thule Force XXL roof box with nearly 600 liters of extra storage space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1747435683817-KIIYCUMOP4SL4Z61WYEW/2025_HappySnaps_0354.jpg Toyota Siesta - 2025_HappySnaps_0354.jpg Instead of creating a custom power supply, I opted for a VTOMAN FlashSpeed 1500 power station. Perks include 1.5 kWh of power, 3 AC plugs, 6 USB and 3 12V plugs. It can charge fully from a wall outlet in under an hour, from the van cigarette lighter, or from the 220 watt folding solar panel that lives behind the sink. A full charge usually lasts 4-5 days, using 1.3% of the electricity of a standard home over the duration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1747435686768-A7A4CDHT03MRL158RWZP/2025_HappySnaps_0388.jpg Toyota Siesta - 2025_HappySnaps_0388.jpg The diesel heater control unit is mounted under the 12x14" folding countertop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1747435687834-62H54CFDM5Y0M79AMD3R/2025_HappySnaps_0394.jpg Toyota Siesta - 2025_HappySnaps_0394.jpg Four cabinets store food, dishes and toiletries. One of the cabinets is further separated into four segments for smaller items. A mirror was mounted to this cabinet but let's be real, it doesn't get used! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1747435678195-B2OIY68YSM9UX9O29ZBV/2025_HappySnaps_0308.jpg Toyota Siesta - 2025_HappySnaps_0308.jpg Closing the glass sink cover opens up a ton of counter space! A magnetic utensil rack is mounted next to the light switches with the vent fan above. https://www.evanleonardphotography.com/2025-yir-1 daily 0.75 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1771018901930-C9QZQICCZGZCA0X5ILVO/2025_HappySnaps_0457_01.jpg 2025 YIR 1 - 2025_HappySnaps_0457_01.jpg Eric enjoys some long awaited snow while on an avalanche mitgation route. | Mt. Rose Ski Area, NV 2/13/25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1771018901930-C9QZQICCZGZCA0X5ILVO/2025_HappySnaps_0457_01.jpg 2025 YIR 1 - 2025_HappySnaps_0457_01.jpg Eric enjoys some long awaited snow while on an avalanche mitgation route. | Mt. Rose Ski Area, NV 2/13/25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1771018902719-O50PYU4K0637LEU4FRVK/2025_HappySnaps_0463_02.jpg 2025 YIR 1 - 2025_HappySnaps_0463_02.jpg One of our patrollers, Schroder, gets evacuated from Northwest chairlift after the haul rope was blown off of the sheave assembly during a strong wind event. | Mt. Rose Ski Area, NV 2/14/25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1771018896977-1C7Q0GNXN35DBJFEU0DN/2025_HappySnaps_0108_03.jpg 2025 YIR 1 - 2025_HappySnaps_0108_03.jpg Niccolo and Matt enjoy some quality time in the Siesta after a day of skiing in the Eastern Sierra. | Long Valley Caldera, CA 5/29/25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1771018898301-57BYQFYGZI6K491S2VTM/2025_HappySnaps_0180_04.jpg 2025 YIR 1 - 2025_HappySnaps_0180_04.jpg The cooking and cleaning space in the Toyota Siesta, my home for two years now. | Ruby Mountains, NV 6/6/25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1771018899438-1CJV6A805EQ389KYO5VO/2025_HappySnaps_0334_05.jpg 2025 YIR 1 - 2025_HappySnaps_0334_05.jpg In addition to three-zone interior lighting, flood lights were added to the tailgate for outdoor festivities. A momentary switch was installed to allow for tailgate egress from the inside. | Ruby Mountains, NV 6/6/25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1771018900657-7676426UX3MBUBG9DH0T/2025_HappySnaps_0402_06.jpg 2025 YIR 1 - 2025_HappySnaps_0402_06.jpg A 2" Traxda lift kit was installed in the front and rear and could not have been done without my good friend Andrew's expertise. AirLift airbags were added to the rear coil springs to pick up the slack from the weight of the build. Larger than stock Michellin Cross Climate 2 tires were mounted that are also legal snow tires. The lift and tires bring ground clearance up to 9", more than enough for unplowed streets and dirt roads! | Vedauwoo Climbing Area, Buford, WY 6/7/25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1771018903898-MXMO218IWNP0IZL6GLPF/2025_HappySnaps_0474_07.jpg 2025 YIR 1 - 2025_HappySnaps_0474_07.jpg Shannon and Squiller enjoy some cozy coffee time in my hotel room while on a wind turbine job that was conveniently close to Shannon's family in Wisconsin. | Oshkosh, WI 6/24/25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1771018905430-KW4PLLKOUKJ0G2RE4CVM/2025_HappySnaps_0489_08.jpg 2025 YIR 1 - 2025_HappySnaps_0489_08.jpg A stunning view from on-blade at Saddleback Wind Farm. | Carthage, ME 7/30/25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1771018906866-CXPD3QHLSZBUN56RWGSW/2025_HappySnaps_0491_09.jpg 2025 YIR 1 - 2025_HappySnaps_0491_09.jpg My supervisor John while taking a break from work on the blade. | Carthage, ME 8/1/25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1771018908369-FMXJHVZFM13TCJCH8I46/2025_HappySnaps_0508_10.jpg 2025 YIR 1 - 2025_HappySnaps_0508_10.jpg Ryon and Chris get acquainted with our dinner. | Bethel, ME 8/3/25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1771018910852-9UQHA94H76H8DKQYJXMJ/2025_HappySnaps_0544_11.jpg 2025 YIR 1 - 2025_HappySnaps_0544_11.jpg Shannon enjoys the cooling waters of the pristine Mica Lake. | Glacier Peak Wilderness, WA 8/23/25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1771018913351-ECR4PNM980788G3PCEQT/2025_HappySnaps_0556_12.jpg 2025 YIR 1 - 2025_HappySnaps_0556_12.jpg Shannon strolls through a meadow with Mt. 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2025_HappySnaps_0587_17.jpg Shannon enjoys lunch while hitching into Glacier National Park. | East Glacier, MT 9/2/25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1771018922646-JCH0AD31VKO88278F5BP/2025_HappySnaps_0592_18.jpg 2025 YIR 1 - 2025_HappySnaps_0592_18.jpg Shannon fords Red Eagle Creek while making up miles that were closed due to some dead cows when we did the CDT in 2022. | Glacier National Park, MT 9/2/25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1771018924084-9FXZP89WA1A4ZIZP4KC5/2025_HappySnaps_0593_19.jpg 2025 YIR 1 - 2025_HappySnaps_0593_19.jpg Shannon grabs one last swig of water before arriving in camp for the night. | Glacier National Park, MT 9/2/25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1771018925863-GGDENZIULTF5A1M1BJDZ/2025_HappySnaps_0601_20.jpg 2025 YIR 1 - 2025_HappySnaps_0601_20.jpg Shannon makes her way down from Triple Divide Pass, above which waters part to the Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic oceans. | Glacier National Park, MT 9/3/25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1771018927341-KHDZV4365JYYURW1WKT0/2025_HappySnaps_0616_21.jpg 2025 YIR 1 - 2025_HappySnaps_0616_21.jpg Bjorn gives us a tour of his workshop while setting up my new Cinchi fanny pack. | Leadville, CO 9/17/25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1774549633210-DLHO79OOGVSZX2FI38MU/2025_HappySnaps_0618.jpg 2025 YIR 1 - 2025_HappySnaps_0618.jpg Shannon, Zoe and Bjorn as we say goodbye after a short visit to America's highest city. | Leadville, CO 9/17/25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1771018929007-PJNJ89SEMI601I2ASW6T/2025_HappySnaps_0625_22.jpg 2025 YIR 1 - 2025_HappySnaps_0625_22.jpg Shannon and Lebowski enjoy some brewskis and the sunet over Hartman Rocks. | Gunnison, CO 9/17/25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1771018930242-ABFISN1O5HLWK166EN3L/2025_HappySnaps_0632_23.jpg 2025 YIR 1 - 2025_HappySnaps_0632_23.jpg Shannon washes some carrots in the grocery store parking lot. | Show Low, AZ 9/21/25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1771018931324-OSVTBDJ07TM4CONCYVSG/2025_HappySnaps_0637_24.jpg 2025 YIR 1 - 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2025_HappySnaps_0699_28.jpg Squiller enjoys the comfort of a shallow sand burial. | Nags Head, NC 10/24/25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1771018939116-HLD6SS2LSY4F9PCLRMN0/2025_HappySnaps_0710_29.jpg 2025 YIR 1 - 2025_HappySnaps_0710_29.jpg Shannon poses in the Mountains to Sea Trail terminus marker. | Jockeys Ridge State Park, NC 10/24/25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1771018941113-V17JODXHXBAK7XYRVYUE/2025_HappySnaps_0742_30.jpg 2025 YIR 1 - 2025_HappySnaps_0742_30.jpg Squiller enjoys sunset on the dunes of Jockeys Ridge State Park. | Nags Head, NC 10/24/25 https://www.evanleonardphotography.com/2025-yir-2 daily 0.75 2026-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1771018960227-N976QLPNB2YD7PH8NFNT/2025_HappySnaps_0748_31.jpg 2025 YIR 2 - 2025_HappySnaps_0748_31.jpg They just love each other so much! | Jockeys Ridge State Park, NC 10/24/25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1771018960227-N976QLPNB2YD7PH8NFNT/2025_HappySnaps_0748_31.jpg 2025 YIR 2 - 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Rose Ski Area, NV 11/6/25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1771018966913-Q7CZ7O7IOYQIL7D6AWPA/2025_HappySnaps_0794_36.jpg 2025 YIR 2 - 2025_HappySnaps_0794_36.jpg Opening day at Mt. Rose! Pictured are some of my best friends in the world, Bruce, Meri, Zoe and Eric. | Mt. Rose Ski Area, NV 11/21/25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1771018969465-G4YP7W5W6D4DW4WUIN9W/2025_HappySnaps_0810_37.jpg 2025 YIR 2 - 2025_HappySnaps_0810_37.jpg Finally all of those pesky kids are off the playground! | Lodi, WI 11/27/25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1771018971318-G7A1R4T96ANRD5SP8C4F/2025_HappySnaps_0816_38.jpg 2025 YIR 2 - 2025_HappySnaps_0816_38.jpg Squiller takes his first slide ride in the town park. | Lodi, WI 11/27/25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1771018972536-U89UG7KZKTA3G88GP88Y/2025_HappySnaps_0825_39.jpg 2025 YIR 2 - 2025_HappySnaps_0825_39.jpg Griff graduates with a degree in Environmental Science from the University of Nevada Reno wearing some homemade chords. | Reno, NV 12/6/25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1771018973873-JULWDPWQNSFAEEG5207O/2025_HappySnaps_0837_40.jpg 2025 YIR 2 - 2025_HappySnaps_0837_40.jpg Matt takes a picture of the Ruby Mountains before we taught an avalanche rescue class for local first responders. | Lamoille, NV 12/9/25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1771018974900-YH2BT56811E4U3XW39ZS/2025_HappySnaps_0843_41.jpg 2025 YIR 2 - 2025_HappySnaps_0843_41.jpg Jacob takes a bite of his first loaf of sourdough at sunset while Griff watches jealously. | 12/18/25 Reno, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1771018977260-HNZTCFS2NANH17Y6X15I/2025_HappySnaps_0848_42.jpg 2025 YIR 2 - 2025_HappySnaps_0848_42.jpg Gabriel, Dad and Mom pose while hiking on a trip home for Christmas. | Kirtland, OH 12/23/25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1771018978647-XU1NP4YRNUYI8IN76F0B/2025_HappySnaps_0861_43.jpg 2025 YIR 2 - 2025_HappySnaps_0861_43.jpg Gabriel, engaged in the age-old sport of seeing who can throw a snowball the farthest. | Kirtland, OH 12/23/25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1771018980002-M7T92SQCUQ4CWRBMS8JV/2025_HappySnaps_0878_44.jpg 2025 YIR 2 - 2025_HappySnaps_0878_44.jpg Jacob skins up Rose Knob on the first tour of the new year. | Mt. Rose Wilderness, NV 1/8/26 https://www.evanleonardphotography.com/about daily 0.75 2025-05-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1668460052223-AUB66OJEIQ1W9OJ2FRH0/IMG_0701.JPG About Me https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1668460070156-QLF57HDDVQ97XNK8RQXH/IMG_2775.jpeg About Me https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1771021810600-I7S6ON6R9N40R0F702B9/IMG_0014.png About Me - IMG_0014.JPG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1668460042197-TTSRTXTOTFZAC1TH1ACX/2021_PNT_0943.jpg About Me Even though Blankie was only able to make it for half the hike, he was an excellent companion and I'm so glad he was able to come play in the mountains for the summer. | 9/2/21 Mile 1,246.2 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1771021797765-3BGLR51DAV56DN2ZGGDL/IMG_5922.jpg About Me - IMG_5922.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1682875385487-26SIZ8C57LPF1FHCLGC2/IMG_3363.jpeg About Me https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1668460041208-A106WS47UVKVAYLK7MRD/2021_PNT_0533.jpg About Me Noisy wouldn't let me get away without one of myself too. | 8/12/21 Mile 822.1 1,256' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1771021792052-0DI291CAQE0QORMM19SK/IMG_0472.png About Me - IMG_0472.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1668460044467-DTCOLNIW8710SEP759Z5/2022_HappySnaps_0583.jpg About Me https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1668460044143-TDJTNYXS03V7MG2Z8AJA/2022_HappySnaps_0544.jpg About Me https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1771021793545-L5UZ5HFJL0BS0F91EGRT/IMG_5735.png About Me - IMG_5735.PNG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1668460038372-K5T0KDFZIJ80JX28LY7D/2019_PCT_ImagesOfMe_052.jpg About Me PCT People Project https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1668460047163-CYXJTQQRX1DVBXXZEYSK/2022_HappySnaps_0674.jpg About Me https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1668460071600-VVFMVNJT60O8EKTIQ1A8/IMG_1818.JPG About Me https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1668460060719-FNKFGFUP0M0ML373LI7Y/IMG_1232.JPG About Me https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1668460072295-R2924W9CBFUMP53TBR4F/IMG_3842.JPEG About Me https://www.evanleonardphotography.com/contact daily 0.75 2021-12-27 https://www.evanleonardphotography.com/commercial daily 0.75 2019-01-16 https://www.evanleonardphotography.com/video daily 0.75 2019-10-22 https://www.evanleonardphotography.com/home daily 1.0 2019-10-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667879140199-8QZFKL2I25P5M5UDXGT5/2022_CDT_0739.jpg Home Noisy and Dale make their way up Downs Mountain, the northernmost 13'er in the Winds and the highest point on the Wind River High Route. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/12/22 Day 52 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1640626351762-IX0H3Z954IS5MJRXYD59/2021_HappySnaps_2768.jpg Home Arriving at the peak in a lingering storm cycle. | 12/15/21 Andesite Peak, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1547682725691-O5TFJ0FMWALI65J99AT0/HappySnaps_2_1248.jpg Home Alex gives Tableau la Rossa a shot. | Estes, CO 7/6/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1771021244439-EKH8C9WWRK3F9WAI9L3F/2025_HappySnaps_0878_44.jpg Home - 2025_HappySnaps_0878_44.jpg Jacob skins up Rose Knob on the first tour of the new year. | Mt. Rose Wilderness, NV 1/8/26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1771021255065-R9PAWZUV3K2028BX5DF5/2025_HappySnaps_0710_29.jpg Home - 2025_HappySnaps_0710_29.jpg Shannon poses in the Mountains to Sea Trail terminus marker. | Jockeys Ridge State Park, NC 10/24/25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1588343757274-0L5VZTDINL8NQAFVX6MX/2020_HappySnaps_0641.jpg Home Bjorn skins up Mt. Aire as a small storm rolls in. | Lambs Canyon, UT 3/20/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571776838055-2V9IQQ1KGLVL4I7WP4W1/2019_PCT_419.jpg Home Lebowski surveys the Eastern Sierra sunrise from Mt. Whitney, the highest point in the lower 48 at 14,504 feet. | 6/26/19 Mile 767.0, 14,504' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1640626433272-UQI7I8AKEA84DXP55HNG/2021_PNT_0840.jpg Home Noisy muches on her usual nasty taco soup concoction. | 8/30/21 Mile 1,206.4 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1610837643422-ZA3M7V0MFST5PVHECF76/2020_HappySnaps_0302.jpg Home Matt slaps skins on his skis for the second backcountry run of the day. | Big Cottonwood Canyon, UT 2/13/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571776853186-S4CLQ5ZJNQ8IS9HDRCCA/2019_PCT_556.jpg Home Downhill and Blankie trudge through the slushy late-afternoon snow on the approach to the 11,946 foot Glen Pass. | 6/30/19 Mile 790.0, 11,094' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1640626432804-1LOL6E58FX3TFY0PBSE5/2021_PNT_0862.jpg Home Hog Mamma, temporarily marooned by an incoming wave. | 8/31/21 Mile 1,213.2 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571776875958-2DS3EH4JQIBAJNGMYT2R/2019_PCT_1416.jpg Home I had to wear the same pair of socks for the final several hundred miles because my other pair had large holes. Safe to say things got a little gnarly. | 10/3/19 Mile 2,557.1, 4,724' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571776864048-4LYKTFUFPODG3166OEG5/2019_PCT_960.jpg Home Lebowski and Twain enjoy a ride back up the mountain from Etna, CA. Etna is the last town north in California. | 8/19/19 Mile 1,599.7, 5,980' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1610837643465-3BYXUQRRXQKBH0V21OI7/2020_HappySnaps_3169.jpg Home Due to a navigational error on my part, I camped on the wrong side of this ridge and had to climb it the next morning to get back on route. Luckily it didn't cost too much time or energy, but the views up top were beyond worth it. Regardless, I'm in the market for a new navigation director. | 8/30/20 (near) Shout-of-Relief Pass, CA https://www.evanleonardphotography.com/appalachian-trail daily 0.75 2022-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504132249717-B73TBUYPKHQBIKVRCI64/AT_2017_001.jpg Appalachian Trail - Appalachian Trail Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504132404688-PZ9N7RARK0SSOK9AIGN4/_DSF1805.jpg Appalachian Trail - Selfie-a-day https://www.evanleonardphotography.com/appalachian-trail-gallery daily 0.75 2019-10-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504128994900-GOHE3HRGXCPCETASKTQU/AT_2017_001.jpg AT Images Colby and Isaac joined me to hike the 8.8 mile approach trail from Amicalola Falls to Springer Mountain, the southern terminus of the AT. | Mile -8.8 GA 3/4/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504128995941-588DXUOSNB9IWSGB899H/AT_2017_002.jpg AT Images Southern terminus of the Appalchian Trail on Springer Mountain, GA. | Mile 0.0 GA 3/5/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129018176-30Z7XHDMO4QISQ8898M1/AT_2017_003.jpg AT Images Isaac, myself, Clover and Colby on the summit of Springer Mountain. | Mile 0.0 GA 3/5/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129018459-J4S8FD9XJJNL7YE7CSG6/AT_2017_004.jpg AT Images Long Creek Falls | Mile 5.2 GA 3/5/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129031139-997H269CE5SWOSSM0SJD/AT_2017_005.jpg AT Images Ramrock Mountain, photo credit to Chili Mac. | Mile 18.9 GA 3/6/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129029991-MOSHDQXI6YWPOMFE37YH/AT_2017_006.jpg AT Images Early morning hike to outrun a storm. | Mile 21.9 GA 3/7/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129045896-HH3KTAJ4BT2SQST4KC1P/AT_2017_007.jpg AT Images My first truly panoramic view on the summit of Levelland Mountain. | Mile 33.1 GA 3/8/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129045890-X1GIGI2IO7XNWRAWP2W5/AT_2017_008.jpg AT Images One of the first and only fires of the hike atop Blue Mountain. Later that night a massive thunderstorm rolled through, bringing 60 mph winds and turrential rain. | Mile 50.2 GA 3/9/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129053248-Q0LYORRYRM2O58O8VIMY/AT_2017_009.jpg AT Images Lieutenant Dan warms his feet by the fire. | Mile 50.2 GA 3/9/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129070717-W8PL59GLTMOA612YXCGX/AT_2017_010.jpg AT Images Grapenut and I in a gap called Swag of the Blue Ridge. He and I would continue to hike together for ~1300 miles. Low temperatures and high winds brought us together the night before. | Mile 61.9 GA 3/11/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129068597-GVN1IL2I9UCQH0CIF136/AT_2017_011.jpg AT Images We were told snow was coming, so we hopped into Hiawasse, GA for the night. We woke up to some slushy snow, which resulted in us taking a zero. It melted that night and we hit the trail the following morning. | Mile 69.3 GA 3/12/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129080945-WVIDZXACX3HATB7L4LQO/AT_2017_012.jpg AT Images Fishstix and Grapenut getting out of the wind while cooking dinner in Grapenut's rainfly at Plumorchard Gap. | Mile 73.8 GA 3/13/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129087773-L6PC2R3JLFCOLBIMWDIG/AT_2017_013.jpg AT Images It snowed again overnight and temperatures dropped drastically, somewhere in the ballpark of 20 degrees. The view was like walking through Narnia, a truly magical energy filled the air. | Mile 75.0 GA 3/14/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129093223-K0KIRNC8ON3NIZWFCZYD/AT_2017_014.jpg AT Images Walking in the cold isn't as fun as walking when itt's warm. | Mile 75.0 GA 3/14/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129100345-9BEX73PN9881HX41FW40/AT_2017_015.jpg AT Images Georgia/North Carolina border. The moment we crossed the border the weather took a turn for the worse. Temperatures were as low as -18 with wind chill in town, so 4,000 feet up was most likely worse. | Mile 78.2 GA/NC 3/14/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129111748-Y58FAGZZ95NTNXIE8T8P/AT_2017_016.jpg AT Images Snow covered rhododendron tunnel. | Mile 79.0 NC 3/14/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129111845-U22YGXBI9S4W1N9AIGGI/AT_2017_017.jpg AT Images Fishstix, Grapenut and I trudging through pure misery. We convinced ourselves it was all good by smiling. | Mile 80.2 NC 3/14/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129119632-JQABZ3B01N2MGS18PMBJ/AT_2017_018.jpg AT Images Georgia typically names landmarks in a very boring way, with one exception... | Mile 81.9 NC 3/14/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129130259-A6QX30XWRBLJ06LK9RK4/AT_2017_019.jpg AT Images I picked up some ground-score sunglasses at a shelter a couple of days before. Grapenut thought I looked like a Scandinavian explorer and began calling me Dalf. | Mile 81.9 NC 3/14/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129138213-WGXKL7FWF8BEKBVJLIYS/AT_2017_020.jpg AT Images Temperatures and wind reached their worst upon arriving at Standing Indian Shelter. We put up our rainfly's to cut some of the blistering breeze. Water would freeze if left standing for more than an hour, fuel canisters refused to light, and our shoes turned to bricks. | Mile 86.0 NC 3/14/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129142441-VR7U2694F570QGFXDTKB/AT_2017_021.jpg AT Images Fishstix, myself and Grapenut wearing every article of clothing we brought, still freezing. We were forced to go out into the storm and hike just to stay warm. Water carried on our packs would freeze solid, so we carried empty bottles from one water source to the next. | Mile 86.0 NC 3/15/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129148663-0RHYQ91XOI5AM2TKDDRE/AT_2017_022.jpg AT Images The view from the summit of Standing Indian, our first mile high mountain. A perfectly clear day made for blistering cold, but also phenomenal visibility. In the distance are the Great Smoky Mountains. It was humbling to see such a massive mountain range that we would be hiking through soon incredibly far away yet still so massive. | Mile 87.5 NC 3/15/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129156325-7ZMKJRLC5GWCFV0H7NCN/AT_2017_023.jpg AT Images Myself atop Standing Indian, blown away at the fact that I was hiking all the way to those big mountains in the distance. | Mile 87.5 NC 3/15/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129164577-IEFWBG6C3P8CIBRCP8FM/AT_2017_024.jpg AT Images The high altitude, wind and moisture in the air coated all of the trees on the summit with a thick sheet of ice. | Mile 87.5 NC 3/15/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129169849-L4NJDDHZ7GQF9D0HOQ98/AT_2017_025.jpg AT Images Grapenut and I atop Albert Mountain. A brutally steep climb led us to the summit. | Mile 99.8 NC 3/16/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129184288-7T6O4AF75IMSSSC54U6V/AT_2017_026.jpg AT Images Sassafras Gap Shelter came with high-end amenities. The climb up to this site will always be known to me as the most difficult of the trail. In reality it wasn't that bad compared to the rest of the hike, I just had a less than awesome day. | Mile 143.7 NC 3/19/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129183274-D2GP3OV5JGAJ30OF282M/AT_2017_027.jpg AT Images Cheoah Bald, the first bald of the trip. We made it up there for a wonderful sunrise to start the day. | Mile 144.9 NC 3/20/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129189235-JCV9ZOB4NCRV741NKOGV/AT_2017_028.jpg AT Images Standard Grapenut breakfast: Tortilla with peanut butter and Easter egg candy. Mile 144.9 NC 3/20/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129202006-6KXZBW3UIS1ZG8OGMMA9/AT_2017_029.jpg AT Images Grapenut and I on the trail. | Mile ~150 NC 3/20/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129203864-4JP3WVE94XL977T55R7A/AT_2017_030.jpg AT Images Grapenut setting up at Cable Gap Shelter. | Mile 158.9 NC 3/20/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129211451-7D1YD035OQCVM17JYDN4/AT_2017_031.jpg AT Images The view during a thunderstorm at Fontana Dam, the southern border of the Smokies and the largest dam east of Hoover Dam. This image was taken in the dead of night, it's actually lit entirely by lightning. | Mile 165.6 NC 3/21/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129221606-MIE7WCS93SM5RZI8KCST/AT_2017_033.jpg AT Images Grapenut and I took 2 zeros at Fontana as we waited for a friend of his to arrive and hike for a few days. We got lucky both nights and had gorgeous sunsets over Lake Fontana. | Mile 165.6 NC 3/22/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129219818-BJU66TU3L7BNC4UGVZOP/AT_2017_034.jpg AT Images The stars come out above the Great Smoky Mountains and Lake Fontana. | Mile 165.6 NC 3/22/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129233405-1BAQ41PQ21IPRPW1FAML/AT_2017_035.jpg AT Images Grapenut posing on "The Sawteeth", a series of ridges with exposed, abrupt ascents and descents. | Mile 209.8 NC 3/27/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129235376-HUCCQUYBXYK8LPGKXP41/AT_2017_036.jpg AT Images Grapenut posing on The Sawteeth, a series of ridges with exposed, abrupt ascents and descents. | Mile 209.8 NC 3/27/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129244873-2LMK7B9F69VARYYEIX77/AT_2017_037.jpg AT Images Myself atop Charlies Bunion, a knob jutting out from a ridge with sheer drops on all sides. | Mile 210.7 NC 3/27/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129245323-YNQ3CXQIKQ6A6WL5FA3T/AT_2017_038.jpg AT Images Grapenut and I atop Charlies Bunion. | Mile 210.7 NC 3/27/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129260686-8YK2427P4H1G5OROGMN6/AT_2017_039.jpg AT Images My camp for the night after a day of light rain. | Mile 217.1 NC 3/27/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129255002-B0N6X2I6CZBBIXLUN6ZE/AT_2017_040.jpg AT Images Grapenut organizes his pack. | Mile 217.1 NC 3/27/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129272939-5XOKVYNL25DK8STRC8PV/AT_2017_041.jpg AT Images Mt. Sequoyah, a sub-alpine ridge with a type of forest otherwise only found in Canada. | Mile 219.3 NC 3/28/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129273100-28AM5OGEWU5DCIWITUCR/AT_2017_042.jpg AT Images Mt. Cammerer, and the beginning of our descent out of the Smokies. | Mile 232.5 NC 3/28/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129288670-4O9348SSMBMDHJ6MVQI8/AT_2017_043.jpg AT Images Stateline Branch. | Mile 238.7 NC 3/29/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129292063-8WXFYVZFEDT796677L8C/AT_2017_044.jpg AT Images Grapenut hiking across Snowbird Mountain. | Mile 244.0 NC 3/29/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129302551-1A79N3A7L6F3MCLCDB92/AT_2017_045.jpg AT Images FAA radar tower atop Snowbird Mountain. | Mile 244.7 NC 3/29/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129305511-4Q9R1352KCGWKSCADMGN/AT_2017_046.jpg AT Images On the summit of Snowbird Mountain. | Mile 244.7 NC 3/29/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129316882-Q1UAFN4W9811P6JIAE9P/AT_2017_047.jpg AT Images We camped on Max Patch, one of the largest balds on the entire AT. We got full 360 views and could see light from both Asheville and Knoxville in the distance. | Mile 253.6 NC 3/29/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129319954-WVQB65R4T28REW7V8F09/AT_2017_048.jpg AT Images Grapenut and I escaping the constant 40 mph winds under my tarp. | Mile 253.6 NC 3/29/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129324317-VNV0NI2O635660DMHWD7/AT_2017_049.jpg AT Images Camp on Max Patch. | Mile 253.6 NC 3/29/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129332379-4EXQJTKFPM9XKBSBOSFU/AT_2017_050.jpg AT Images My dinner upon arriving to Hot Springs, NC. Two double cheese burgers, loaded baked potato and fries. | Mile 273.4 NC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129339970-0PIN6WXLH41OSM9FZE19/AT_2017_051.jpg AT Images Getting out of turrential rain at Little Laurel Shelter. | Mile 293.0 NC 4/3/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129347691-N27G30NUD4IX1G2KT8T9/AT_2017_052.jpg AT Images Rain clouds cleared out and made way for a lovely sunset. | Mile 300.3 NC 4/3/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129354969-S9AJC5AEHKS41AWCIWVT/AT_2017_053.jpg AT Images Big Butt Mountain summit. | Mile 302.2 NC 4/4/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129363124-92V2SUTA6OPCH5L1HQGZ/AT_2017_054.jpg AT Images Licking Lick Rock. | Mile 312.9 NC 4/4/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129364265-WUTVJP55TFTNHGQH8KS4/AT_2017_055.jpg AT Images Hiking across Big Bald. | Mile 324.3 NC 4/5/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129379419-TAAESD7N876GVOWVK4VX/AT_2017_056.jpg AT Images Having a snack out of the wind. | Mile 325.6 NC 4/5/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129378295-NO9X5XNY2URVX4UF4L0Z/AT_2017_057.jpg AT Images Uncle Johnny's Nolichucky Hostel had a hammock bunkhouse. Very strong winds made for an interesting rainfly set up. | Mile 342.7 TN 4/6/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129389925-HI86LCXZNIKAY8MJ4NRM/AT_2017_058.jpg AT Images Dense Spruce Forest. | Mile 356.5 4/9/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129393151-T65EN4VWM52ETH2PJD7P/AT_2017_059.jpg AT Images Unaka Mountain, just shy of the top. A dense spruce forest covered the summit. | Mile 356.5 4/9/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129415833-AI163BTXOPY9J4RJENSW/AT_2017_062.jpg AT Images Laurel Falls after having just hiked 50 miles in two days, a massive accomplishment that early in the hike. | Mile 419.7 TN 4/11/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129429543-E6MDCT1AMVFQ3XHXMGX9/AT_2017_063.jpg AT Images Phenomenal rock texture. | Mile 421.2 TN 4/11/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129437610-P4E7KSHS6J4EIM8C53TL/AT_2017_064.jpg AT Images Camp on top of Pond Flat Mountain. A terrible 1,600 foot climb in 85 degree heat after having just scarfed down 3,070 calories of McDonalds. | Mile 423.8 TN 4/11/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129443746-HNAT3CUFYHF7J1OS0FYE/AT_2017_065.jpg AT Images Grapenut enjoying the view on top of Pond Flats. | Mile 423.8 TN 4/11/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129450655-TE9HZQIGGXR0C4L4ZYWD/AT_2017_066.jpg AT Images Pond Flats | Mile 423.8 TN 4/11/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129460486-95O9K3ZU6LYOWFQGNIUT/AT_2017_067.jpg AT Images Pond Flats | Mile 423.8 TN 4/11/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129462749-OCVHK53HWAUWZ11IX7E6/AT_2017_068.jpg AT Images Wonderful early morning Tennessee views. | Mile 448.3 TN 4/13/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129471630-LUSWTJVJYRQJG1NUE8KS/AT_2017_069.jpg AT Images Damascus is the most welcoming and wonderful trail town, it is also where the Trail Days hiker festival is hosted. We got sucked in, we stayed for 3 days. | Mile 468.7 TN/VA Border 4/13/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129477859-UC9GJGO4SZ4HB3XDLIZ0/AT_2017_070.jpg AT Images Making dinner under "Megatarp". | Mile 486.4 VA 4/16/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129485931-RHRVYPI8AX0SKLSC1GR3/AT_2017_071.jpg AT Images Mantis has an after dinner snack while talking to Goliath, Ace and Yak. | Mile 486.4 VA 4/16/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129499522-5N48J9SE1JAPK2NXONXY/AT_2017_072.jpg AT Images Grapenut brushes his teeth. | Mile 486.4 VA 4/16/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129500105-HWEW7ZGFKURNXU9AAQQV/AT_2017_073.jpg AT Images Grapenut finds a new place to keep his toothbrush easily accessible. | Mile 486.4 VA 4/16/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129511122-T1F810RJ0L8R4A69292X/AT_2017_074.jpg AT Images A wild pony in the Grayson Highlands licks the sweat from my trekking pole. The ponies were introduced in the 70s to help naturally maintain the highlands, but have become so used to people that they can be a nuisance. | Mile 498.3 VA 4/17/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129511128-6MFLZY5MTWHKQID9A0V9/AT_2017_075.jpg AT Images Part of the trail known as Fat Man Squeeze. | Mile 499.1 VA 4/17/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129528755-EEIIA1NE9N8ZCPDUDS0K/AT_2017_076.jpg AT Images 500 miles! | Mile 500.0 VA 4/17/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129522179-DL47N3VA6EFCG3XXD1J5/AT_2017_077.jpg AT Images Gandalf, Snickers, Couscous (me) and Grapenut at the 500 mile mark. | Mile 500 VA 4/17/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129533249-VVGVCJWRQNQB4GGVCVSU/AT_2017_078.jpg AT Images Grayson Highlands. | Mile 501.4 VA 4/17/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129544589-LS85RWRR2DBTGT14EDOQ/AT_2017_079.jpg AT Images Fox Creek. | Mile 510.9 VA 4/18/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129541746-FPF6FBP0MZNDOPW5EHST/AT_2017_080.jpg AT Images These cows followed us while we hiked acros a farmers field just outside of Atkins, VA. We camped just on the edge of the field on the opposite side of a fence. When we woke up, the cows were standing in a straight line along the fence staring at us. They scattered once they realized we saw them. | Mile 545.9 VA 4/19/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129547754-UN9DOLBOZMQE213X62MW/AT_2017_081.jpg AT Images Another farmers field the trail went through. | Mile 554.1 VA 4/20/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129556757-F48ZCI952VBBTY4BZJDS/AT_2017_082.jpg AT Images Chestnut Knob Shelter was an old fire wardens cabin that was gutted and turned into a shelter when fire towers became obsolete. The foundation for the fire tower is visible in the bottom middle fo frame. Everything behind the cabin is the Beartown Wilderness. 180 degrees in the opposite direction is a valley known for having some of the most fertile soil in Virginia. | Mile 568.1 VA 4/20/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129566335-EYWKMEC66LA0T13YQKLX/AT_2017_083.jpg AT Images A ridge where our right side was completely fogged in, and the left side was a perfectly clear sunny day. | Mile 575.3 VA 4/21/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129567950-IB7S67BQWRQIRJOTKCHS/AT_2017_084.jpg AT Images Ping Pong and Olde English playing Euchre at Woods Hole Hostel. We stayed there for 3 days while there was a rain storm that was turrential for 48 hours without a break. | Mile 623.7 VA 4/24/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129584104-UKIOB39Q5K8D0KIQ6DX3/AT_2017_085.jpg AT Images Ping Pong, Olde English and Two Step. | Mile 626.5 VA 4/25/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129580189-37VI4D09CZXNIDP54PC2/AT_2017_086.jpg AT Images Two Step. | Mile 631.8 VA 4/25/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129598348-VG1SOTNKJ8TTO6VSY6OJ/AT_2017_088.jpg AT Images The best kind of hike- a hike to a grocery store. Grocery stores were few and far between, when a town was big enough for one it was a momentous occasion. | Mile 634.3 VA 4/25/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129605852-H2CFNBJ88FSEPSOCR2EM/AT_2017_089.jpg AT Images Grapenut, Chili Mac, and Two Step on an exposed ridgeline. | Mile 649.8 VA 4/26/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129615915-MFH54XCBNIR7ZKB0NIHN/AT_2017_090.jpg AT Images Grapenut pulling himself across a river on a zipline. On the opposite bank is The Captain's, a man who allows hikers to camp in his yard and enjoy a fridge stocked full of soda. | Mile 655.9 VA 4/27/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129617291-OGKRAW74M05XR56TTS0Y/AT_2017_091.jpg AT Images Two Step was having serious foot pain due to some bad shoes. She walked barefoot for a couple of miles, then in her crocs for a couple of miles. She didn't have enough cushion in the crocs, so we put Grapenut's on the outside of hers to add a little extra. She walked another few miles like this until she reached a road to hitch into town and get new shoes. Badass. Chili Mac is pictured in the background, drinking coffee. | Mile 658.6 VA 4/27/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129633900-5SFJMOJFLC7UDCCQVD30/AT_2017_092.jpg AT Images Grapenut, Throwback and Ping Pong ford a small stream. | Mile 673.4 VA 4/27/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129641258-LVJYQXCYM64T3DE1OO9H/AT_2017_093.jpg AT Images Grapenut helps Olde English move his tent to a better location by the creek. This is at the Bat Ranch, a wonderful property with three caves on it, one of which we went caving in. | Mile 675.7 VA 4/28/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129649470-0XUV2VPLGWG0TTXYNMYU/AT_2017_094.jpg AT Images Grapenut and Olde English playing Stump, my new favorite game. | Mile 675.7 VA 4/28/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129659039-CNJI8ZNLS4DJCJBUIH1Y/AT_2017_095.jpg AT Images Ping Pong paces in his underwear while on the phone with his Mom. | Mile 675.7 VA 4/28/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129659770-MZZCEWFB2RE37K1LWLEA/AT_2017_096.jpg AT Images Olde English chomps on a cucumber. | Mile 675.7 VA 4/28/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129676499-6UHI7DSFWI1C5HI5LDN4/AT_2017_097.jpg AT Images Lazer show at the Bat Ranch. There is a diesel powered hot tub the owners built which we enjoyed very much. | Mile 675.7 VA 4/28/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129675790-ONK9IFCJML39JHTLOSRY/AT_2017_098.jpg AT Images At the Bat Ranch, we all just wore our crocs rather than shoes. Our feet weren't used to seeing sun, and Two Step, the palest of the bunch got sunburned. | Mile 675.7 VA 4/28/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129690897-O91XFE3VUM19VGTY0DM0/AT_2017_099.jpg AT Images Eastern Continental Divide. Just a short 400 mile side hike to the ocean! | Mile 682.9 VA 4/30/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129691492-TLFVMVJD4QKPPGWKS00Z/AT_2017_100.jpg AT Images Dragons Tooth stone monolith. A big storm was rolling in, so we booked it on the way down from here. It was poorly blazed and we took the wrong trail down a steep descent, realized, and had to climb back up. The correct descent was so brutal it gave me pain that lasted for 1,000 miles. At least it was pretty up there! | Mile 699.9 VA 5/1/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129704926-QXJFVET8KZK477CMIM7D/AT_2017_101.jpg AT Images On top of Dragons Tooth. This is the moment I looked to the west and saw the dark storm clouds coming our way. In the background is Brush Mountain, where we had hiked from earlier that day. | Mile 699.9 VA 5/1/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129704510-7THS296MGGFFQ6PHR2ZQ/AT_2017_102.jpg AT Images McAfee Knob, one of the best views on the trail. The trail follows the ridge that runs along the center of the frame to Tinker Cliffs, another phenomenal view. Just behind the rock I'm sitting on is Roanoke, VA. | Mile 712.0 VA 5/2/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129716737-42BJZS1V12FIPJ5YDODB/AT_2017_103.jpg AT Images View from the other side of McAfee Knob. | Mile 712.0 VA 5/2/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129717448-52L980IZ2KONC9SOD3OQ/AT_2017_104.jpg AT Images Grapenut and I enjoying the view. | Mile 712.0 VA 5/2/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129728296-H6JETE1YC6XROXO4XPTX/AT_2017_105.jpg AT Images About time someone said something, even if it is just more graffiti. | Mile 712.7 VA 5/2/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129728479-QCU2XC845NHKYKJQY9OO/AT_2017_106.jpg AT Images As is tradition, I'm peeing off Tinker Cliffs. Strong winds made for some bad spray. | Mile 717.6 VA 5/2/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129743478-G02O883S1A0IAY9GNHMY/AT_2017_107.jpg AT Images Lucas and Al came to hike 60 miles with Grapenut and I. Their trail names would become Whittler and Supple. | Mile 733.1 VA 5/3/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129744575-AOTZFEKM6284NYS7NNQA/AT_2017_108.jpg AT Images Supple and Whittler setting up camp for the night in a gorgeous little holler. In the 1800s, this area was used for mass charcoal production furnaces. | Mile 738.8 VA 5/3/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129756973-X8GV9H865OQVHX01ROF5/AT_2017_109.jpg AT Images Whittler whittling by a creek. | Mile 738.8 VA 5/3/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129776049-JWC2RSZNR8EU921R4N6G/AT_2017_111.jpg AT Images Whittler and Supple trucking along. | Mile 757.9 VA 5/5/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129781578-HYVCXX5PSVZXUU6F1CJ9/AT_2017_112.jpg AT Images Whittler enjoys Blackrock view and figures out which mountains we crossed over in the distance. | Mile 765.9 VA 5/5/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129787460-EKXBUFVDGP49Q0G2EV2A/AT_2017_113.jpg AT Images Grapenut challenges the 40 mph winds to step it up. | Mile 771.7 VA 5/6/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129792756-KZVCSULKQTVP4TQ9DTIK/AT_2017_114.jpg AT Images Whittler enjoys the view and laughs about how ridiculous the wind is. | Mile 771.7 VA 5/6/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129797747-E5X6FLNKJSG1WXU7A55Z/AT_2017_115.jpg AT Images Supple also enjoys the view and the weather. | Mile 771.7 VA 5/6/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129808770-54MLWH9P6TC6S3I5CNG1/AT_2017_116.jpg AT Images Whittler and Supple ready for another day of hiking. | Mile 773.5 VA 5/6/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129810078-2ZVLN83IX23DU0TFLRNA/AT_2017_117.jpg AT Images Mile 739.8 VA 5/8/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129823955-QW1HKF9LZESPKKEIHXBN/AT_2017_118.jpg AT Images Camp for the night. | Mile 804.9 VA 5/8/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129828644-13U8OOB639B8RKN7Z1BC/AT_2017_119.jpg AT Images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129836542-CNDW1KY2VNAK4PR95YVM/AT_2017_120.jpg AT Images Mile 833.8 VA 5/10/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129843085-Q3ID2I0308Q72D6EI8HN/AT_2017_121.jpg AT Images A Red Spotted Newt, seen on almost the entire length of the trail. As the newt gets older, it turns green and transitions to living in water full time. | Mile 841.1 VA 5/11/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129852889-SL7WBAPC73ES7HYQ2ZZQ/AT_2017_122.jpg AT Images Just before entering Shenandoah National Park, we stopped in to Waynesboro, Virginia. They had a thru hiker campsite on the edge of town, but there was no water source. Thankfully, it was raining. | Mile 861.9 VA 5/12/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129857731-E6J0Q9IIPQLB3XAF6NTJ/AT_2017_123.jpg AT Images Grapenut does some mustache maintenence. | Mile 900.7 VA 5/15/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129868009-5UYSLG3Z1TLPXP1PF9EG/AT_2017_124.jpg AT Images The trail followed Skyline Drive for .1 miles, and crossed US 33, which ultimately goes straight back home to Athens. | Mile 907.4 VA 5/15/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129871078-B560D4FLQ0OYL7IYX5OS/AT_2017_125.jpg AT Images Grapenut on Little Stony Man Cliffs looking down on Luray, VA. | Mile 933.5 VA 5/16/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129883345-H0QLNV9LRYECI0LZBYO5/AT_2017_126.jpg AT Images Myself on Little Stony Man Cliffs. Behind me is the highest point in Shenandoah National Park, a measly 3,837 feet. | Mile 933.5 VA 5/16/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129886453-QNJ8OMTZ4VUWSVY7I4Y0/AT_2017_127.jpg AT Images Sunset from Byrds Nest #3 Hut. | Mile 938.8 VA 5/16/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129893636-F1C0FF98GSGGEG9IRARX/AT_2017_128.jpg AT Images The view from Mary's Rock. | Mile 940.1 VA 5/17/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129900451-KMX074HR9Y077VQNVN4U/AT_2017_129.jpg AT Images The view from Mary's Rock. | Mile 940.1 VA 5/17/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129907375-VPBTGEU1646ZA4L70N7J/AT_2017_130.jpg AT Images Kaleidoscope basking in the sun. | Mile 952.1 VA 5/17/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129914403-QX7X4JL0Y0N69A4AC43Q/AT_2017_131.jpg AT Images I had my first fall and cut up my elbow. I didn't even realize for two miles. | Mile 969.7 VA 5/19/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129922039-WPRLC4EQAGVWABZ45W9E/AT_2017_132.jpg AT Images We stayed at a hostel with no trees for hammocking, so I became a ground dweller for the night. | Mile 969.7 VA 5/19/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129929998-E0P5OBAQN7AMYS4AW1SZ/AT_2017_133.jpg AT Images 1,000 miles!! | Mile 1,000.0 VA 5/24/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129939322-G0N93EU0LFTRGPMQ2ENV/AT_2017_134.jpg AT Images Camp after completing the Roller Coaster, a brutal 13.5 miles of abrupt ascents and descents. Total mileage for the day was 24. It was also my final mile in Virginia, and since 1/4 of the trail is there it was a big moment. | Mile 1,014.4 WV 5/25/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129941478-JIFO7G09IPYM3K8RRVLQ/AT_2017_135.jpg AT Images The Potomac River. | Mile 1023.5 WV 5/25/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129951782-DDLHQ9GE50ST9SRFF3SV/AT_2017_136.jpg AT Images Small snake! Found at the beginning of the Four State Challenge, where I hiked starting one foot in Virginia, four miles in West Virginia, 38 miles in Maryland, and finishing in Pennsylvania all in 24 hours. 43 miles total. | Mile 1,030.1 MD 5/26/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129954234-GEFAD3GV6UPBP2WI0ZNK/AT_2017_137.jpg AT Images Sunrise over a Civil War battlefield as I wrapped up the four state challenge. Only nine miles to go from this point. | Mile 1,058.7 MD 5/27/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129967176-G039BXQ4EA73EK4SNR63/AT_2017_138.jpg AT Images The end of both the four state cahllenge and the south. | Mile 1,064.6 PA 5/27/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129971781-35ACSNHNF48QX53R2E81/AT_2017_139.jpg AT Images 43 miles worth of dirt in camp after completing the four state challenge. | Mile 1,065.2 PA 5/27/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129986104-YEJEFVADIAG1FL7E6QDD/AT_2017_140.jpg AT Images Falls Creek. | Mile 1065.2 PA 5/27/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504129991061-J4VF8VVJN49WWDIKA52H/AT_2017_141.jpg AT Images Camping at Falls Creek. | Mile 1,065.2 PA 5/27/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130010169-2FT4ZS60A28OXXGM0OL2/AT_2017_142.jpg AT Images Sunset at Falls Creek. | Mile 1,065.2 PA 5/27/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130017833-Q22I04XJR4Y1HB0ISUU3/AT_2017_143.jpg AT Images Halfway sign! Fun fact, this isn't actually halfway, since the trail changes a little bit each year. The 2017 halfway point is about four miles north. | Mile 1,090.5 PA 5/30/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130019219-PHHIR2CWLRMPMPFETGJI/AT_2017_144.jpg AT Images Captain Jack blows bubbles on the porch of Trail Angel Mary's in Duncannon, PA. | Mile 1,147.2 PA 6/2/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130031068-ZPVX8GQC1MDCAE8GVK6D/AT_2017_145.jpg AT Images Trail Angel Mary and Not Tonight enjoying some people watching on the porch. Trail Angel Mary is one of the most inspiring people I have ever met. She allows thru hikers to stay in her home and relax during their time in Duncannon. | Mile 1,147.2 PA 6/2/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130035193-JUZOTX94QN0OO58EK8AB/AT_2017_146.jpg AT Images Isaac came to walk for a few days with me, his trail name became Sloth. | Mile 1,230.8 PA 6/5/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130046517-YC8WBU0F9OHFJTQ4NRED/AT_2017_147.jpg AT Images Sloth, new to the backpacking game, added a bit too much water to his ramen. | Mile 1,230.8 PA 6/5/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130054760-2ZV6XXKWEW1BOKFH96G5/AT_2017_148.jpg AT Images Pennsylvania, otherwise known as Rocksylvania. This is what the trail looked like in much of the state. | Mile 1,243.1 PA 6/6/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130058710-WNWJKS0AP2XPU7XWBIFK/AT_2017_149.jpg AT Images Sloth and I hiking the Knife Edge, an exposed stretch of very steep rock slabs. | Mile 1,247.0 PA 6/6/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130069754-U9EW60N5MUCR5HYESBP1/AT_2017_150.jpg AT Images The knifes edge. | Mile 1,247.0 PA 6/6/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130068015-L57W7P5KNTKJ19C0IO9E/AT_2017_151.jpg AT Images A lovely side scenic trail. | Mile 1,255.5 PA 6/7/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130080614-ZDCAWJ7S8P05P4TOGE8M/AT_2017_152.jpg AT Images Sloth and I about to ascend a 1,000 foot rock scramble, the first on the trail. Soon, this would be what the trail was all the time. | Mile 1,258.8 PA 6/7/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130083070-HGYF1SV4AS6WK8STFLUV/AT_2017_153.jpg AT Images The trail. | Mile 1,258.8 PA 6/7/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130096907-YIHRP3NYDE2WJHT7MPDS/AT_2017_154.jpg AT Images I found this smiley face on the trail. It remained on my pack for the rest of the hike. | Mile 1,262.7 PA 6/7/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130098473-MRPVP2F7TTG8YCAX7O1O/AT_2017_155.jpg AT Images Sloth eagerly waits for his water to boil. | 1,267.5 PA 6/7/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130109861-OW5UCNXSIO1CFPQBFCDX/AT_2017_156.jpg AT Images Our final selfie, largely to show off my new groundscore hat. I wore it all the way to Katahdin. | Mile 1,277.1 6/8/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130110242-NK2WKUTOKB9LUTC1RE52/AT_2017_157.jpg AT Images I camped on an exposed ridgeline that was popular with paragliders, two of them were getting in the air for the final time when I arrived. | Mile 1,287.5 PA 6/8/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130124632-PI46R6F9LYZM25NE7Y0J/AT_2017_158.jpg AT Images Cooking dinner. | Mile 1,287.5 PA 6/8/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130124338-KZJ6MAY3ZS6N03SR5N9N/AT_2017_159.jpg AT Images The summit of Kittatinny Mountain. | Mile 1,302.0 NJ 6/12/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130140245-VZK5K9NIU8Y6U95J3BP2/AT_2017_160.jpg AT Images Unnamed swamp. | Mile 1,307.9 NJ 6/13/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130139481-WRVZ4N4TTKYRUOTCOKBS/AT_2017_161.jpg AT Images Mountain Laurel, one of the most abundant plants on the trail. | Mile 1,307.9 NJ 6/13/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130151648-SM4CHEPFAWU0TWIQQA06/AT_2017_162.jpg AT Images Sketchy water source to say the least. | Mile 1,317.9 NJ 6/13/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130152462-WNFIA9PILFB9C5R560QB/AT_2017_163.jpg AT Images The night before we met a couple of trail maintainers who were bringing water to a shelter that didn't have a source. My water filter was clogged, and it can be cleaned with vinegar. Karma, the maintainer, said that her Mom lived right down the street and drives past a trailhead on her way to work that we would pass the following day. When we got to the trailhead, this was waiting for us, along with some other water and food. She was a true trail angel. | Mile 1,362.4 NJ 6/16/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130167019-MI1HU4C6S5FZR5ABO5BV/AT_2017_164.jpg AT Images New Jersey- New York Border. | Mile 1,366.0 NJ/NY 6/16/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130164002-LU7AAMNZM6N66LGKGQNF/AT_2017_165.jpg AT Images New Jersey- New York Border. | Mile 1,366.0 NJ/NY 6/16/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130178910-ZO0040CTXPOO381N9FYT/AT_2017_166.jpg AT Images Some border yoga. | Mile 1,366.0 NJ/NY 6/16/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130177147-ZK5KAERZWZDVML5YJYI6/AT_2017_167.jpg AT Images Prospect Rock, the highest point on the AT in New York at a pitiful 1,433 feet. At least it was absolutely gorgeous! | Mile 1,366.4 NY 6/16/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130190275-LUL6LHO76CQHU5PKZEVU/AT_2017_168.jpg AT Images Grapenut lounges on a bench as we wait for a ride. | Mile 1383.9 NY 6/17/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130191968-TU428CQCM8187Y5IQ2VN/AT_2017_169.jpg AT Images Fingerboard Shelter had no water source, but a storm was coming and there was a lot of trash scattered about. We jerryrigged this device and had more water than we knew what to do with. It tasted like roof, though. | Mile 1,388.3 NY 6/19/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130206973-03D3USVGJIFZBQZAVQ02/AT_2017_170.jpg AT Images A view of the New York City skyline from Black Mountain, around 40 miles away. Pretty crazy to think that from our location in the middle of nowhere, we were staring at nearly 9 million people. | Mile 1,394.9 NY 6/20/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130205960-NAMEI4VA96IY25OL6JYQ/AT_2017_171.jpg AT Images Nuclear Lake, formerly used as a test site for the Manhattan Project. Needless to say, I did not drink that water. It was also on this very sad day that I saw Grapenut for the final time. | Mile 1,442.7 NY 6/22/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130216143-ALXD5MZAEMPBZG9QWMIH/AT_2017_172.jpg AT Images A classic New York marshmallow farm. | Mile 1,495.7 CT 6/25/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130217992-XDNYCCHSQFRGO0JJH34Y/AT_2017_173.jpg AT Images Mile 1,509.7 CT 6/26/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130230574-9UK6Z50EDOI9AI5XADYZ/AT_2017_174.jpg AT Images After a few hundred miles of tiny mountains, finally something substantial. | Mile 1,509.7 CT 6/26/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130232489-B9NWGYGX8DEIKKB4SKLO/AT_2017_175.jpg AT Images Springer, a puppy walking with her owner Billy Goat. | Mile 1,509.7 CT 6/26/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130240144-NSLAR2OXJZDYWKFILEDK/AT_2017_176.jpg AT Images Benedict Pond. | 1,531.1 MA 6/26/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130244657-8YABE61KUZCRWGVSDRGR/AT_2017_177.jpg AT Images The summit of Mt. Greylock, the highest peak in Massachusetts. In the distance, Vermont is visible. | Mile 1,585.9 MA 6/28/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130256736-W16JKQX8JF5P7E8P0JQ9/AT_2017_178.jpg AT Images The view from Glastenbury Mountain lookout tower. Alpine zones, here I come. | Mile 1,621.0 MA/VT 6/30/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130257198-5DRH0JA2WHU7CA6HAPG5/AT_2017_179.jpg AT Images Sock drying apparatus. Moments after this image was taken, two inches of rain fell in an hour. Good thing I was in a hammock, because I was over a puddle! | Mile 1,633.2 VT 6/30/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130272179-5DSX1A30R4Q54H8DUROJ/AT_2017_180.jpg AT Images The view from Stratton Mountain. It was on this summit that Benton McKaye was insprired to create the Appalachian Trail. | Mile 1,637.0 VT 7/1/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130277665-LOLVEAN887S8YU3FHZHM/AT_2017_181.jpg AT Images My brother Gabriel, trail name Cropduster, ascends Bromley Mountain with my Dad, trail name Mr. Cous in the background. Bromley Mountain is a ski slope in the winder, hence the unobstructed path. | Mile 1,653.7 VT 7/2/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130288372-VKFVCU1JR6ZVAWW4OVS2/AT_2017_182.jpg AT Images Cropduster on Baker Peak, one of the most beautiful views in Vermont. | Mile 1,659.5 VT 7/3/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130288677-MLWWM5DU5YLW0N6YT04R/AT_2017_183.jpg AT Images Mile 1,659.5 VT 7/3/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130304750-NHQFLMHZVEWJB8MDFCMX/AT_2017_184.jpg AT Images Thundering Falls. | Mile 1,706.2 VT 7/4/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130304808-JJ86ZQ6EL2WC7127T8RG/AT_2017_185.jpg AT Images My view for the night atop Ascutney Mountain. | Mile 1,723.3 VT 7/4/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130323309-L88A9F1YZGP6WACX9YSM/AT_2017_186.jpg AT Images Surly crossing Barnard Brook. Trail magic consisting of sodas was awaiting on the other side. | Mile 1,726.7 VT 7/5/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130320727-WIF53U34LW017B19N8MX/AT_2017_187.jpg AT Images Vermont was gorgeous, but crossing into New Hampshire meant hiking the White Mountains, and the beginning of the end of the hike. Crossing the border was a road walk that took us through the quintessential New England town of Norwich, VT and into Hanover New Hampshire, home of Darmouth College. | Mile 1,747.1 VT/NH 7/5/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130335180-ODWV3LPIO1I8OZJ5X0H9/AT_2017_188.jpg AT Images That Guy and myself posing on the green of Darmouth College looking far scruffier than anyone else around. We stealth camped in the woods attached to a country club. | Mile 1,747.7 NH 7/6/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130336032-YHTHWS7PH7IS8S08TKNP/AT_2017_189.jpg AT Images Shutter and myself enjoying the view on Moose Mountain south peak. | Mile 1,757.8 NH 7/6/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130344543-RT8SWSCV6YU7MWVCPZX4/AT_2017_190.jpg AT Images Two Step eats lunch in the fire tower on Smarts Mountain. From up here we could see the White Mountains for the first time. | Mile 1,770.9 NH 7/7/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130352009-2UT0E79HR278GZHKPMVH/AT_2017_191.jpg AT Images Mt. Cube south peak. | Mile 1,777.9 NH 7/7/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130360193-3TWF92OWL7SGF0TEN26B/AT_2017_192.jpg AT Images The first of many vertical rock slabs the trail went up. | Mile 1,777.9 NH 7/7/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130371018-M4AR0KMPJIACK8HLOFCC/AT_2017_193.jpg AT Images Welcome to the Whites! Here's a river to ford. | Mile 1,791.1 NH 7/8/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130378512-F2CKY0AEHPIPQF9ZNYCK/AT_2017_194.jpg AT Images The trail coming down the north side of Mount Moosilauke. | Mile 1,800.2 NH 7/9/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130380358-GC7D27HHAQHLBHG2MVDT/AT_2017_195.jpg AT Images The view from South Kinsman mountain, one of my favorite rock scrambles of the entire hike. The trail would later cross many of the mountains in view. | Mile 1,810.4 NH 7/9/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130385932-DWULBGVB71QKIZNBLIM3/AT_2017_196.jpg AT Images Lonesome Lake, with Mt. Lafayette and the Franconia Ridge in the distance. | Mile 1,813.7 NH 7/9/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130395802-DG4WD17MVUDL0EMV69OT/AT_2017_197.jpg AT Images Cascade Brook. | Mile 1,813.7 NH 7/9/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130397340-LXJS9Z17I7OKRQWSESSD/AT_2017_198.jpg AT Images The view from Little Haystack Mountain. | Mile 1,821.4 NH 7/10/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130402755-JN6GJTQERT8951RGJ3GK/AT_2017_199.jpg AT Images Mt. Lincoln, part of the Franconia Ridge with Mt. Lafayette in the distance. Most of the high peaks in the Whites are above treeline. | Mile 1,822.1 NH 7/10/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130407980-I1OZE39MNX4REBF7KQNY/AT_2017_200.jpg AT Images Enjoying the view from Webster Cliffs. | Mile 1,846.8 NH 7/1//17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130413707-0510YUFFY4Z2GILHLF3U/AT_2017_201.jpg AT Images Mt. Pierce. | Mile 1,851.6 NH 7/11/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130418759-LBV57753EAX7KU5T9SDM/AT_2017_202.jpg AT Images Mt. Franklin. | Mile 1,854.4 NH 7/11/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130426043-YACBEGW1ER1W1P4EBQZ8/AT_2017_203.jpg AT Images A reassuring sign at the beginning of the ascent up Mt. Washington, the second highest peak on the AT at 6,288 feet. | Mile 1,856.9 NH 7/12/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130428135-YBDKX5Z42LJO2MZ86X3G/AT_2017_204.jpg AT Images This was all I could see in much of the Whites: fog, rocks, and poorly marked trails. | Mile 1,856.9 NH 7/12/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130438510-CJTNMWFGVYR6QMZ7W58V/AT_2017_205.jpg AT Images The back side of Mt. Washington. I accidentally went down the wrong "trail", which was an 80 degree incline with loose rock and running water. I made it 1,500 feet down the mountain, realized I wasn't on the AT, and had to climb back up. This image truly doesn't do the severity of the drop justice. | Mile 1,857.7 NH 7/12/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130439197-DKS91NGYUYT46YDHDFIP/AT_2017_206.jpg AT Images Dream Lake. | Mile 1,901.2 NH 7/14/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130458343-G734D4XD34VT0ONY1LKC/AT_2017_207.jpg AT Images Alpine zone trail. | Mile 1902.0 NH 7/14/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130451434-GL8J4XV7SE4J8JJI13M6/AT_2017_208.jpg AT Images I made it to Maine! Only 280 miles to Katahdin. | Mile 1,908.0 NH/ME 7/15/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130462893-1X3UYJCFX4XK0L3PE461/AT_2017_209.jpg AT Images Mahoosuc Notch, a mile long boulderfield. See that black hole in the middle of frame? I crawled out of that. | Mile 1,914.5 ME 7/15/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130471576-319FJNOKXWB6YKAGXLCD/AT_2017_210.jpg AT Images Baldpate west peak, with the east peak just a bit further. | Mile 1,925.7 ME 7/16/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130479862-952197EEYUIQ23II29WN/AT_2017_211.jpg AT Images Olde English summits Baldpate east peak. | Mile 1,926.6 ME 7/16/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130487279-TAZZ16NGHC3YWEE6WODL/AT_2017_212.jpg AT Images On the summit of Baldpate east peak. | Mile 1,926.6 ME 7/16/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130495367-GRVD8KJ2HBHYH9JA8CW1/AT_2017_213.jpg AT Images Completing my evening chores after a muddy day. I was also sick and short on food, which made for a very sad time. | Mile 1,951.7 ME 7/17/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130502584-HEBJEY0XHZYP79DOW4SQ/AT_2017_214.jpg AT Images Chopstix and Olde English waiting for a car to drive by on a seldom traveled Maine highway. | Mile 1,969.4 ME 7/18/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130511360-WEL8YBA7219JEOFT4PAJ/AT_2017_215.jpg AT Images The climb to the summit of Saddleback Mountain, which was above treeline. | Mile 1,975.1 ME 7/21/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130510448-UCW0L4O0U97D42DZ8IHM/AT_2017_216.jpg AT Images The Horn. | Mile 1,976.7 ME 7/21/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130533599-MRS5ZAIPYEZVEVBSMUB6/AT_2017_217.jpg AT Images Olde English and Chopstix finish their descent from The Horn. | Mile 1,977.0 ME 7/21/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130533255-WRWAMDYSZVC5R3A7I6P1/AT_2017_218.jpg AT Images Sunset shining through the clouds of an incoming storm. | Mile 1977.0 ME 7/21/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130550885-G3JYJ1I7I6R7LI76Q0KC/AT_2017_219.jpg AT Images Enjoying a dip in Carrabasset River. | Mile 1,993.2 ME 7/22/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130544762-BJNTH81JJS3PUAYG9B9X/AT_2017_220.jpg AT Images The summit of Bigelow Mountain. We got incredibly lucky and hit this location on a super clear day. It was so clear that we were able to clearly see Mt. Katahdin from nearly 100 miles away, which was the first time we had the privilege of looking at it. It was both massively motivational and quite depressing; the end was literally in sight. Katahdin is the very faint, flat topped mountain on the horizon a little less than 1/4 of the way from the left edge. | Mile 2,009.3 ME 7/23/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130555594-Y3TG32QZBSB05WZ8LUEN/AT_2017_221.jpg AT Images East Carry Pond. | Mile 2,028.3 ME 7/24/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130574960-D0V3EA89Z9PJ8DVCKSU9/AT_2017_222.jpg AT Images Maine truly was a wonderland. | Mile 2,035.2 ME 7/24/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130566925-OZMUAKL50993F15VDTDR/AT_2017_223.jpg AT Images Gung-ho for fire safety. | Mile 2,038.6 ME 7/24/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130580193-GOYNNRS6D716UZYQ82DS/AT_2017_224.jpg AT Images Chopstix diligently removes a small silica drying agent bead from his headphone jack in a position known only to true professionals. | Mile 2,038.6 7/25/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130593223-Y76F5QQJN2ML8WQY8Q3X/AT_2017_225.jpg AT Images Easily my favorite hang, I strapped up right on the edge of a 20 foot deep crack in a rock with a creek running through it. I've slept on a lot of rocks and next to a lot of creeks, but the unique beauty of this site was simply mezmerizing. | Mile 2,053.3 ME 7/25/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130592117-UWRUY6B2SF0W4UQ64YLX/AT_2017_226.jpg AT Images Moxie Bald, and our second Katahdin sighting, this time about 20x larger in our view. It is in the distance, center of the frame. | Mile 2,055.3 ME 7/26/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130603452-N2IN2TAA9INFY6FMBHKL/AT_2017_227.jpg AT Images Two Step had lost so much weight over the last couple of weeks that her hip belt no longer fit. She created spacers out of her crocs and all was well. | Mile 2,068.6 ME 7/26/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130609315-80CPNUJ669XLT7OGG41L/AT_2017_228.jpg AT Images Just outside of Monson, Maine was the beginning of the 100 Mile Wilderness. | Mile 2,075.3 ME 7/26/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130617184-AK0OEDWL8LIZRZ78X0PW/AT_2017_229.jpg AT Images Chopstix and Olde English ecstatic about being in the 100 Mile Wilderness. | Mile 2,075.3 ME 7/26/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130623095-RY9DB4CYLUW1V5IZSBU2/AT_2017_230.jpg AT Images Spectacle Pond. | Mile 2,075.4 ME 7/26/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130638059-QCVTCDDCMNCNABO2TV50/AT_2017_231.jpg AT Images Two Step thought she could find a better place to cross the Pleasant River, but misjudged and ended up to her pack in water. | Mile 2,105.6 ME 7/27/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130636404-OL76DHIV6JK0ZTDS2L5L/AT_2017_232.jpg AT Images After a bit of inopportune rain, the sun made way for a beautiful evening. Due to my consistently inaccurate map, I never found the water source that was supposed to be there and had to push on while starving a few more miles to the pond seen in this image. Hiking during a lovely sunset made it well worth it | Mile 2,099.0 ME 7/27/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130657991-9T7YEU7EK402K5U283YO/AT_2017_233.jpg AT Images Sunset from the forest. | Mile 2,100.0 ME 7/27/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130653632-7XDORISPX901S4HUPB5U/AT_2017_234.jpg AT Images Another even better view of Katahdin from Whitecap Mountain, our last mountain of real substance to climb. | Mile 2,117.9 ME 7/28/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130672956-886ZC4BNK0M67SYO3267/AT_2017_235.jpg AT Images Another good hang. | Mile 2,122.0 ME 7/28/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130674826-JT7FUZBF6DY7J9F4VJK2/AT_2017_236.jpg AT Images Chopstix lost his spork, so a tent stake would have to do. | Mile 2,122.0 ME 7/28/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130690712-AIXJF2B3793BVQPWEKNA/AT_2017_237.jpg AT Images Another, even better view of Katahdin from Pemadumcook lake. | Mile 2,142.1 ME 7/29/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130699635-A0RF13D3PGHUB45A5IHG/AT_2017_238.jpg AT Images Two Step doing some end of the day stretches. | Mile 2,145.3 ME 7/29/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130706535-V0IGA09TAIVQKD5O86MY/AT_2017_239.jpg AT Images The view that made it all too real. I sat, cried, and stared at Katahdin for nearly an hour. Katahdin seemed to have an energy surrounding it, steadily getting more powerful the closer we got. Here, it really started to hit home that real life would resume in just a couple of days. If only a picture could do it justice. | Mile 2,168.7 ME 7/30/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130712515-6R6LITBIVGH3MHIEWQXB/AT_2017_240.jpg AT Images Blueberry Ledges, a side trail we took to enjoy our final day before summiting Katahdin. | Mile 2,180.1 ME 7/31/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130729615-CCPQ9LYATZLXSH9SSIVI/AT_2017_241.jpg AT Images Myself, Chopstix, Olde English and Two step taking a soothing soak in a Katahdin spring fed river. | Mile 2,180.1 ME 7/31/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130729759-RB38YD9S8D3837BXYLV8/AT_2017_242.jpg AT Images Blueberry Ledges. | Mile 2,180.1 ME 7/31/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130751375-8H1809F05BEGGIFO8D7A/AT_2017_243.jpg AT Images Even more Maine pristine forest. | Mile 2,184.0 ME 7/31/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130737920-L9OE8RNIRC3QPN6ATLJJ/AT_2017_244.jpg AT Images Halfway up Katahdin, my view of Owl Mountain. | Mile 2,187.8 ME 8/1/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130751602-0VWPPU98P0IAQBYP7GRL/AT_2017_245.jpg AT Images I completed my thru hike around 8:10 am on August 1st, 151 days after setting out from Amicalola Falls 2,190.3 miles south. | Mile 2,190.3 ME 8/1/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130769486-TCYJ35WAETZHP5CU98ON/AT_2017_246.jpg AT Images The view down the back side of Katahdin. Being on this mountain, I felt as if I were truly somwhere special. This place has been important to people for thousands of years and it's easy to see why. | Mile 2,190.3 ME 8/1/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130770878-4YY0I30UUHCFKHIMQBU9/AT_2017_247.jpg AT Images My gear and a happy Couscous enjoy the moment. | Mile 2,190.3 ME 8/1/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130781630-H46ZTYLATZ18GKODW4VP/AT_2017_248.jpg AT Images The Gateway and Tableland, a flat part of the summit that one must cross before reaching Baxter Peak, the highest point on the mountain and the terminus of the AT. | Mile 2,190.3 ME 8/1/17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1504130784618-J10KH4LU68NTSBZXGWUS/AT_2017_249.jpg AT Images Two Step, myself, Olde English and Chopstix at the finish line. We shared a lot of special moments and spaces over the course of the hike, and it felt as if being together at the end was meant to be. | Mile 2,190.3 ME 8/1/17 https://www.evanleonardphotography.com/fall-2018-1 daily 0.75 2020-06-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1547435635154-16AB2BNEZVMY6SE80MIE/HappySnaps_2_1865.jpg Fall 2018 Back in Reno for the start of the fall season. This place is called “The Wasteland” and is where I lived during my time in Reno. | Reno, NV 8/20/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1547435709135-HE5RQ5GRZW3WU49TEMUQ/HappySnaps_2_2009.jpg Fall 2018 Catherine fells a Juniper. | Susanville, CA 8/30/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1547435875288-PZQZJYQ32XVI6OPJLM16/HappySnaps_2_2024.jpg Fall 2018 Camp for the night on the Tahoe Rim Trail. | Lake Tahoe, CA 9/7/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1547435829464-SZSC2N3H7UTIJRX82S39/HappySnaps_2_2110.jpg Fall 2018 Terrible light pollution from Vegas. The beam of light is from the Luxor and is the brightest light in the world. For the past several years it has only run at half power due to it costing $20/hour to run. | Las Vegas, NV 10/7/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1547515217607-KMFPF6I1NYCXPAJ5HMST/HappySnaps_2_2153.jpg Fall 2018 My view from camp in Yosemite Valley. | Yosemite National Park, CA 10/19/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1547515198388-STAZR7Q50ZTYCVRRKU8R/HappySnaps_2_2210.jpg Fall 2018 A bundled up selfie on the summit of Mt. Charleston, the most prominent mountain in the state of Nevada. | Mt. Charelston, NV 11/9/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1547515296839-HHJ6JNSUFZV4S5X8EYGN/HappySnaps_2_2222.jpg Fall 2018 Althea stands majestically over Kyle Canyon. | Mt. Charelston, NV 11/9/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1547515283675-90VG2AGXX9LKOK606KPL/HappySnaps_2_2249.jpg Fall 2018 Sam and Alex listen as another in the group projects some drunken philosophy. | Red Rock Canyon, NV 11/3/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1547515338340-TK7A40RVAK2E5072NOOK/HappySnaps_2_2268.jpg Fall 2018 One of the faintest slivers of moon I have ever seen just moments away from dipping below the horizon. | Mt. Charelston, NV 11/8/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1547515361885-BJODJ3N93BMY3VB0SXSE/HappySnaps_2_2320.jpg Fall 2018 My crew worked in the Spring Mountains during my last week with the NCC that started with nighttime temperatures around 20. Thankfully, fire restrictions had been lifted so we were able to heat up some rocks to keep in our sleeping bags. | Spring Mountains, NV 11/12/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1547515480940-U8SCMEN9KMEEE47RJZ8U/HappySnaps_2_1982.jpg Fall 2018 Working on getting the proper chain tension just after sunrise. Due to fire restrictions our daily start time was 5:00. | Susanville, CA 8/28/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1547515488341-MZC7IKPKH96OOAC7FWU5/HappySnaps_2_2012.jpg Fall 2018 Hiking on the Tahoe Rim Trail. | Lake Tahoe, CA 9/7/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1547515588045-ONVGI3D9G4HKRYIN1NAR/HappySnaps_2_2032.jpg Fall 2018 Views of Lake Tahoe from the Tahoe Rim Trail. | Lake Tahoe, CA 9/8/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1547515587953-QFAGYX4FPWONAHOVA4QR/HappySnaps_2_2134.jpg Fall 2018 Camp at sunset. | Joshua Tree National Park, CA 10/6/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1547515710473-GOVF7WSXIJSH8OIEGJDG/HappySnaps_2_2173.jpg Fall 2018 Camp for the night and man, was it cold. | Yosemite National Park, CA 10/20/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1547515701554-HSEYWGC1G4MM67VYUWBD/HappySnaps_2_2216.jpg Fall 2018 On a hike with my friend Althea we stumbled upon a trail intersection with a sign warning of explosives which have been placed to manage avalanches. | Mt. Charelston, NV 11/9/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1547515765949-O6ELC96QWBR7V3N10929/HappySnaps_2_2238.jpg Fall 2018 It was one of my crew members birthday (Susanna), so we had a small party in the area affectionately known to NCC members as The Wasteland. This is where I camped nearly every night I spent in Vegas. | Red Rock Canyon, NV 11/3/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1547515834577-F8PPN5JAGUPW671OY9EO/HappySnaps_2_2258.jpg Fall 2018 The Mojave desert produces some really weird light, and yes, this really is what it looked like. Poking up over the ridge in the distance, the peaks forming Red Rock Canyon are visible. | Red Rock Canyon, NV 11/3/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1547515834642-69LV5H588ZS4P63OETKJ/HappySnaps_2_2293.jpg Fall 2018 Jackson gives a look that fits the vibe of the ‘stache. | Spring Mountains, NV 11/12/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1547515878489-RINEILM2EAVFN9ZIOW80/HappySnaps_2_2332.jpg Fall 2018 Jackson munches on his six and a half pound bag of trail mix. When pictured, it weighed around 5 pounds. By the end of the eight day hitch it was just an empty bag. | Spring Mountains, NV 11/12/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1555957549578-M3FD4B4QNYF525J2UKYT/2019_HappySnaps_0147.jpg Fall 2018 - Next: Winter 2018/19 https://www.evanleonardphotography.com/summer-2018-1 daily 0.75 2020-06-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1547351848865-9D8D6CVK6XV2L79GTULZ/HappySnaps_2_0225.jpg Summer 2018 Coleman stove beard portrait. | Kansas 5/15/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1547351860011-9BZLAHUNSD3TN6FIC8K8/HappySnaps_2_0281.jpg Summer 2018 The coldest river foot dunk I've ever experienced. | Leadville, CO 5/16/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1547352034254-I6G2E9H4723I2MIUT3QN/HappySnaps_2_0421.jpg Summer 2018 Pitched camp down in the Pinyon/ Juniper zone at the base of the South Snake Range. | Great Basin National Park, NV 5/18/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1547351966269-SOK717FYZT3IBOJPI262/HappySnaps_2_0718.jpg Summer 2018 Alex stands on the rim as the sun dips below the opposite canyon wall. | Zion National Park, UT 6/3/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1547352058496-J5ERE4SV36WPO2HFHFI9/HappySnaps_2_0764.jpg Summer 2018 A confusing body position made the lower half of myself nearly disappear. | Great Basin National Park, NV 6/10/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1547352176293-FAC14WNIQM3M2BFW9ORL/HappySnaps_2_1012.jpg Summer 2018 Alex loads the chipper with slash that we cut to restore a meadow to its natural state. | Great Basin National Park, NV 6/14/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1547352223096-P40E9DKESVXR2ZE6K1R7/HappySnaps_2_1248.jpg Summer 2018 Alex gives Tableau la Rossa a shot. This climbing area called “The Monastery” was made up of routes that Tommy Caldwell and his dad set. | Estes, CO 7/6/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1547352285770-0YF1TEJGRRXUDVRSGYJY/HappySnaps_2_1383.jpg Summer 2018 One of the wierdest and most beautiful sunsets I have ever seen. A thunderstorm on the right, a sunny double rainbow on the left, and dramatically lit clouds behind us. | Ochoco National Forest, OR 7/17/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1547352371840-BTEBW7AT3ICQ84VHMO28/HappySnaps_2_1477.jpg Summer 2018 Alex gets a haircut from me. It was the first haircut I've given, and it was powered by the sun. | Great Basin National Park, NV 7/18/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1547352355917-FH2CSO4GHPNQ7O3LD72K/HappySnaps_2_1555.jpg Summer 2018 A smoky moonrise over Johnson Lake. | Great Basin National Park, NV 7/27/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1547352485464-CITYOBEEMPCKV6KL3QLM/HappySnaps_2_1604.jpg Summer 2018 Alex, among 3,000 year old bristlecone pines, makes his way up the loose limestone to the summit of Peak 10842. | Great Basin National Park, NV 8/5/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1547352504707-AL9ZQS7BUU92VDHIHLWR/HappySnaps_2_1629.jpg Summer 2018 The Milky Way and Mars present themselves on a clear night. Great Basin National Park is one of the darkest places in the country and is known for its skies. The high elevation, incredibly low humidity, and low light pollution make it a stargazers heaven. | Great Basin National Park, NV 8/5/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1547352574621-OHBECKF6W0R13LA6IOCM/HappySnaps_2_1786.jpg Summer 2018 My pants blew out in the final days at Great Basin National Park. Since there were no stores to resupply for dozens of miles, I got some extra airflow for a while. | Great Basin National Park, NV 8/13/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1547431955887-CMGN2B2ZQ2ESELKHYO3J/HappySnaps_2_1850.jpg Summer 2018 Obligatory chainsaw crew photo. From left to right: Danielle, Crew Lead Mari, Alex and myself. | Great Basin National Park 8/14/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1547431920162-7A2D7WC6OFTLAPKFWZOZ/HappySnaps_2_1877.jpg Summer 2018 A light painted portrait of Dani and I with Wheeler Peak in the distance. | Great Basin National Park, NV 8/19/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1547434358136-PT56OI7Q43I5UKPUKEK3/HappySnaps_2_0261.jpg Summer 2018 I snuck into a closed National Forest campground in my new Melanzana hoodie, available only in Leadville. | Leadville, CO 5/16/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1547434334765-OCCK23VIJTOFEDJDMKIY/HappySnaps_2_0390.jpg Summer 2018 About 60 miles west of Delta, Utah I was the second car to arrive at a recently flipped truck. No cell service here so I sped back a few miles to find a whiff of signal while standing on my car to call 911. The nearest officer was 50 miles away. The driver fell asleep at the wheel but was (miraculously) unharmed. | UT 5/18/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1547434420115-7OC83DQ27AJ9O3BSQ3IK/HappySnaps_2_0453.jpg Summer 2018 Some locals were having a birthday weekend four wheeler party, and they all rumbled back in around dark. I was the only one there not with their group, and while I was cleaning up from dinner one of them came over and drunkenly shouted "Come have beer and a taco!". I agreed and as I was walking back to their fire of burning trash, he asked if I was a tree hugger. I said “oh of course not” (but come on, look at me). Good on him for not judging based on appearance! Later I met someone in their group who quietly confided that he too does conservation work. | Great Basin National Park, NV 5/18/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1547434535798-C9PV6D3DE0F9KIKBDA1A/HappySnaps_2_0748.jpg Summer 2018 Just above treeline, Wheeler peak and its cirque erupt into the sky. Wheeler peak stands at 13,065 feet, the second highest point in the state. | Great Basin National Park, NV 6/10/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1547434651873-LKRXMH0IL40038PRM7T5/HappySnaps_2_0940.jpg Summer 2018 Jess sweeps a meadow below Wheeler Peak for beetles. | Great Basin National Park, NV 6/14/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1547434681009-7MUGYE2IYXX4PUQXUBBH/HappySnaps_2_1054.jpg Summer 2018 On Wheeler Peak I munched on an avocado, which I believe was the highest avocado in the Great Basin if not the western United States. | Great Basin National Park, NV 6/16/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1547434833858-FCLAM00JZAENAJMH4MFD/HappySnaps_2_1352.jpg Summer 2018 Myself in all of my saw gear while working on some trail maintenance in Big Wash. | Great Basin National Park 7/20/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1547434782477-JNO6064H6Y54JYEDJWTX/HappySnaps_2_1441.jpg Summer 2018 Fire in the sky. | Ochoco National Forest, OR 7/17/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1547434947132-KD14J9DOUTR7RHLL2G3M/HappySnaps_2_1516.jpg Summer 2018 I filter water in my new Melanzana dress. | Great Basin National Park, NV 7/27/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1547435017324-HWOEV8537GLPWKFHWIQW/HappySnaps_2_1591.jpg Summer 2018 Bjorn, Alex and I set out to hike to an area called Horse Heaven, which required traversing a couple of tall peaks. It was at the pictured moment when we realized we did not have enough daylight left to make it to Horse Heaven. I suggested we stop on Peak 10842 since at least we'd be able to see Horse Heaven. In all seriousness Bjorn exclaimed "SEAHORSE Heaven, where's that?" | Great Basin National Park, NV 8/5/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1547435119928-VCUE2TV15ZFFTVLC0OMR/HappySnaps_2_1619.jpg Summer 2018 Heading back to camp after a wonderful bushwacking excursion. | Great Basin National Park, NV 8/5/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1547435240364-REH0BGNBR14I2DH7PWTW/HappySnaps_2_1729.jpg Summer 2018 Alex cleans up a recently felled tree. | Great Basin National Park, NV 8/8/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1547435234541-N6Z4Z20OL7703CZ67Z2P/HappySnaps_2_1846.jpg Summer 2018 A double exposure of Alex during a lightning break in the work truck. | Great Basin National Park, NV 8/14/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1547435318528-3DWW60V026RID3S1KL2P/HappySnaps_2_1856.jpg Summer 2018 Dani on the summit of Wheeler Peak, very unhappy with what I just made her do. I told her we were just going on a hike but left out the detail that we were climbing to 13,000 feet in smoke filled air. | Great Basin National Park 8/18/18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1547748061555-P19K3DA2UXNV5YWUZRGO/HappySnaps_2_2009.jpg Summer 2018 - Next: Fall 2018 https://www.evanleonardphotography.com/blog daily 0.75 2026-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/cdb15d14-fba2-4b2e-b57a-d41769028c87/2025_HappySnaps_0878_44.jpg Blog - 2025: A Year in Review All over the place (again) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/beb991d1-f956-43d4-ba9f-ade105a720b1/2025_HappySnaps_0402.jpg Blog - The Toyota Siesta The Minivan That Could https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/bb7fa4e3-e20f-4307-8b6a-5df7772adc0f/2024_HappySnaps_0700.jpg Blog - 2024: A Year in Review East, West and Middle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1d22dc6e-d70f-4270-b1ab-ca7ef1e45db6/2023_HappySnaps_1387.jpg Blog - 2023: A Year in Review Highs and Lows https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/070f3153-2504-420c-ae70-34f98735bb55/2023_HappySnaps_0420.jpg Blog - Spring 2023 Kickin’ it on the East Side https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1682871753896-526MBQ0KQKBN76Y3G496/2023_HappySnaps_0260.jpg Blog - Winter 2023 Feet on feet on feet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/306a0e41-2fb5-416f-8fee-faf3f95b11c6/2022_HappySnaps_0532.jpg Blog - 2022: A Year in Review https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/006ec8d7-c03e-4a25-acdf-8ff462cea1bc/2022_CDT_0862.jpg Blog - Continental Divide Trail Canada to Mexico down the Rockies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/bc159f3f-b820-43e9-a6b6-39ed3bb2cc11/2021_HappySnaps_2768.jpg Blog - Winter 2022 Will it ever snow again? 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Over 650 inches of snow fell by the end of the season, making it one of the snowiest on record. | Alpine Meadows, CA 2/8/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1555955709999-DKUVH3WW3YULGIUA9R69/2019_HappySnaps_0169.jpg Winter 2019 Packing up for the brief move from Tahoe City to Tahoma. | Tahoe City, CA 2/17/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1555955774397-7F3HCWGUOXBNPXO5YIR5/2019_HappySnaps_0224.jpg Winter 2019 Jay enthusiastically smokes a cigarette at Winter Wondergrass bluegrass festival. | Squaw Valley, CA 3/31/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1555955777961-CDB59RPAOZOUK8KHI2OC/2019_HappySnaps_0254.jpg Winter 2019 As I hudled next to a propane heater, a lonely heart hung above the crowd. | Squaw Valley, CA 3/31/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1555955915398-DGM4WOAF8ORZXIKQAOOY/2019_HappySnaps_0344.jpg Winter 2019 Nicole glissades down a steep slope behind Eagle Rock. | Tahoe City, CA 4/7/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1555955838195-ZJLGT77ZJX6SUE6CXG5R/2019_HappySnaps_0398.jpg Winter 2019 Perched in her rooftop tent, Molly takes a break from watching the sun dip below the mountains for a portrait. | Austin, NV 4/10/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1555955915281-KYNZ6B0LSY40XKATI4A4/2019_HappySnaps_0445.jpg Winter 2019 Pastime, a classic dive bar in Truckee. | Truckee, CA 4/16/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1555956022608-08H5IL7VJCO3BFI6NTSD/2019_HappySnaps_0032.jpg Winter 2019 Nicole takes a bundled up smoke break. | Tahoma, CA 1/18/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1555956049915-PMMXN9JHFWGY0UCKFQ62/2019_HappySnaps_0097.jpg Winter 2019 Buddy guards the Hering household in the calm before a blizzard. The last offical blizzard was in 2008. | Tahoe City, CA 2/4/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1555956119385-DOE0IFMNG2PYHNPPVBZ7/2019_HappySnaps_0115.jpg Winter 2019 After several days of intense storms, the lake finally came back into view. Lake Tahoe is the largest and highest alpine lake in North America, and the second deepest at 1,645 feet. | Tahoma, CA 2/10/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1555956161806-HUAI35DYHNANE00AIRJ6/2019_HappySnaps_0135.jpg Winter 2019 Bryan and I took a little hike over the high traverse at Alpine Meadows on an astoundingly gorgeous day. | Alpine Meadows, CA 1/25/2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1555956183154-5RD2AJOIKLBZ7T2PWB2K/2019_HappySnaps_0160.jpg Winter 2019 Stella does a flip off of the second floor deck into eight feet of snow. In the 28 days of February, it snowed 26 feet. | Tahoe City, CA 2/15/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1555956255347-OXP20O6BC5R3HCJ4PH5K/2019_HappySnaps_0214.jpg Winter 2019 Morgan and I went out during a break in the storm, but still ended up getting hit with the next wave. | Alpine Meadows, CA 3/28/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1555956292463-QGCIQNECNWV7FVAMK8OY/2019_HappySnaps_0242.jpg Winter 2019 Trampled by Turtles closed out the festival with some killer bluegrass jams. | Squaw Valley, CA 3/31/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1555956788163-ZZ587F8EAQAF8HP9YRRN/2019_HappySnaps_0282.jpg Winter 2019 Morgan breaks out the old hula hoop on a snowy evening. | Tahoma, CA 3/10/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1555956761500-36OE0WIH9L3YFRHV8VKH/2019_HappySnaps_0381.jpg Winter 2019 Sunset over the Toiyabe range in central Nevada. | Austin, NV 4/10/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1555956830329-C70PMLG5O7XRDG8T1WY4/2019_HappySnaps_0412.jpg Winter 2019 Sierra and Nicole pack up the car for their roadtrip back east. | Tahoma, CA 4/12/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571869105138-J6DCY7Z7G3JD1VRG3BTZ/51E3504E-15BC-437B-90A3-28C0A0A3A5F2.jpeg Winter 2019 - Next: Pacific Crest Trail May-October 2019 https://www.evanleonardphotography.com/pacific-crest-trail daily 0.75 2022-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571455229439-2LFUAFHKYQOH7FKEHKJE/2019_PCT_556.jpg Pacific Crest Trail Downhill and Blankie trudge through the slushy late-afternoon snow on the approach to the 11,946 foot Glen Pass. | 6/30/19 Mile 790.0, 11,094' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571455358535-U63FPR1O70G0X8C2OTG2/2019_PCT_1416.jpg Pacific Crest Trail I had to wear the same pair of socks for the final several hundred miles because my other pair had large holes. Safe to say things got a little gnarly. | 10/3/19 Mile 2,557.1, 4,724' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571455197696-7IN8MXDC6Y08ZZKUGPHN/2019_PCT_377.jpg Pacific Crest Trail Lebowski quality controls some new cold-weather sleep gear before bed. | 6/19/19 Mile 716.5, 7,832' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571455179831-ASE37O9OC9SEVM6EYMAF/2019_PCT_320.jpg Pacific Crest Trail I watch sunset from our campsite outside of Tehachapi, CA. | 6/16/19 Mile 653.8, 6,067' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571455257658-IZT96T34AKJ32Y997V3A/2019_PCT_773.jpg Pacific Crest Trail Blade attempts to outsmart the mosquitos with a makeshift net in Desolation Wilderness west of Lake Tahoe. | 7/19/19 Mile 1,122.1, 6,973' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571455168480-CYCCKU634FNOON13S1UH/2019_PCT_060.jpg Pacific Crest Trail The trail cuts across a large meadow before passing through the small community of Warner Springs, CA. | 5/11/19 Mile 105.5, 3,393' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571455276933-JMFXF107QEPBEEKDCD2O/2019_PCT_960.jpg Pacific Crest Trail Lebowski and Twain enjoy a ride back up the mountain from Etna, CA. Etna is the last town north in California. | 8/19/19 Mile 1,599.7, 5,980' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571455205112-0LU4U615NEGCFLG66VVD/2019_PCT_419.jpg Pacific Crest Trail Lebowski surveys the Eastern Sierra sunrise from Mt. Whitney, the highest point in the lower 48 at 14,504 feet. | 6/26/19 Mile 767.0, 14,504' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571455294505-CDYOF12UGGZX5WX3B9XI/2019_PCT_1044.jpg Pacific Crest Trail Practicing proper form for a Sasquatch sighting. Unfortunately and rather surprisingly, still no trace of him. | 8/26/19 Mile 1,776.3, 5,779' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571455166656-OOVTWWNLJFPOT1OQ0PFN/2019_PCT_252.jpg Pacific Crest Trail Lebowski walks along a covered section of the controversial L.A. aqueduct. The trail was coincident with the aqueduct for 18 miles. | 6/8/19 Mile 520.3, 2,970' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571455216100-FTW387Q91V88IIPWY01S/2019_PCT_524.jpg Pacific Crest Trail Lebowski takes care of some oral hygene in Kings Canyon National Park. | 6/27/19 Mile 786.1, 9,912' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571455342306-CYXKUYRPNTBULHOIT13U/2019_PCT_1359.jpg Pacific Crest Trail After getting pushed in to Leavenworth, WA to wait out a snowstorm, we were surprised by a very large parade right outside our room. Lebowski had a knack for getting into dance-offs with strangers. | 9/28/19 Mile 2,464.1, 4,053' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571455239423-H5NX12IOQQBX9KC7861Z/2019_PCT_601.jpg Pacific Crest Trail Lebowski takes a tumble after slipping on a sun cup. | 7/4/19 Mile 843.1, 10,866' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571455337070-K5BKFSGA72CQ1V80CUZJ/2019_PCT_1311.jpg Pacific Crest Trail My hiking partner from the AT, Grapenut, lives in Yakima, WA not far from the trail. He picked us up to zero at his house. Here Lebowski eats a cookie while drying his gear after a wet few days. | 9/20/19 Mile 2,323.8, 5,358' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571455262569-KL3XHEYHZODKYFSBY79L/2019_PCT_795.jpg Pacific Crest Trail Stella gives her first-ever haircut to Downhill while Lebowski and Juicy anxiously watch. | 7/23/19 Mile 1,130.9, 6,200' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571455319981-MD6BUWGIPKUE9FBQGHBC/2019_PCT_1228.jpg Pacific Crest Trail Walking into Washington across the Bridge of the Gods over the Columbia river. The bridge is also the lowest point on the PCT at 151 feet. | 9/12/19 Mile 2,146.9, 151' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571455315947-WVY0N0UK6FK4EE9IR1QQ/2019_PCT_1152.jpg Pacific Crest Trail Mt. Jefferson just after an afternoon storm. | 9/6/19 Mile 2,022.7, 5,884' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571455373676-8Q6OCK6PV8Q2NH6C797K/2019_PCT_1474.jpg Pacific Crest Trail Lebowski in good spirits despite having to backtrack 30 miles from the border in sub-freezing temperatures. | 10/8/19 Mile 2,627.2, 6,295' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571455371225-MLZF27S26B1WRP0EAIKJ/2019_PCT_1456.jpg Pacific Crest Trail At long last, Canada! The line cut through the trees behind the monument is the border. Celebrations didn't last long as the temperature dropped and the rain fell harder. | 10/7/19 Mile 2,652.6, 4,258' https://www.evanleonardphotography.com/pct-gallery daily 0.75 2020-03-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777043284-SR8GMVSJJ3UX0W1H6C7W/2019_PCT_009.jpg PCT Gallery At the southern terminus on the U.S/Mexico border. The wall is visible in the background. | 5/6/19 Mile 0.0, 2,918' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777041375-BDRLCST2YDOQ97X6TY3B/2019_PCT_091.jpg PCT Gallery One of the largest blisters I've ever gotten. Popping and threading this one was less than enjoyable. | 5/19/19 Mile 193.9, 6,355' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777070323-CD6QFKRO21QTRW33ELNK/2019_PCT_130.jpg PCT Gallery Lancelot on the approach to Mt. Baldy. Luckily the clouds lifted by the time the trail had a clear view of the summit. | 5/27/19 Mile 346.0, 3,568' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777055224-WTGOU0EE1BYKUUASIKEB/2019_PCT_247.jpg PCT Gallery The controversial L.A. aqueduct, with which the PCT was coincident for 18 miles across a wide valley. | 6/8/19 Mile 519.1, 2,970' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777079035-EF6U05Y9YE6Y6XCM01YI/2019_PCT_277.jpg PCT Gallery Lebowski runs through his post-hike stretch routine in camp at a water cache. | 6/13/19 Mile 617.8, 4,954' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777096823-LMWNM4MULBGA3ZDBG4WW/2019_PCT_330.jpg PCT Gallery Wildflowers along the trail as a storm rolls in. | 6/17/19 Mile 676.2, 6,899' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777143131-PVO2G5KZVXZ9SGHDXHL8/2019_PCT_377.jpg PCT Gallery Lebowski quality controls some new cold-weather sleep gear before bed. | 6/19/19 Mile 716.5, 7,832' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777139621-RARJCX8VN8KD72KNR0HW/2019_PCT_419.jpg PCT Gallery Lebowski surveys the Eastern Sierra sunrise from Mt. Whitney, the highest point in the lower 48 at 14,504 feet. | 6/26/19 Mile 767.0, 14,504' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777157417-NE7OCCVLIYSMQUC5D3IR/2019_PCT_448.jpg PCT Gallery The return journey from the summit of Mt. Whitney. We set out for the summit around 1:00am, so our first experience with this traverse was in the dark. | 6/26/19 Mile 767.0, 12,800' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777160806-37MENZKX0T0PZ99HXJDR/2019_PCT_524.jpg PCT Gallery Lebowski takes care of some oral hygene in Kings Canyon National Park. | 6/27/19 Mile 786.1, 9,912' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777179913-QR48I9BPX9P5CO3G96WB/2019_PCT_556.jpg PCT Gallery Downhill and Blankie trudge through the slushy late-afternoon snow on the approach to the 11,946 foot Glen Pass. | 6/30/19 Mile 790.0, 11,094' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777178102-SUQG701TLR1ARP1ZKO4P/2019_PCT_567.jpg PCT Gallery Middle Rae Lake, camp for the night. | 6/30/19 Mile 793.5, 10,570' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777199171-KHY4GDMMQYU1LYSXRZVH/2019_PCT_606.jpg PCT Gallery Lebowski disgruntled that he had to filter water which made his fingers cold. | 7/4/19 Mile 857.7, 7,789' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777205320-M5RPY2URO0JIZEZSSWR4/2019_PCT_693.jpg PCT Gallery Lebowski enjoys Miller Lake from the comfort of his sleeping pad. | 7/11/19 Mile 959.8, 9,486' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777224820-G9ACOV1R2FUIZ5BE6TK2/2019_PCT_707.jpg PCT Gallery Mosquitos were the main source of annoyance for most of July and August. Dozens would swarm me during the day and hundreds would cling to my tent at night. | 7/12/19 Mile 987.4, 7,959' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777230087-DW452WBQNHJI9CUY6GTW/2019_PCT_795.jpg PCT Gallery Stella gives her first-ever haircut to Downhill while Lebowski and Juicy anxiously watch. | 7/23/19 Mile 1,130.9, 6,200' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777250673-7HZUF7SDEWHZJTBILZXP/2019_PCT_827.jpg PCT Gallery Hot Take insisted on getting a photo of Gabriel, Dad and myself. Special thanks to Ruthless for running the shutter on my camera. | 7/31/19 Mile 1,236.9, 6,016' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777251921-RJCCYVET8NLG7QQZBCKC/2019_PCT_869.jpg PCT Gallery Mark and Paul enjoy a summit Snickers. | 8/5/19 Mile 1,321.6, 7,631' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777271615-A12XERK706FD9XB1S8L0/2019_PCT_960.jpg PCT Gallery Lebowski and Twain enjoy a ride back up the mountain from Etna, CA. Etna is the last town north in California. | 8/19/19 Mile 1,599.7, 5,980' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777285351-TK7U50M2V4M73X2I8LO2/2019_PCT_1007.jpg PCT Gallery After 110 days in California, we were finally in Oregon. Diesel (middle) hiked with Lebowski and me on and off for about a month. | 8/23/19 Mile 1,691.7, 5,585' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777287800-A5CAGR5PD6DMP83DV1K5/2019_PCT_1079.jpg PCT Gallery Lebowski and I pose on the rim of Crater Lake, the deepest lake in the United States. | 8/30/19 Mile 1,823.0, 6,093' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777303438-VQAR6LH83K40GQWR5QXT/2019_PCT_1100.jpg PCT Gallery Sunrise over Desane Lake in Three Sisters Wilderness. | 9/3/19 Mile 1,941.6, 5,275' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777318555-SN2BHI8M0QAF7DHRRZYS/2019_PCT_1143.jpg PCT Gallery Lebowski and I at mile 2,000. | 9/6/19 Mile 2,000, 4,820' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777333588-DJ4UNDFQG1DT6Q3AULN3/2019_PCT_1210.jpg PCT Gallery Diesel and Lebowski posing before dropping down to the Columbia river. | 9/11/19 Mile 2,141.8, 1,464' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777341353-54DYV4K2ERYVSHF36NMN/2019_PCT_1237.jpg PCT Gallery An old trail marker slowly being consumed by a tree. | 9/14/19 2,199.6, 4,027' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777356106-ILGV9J6V65NL12BHUQFF/2019_PCT_1280.jpg PCT Gallery A knife edge ridgewalk through Goat Rocks Wilderness, one of the most stunning sections of trail. Thankfully the clouds lifted for about 15 minutes and we got a good view. | 9/18/19 Mile 2,277.0, 7,095' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777367696-VE1IRFLB0G624KQWET2E/2019_PCT_1329.jpg PCT Gallery Lebowski on a ridgewalk above Snoqualmie Pass. Mt. Rainier is visible in the background. | 9/25/19 Mile 2,404.5 5,550' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777380446-65CH1Z5Y3AKIF4HEESS3/2019_PCT_1381.jpg PCT Gallery Lebowski eats breakfast on a particularly chilly morning beneath Grizzly Peak. | 10/1/19 Mile 2,479.8, 5,582' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777389094-01ZTG642P3MBR6MTZU1P/2019_PCT_1416.jpg PCT Gallery I had to wear the same pair of socks for the final several hundred miles because my other pair had large holes. Safe to say things got a little gnarly. | 10/3/19 Mile 2,557.1, 4,724' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777401347-V1ZQOHEY5SRAJWRRQ5QC/2019_PCT_1466.jpg PCT Gallery Over the course of the trail, Lebowski and I walked around 2,000 miles together. Saying that by the end we were close would be an understatement. | 10/7/19 Mile 2,652.6, 4,258' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777895472-X9JZ94CM9SEUZU0FLPFQ/2019_PCT_060.jpg PCT Gallery The trail cuts across a large meadow before passing through the small community of Warner Springs, CA. | 5/11/19 Mile 105.5, 3,393' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777893591-0EMVQJAN1LXUQLSHUEFG/2019_PCT_102.jpg PCT Gallery Fiddlehead gnaws on an avocado, a trail luxury. | 5/24/19 Mile 275.6, 7,264' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777918176-VYAEVD6J8LNJNB75K212/2019_PCT_163.jpg PCT Gallery Lebowski and I were nursing some injuries, so we decided to take a backcountry zero day at this viewpoint below Mt. Baden Powell. | 5/29/19 Mile 374.7, 7,123' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777917645-O39GWAU9E1IRAUAVU9A6/2019_PCT_252.jpg PCT Gallery Lebowski walks along a covered section of the controversial L.A. aqueduct. The trail was coincident with the aqueduct for 18 miles. | 6/8/19 Mile 520.3, 2,970' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777931209-BBV1CQIFO6GD72W9UE9C/2019_PCT_320.jpg PCT Gallery I watch sunset from our campsite outside of Tehachapi, CA. | 6/16/19 Mile 653.8, 6,067' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777930245-3LQ79YHTCC4ME1XPOH0U/2019_PCT_360.jpg PCT Gallery Blankie watches the first sunset in the Sierra Nevada section of trail, having just completed the 702 mile Mojave desert section. | 6/19/19 Mile 716.5, 7,832' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777951511-X04WQXNZPP6FYHXN3UPK/2019_PCT_416.jpg PCT Gallery Looking west from the climb up Mt. Whitney at 2:45 am. The climb to the summit is an optional 8-mile spur trail. | 6/26/19 Mile 767.0, 12,512' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777948944-Q732Y9QXYVZEM23Y7BBS/2019_PCT_442.jpg PCT Gallery Lebowski enjoys the warmth of the first rays of sun atop Mt. Whitney. | 6/26/19 Mile 767.0, 14,504' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777968302-43RGQRX1UUMTILT465L1/2019_PCT_490.jpg PCT Gallery Downhill sporting some killer shades on Forester Pass, the boundary between Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks. Forester Pass is the highest point on the PCT. | 6/27/19 Mile 779.5, 13,200' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777977901-Q40ZJ21MIJACYAQCYV2C/2019_PCT_540.jpg PCT Gallery Blankie gazes at the majesty of the unseasonably snowy Sierra Nevada from the approach to Kearsarge Pass. | 6/28/19 Mile 788.9, 11,070' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777987443-DB06AX93QEG8JBRJBH10/2019_PCT_565.jpg PCT Gallery Front to back: Juicy, Lebowski, Blankie and Downhill descend the north face of Glen Pass in badly sun-cupped, slushy snow. | 6/30/19 Mile 791.8, 11,488' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571777998346-BFIAQQFKEZ8V9H10PTJQ/2019_PCT_601.jpg PCT Gallery Lebowski takes a tumble after slipping on a sun cup. | 7/4/19 Mile 843.1, 10,866' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571778015531-FHOO7E627B7I8H9OYRE3/2019_PCT_666.jpg PCT Gallery The Tuolumne River in Yosemite National Park. | 7/10/19 Mile 947.0, 8,303' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571778029357-SQEWJPID5D8B9DY10U5U/2019_PCT_697.jpg PCT Gallery The view of Smedberg Lake from my campsite. | 7/11/19 Mile 968.4, 9,219' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571778047108-HD3NHZTFITM34CJSXP91/2019_PCT_773.jpg PCT Gallery Blade attempts to outsmart the mosquitos with a makeshift net in Desolation Wilderness west of Lake Tahoe. | 7/19/19 Mile 1,122.1, 6,973' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571778059656-TW6Q3CUEUSFYTQAM3K7C/2019_PCT_815.jpg PCT Gallery My brother Gabriel and my Dad came out to hike the Northern Sierra for a week. Here Gabriel descends from the Sierra Buttes. | 7/29/19 Mile 1,205.6 7,400' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571778073346-QIREOLBUPQQ0GK1FB7CA/2019_PCT_858.jpg PCT Gallery Mark and Paul cross the Belden bridge on their section hike with me. | 8/3/19 Mile 1,286.8, 2,210' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571778084783-GOGHV466FXM6WB4SLRQ0/2019_PCT_887.jpg PCT Gallery After reuniting with Lebowski in Burney, CA we hitched back to the trail. | 8/11/19 Mile 1,411.3, 3,112' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571778083933-6L4WDHSZL78KKLURIVVL/2019_PCT_989.jpg PCT Gallery After arriving in camp late, Lebowski eats dinner in the dark. | 8/21/19 Mile 1,657.5, 1,889' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571778101831-R550WVXWK0TKXTVYNGI6/2019_PCT_1044.jpg PCT Gallery Practicing proper form for a Sasquatch sighting. Unfortunately and rather surprisingly, still no trace of him. | 8/26/19 Mile 1,776.3, 5,779' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571778111629-CQ2HQ2LPETX7FX3APEXE/2019_PCT_1083.jpg PCT Gallery Lebowski pays tribute to the Oregon/Washington high point. | 8/31/19 Mile 1,860.8, 7,560' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571778122177-53GRAPCY4TH0U5T89LUN/2019_PCT_1122.jpg PCT Gallery Hiking to camp through the lava fields below North Sister. From front to back are Mt. Washingotn, Three Fingered Jack, Mt. Jefferson and Mt. Hood. | 9/3/19 Mile 1,977.2, 6,277' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571778132809-Q19J2UE2I35N4N0LYKXL/2019_PCT_1152.jpg PCT Gallery Mt. Jefferson just after an afternoon storm. | 9/6/19 Mile 2,022.7, 5,884' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571778148009-KCPP7HK5CHM0JGE6IUTL/2019_PCT_1228.jpg PCT Gallery Walking into Washington across the Bridge of the Gods over the Columbia river. The bridge is also the lowest point on the PCT at 151 feet. | 9/12/19 Mile 2,146.9, 151' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571778162038-1CIIQNOS1J00RAE3YIBF/2019_PCT_1265.jpg PCT Gallery Warming up by jumping while hiking through some cold and windy rain. | 9/17/19 Mile 2,265.2 5,396' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571778169956-B3LCLOK3QWALSVZZTNY2/2019_PCT_1311.jpg PCT Gallery My hiking partner from the AT, Grapenut, lives in Yakima, WA not far from the trail. He picked us up to zero at his house. Here Lebowski eats a cookie while drying his gear after a wet few days. | 9/20/19 Mile 2,323.8, 5,358' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571778185342-YZN0U4T1KNBVL4E0YR4G/2019_PCT_1359.jpg PCT Gallery After getting pushed in to Leavenworth, WA to wait out a snowstorm, we were surprised by a very large parade right outside our room. Lebowski had a knack for getting into dance-offs with strangers. | 9/28/19 Mile 2,464.1, 4,053' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571778196525-VAIUU6CIY62RX4S6SY8B/2019_PCT_1400.jpg PCT Gallery The North Cascades, freshly dusted. | 10/1/19 Mile 2,502.5, 6,011' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571778215125-ZLMCIIFYWEQ3KJA0ILDE/2019_PCT_1456.jpg PCT Gallery At long last, Canada! The line cut through the trees behind the monument is the border. Celebrations didn't last long as the temperature dropped and the rain fell harder. | 10/7/19 Mile 2,652.6, 4,258' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571778214749-9V2E4VEXXDVSDQM9E414/2019_PCT_1474.jpg PCT Gallery Lebowski in good spirits despite having to backtrack 30 miles from the border in sub-freezing temperatures. | 10/8/19 Mile 2,627.2, 6,295' https://www.evanleonardphotography.com/pct-extended-gallery-1 daily 0.75 2019-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463494494-VC1UKDLK123VJJ8BCS7I/2019_PCT_006.jpg PCT Extended Gallery The adventure began with 30 hours on a train down to San Diego with stops in San Francisco and Los Angeles. | 5/1/19 Mile 0.0 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463496543-NRG1MGHR7VWDYUA49VHO/2019_PCT_009.jpg PCT Extended Gallery At the southern terminus on the U.S/Mexico border. The wall is visible in the background. | 5/6/19 Mile 0.0, 2,918' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463511191-FKH0354998R2LMMH5VUB/2019_PCT_017.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Fred Canyon. | 5/8/19 Mile 32.0, 4,210' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463511102-N7AT22UM8K8WAUFAM1UB/2019_PCT_022.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Blade takes a picture of the first truly panoramic view of the trail. | 5/8/19 Mile 45.0, 5,897' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463522185-AWNR2HLM326SFRZB4S9L/2019_PCT_030.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Threading the relentless beginning-of-trail blisters. | 5/8/19 Mile 45.0, 5,897' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463525852-MYEUP9MLH7LOIKY1YECY/2019_PCT_048.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Camp just outside of Scissors Crossing, CA. | 5/9/19 Mile 71.2, 3,132' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463538021-PT7TYFMZIS21CWFD9KP4/2019_PCT_049.jpg PCT Extended Gallery After a stop in Julian, CA for resupply and beer, a group of us decided to keep the good times rolling under a nearby bridge for the evening. | 5/10/19 Mile 77.3, 2,261' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463547318-Q0GLAST9LQEBGRVKSMEN/2019_PCT_057.jpg PCT Extended Gallery A low-lying meadow outside of Warner Springs, CA. | 5/11/19 Mile 100.6, 3,453' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463555315-42S7R4P5MJK7F45MZ9MR/2019_PCT_060.jpg PCT Extended Gallery The trail cuts across a large meadow before passing through the small community of Warner Springs, CA. | 5/11/19 Mile 105.5, 3,393' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463562941-S8YHAIBAW3ROD870Y9ME/2019_PCT_061.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Aptly named Eagle Rock with Lancelot, Fiddlehead, myself and Backtrack. | 5/11/19 Mile 106.2, 3,524' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463577745-W5HWGXDX48XHYR1Z4RWA/2019_PCT_073.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Recently re-opened trail in the Jan Jacinto Wilderness. | 5/15/19 Mile 171.2, 7,352' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463576830-9YWOYLRF0B7TPE37GKVD/2019_PCT_084.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Posing in the Melly dress on the summit of San Jacinto Peak. | 5/18/19 Mile 185.7, 10,834' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463590033-9KWHY5EOG6Q3W2OTJ0EE/2019_PCT_085.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lancelot and myself on the summit of Jan Jacinto, climbed via an optional side trail. At 10,834 feet, it is the tallest peak in the San Jacinto range and is the 6th most prominent peak in the lower 48. | 5/18/19 Mile 185.7, 10,834' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463601083-0R2EHEBV5BQBL0LKDLOD/2019_PCT_090.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Fiddlehead poses with a Coulter pinecone, the heaviest species of pinecone in the world. | 5/18/19 Mile 193.9, 6,355' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463602641-67LG3INDY6KY4LJ6KG49/2019_PCT_091.jpg PCT Extended Gallery One of the largest blisters I've ever gotten. Popping and threading this one was less than enjoyable. | 5/19/19 Mile 193.9, 6,355' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463623147-OP3YQXA7FFW9IFOHMZ1S/2019_PCT_099.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Blade on the trail north of Big Bear Lake, CA. | 5/24/19 Mile 276.6, 7,716' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463619944-IUNN53UTZ81KYDKJ4YR4/2019_PCT_102.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Fiddlehead gnaws on an avocado, a trail luxury. | 5/24/19 Mile 275.6, 7,264' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463639520-YS1YOUYYINHZ4MNBM092/2019_PCT_107.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Downhill hikes across a dry creekbed. | 5/25/19 Mile 293.2, 5,331' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463640659-JRBLPN4T80S75QMVN8EJ/2019_PCT_122.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Crowder Canyon leading down to Cajon Pass and I-5. | 5/26/19 Mile 341.4, 3,129' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463661809-478HF84U3AGMON5Z2R2K/2019_PCT_124.jpg PCT Extended Gallery A popular stop on the trail in southern Califronia is the Cajon Pass McDonalds, a convenient .4 miles off trail on old Route 66. Route 66 ran 2,448 miles from Chicago to L.A., a shorter distance than the PCT. | 5/26/19 Mile 341.9, 3,041' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463657570-WIVQVBGE5VTUEUZX36TE/2019_PCT_125.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lancelot in typical fashion during an atypical desert storm. | 5/26/19 Mile 341.9, 3,071' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463677814-U0T57IX2LEWT67LNNR9D/2019_PCT_130.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lancelot on the approach to Mt. Baldy. Luckily the clouds lifted by the time the trail had a clear view of the summit. | 5/27/19 Mile 346.0, 3,568' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463679865-OQINY5NZ872CW8M98ZLE/2019_PCT_140.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Bundled up for an unexpected sub-freezing night near Mt. Baldy. | 5/27/19 Mile 364.3, 8,049' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463695209-ADH8SVLJR6ED9QVVEF1S/2019_PCT_142.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Still snowcapped Mt. Baldy just south of Wrightwood, CA. | 5/28/19 Mile 366.8, 8,125' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463699113-7DA2HAD0AUTNZFX2YH0I/2019_PCT_163.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski and I were nursing some injuries, so we decided to take a backcountry zero day at this viewpoint below Mt. Baden Powell. | 5/29/19 Mile 374.7, 7,123' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463709756-WUOMAGCTTYTE7Z8XJCJY/2019_PCT_167.jpg PCT Extended Gallery My view for the night after a backcountry zero. | 5/29/19 Mile 374.7, 7078' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463713560-OHNU9J6BUGD56QXPPRB4/2019_PCT_170.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski and I shared a tent this night for lack of available ground. | 5/29/19 Mile 374.7, 7,078' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463728317-R4LCKD8J38SK2BAO0U2Q/2019_PCT_176.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Our first taste of snow just below the summit of Mt. Baden Powell. | 5/30/19 Mile 377.9, 9,399' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463731938-CS4CXBNGKK2IB3DMKMS4/2019_PCT_179.jpg PCT Extended Gallery On the summit of Mt. Baden Powell with Mt. Baldy in the background. | 5/30/19 Mile 377.9, 9,399' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463742222-DU27E2EYX1UAWA160CI0/2019_PCT_199.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Due to the mass of tents set up at Hiker Heaven in Agua Dulce, CA, Lebowski had to set up directly underneath a raven nest. | 6/2/19 Mile 454.5, 2,537' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463747708-F70FLRDWCZEZ9FAK7142/2019_PCT_206.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Longtime friends Blankie and Lebowski. | 6/3/19 460.5, 4,500' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463757586-VF3A1BZ4YAT1JIL2W4NZ/2019_PCT_211.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Blade, having just realized that the baggie he made his dinner in previously carried his dirty TP. | 6/3/19 460.5, 4,500' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463769310-T77PYPPAOO1HPOQMQL91/2019_PCT_224.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Ruthless hikes up to a ridge outside of Agua Dulce, CA. | 6/6/19 Mile 489.2, 4,322' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463784931-TZQWBLKN4RJ9E02VPKCI/2019_PCT_226.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski and Ruthless happy that we had found our campsite. | 6/6/19 Mile 499.4, 4,792' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463789033-ZL5QOJLSHOKUBNX7JWXG/2019_PCT_228.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski at sunset. | 6/6/19 Mile 499.4, 4,792' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463805438-MUV45DU9NR43ZJ5P5CK6/2019_PCT_233.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Dirt roadwalk to the beginning of the dreaded LA aqueduct section. | 6/7/19 Mile 516.8, 3,052' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463811049-MFV3TC7Z7360BBWQF361/2019_PCT_239.jpg PCT Extended Gallery The Wee Vill Market, a very hiker friendly truck stop that allowed camping on the neighboring patch of grass. | 6/8/19 Mile 517.6, 3,050' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463813720-UJM2UUH0ICW5FAA12THU/2019_PCT_247.jpg PCT Extended Gallery The controversial L.A. aqueduct, with which the PCT was coincident for 18 miles across a wide valley. | 6/8/19 Mile 519.1, 2,970' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463828345-RFN8JYCCPS2VQKA8J8TQ/2019_PCT_252.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski walks along a covered section of the controversial L.A. aqueduct. The trail was coincident with the aqueduct for 18 miles. | 6/8/19 Mile 520.3, 2,970' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463830608-4RBGKNJPCGZHIKUED1J1/2019_PCT_255.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Myself and Lebowski on the aqueduct with Sybil and Dylan in the background. | 6/8/19 Mile 520.5, 2,970' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463844615-KU8ZUO4S1Z4367AFXA8G/2019_PCT_259.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Windfarms covered many of the valley floors and low ridges in southern CA. | 6/9/19 Mile 536.9, 4,043' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463844722-5YEZIM03SNJ131FFXELE/2019_PCT_265.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Joshua trees during a dry desert sunset just north of Tehachapi, CA. | 6/11/19 Mile 569.6, 4,684' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463870039-TAMI7AS41OWZRSEGY1JK/2019_PCT_268.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski packs up from our lunch break. | 6/13/19 Mile 607.1, 6,337' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463864139-VKTKW2ETA3NIZX4C2UHO/2019_PCT_277.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski runs through his post-hike stretch routine in camp at a water cache. | 6/13/19 Mile 617.8, 4,954' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463879604-HNJIQEB5X8VKF8G7OHXH/2019_PCT_292.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski cooks his dinner for the night, a Ramen Bomb. | 6/13/19 Mile 617.8, 4,954' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463891479-LEWFLPPVQZWRK3I433WW/2019_PCT_301.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski quality controlling his dinner. I was in a bad mood here since I had overshot camp by about a mile and had to backtrack. ALWAYS check the map when in doubt. | 6/14/19 Mile 643.8, 6,692' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463898145-2B6HX9OZAJ78OY1AVFVO/2019_PCT_302.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski heads down to Walker Pass. The southern tip of the Sierra Nevada mountains are distantly visible. | 6/15/19 Mile 645.1, 6,678' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463906264-IITLVIW6UQ1FD98HILO7/2019_PCT_307.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Grillin' up some beans in Lake Isabella, CA. I didn't have a can opener, but a trekking pole and a smashing rock did the job all the same. | 6/15/19 Mile 652.0, 3,068' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463912597-A2THGIS1MWKV963JKUGF/2019_PCT_308.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Sunset from our exposed campsite. | 6/16/19 Mile 654.0, 6,167' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463922630-GUJZZ5F6K81F0DI6499U/2019_PCT_314.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski watches a dusty moonrise on a ridge outside of Lake Isabella, CA. | 6/16/19 Mile 653.8, 6,067' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463924875-4JEUR8RDV0CNBFPNRSAV/2019_PCT_320.jpg PCT Extended Gallery I watch sunset from our campsite outside of Tehachapi, CA. | 6/16/19 Mile 653.8, 6,067' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463944013-MTD9GZH09OO4UNHVE5KO/2019_PCT_330.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Wildflowers along the trail as a storm rolls in. | 6/17/19 Mile 676.2, 6,899' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463950879-CI52BPWWEC2H3I4WABVV/2019_PCT_333.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Blankie and Lebowski combined only have three legs. | 6/19/19 Mile 706.6, 6,288' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463963430-D60HU6BBR80SHAIR8J1R/2019_PCT_335.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Blankie happily hikes along. | 6/19/19 Mile 708.6, 6,815' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463969396-K30U4QYHXIPESV2ES2I4/2019_PCT_346.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Dinner along the South Fork Kern River with Lebowski, Downhill and Blankie. | 6/19/19 Mile 716.5, 7,832' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463972051-AF33NEMWWS5UJX409JF1/2019_PCT_360.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Blankie watches the first sunset in the Sierra Nevada section of trail, having just completed the 702 mile Mojave desert section. | 6/19/19 Mile 716.5, 7,832' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463986351-QHX2UPN6EK5UF9HZ9C3B/2019_PCT_367.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski and Blankie. | 6/19/19 Mile 716.5, 7,832' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571463992790-21J0GC5UJNKD1MBWN2ZU/2019_PCT_377.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski quality controls some new cold-weather sleep gear before bed. | 6/19/19 Mile 716.5, 7,832' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464007386-BPE43ADM5Y3J7NOY64H2/2019_PCT_381.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski on the approach to the Eastern Sierra. | 6/20/19 Mile 720.6, 9,106' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464010098-P2JMR08UXHHR8PMMUSID/2019_PCT_395.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Owens Valley as seen from the Alabama Hills. A wonderful local man named Reggie let us spend a day here at his ranch in Lone Pine, CA. | 6/23/19 Mile 744.5, 3,727' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464029772-FD39PDK1V6C6IY4XZQPT/2019_PCT_407.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski fords a lake outlet. | 6/25/19 Mile 766.3, 10,640' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464028207-4LG5BNV5P59HVIV4RPHF/2019_PCT_416.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Looking west from the climb up Mt. Whitney at 2:45 am. The climb to the summit is an optional 8-mile spur trail. | 6/26/19 Mile 767.0, 12,512' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464044676-NI8BMPBKV5TUGCOMAPPN/2019_PCT_419.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski surveys the Eastern Sierra sunrise from Mt. Whitney, the highest point in the lower 48 at 14,504 feet. | 6/26/19 Mile 767.0, 14,504' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464048194-1YHN2AHZ937QKZC12MMT/2019_PCT_420.jpg PCT Extended Gallery The view looking south from the summit of Mt. Whitney. | 6/26/19 Mile 767.0, 14,504' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464055519-IRO4KPXRNEWA30XIQ3SL/2019_PCT_428.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Myself, Downhill, Blankie and Lebowski alone on the summit of Mt. Whitney at first light. | 6/26/19 Mile 767.0, 14,504' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464062692-0S557NXEQB3PJY73VZBH/2019_PCT_430.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski enjoys the view from the summit of Mt. Whitney. | 6/26/19 Mile 767.0, 14,504' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464072057-057PNFKJLSBEFVSSLX0Y/2019_PCT_434.jpg PCT Extended Gallery I shred my (ice) axe on the summit of Mt. Whitney. From the summit, much of the most dramatic Eastern Sierra and Owens Valley are in clear view. | 6/26/19 Mile 767.0, 14,504' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464077617-46QUQ8706C920VGRA24J/2019_PCT_442.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski enjoys the warmth of the first rays of sun atop Mt. Whitney. | 6/26/19 Mile 767.0, 14,504' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464088109-NSM2UHUCYLL37H6KKQPA/2019_PCT_448.jpg PCT Extended Gallery The return journey from the summit of Mt. Whitney. We set out for the summit around 1:00am, so our first experience with this traverse was in the dark. | 6/26/19 Mile 767.0, 12,800' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464096497-P1I5MAB6ROFOMSG8PXNW/2019_PCT_459.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Blankie hikes across the glacial moraine below Mt. Whitney. | 6/26/19 Mile 767.0, 11,020' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464105416-BGA7UQFRXZM8UD3R8RL7/2019_PCT_460.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski negotiates suncups below Mt. Whitney. | 6/26/19 Mile 767.0, 11,202' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464117540-P5IS7SCYTNLHEQG608VL/2019_PCT_476.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Downhill enjoys a drink and a gander below Forester Pass. | 6/27/19 Mile 775.2, 11,201' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464124420-I3KKJQ9NF01H1TDVZ9P0/2019_PCT_482.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Downhill traverses a snowfield just below Forester Pass, the highest point on the PCT at 13,200 feet. | 6/27/19 Mile 779.4, 13,167' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464137646-F482ZF39JGZMK93IA842/2019_PCT_488.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Forester Pass, the highest point on the PCT is also the boundary between Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks. | 6/27/19 Mile 779.5, 13,200' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464137823-N86SZZWH7SNVL2E8PN0D/2019_PCT_490.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Downhill sporting some killer shades on Forester Pass, the boundary between Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks. Forester Pass is the highest point on the PCT. | 6/27/19 Mile 779.5, 13,200' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464151448-3WFLU6Z7EY8DKSPUHLQR/2019_PCT_492.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski follows some footprints on the descent from Forester Pass. | 6/27/19 Mile 780.2, 12,258' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464152702-PX3KJAB13Q3JP1DZMVBI/2019_PCT_495.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Myself looking down Kings Canyon from a cornice beneath Forester Pass. 6/27/19 Mile 781.1, 11,834' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464167789-3ZHEIFSN175LN7MA5N72/2019_PCT_501.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski looks down Kings Canyon from a cornice beneath Forester Pass. 6/27/19 Mile 781.1, 11,834' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464169235-ADTGTU23PZ3D497FD476/2019_PCT_507.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski does a short glisade in Kings Canyon National Park. | 6/27/19 Mile 782.5, 11,234' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464182480-JXYVB1S6JZC9IWBT66TF/2019_PCT_524.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski takes care of some oral hygene in Kings Canyon National Park. | 6/27/19 Mile 786.1, 9,912' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464185890-A5TQ8U033FZ7P4PIQJ4L/2019_PCT_529.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Blankie poses in some stellar evening light shining down Kings Canyon. 6/27/19 Mile 786.1, 9,912' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464206528-F52WD2LPJ27W6SUJ5S8H/2019_PCT_531.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Blankie practices his karate moves on Downhill. | 6/27/19 Mile 786.1, 9,912' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464206533-ZSOIDWH1G46U6IOG5ZGW/2019_PCT_540.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Blankie gazes at the majesty of the unseasonably snowy Sierra Nevada from the approach to Kearsarge Pass. | 6/28/19 Mile 788.9, 11,070' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464223568-HER3L1DL7GRZ7TVTMBOM/2019_PCT_552.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski attempts to get a hitch out of Bishop, CA. | 6/30/19 Mile 789.1, 3,202' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464222928-T67HFMZ8AILU89G9NB1K/2019_PCT_553.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Juicy tries to stay upright on some very slushy snow on the way down from Kearsarge Pass. | 6/30/19 Mile 789.1, 11,790' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464240271-XHIKUVYSV8E7YH23VGSK/2019_PCT_556.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Downhill and Blankie trudge through the slushy late-afternoon snow on the approach to the 11,946 foot Glen Pass. | 6/30/19 Mile 790.0, 11,094' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464241822-HERQ7P8BJ155XDLVGZKC/2019_PCT_559.jpg PCT Extended Gallery I test the strength of Lebowski's hat on Glenn Pass. | 6/30/19 Mile 791.1, 11,946' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464254790-7J5HW2BP73THJ30NIBQ3/2019_PCT_562.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Juicy glisades down from Glen Pass. | 6/30/19 Mile 791.3, 11,588' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464256735-EVQMFUN9TFL2TR6V2T0Y/2019_PCT_565.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Front to back: Juicy, Lebowski, Blankie and Downhill descend the north face of Glen Pass in badly sun-cupped, slushy snow. | 6/30/19 Mile 791.8, 11,488' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464268620-WPBZW8XS4X3ZSK4VYH8P/2019_PCT_567.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Middle Rae Lake, camp for the night. | 6/30/19 Mile 793.5, 10,570' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464274569-KZWPS9XL0SZTPIXR8BGF/2019_PCT_569.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Middle Rae Lake just after sunrise. | 7/1/19 Mile 793.9, 10,604' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464288053-IRFM36MZ8NLV66BAS9FK/2019_PCT_571.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Juicy on the approach to Pinchot Pass. | 7/1/19 Mile 802.2, 9,619' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464288508-CQBVX0LNPVMQN48E9AO6/2019_PCT_574.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Blankie about to cross over Pinchot Pass. | 7/1/19 Mile 807.1, 12,142' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464505316-HZ9OMU37CSLDI4LDEWMJ/2019_PCT_583.jpg PCT Extended Gallery South Fork Kings River with Mather Pass in th background. | 7/2/19 Mile 811.4, 10,039' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464504788-Z7XI197KA6DLKRKEVVE4/2019_PCT_586.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Juicy on a steep, loose slope going up Mather Pass. Mather was especailly difficult because of a loose rock scramble immediately followed by a steep, snowy traverse. | 7/2/19 Mile 816.9, 12,097' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464523696-SCH9RYTLDTY4L6IIVGAL/2019_PCT_596.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Blankie on the descent from Muir Pass. The snowpack can be seen above the outflow from Lake McDermand. In some places, the snow was still over 20 feet deep. | 7/4/19 Mile 839.6, 11,542' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464524388-XK0LM16RR7KEL3VZZJLM/2019_PCT_599.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Hiking along the outflow from Lake McDermand below Muir Pass. | 7/4/19 Mile 839.6, 11,542' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464540608-J3U2JBQ8LPJF8LVOWTIL/2019_PCT_601.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski takes a tumble after slipping on a sun cup. | 7/4/19 Mile 843.1, 10,866' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464541165-022GIXNZFNCXJ9JYF1JY/2019_PCT_606.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski disgruntled that he had to filter water which made his fingers cold. | 7/4/19 Mile 857.7, 7,789' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464558558-O797TN280GMSJMP3ULV6/2019_PCT_613.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Blankie enjoys the protection from mosquitos in his tent. | 7/4/19 Mile 857.7, 7,789' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464560051-Z88RMGWZ84WH05IJNWNS/2019_PCT_620.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Downhill enjoys some peanut butter on the high point above Silver Pass. | 7/6/19 Mile 885.1, 10,937' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464573496-H8MSR4BDA91LPP6RH3K5/2019_PCT_637.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lake Virginia during a lunch break. | 7/6/19 Mile 891.6, 10,350' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464582181-5PKDM02TXGZ25U8BDSSD/2019_PCT_643.jpg PCT Extended Gallery The trail heads west afer passing by Purple Lake. | 7/6/19 Mile 893.5 9,917' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464591950-Y7HY747OCVY9GUQ0ROHU/2019_PCT_645.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Filtering water for dinner and the hike into Mammoth, CA the following morning. | 7/6/19 Mile 901.0, 9,115' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464605295-4XVFUYOGN94DVL2DOXDU/2019_PCT_647.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Camp for the night just outside of Mammoth, CA. | 7/6/19 Mile 901.0, 9,115' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464606810-ZYB9L94GSPV8GXH67GJ7/2019_PCT_655.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Thousand Island Lake below Island Pass. | 7/9/19 Mile 922.9, 9,846' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464627233-TU216WCBJ865QGMB4LIL/2019_PCT_666.jpg PCT Extended Gallery The Tuolumne River in Yosemite National Park. | 7/10/19 Mile 947.0, 8,303' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464625492-33KGOLBKNJON2ZAXWJ5L/2019_PCT_669.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Glacial granite next to the Tuolumne River in Yosemite National Park. | 7/11/19 Mile 948.3, 7,890' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464646001-D5C7O7M4Q9QEQEAJ1KLY/2019_PCT_676.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Hiking across a very buggy meadow in Yosemite. | 7/11/19 Mile 956.2, 8,533' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464650405-6GJGDCAXAJPH01CDJKSQ/2019_PCT_682.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Troll fords a stream below Burro Pass. | 7/11/19 Mile 957.3, 8,751' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464666018-Z2QF2T8MQDKB22YUDFBN/2019_PCT_691.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Juicy and Lebowski take a swim on Miller Lake. Lebowski turned his sleeping pad into a makeshift raft. | 7/11/19 Mile 959.8, 9,467' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464672179-P6LGYJVCFR3IIEJJJV84/2019_PCT_693.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski enjoys Miller Lake from the comfort of his sleeping pad. | 7/11/19 Mile 959.8, 9,486' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464689298-NVQA33WI3YG13EL0RVXP/2019_PCT_697.jpg PCT Extended Gallery The view of Smedberg Lake from my campsite. | 7/11/19 Mile 968.4, 9,219' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464691852-YQLRE4576LNGX3A6ZBN4/2019_PCT_707.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Mosquitos were the main source of annoyance for most of July and August. Dozens would swarm me during the day and hundreds would cling to my tent at night. | 7/12/19 Mile 987.4, 7,959' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464709966-U7D9NG5WS905QG649CZV/2019_PCT_712.jpg PCT Extended Gallery The outflow from Dorothy Lake just before the northern boundary of Yosemite National Park. | 7/13/19 Mile 995.7, 9,337' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464713575-5ROCAAJIIVFL1K3866ZV/2019_PCT_721.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Camp in a pine tree cave. | 7/13/19 Mile 110.2, 10,583' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464730530-BVJAE8YDZM5RA2JDWFZ2/2019_PCT_734.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski lounges before bed on a windy evening. | 7/13/19 Mile 110.2, 10,583 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464734132-SSED5BM08GQG8Y3Z0Y0F/2019_PCT_736.jpg PCT Extended Gallery My (incorrect) route up from Sonora Pass took me across scree fields, icy traverses and through a small cave. | 7/15/19 Mile 1,019.2, 10,075' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464754482-36QUL2XWWJJ7COWHJN9B/2019_PCT_744.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Juicy crosses a small snowfield on the Tahoe Rim Trail, which is concurrent with the PCT for about 40 miles. | 7/16/19 Mile 1,080.3, 8,330' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464756827-T0EMO9AJVCTD48NPD643/2019_PCT_750.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Camp for the night just before arriving in South Lake Tahoe. | 7/17/19 Mile 1,087.3, 8,341' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464776009-630WIAD1LTGANDBJRYSC/2019_PCT_759.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Camp on the shore of Aloha Lake in Desolation Wilderness. | 7/18/19 Mile 1,098.4, 8,134' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464776609-D484DQHVGQDPGSPBMK50/2019_PCT_762.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Blankie in camp on the shore of Aloha Lake in Desolation Wilderness. | 7/18/19 Mile 1,098.4, 8,134' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464797431-54K5A2KE81GDU3JC0HOD/2019_PCT_773.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Blade attempts to outsmart the mosquitos with a makeshift net in Desolation Wilderness west of Lake Tahoe. | 7/19/19 Mile 1,122.1, 6,973' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464797337-4V22BDWZC1LQA4GQ66UX/2019_PCT_781.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Blade hikes along an exposed ridge with Lake Tahoe visible in the background. | 7/20/19 Mile 1,130.1, 8,402' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464813385-RMD4QUZCCRFS0QZ9R5FB/2019_PCT_786.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Myself on Grouse Rock. My first hike in Tahoe was to this point and the view made me fall in love. The PCT conveniently skirts Grouse Rock. | 7/20/19 Mile 1,131.7, 8,612' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464815176-J3UC67LJ6RTK04U7U6ZI/2019_PCT_791.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Downhill organizes his resupply for the upcoming section. | 7/23/19 Mile 1,131.7, 6,212' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464831589-MROB7O80STMY792TP9A9/2019_PCT_795.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Stella gives her first-ever haircut to Downhill while Lebowski and Juicy anxiously watch. | 7/23/19 Mile 1,130.9, 6,200' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464832798-Z1ECVXP49GPSKJQLBE8E/2019_PCT_800.jpg PCT Extended Gallery View of the Sierra Buttes just south of Sierra City. | 7/28/19 Mile 1,193.4, 4,808' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464854208-MCIYW8X57N07257F0LSE/2019_PCT_804.jpg PCT Extended Gallery A wonderfully constructed bridge with a motivational sign. | 7/28/19 Mile 1,190.7, 5,238' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464857433-Q8HDDPASZFZO64K40319/2019_PCT_806.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Gabriel begins the 3,000' ascent up the Sierra Buttes on the hottest day of the year so far, roughly 95 degrees. | 7/28/19 Mile 1,197.2, 5,381' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464875952-30GLNHX0YVRGCKWI6MSX/2019_PCT_809.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Gabriel on the exposed ridge just below the Sierra Buttes. | 7/28/19 Mile 1,200.7, 6,503' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464876290-KTO1DQ7DC0P6G17HX4BC/2019_PCT_812.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Gabriel on the exposed ridge just below the Sierra Buttes. The still snowcapped northern Sierra are visible in the distance. | 7/28/19 Mile 1,200.7, 6,503' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464897272-814KQG09INRU9B1HXAP5/2019_PCT_815.jpg PCT Extended Gallery My brother Gabriel and my Dad came out to hike the Northern Sierra for a week. Here Gabriel descends from the Sierra Buttes. | 7/29/19 Mile 1,205.6 7,400' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464897944-02IBOKAKDSH5IC36AB08/2019_PCT_819.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Gabriel and Dad have their first encounter with a snow crossing. | 7/30/19 Mile 1,226.3, 5,898' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464917695-L697I2JNZTP9GIWOBTWO/2019_PCT_825.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Gabriel and Dad on a ridge with a small fire burning in the distance. | 7/30/19 Mile 1,229.9, 6,745' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464920437-EC34FP7DZSRQG96JJVGL/2019_PCT_827.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Hot Take insisted on getting a photo of Gabriel, Dad and myself. | 7/31/19 Mile 1,236.9, 6,016' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464941049-SAYOSG0P4VJZOK6CA7J8/2019_PCT_831.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Gabriel, Dad and me. | 7/31/19 Mile 1,236.9, 6,016' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464944248-5ITBODFL33E4QQRV06GF/2019_PCT_833.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Dad mastering the blowdown-crossing technique. | 8/1/19 Mile 1,252.1, 3,433' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464966202-AYUC55GUQDPSX0XODDXC/2019_PCT_834.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Dad on the tail end of his section hike with me before arriving in Quincy, CA. | 8/1/19 Mile 1,261.9, 5,881' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464969323-7L7FPG6XPHRH3UYX2AI2/2019_PCT_841.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Mark and Paul, friends from the Alpine Meadows ski rental shop came out for a few day stretch. | 8/2/19 Mile 1,272, 6,898' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464980599-KDS4ELOO860YN9CBO1NO/2019_PCT_847.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Paul takes a break in a patch of light on his section hike with me. | 8/3/19 Mile 1,278.0, 6,273' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571464985916-QL2J7KEJN86575CM8RT1/2019_PCT_855.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Crossing a railroad track. | 8/3/19 Mile 1,286.4, 2,301' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465003023-OHAQZF0EK6J12FT1TET1/2019_PCT_858.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Mark and Paul cross the Belden bridge on their section hike with me. | 8/3/19 Mile 1,286.8, 2,210' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465004450-76N2FNSNZSIIS9KOVLWV/2019_PCT_865.jpg PCT Extended Gallery As I got farther north, signs slowly hinted that Canada was getting closer. | 8/4/19 Mile 1,300.6, 7,094' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465020934-QQ7L2OFCEEHOEGF47GAJ/2019_PCT_869.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Mark and Paul enjoy a summit Snickers. | 8/5/19 Mile 1,321.6, 7,631' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465022939-EFANVL9VN3S6HN5LXW4M/2019_PCT_870.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Paul crosses a small snowfield while Mark traverses less succesfully. | 8/5/19 Mile 1,321.8, 7,586' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465035580-MZWLTMZCLQMPEJ0PG7L3/2019_PCT_873.jpg PCT Extended Gallery PCT midpoint, just 1,329.4 miles to go! | 8/6/19 Mile 1,323.2, 7,229' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465047495-7INIY1JKW6W6VRMCL2B8/2019_PCT_875.jpg PCT Extended Gallery The PCT midpoint. As with all of the mileages on the trail, this is also wrong. The true midpoint is 3.1 miles north of this post. | 8/6/19 Mile 1,323.2, 7,229' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465058234-TLO9H1SWVDMBTS1TUM5I/2019_PCT_880.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Catherine (right) and her backcountry felling crew in Lassen National Park. | 8/9/19 Mile 1,350.1, 5,643' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465078577-KEC0VRD6HVED4O9OLZB3/2019_PCT_887.jpg PCT Extended Gallery After reuniting with Lebowski in Burney, CA we hitched back to the trail. | 8/11/19 Mile 1,411.3, 3,112' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465093507-ZHECBYN7WMLKSXVWRIL4/2019_PCT_895.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Burney Falls, Theodore Roosevelt supposedly called them the 8th wonder of the world. | 8/12/19 Mile 1,419.0, 2,930' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465112130-LVV0EA75YM7V7TPQSS5K/2019_PCT_896.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski enjoys some chips with his new wooden spoon. | 8/12/19 Mile 1,427.8, 4,156' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465112649-FRLDWEBGFKLRFT9YU3UU/2019_PCT_901.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Mt. Shasta at sunset from camp. | 8/12/19 Mile 1,440.4, 5,119' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465139412-RF5Y7AZ32BHU9EBFX97Q/2019_PCT_931.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Mt. Shasta as seen from Castle Crags State Park. | 8/16/19 Mile 1,518.9, 6,320' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465135340-AMXVU3TIRID2CGDEKY7P/2019_PCT_960.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski and Twain enjoy a ride back up the mountain from Etna, CA. Etna is the last town north in California. | 8/19/19 Mile 1,599.7, 5,980' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465156905-AX7Y7DBACMK37CJPBCC1/2019_PCT_977.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Marble Mountain Wilderness. | 8/20/19 Mile 1,620.7, 6,504' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465156220-06CGHTZISOEJZD8ALZR2/2019_PCT_982.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski munches on some wild blackberries. | 8/21/19 Mile 1,650.9, 1,500' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465165144-4BBR6N17YQVUU6ZCK7DI/2019_PCT_989.jpg PCT Extended Gallery After arriving in camp late, Lebowski eats dinner in the dark. | 8/21/19 Mile 1,657.5, 1,889' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465181413-D37S5YK9I994ULGCN5ZD/2019_PCT_993.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Looking back at Seiad Valley at the top of a 4,300' climb. | 8/22/19 Mile 1,666.0, 5,715' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465185307-UBAE0IPYKZZ0XHA1JEMM/2019_PCT_996.jpg PCT Extended Gallery A snack with a view. | 8/22/19 Mile 1,668.3, 5,877' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465211439-KB9EGDMJB9YVT2Q6USJ6/2019_PCT_1007.jpg PCT Extended Gallery After 110 days in California, we were finally.in Oregon. Diesel (middle) hiked with Lebowski and me on and off for about a month. | 8/23/19 Mile 1,691.7, 5,585' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465217491-D9RMPU4CU20S01QSMVIE/2019_PCT_1012.jpg PCT Extended Gallery My first sunset in Oregon with a view of Mt. Shasta (14,180') in the background. | 8/23/19 Mile 1,703.9, 5,932' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465239182-H148XG1SR320S3ITRHTT/2019_PCT_1015.jpg PCT Extended Gallery The trail crosses a driveway outside of Ashland, OR. | 8/24/19 Mile 1,714.3, 5,113' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465238910-BSC45RL8YBFAT3STQJTJ/2019_PCT_1017.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski drums on a guardrail with his wooden spoons as we wait for a hitch. | 8/24/19 Mile 1,718.7, 3,976' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465256501-58BY8Y1PL2M50N99CFRU/2019_PCT_1024.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski drinks from a barium spring that tastes like carbonated rotten eggs in downtown Ashland, OR. | 8/24/19 Mile 1,718.7, 3,976' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465254088-DCSFHNQC8G8U08G87A82/2019_PCT_1027.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski enjoys some late night Subway before we figure out where to stealth camp for the night. | 8/24/19 Mile 1,718.7, 3,976' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465265915-3R817XB9DB9EVAQSU98K/2019_PCT_1042.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Posing in some afternoon light in the Sky Lakes Wilderness. | 8/26/19 Mile 1,776.3, 5,779' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465272893-3LWJDSQE4X69WC8CKIOB/2019_PCT_1044.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Practicing proper form for a Sasquatch sighting. Unfortunately and rather surprisingly, still no trace of him. | 8/26/19 Mile 1,776.3, 5,779' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465284938-XUVIK2CFNHJGZ3THH5AR/2019_PCT_1048.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Stars over Squaw Lake. | 8/26/19 Mile 1,781.5, 5,840' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465293398-K2PSJQS1CGG1E1UC7GBI/2019_PCT_1059.jpg PCT Extended Gallery A recent burn south of Crater Lake National Park. | 8/27/19 Mile 1,810.5, 6,061' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465311361-C7ZADJDXLY1DJUVRLL4P/2019_PCT_1064.jpg PCT Extended Gallery The southern boundary of Crater Lake National Park. The PCT was closed through the park due to high levels of mountain lion activity. | 8/28/19 Mile 1,814.7, 6,382' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465312136-JAX7CYVL0VSWR8UXQ1F1/2019_PCT_1067.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Diesel enjoys a shuttle ride to the rim of Crater Lake, knocking off four miles of hiking from our day. | 8/30/19 Mile 1,821.7, 6,021' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465330625-Y7LQ2532BZEJF78QAP2X/2019_PCT_1079.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski and I pose on the rim of Crater Lake, the deepest lake in the United States. | 8/30/19 Mile 1,823.0, 6,093' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465336062-IOBPAXXS5XOGFE0NVZR6/2019_PCT_1080.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Wizard Island jutting out of the middle of Crater Lake. Crater Lake is the deepest in the country with a depth of 1,914'. | 8/30/19 Mile 1,839.2, 6,178' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465361294-SH60O2IIVEJG4S99M7BQ/2019_PCT_1083.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski pays tribute to the Oregon/Washington high point. | 8/31/19 Mile 1,860.8, 7,560' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465366816-5DJ2LWZN28TVU0Y7NEKW/2019_PCT_1085.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Cruising downhill all the way to Canada from the OR/WA high point. | 8/31/19 Mile 1,860.8, 7,572' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465379958-VOZASHBGSVF4IJ7W07IB/2019_PCT_1089.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Summit Lake brought an unexpected swim break and trail magic of fruit. | 9/1/19 Mile 1,889.3, 5,575' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465393621-GARDCFMAF7457WBUHSEO/2019_PCT_1091.jpg PCT Extended Gallery The trail below Diamond Peak. | 9/1/19 Mile 1,896.6, 7,002' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465394294-AHVQVP6GGW9YG9KLIRK6/2019_PCT_1100.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Sunrise over Desane Lake in Three Sisters Wilderness. | 9/3/19 Mile 1,941.6, 5,275' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465415481-FOG2NNKTAUXC3UGTQ5JW/2019_PCT_1105.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Sunrise over Desane Lake in Three Sisters Wilderness. | 9/3/19 Mile 1,941.6, 5,275' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465415744-1ZETYAL1DB9LNEC35DAC/2019_PCT_1106.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Early morning light reflected on Mac Lake. | 9/3/19 Mile 1,942.3, 5,115' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465441475-PE7EK79BVDYTK4Y3ID10/2019_PCT_1111.jpg PCT Extended Gallery A meadow below South Sister in Three Sisters Wilderness. | 9/3/19 Mile 1,960.9, 6,162' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465444245-33EGQI5BQT5OXPQI1LFX/2019_PCT_1119.jpg PCT Extended Gallery A meadow below South Sister. | 9/3/19 Mile 1,967.9, 6,294' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465459473-I6CMFC2CSV8JJRI2PKUF/2019_PCT_1122.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Hiking to camp through the lava fields below North Sister. From front to back are Mt. Washingotn, Three Fingered Jack, Mt. Jefferson and Mt. Hood. | 9/3/19 Mile 1,977.2, 6,277' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465462203-EII8IWP1KXMMG1E9PC0K/2019_PCT_1125.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Completely exhausted after my PR 60 mile day, noticing there's a storm rolling in before camp will be set up. | 9/3/19 Mile 1,979.7, 6,023' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465479905-4HCSU2ZP1ONSGZ913BID/2019_PCT_1135.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Baby Step hides Lebowski's camp shoe on the roof at Big Lake Youth Camp. | 9/6/19 Mile 1,995.1, 4,775' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465492031-PWPTOBR5DMQ715KP5IKR/2019_PCT_1143.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski and I at mile 2000. | 9/6/19 Mile 2,000, 4,820' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465503671-DLIG2IV4ORWL5AMAJMT5/2019_PCT_1152.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Mt. Jefferson just after an afternoon storm. | 9/6/19 Mile 2,022.7, 5,884' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465517584-7QKSEOJVPR9OEJ2VX6VQ/2019_PCT_1162.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Mt. Jefferson peeks out from behind some clouds. | 9/7/19 Mile 2,043.2, 5,384' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465529515-V15YPPGM245Q11G1RB1C/2019_PCT_1164.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Myself, Lebowski and Hot Take shoot our album cover next to Little Crater Lake. | 9/7/19 Mile 2,078.8, 3,245' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465543212-K6SR8OT3TABC47F9C149/2019_PCT_1168.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Ditching raingear as we dropped below the rain. | 9/9/19 Mile 2,097.6, 6,039' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465545712-QV85OSZLS7D9IZC4N4ZO/2019_PCT_1185.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Enjoying some afternoon light in an overgrown forest. | 9/10/19 Mile 2,122.1, 4,426' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465565838-TDO71MIIMBHBNRZKK4WQ/2019_PCT_1199.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski at the top of a climb through a burn area. | 9/11/19 Mile 2,136.6, 4,097' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465565403-142WQ01135X77N0TB5CL/2019_PCT_1201.jpg PCT Extended Gallery A brief break in the clouds gave way to the only view I got of Mt. Adams despite hiking across it. | 9/11/19 Mile 2,140.7, 2,241' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465590928-UW0O08XU159B5L8I0Y5W/2019_PCT_1205.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Diesel poses before arriving in Cascade Locks, OR. | 9/11/19 Mile 2,138.1, 3,764' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465590360-0G38NKL8FL3OPJ36PN3X/2019_PCT_1207.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Hiking through a burn area south of Cascade Locks, OR. | 9/11/19 Mile 2,141.8, 1,464' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465613185-AIMGP8BCHDSNLXH3UO9P/2019_PCT_1210.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Diesel and Lebowski posing before dropping down to the Columbia river. | 9/11/19 Mile 2,141.8, 1,464' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465612235-LKWXBLCKDVTYOV63XJUI/2019_PCT_1215.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski mulls over options on the side of the interstate after bailing on a sketchy hitch. | 9/11/19 Mile 2,146.7, 151' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465632196-5Z4FOID6S8BNMLC3RWUP/2019_PCT_1217.jpg PCT Extended Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465634116-X2ZMHWS5QRCOC0U4B9W4/2019_PCT_1228.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Walking into Washington across the Bridge of the Gods over the Columbia river. The bridge is also the lowest point on the PCT at 151 feet. | 9/12/19 Mile 2,146.9, 151' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465657627-TEFPJV770ZTHEG8V6A57/2019_PCT_1233.jpg PCT Extended Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465654322-N041F8OW539HVTZDOMI2/2019_PCT_1237.jpg PCT Extended Gallery An old trail marker slowly being consumed by a tree. | 9/14/19 2,199.6, 4,027' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465682708-CY707CD51TALYJUJA8TI/2019_PCT_1241.jpg PCT Extended Gallery In 2018 a sasquatch was seen in this meadow. Unfortunately there was no trace when I hiked through. | 9/16/19 Mile 2,229.0, 3,849' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465685358-FMVTLUBV4403Y8PM56WG/2019_PCT_1244.jpg PCT Extended Gallery I did some 'squatch wood knocks but got no response. | 9/16/19 Mile 2,229.0, 3,849' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465707392-GG6W97UTFVB1W4BKYCPN/2019_PCT_1246.jpg PCT Extended Gallery A few weeks ahead of us in a freak accident a tree fell on a hiker, Colors. A memorial had been placed shortly after. | 9/16/19 Mile 2,228.9, 3,835' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465709230-41N02IKADIJK95HJEB97/2019_PCT_1248.jpg PCT Extended Gallery A burn area on Mt. Adams. | 9/16/19 Mile 2,239.0, 5,783' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465729765-QHW9ZYJA56D4DIZWP4EC/2019_PCT_1250.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski cruises along. | 9/16/19 Mile 2,239.0, 5,783' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465731448-SO85U8G6TNGACD7MJ540/2019_PCT_1259.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski asses the cloud cover.| 9/17/19 Mile 2,265.2 5,396' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465755076-7LIBCKVLJV7M4XENGC2H/2019_PCT_1265.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Warming up by jumping while hiking through some cold and windy rain. | 9/17/19 Mile 2,265.2 5,396' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465748028-31VPD8UUF4KUDKN9D0WN/2019_PCT_1269.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski hikes through the fog in Goat Rocks Wilderness. | 9/17/19 Mile 2,265.8, 5,396' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465769661-KJZ9JLVUMP5KGAMMI7ZB/2019_PCT_1270.jpg PCT Extended Gallery A brief break in the clouds showed us our first view in Goat Rocks Wilderness. | 9/17/19 Mile 2,266.8, 5,796' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465785674-5FCWX10NY5QVJHY85P1F/2019_PCT_1271.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski cuts across a gulley. | 9/17/19 Mile 2,265.8, 5,396' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465786253-ELMSCQLMBZ6F7M5WL9CZ/2019_PCT_1276.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Hiking through an unexpected snowstorm in Goat Rocks Wilderness. | 9/18/19 Mile 2,276.6, 7,095' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465802532-JN0LVZ0VB13FC9DWPTV8/2019_PCT_1278.jpg PCT Extended Gallery An unexpected snowstorm in Goat Rocks Wilderness made for less than fun exposed terrain. | 9/18/19 Mile 2,276.6, 7,095' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465805042-JT7M57634AV0PK1QNZ7S/2019_PCT_1280.jpg PCT Extended Gallery A knife edge ridgewalk through Goat Rocks Wilderness, one of the most stunning sections of trail. Thankfully the clouds lifted for about 15 minutes and we got a good view. | 9/18/19 Mile 2,277.0, 7,095' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465821724-SM4Z7XNW7RDH055E5P88/2019_PCT_1282.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski traverses the Goat Rock knife edge. | 9/18/19 Mile 2,277.0, 7,095' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465819859-6LIAXC9AWYUACVIKGRKI/2019_PCT_1291.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski enjoys a breakfast burrito in some welcome sun at White Pass, WA. | 9/19/19 Mile 2,294.9, 4,409' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465839979-N7MS4LT1K81866H20B6Q/2019_PCT_1293.jpg PCT Extended Gallery My pack dries in the first sun for days. | 9/19/19 Mile 2,294.9, 4,409' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465841590-I3FL0E7KZZTNOMZWW1NV/2019_PCT_1297.jpg PCT Extended Gallery There's never a bad time for a deep stretch. | 9/19/19 Mile 2,296.1, 4,824' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465868088-OSCDIH0VYTBB0AXK4DE6/2019_PCT_1307.jpg PCT Extended Gallery The trail heads up to a pass before dropping to Dewey Lake. | 9/19/19 Mile 2,315.7, 5,702' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465855673-ZESUTIZNL6O0ZE54RLTR/2019_PCT_1308.jpg PCT Extended Gallery After a cloudy day, finally a glimpse of Mt. Rainier. | 9/19/19 Mile 2,317.2, 5,350' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465877886-V37FR9X6STU09YIBF90Z/2019_PCT_1311.jpg PCT Extended Gallery My hiking partner from the AT, Grapenut, lives in Yakima, WA not far from the trail. He picked us up to zero at his house. Here Lebowski eats a cookie while drying his gear after a wet few days. | 9/20/19 Mile 2,323.8, 5,358' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465891198-RRLFNHGRWOU7SJ1N2BD3/2019_PCT_1318.jpg PCT Extended Gallery I take in the North Cascades on a very welcome clear morning. | 9/25/19 Mile 2,400.2, 5,390' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465905022-9OKQCP71F6Z9VBSYQWLT/2019_PCT_1327.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Looking down a valley to Snoqualmie Pass with Mt. Rainier in the background. | 9/25/19 Mile 2,403.8, 5,598' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465916759-TDX34YV00L4MX67GL24A/2019_PCT_1329.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski on a ridgewalk above Snoqualmie Pass. Mt. Rainier is visible in the background. | 9/25/19 Mile 2,404.5 5,550' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465937060-0S85R12GUVITSZGXPW5O/2019_PCT_1337.jpg PCT Extended Gallery The approach to Cathederal Pass near Deep Lake. | 9/26/19 Mile 2,434.8, 4,379' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465941141-LIVIA64QTBCPQ24MZEOA/2019_PCT_1351.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Surprise Lake below Pieper Pass. | 9/27/19 Mile 2,451.6, 5,084' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465957193-ILL89E3NSYGMYV0IUVHO/2019_PCT_1359.jpg PCT Extended Gallery After getting pushed in to Leavenworth, WA to wait out a snowstorm, we were surprised by a very large parade right outside our room. Lebowski had a knack for getting into dance-offs with strangers. | 9/28/19 Mile 2,464.1, 4,053' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465958317-QXTMBME2YGZVKEFXZD0S/2019_PCT_1367.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski enjoys the hot tub while we wait out a snowstorm in Leavenworth, WA. | 9/28/19 Mile 2,464.1, 4,053' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571465980423-ZZV1C43NBMF67HSQ0NMP/2019_PCT_1371.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Babysteps and Swiss Bitch head back out into the cold from Stevens Pass. | 9/30/19 Mile 2,464.6, 4,053' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571466333702-DXAJLNZMGT5R5UBI1S91/2019_PCT_1373.jpg PCT Extended Gallery The excitement to be back on trail didn't last long after this. | 9/30/19 Mile 2,464.6, 4,053' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571466333517-VE43HK7YI3608J1OCGF7/2019_PCT_1376.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Snow covered peaks were the new norm. | 9/30/19 Mile 2,469.9, 4,906' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571466355225-VAVPS3YR8TVRGX0J12HZ/2019_PCT_1379.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Prof enjoys the last glimpse of sun before a sub-freezing night. | 9/30/19 Mile 2,478.6, 5,582' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571466356843-D99KECQEHE4YOY0G57OG/2019_PCT_1381.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski eats breakfast on a particularly chilly morning beneath Grizzly Peak. | 10/1/19 Mile 2,479.8, 5,582' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571466377897-PWNW6C061PTNFACILGBE/2019_PCT_1388.jpg PCT Extended Gallery The freshly snow-capped North Cascades. | 10/1/19 Mile2,502.4, 6,011' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571466379150-QSHEMQ0LNQ513LJWK953/2019_PCT_1397.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Most of the snow already melted off this south facing slope. | 10/1/19 Mile2,502.4, 6,011' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571466400880-MM1J9XNR73O24GP1Q2EK/2019_PCT_1400.jpg PCT Extended Gallery The North Cascades, freshly dusted. | 10/1/19 Mile 2,502.5, 6,011' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571466402166-CT7MUUPA50ABRZCPLS4C/2019_PCT_1404.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Glacier Peak. | 10/2/19 Mile 2,517.8, 5,279' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571466425760-OONPAGLPWZCQLTIKRWW9/2019_PCT_1407.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski ascends after having just had a standoff with a black bear. | 10/2/19 Mile 2,519.5, 6,342' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571466422506-ZCB6DJPJCGEUV958GK5B/2019_PCT_1416.jpg PCT Extended Gallery I had to wear the same pair of socks for the final several hundred miles because my other pair had large holes. Safe to say things got a little gnarly. | 10/3/19 Mile 2,557.1, 4,724' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571466438073-AUKWMGLEXSPPLU4PUXJ6/2019_PCT_1418.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski lost several spoons and needed to use mine after I had dinner for about a week. | 10/4/19 Mile 2,588.7, 4,303' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571466453083-4XZDYFT2YR8DJJNZEJID/2019_PCT_1426.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Waiting for a potential hitch to drive by at Rainy Pass, WA. | 10/5/19 Mile 2,591.1, 4,855' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571466465901-VCPKDQF52F0JA15LVZ8Y/2019_PCT_1430.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski hikes through fresh snow north of Cutthroat Pass. | 10/5/19 Mile 2,600.2, 6,837' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571466481062-CDESCH8DQJFAKOX87LEF/2019_PCT_1434.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski hikes across fresh snow below Glacier Pass. | 10/6/19 Mile 6,212.6, 5,581' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571466485335-ZQQNG9242PPI3DPI60DM/2019_PCT_1436.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Lebowski hikes across fresh snow south of Harts Pass. | 10/6/19 Mile 6,214.6, 5,576' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571466501784-FCER7CDPE58TO3ACJSVC/2019_PCT_1438.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Modeling my new yet awful quality aviators against the backdrop of the North Cascades. | 10/6/19 Mile 6,215.6, 5,545' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571466516026-57CH5WDKVC7W5TQQ2D2Y/2019_PCT_1456.jpg PCT Extended Gallery At long last, Canada! The line cut through the trees behind the monument is the border. Celebrations didn't last long as the temperature dropped and the rain fell harder. | 10/7/19 Mile 2,652.6, 4,258' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1571466532730-7RBKN95WU8XQUA3SZHAF/2019_PCT_1466.jpg PCT Extended Gallery Over the course of the trail, Lebowski and I walked around 2,000 miles together. 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UT 12/16/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1585418426671-JW5TZFJI8OV4FBFRI5ZT/2020_HappySnaps_0014.jpg Winter 2020 Two of our roommates, Julie and Heidi amused by a Cards Against Humanity answer. | Holladay, UT 1/8/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1585418425974-4EUJ278Q9YYMWQIHV3AN/2020_HappySnaps_0067.jpg Winter 2020 Shimone skins up Mt. Aire during an afternoon backcountry tour. | Lambs Canyon, UT 1/29/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1585418439424-CSPWBX6GC6BJSE3XFATD/2020_HappySnaps_0082.jpg Winter 2020 Snacks and Ruthless (Emily and Becky, PCT friends) enthusiastically prepare to head back out after a break at Alta mountain. | Alta, UT 2/11/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1585418437198-CJEF9QJV0HDDUK18CWLZ/2020_HappySnaps_0174.jpg Winter 2020 Grace and Heidi enjoy an evening with the rest of the housemates. | Holladay, UT 1/26/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1585418446783-AU1HXBYF0JG9C5WGC88H/2020_HappySnaps_0197.jpg Winter 2020 Bullfrog tries her hand at giving Lebowski a long overdue haircut. | Holladay, UT 1/27/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1585418451040-CDUVYVCT2LIQLRD6EHKK/2020_HappySnaps_0292.jpg Winter 2020 Matt on the summit of Honeycomb Cliffs with Mt. Superior in the background. | Big Cottonwood Canyon, UT 2/13/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1585418457969-A025RUIN4QVK8Z5QJ4L0/2020_HappySnaps_0302.jpg Winter 2020 Matt slaps skins on his skis for the second backcountry run of the day. | Big Cottonwood Canyon, UT 2/13/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1585418474233-A7UYLUSH69WM1I9VM2UG/2020_HappySnaps_0341.jpg Winter 2020 Ruthless shreds some pow on the way down from Peak 9699. | Big Cottonwood Canyon, UT 3/2/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1585418468029-D73ARKRW7ZNT7CPP663G/2020_HappySnaps_0419.jpg Winter 2020 Lebowski watches the snow fall between rides at Deer Valley. | Park City, UT 3/8/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1585418477866-1VCMJV3FKS8W8KMS9PK5/2020_HappySnaps_0549.jpg Winter 2020 Heidi gears up to chuck some knives. | Holladay, UT 3/14/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1585418480468-VQS9Y5AJD293H0MTO2CC/2020_HappySnaps_0641.jpg Winter 2020 Bjorn skins up Mt. Aire as a small storm rolls in. | Lambs Canyon, UT 3/20/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1585418482581-L2K02V5G02P46KQOWOE4/2020_HappySnaps_0687.jpg Winter 2020 Cass models her new hat in our living room. | Holladay, UT 3/15/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1585418507819-T4BXE09YDX2DYB7J0MWN/2019_HappySnaps_0730.jpg Winter 2020 Taking a good gander at the freshly snow-covered peaks of Colorado. | Buena Vista, CO 12/12/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1585418506942-MW9M0Z21GPM9XJOFHULJ/2019_HappySnaps_0838.jpg Winter 2020 Bullfrog (Quinn, PCT friend) and Lebowski collaborate on a puzzle given to Lebowski for Christmas. Coincidentally, it is a Big Lebowski themed puzzle. | Holladay, UT 12/25/19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1585418517384-667HVOZWGOCE83VX3E48/2020_HappySnaps_0050.jpg Winter 2020 Lebowski and our roommate Cass taking a break in the trees on a spectactular powder day at Snowbird mountain. | Alta, UT 1/8/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1585418517253-JZSKKTOV2IWW07QYR4F3/2020_HappySnaps_0075.jpg Winter 2020 Bjorn atop a subpeak of Mt. Aire. | Lambs Canyon, UT 1/29/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1585418532376-8SSU6R6QILKBIQDAZJWA/2020_HappySnaps_0096.jpg Winter 2020 Snacks sends a killer jump at Alta. | Alta, UT 2/11/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1585418528984-7PEVRFXYUSJL0HZBNSQ1/2020_HappySnaps_0177.jpg Winter 2020 Bullfrog meets Snailman, a very friendly snail who spent the winter with us. | Holladay, UT 1/26/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1585418536878-4SP0K3C6HOMLVAVI3XJW/2020_HappySnaps_0275.jpg Winter 2020 Lebowski basks in the afternoon light with his pile of hard-earned cash. | Holladay, UT 2/11/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1585418545178-3W3UH9FW9GJIEOJJHQEJ/2020_HappySnaps_0300.jpg Winter 2020 Myself atop Honeycomb Cliffs with Mt. Superior and Little Cottonwood Canyon in the background. | Big Cottonwood Canyon, UT 2/13/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1585418545246-JRJEUKHBPLES5E2DP195/2020_HappySnaps_0324.jpg Winter 2020 Ruthless transitioning to downhill mode after a morning ski tour to the summit of Honeycomb Cliffs. | Big Cottonwood Canyon, UT 2/21/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1585418557283-8NO2EW8KK693O994AJFR/2020_HappySnaps_0364.jpg Winter 2020 Lebowski enjoys sunset from our back porch on an unusually warm day. | Holladay, UT 2/24/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1585418561061-O8C4GEUJXDLEOJ4ME4HM/2020_HappySnaps_0505.jpg Winter 2020 Lebowski tries his hand at throwing knives that were given to me by a Native American competitive knife thrower. | Holladay, UT 3/14/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1585418568887-FYJVW4XNN8IGZXG6ONFO/2020_HappySnaps_0631.jpg Winter 2020 Lebowski enjoys the view overlooking Salt Lake City, nearly 4,000 feet above our house. | Mt. Olympus, UT 3/17/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1585418575056-AJPX5ILV4Z6RFGQJG2D1/2020_HappySnaps_0667.jpg Winter 2020 Part of our Mt. Olympus summit crew after an ice scramble down from the summit. | Mt. Olympus, UT 3/22/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1585418576857-ZKRAK7SCKP36OMPIHFLU/2020_HappySnaps_0714.jpg Winter 2020 Snacks, Ruthless and Lebowski share some farewell tacos overlooking Salt Lake City, our last time seeing them before leaving town for the season. | Salt Lake City, UT 3/24/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1591045712527-SBNJ7CMCM5P6DAL7RLSE/2020_HappySnaps_1930.jpg Winter 2020 - Next: Totally RAD4 My Toyota RAV4 Build https://www.evanleonardphotography.com/rad4 daily 0.75 2025-05-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1591045853667-VQ0G54VHVJ6BHPONHPYL/image-asset.jpeg RAD4 - Next: Spring 2020 The Midwest https://www.evanleonardphotography.com/spring-2020 daily 0.75 2020-11-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1591040204732-H4ARWAPEZIAM560DL6XI/2020_HappySnaps_0775.jpg Spring 2020 Lebowski flamboyantly throws a stake into the ground while on the long haul back east from Salt Lake City. This evening we pulled off at a deserted campground. | 3/26/20 Iowa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1591040204837-Q8A0D0K5V364W3UL40LK/2020_HappySnaps_0986.jpg Spring 2020 The annual family egg hunt took to the outdoors this year. Here Gabriel pulls one from a Paper Birch tree. | 4/13/20 Westlake, OH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1591041726834-QZCXMPOUEND1Z1UPKG0M/DSCF5338.jpg Spring 2020 A late season flurry dropped some snow on the old rec center sledding hill. It only stuck for a couple of hours, but I still managed to get some turns in! I can reasonably confidently say I am the only person to have telemark skied this face. (Photo cred: Dad) | 4/17/20 Westlake, OH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1591040228918-0ICDXII1F2P9IKU0HWBP/2020_HappySnaps_1139.jpg Spring 2020 Gabriel won an award for his truly world-class trombone playing at Purdue University. Such an honor necessitated a proper headshot, followed by a dashing pose. | 4/24/20 Westlake, OH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1591040228098-9RT6H0FPZR8J4N3JBUON/2020_HappySnaps_1234.jpg Spring 2020 Lebowski tinkers with a minibike he rebuilt for our backyard enjoyment. | 5/2/20 Ann Arbor, MI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1591040239034-HX15U0HD44LJU81Y3BDA/2020_HappySnaps_1508.jpg Spring 2020 For a change of pace we decided to camp out in the yard on a warm night. | 5/3/20 Ann Arbor, MI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1591040251794-66XJV4XUSXDA04VE82PW/2020_HappySnaps_1535.jpg Spring 2020 On the way to the backcountry campsite in Sells Park, Hannah pauses to enjoy the sounds and smells of spring. | 5/16/20 Athens, OH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1591040266484-UC7LLOYB8BGP6DF3ONXO/2020_HappySnaps_1542.jpg Spring 2020 Turtlehead Cave, one of thousands of rockhouses in the sandstone hills of the Ohio River Valley. | 5/17/20 Athens, OH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1591040262828-DTUN6A9VRCFPPCI7MNRS/2020_HappySnaps_1619.jpg Spring 2020 Hannah and Mel, giddy after having created a truly marvelous fire. | 5/14/20 Athens, OH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1591040289612-XHHZJ0W38W3BQZP7SFC1/2020_HappySnaps_1853.jpg Spring 2020 Ruthless begins the 2,000 foot rock scramble to Baker Peak. From there we would follow a knife edge ridge to Wheeler Peak which sits at 13,065 ft. | 5/24/20 Great Basin National Park, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1591041082215-2371I7EDYI5Q4LJ1AROO/2020_HappySnaps_1973.jpg Spring 2020 On the inside, I built a mattress platform with a trap door for clothes storage, seven drawer cabinet, interior and exterior sliding tables, space to sit upright with my feet down, window insulators and ultra-efficient LED lights. | 5/26/20 Baker, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1591040321645-PB2B0P09TLP9KR51Q2ES/2020_HappySnaps_0981.jpg Spring 2020 Mom and Dad laid out an intricate Easter egg hunt for Gabriel and me. The name of the game this year was to look high. | 4/13/20 Westlake, OH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1591040321820-RGLG5UT7YXGRWZM9EVW7/2020_HappySnaps_1002.jpg Spring 2020 Gramps fills us in on the latest happenings in the neighborhood on a particularly good porch sitting day. | 4/13/20 Westlake, OH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1591040343220-4DXJ4I0UJ7ZGR74EIBND/2020_HappySnaps_1164.jpg Spring 2020 Gabriel took me out for my first round of disc golf to pass some time while on social distancing orders. Despite his infinitely superior technique, I finished only three throws behind. | 4/28/20 Bay Village, OH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1591040335263-V2NT1BFEW9HCX4JS9SBT/2020_HappySnaps_1365.jpg Spring 2020 Enjoying the fruits of his labor, Lebowski whizzes around a fine midwestern yard. | 5/3/20 Ann Arbor, MI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1591040365103-OPW8NBJ78RPPPSR7322F/2020_HappySnaps_1606.jpg Spring 2020 My good friend Andy is an excellent mechanic who is forever fixing up old cars. One of his favorite is this '69 El Camino. | 5/10/20 Ann Arbor, MI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1591040346636-7NDAAYYE30ZF1PUL9AK0/2020_HappySnaps_1530.jpg Spring 2020 A day spent fishing on an empty lake is always a good day. Here Lebowski and Blankie soak up the sun while Andy lazily works on hooking a prize fish. | 5/4/20 Pinckney, MI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1591040363810-BHLWX5ROFJWD957TKZYZ/2020_HappySnaps_1539.jpg Spring 2020 From the comfort of her new tent, Hannah takes a gander at the jungle that is Southseat Ohio. | 5/16/20 Athens, OH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1591040375579-F7OWHGEBRY6BQSBFOJVC/2020_HappySnaps_1838.jpg Spring 2020 Michael takes the longboard for a few laps down the hill in the West End. | Athens, OH 5/18/20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1591040395594-8U68TJH693GIEGXLXK5S/2020_HappySnaps_1870.jpg Spring 2020 Through one of the craziest turns of fate I've ever expereienced, I stumbled into Athens pals Abe and Justin on the highest peak in the least visited national park in the country. As luck would have it, I had just come from Athens with a stash of Jackie O's which was nearly as sweet as the summit. | 5/24/20 Great Basin National Park, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1591041114967-EKONVZK2QWR2UUNKFGXE/2020_HappySnaps_1930.jpg Spring 2020 At long last, I customized my RAV4 to be both a living space and a halfway serious off-road machine. Exterior upgrades were made to suspension, ride height, tires, front end protection and a roof mounted sliding solar panel. Click here for the full tour. | 5/26/20 Baker, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1604899406986-2G5I23IKBBIVUY6TCO4W/HappySnaps2020_90.jpg Spring 2020 - Next: Summer 2020 Hemp Farmin’ and the Grand Sierra Traverse https://www.evanleonardphotography.com/summer-2020 daily 0.75 2020-11-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1600472314265-3KJ02H8LN4HZ5TBB2IVQ/HappySnaps2020_01.jpg Summer 2020 Buddy and I have become quite chummy this summer. He lives with the Herings, who very kindly allow me to park in their driveway and use the facilities whenever I'm in Tahoe. | 6/1/20 Tahoe City, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1600472340107-IKPYTWUBCO7YQKD9WENY/HappySnaps2020_03.jpg Summer 2020 Lucas and Max hunt for blue agates along a glacial river below Mt. Baker. | 6/18/20 Mt. Baker, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1600472341842-53OK810FHJWZLP8H8YJ5/HappySnaps2020_05.jpg Summer 2020 Normally I'm opposed to grafiti on public land, but this one rules ok. | 6/29/20 Tahoe Vista, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1600472368669-9XQQK77XONRLXLSJGM5R/HappySnaps2020_07.jpg Summer 2020 Afternoon thunderstorms roll through the Sierra Nevada every couple of days as the hot air coming up from the valley condenses, usually they're pretty localized but intense for just a few minutes. This one forced me to hunker down for almost an hour. | 6/29/20 Tahoe City, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1600472368789-FTGRLI8QZT1D0GSBJ02X/HappySnaps2020_09.jpg Summer 2020 The view east into California from Boundary Peak, the highest in Nevada at 13,146’. The Sierra is visible in the background across Owens Valley. | 7/9/20 Esmeralda County, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1600472391793-OWHBSL18Z0CGY80J5IXM/HappySnaps2020_11.jpg Summer 2020 Morgan skips a stone between sips of wine and bites of cheese on the north shore of Lake Tahoe. | 7/19/20 Dollar Point, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1600472392259-PMNIWB0O5ISQANOJNEVW/HappySnaps2020_13.jpg Summer 2020 I managed to get good pals Abe and Justin to come out and climb Mt. Shasta with me. With no real trail up the 7,000 feet of scree to the 14,179' summit, it was rough going. Extra kudos awarded to these fellas as it was their first 14er, what a climb! | 8/2/20 Weed, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1600472437568-66PNNW25RONDXDBXRG20/HappySnaps2020_15.jpg Summer 2020 Due to COVID-19, as well as the remote nature of the Grand Sierra Traverse, hitchhiking into town wasn't an option for resupply. Lebowski and I ended up buying a months worth of food ahead of time and orchestrated food drops in trailhead bear boxes along the route. Big thanks to Mark and Jay for running supplies! | 8/15/20 Tahoe City, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1600472423074-K1YS4GVO4B6IGPDJB79B/HappySnaps2020_17.jpg Summer 2020 Lebowski grabs a quick snack on the shore of Round Lake before parting ways. The smoke had been building for days and made for quite difficult breathing. | 8/19/20 Big Meadow, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1600472469621-EHX911BH4JCS6ZEXLWSK/HappySnaps2020_19.jpg Summer 2020 Camp below Minaret Peak, roughly halfway through my attempt of the Grand Sierra Traverse. | 8/28/20 Mammoth, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1600472469462-5X086XO5XE3B1SCV2MP4/HappySnaps2020_21.jpg Summer 2020 One of the final climbs of the Grand Sierra Traverse was up the Mt. Whitney mountaineers route, the highest peak in the lower 48 at 14,504'. A big perk of getting moving early is seeing the ridges painted in that vivid morning light. Unfortuantely, I tend to be lazy and sleep in so these views often slip away from me. | 9/5/20 Mt. Whitney, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1600472483021-LU96FD5YLSEC9JSBVTD0/HappySnaps2020_23.jpg Summer 2020 Upon getting down to Lone Pine after completing the Grand Sierra Traverse, the smoke became some of the thickest I'd ever seen. I made it out just in time, a couple of days later Forest Service land across California was closed to all users due to fire danger. | 9/6/20 Bishop, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1600472544190-730MAAXJZKSBR2DUF05R/HappySnaps2020_02.jpg Summer 2020 Piñata score from Heidi's birthday weekend with the cousins at their grandparents farm. Arjay Ranch is home to Moonshadow CBD, the hemp farm I've been helping run for the summer. | 6/9/20 Oroville, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1600472547007-YA5CNKSBQORW4YRO01YI/HappySnaps2020_04.jpg Summer 2020 Gandalf pauses while heading to camp at a lake in the Goat Rocks Wilderness. | 6/20/20 Yakima, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1600472575238-DBOGC4BI91SARW12P4RY/HappySnaps2020_06.jpg Summer 2020 Camp on the summit of Mt. Watson, one my favorite spots accessible by the intricate web of 4x4 roads along the north shore of Lake Tahoe. | 6/29/20 Tahoe City, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1600472558313-CPR9I7P1Y1E5HN3F9ZDQ/HappySnaps2020_08.jpg Summer 2020 A momma cat and litter of kittens moved into the barn, but this little girl is the only one that made it through the spring. Her name is Elsa and has quickly become part of the family! | 7/7/20 Oroville, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1600472601435-ZALWTRDT9HC5X9YR2YWL/HappySnaps2020_10.jpg Summer 2020 Flower hikes down from Kearsarge Pass to join the Pacific Crest Trail. | 7/10/20 Independence, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1600472600460-7GJ0C0WFK2JXU4B3JN7B/HappySnaps2020_12.jpg Summer 2020 "The Bug Farm", a vehicle dwelling dirtbag commune that escaped the wrath of COVID-19 by creating a largely self-sustaining community in the mountains. | 7/26/20 Undisclosed Location, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1600472640998-MS029XBBOD6ZQV6H8QYF/HappySnaps2020_14.jpg Summer 2020 Lane people-watches from the comfort of his Toyota Dolphin at the Bug Farm. | 8/10/20 Undisclosed Location, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1600472634697-N2UT9LX1RRZRIMM76M91/HappySnaps2020_16.jpg Summer 2020 Lebowski on the way up the east ridge of Job's Sister Peak on our attempt of the Grand Sierra Traverse, a bushwhacking high route of my own design. I don't know who Jobs or his sister is, but if she's anything like this mountain I'd very much like to meet her. | 8/18/20 South Lake Tahoe, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1600472670514-O2BFJROJ0X0471TVBUG3/HappySnaps2020_18.jpg Summer 2020 I stumbled across a stunning meadow complete with grazing sheep below Kirkwood Pass on the Grand Sierra Traverse. I would arrive at my first resupply box pickup location just a few hours after this photo was taken, the views would only get bigger and better from here. | 8/23/20 Inyo National Forest, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1600472664013-OAKZ4LV2ADZ9R1S6QSYJ/HappySnaps2020_20.jpg Summer 2020 Due to a navigational error on my part, I camped on the wrong side of this ridge and had to climb it the next morning to get back on route. Luckily it didn't cost too much time or energy, but the views up top were beyond worth it. Regardless, I'm in the market for a new navigation director. | 8/30/20 (near) Shout-of-Relief Pass, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1600472709166-G058JXGK8D97847FA7WI/HappySnaps2020_22.jpg Summer 2020 A rare self portrait of the Cous. | 9/5/20 Cottonwood Lakes, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1600472707303-NZT60FKQ5F5YI6EJCXZP/HappySnaps2020_24.jpg Summer 2020 Moonshadow CBD's field of CBG producing hemp amidst the smoke from multiple nearby fires. The smoke got as bad as 540 on the Air Quality Index. | 9/12/20 Oroville, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1606174649606-RWC8G2FB7NBFI3XDLIMV/2020_HappySnaps_137.jpg Summer 2020 - Next: Fall 2020 Forever Moseying https://www.evanleonardphotography.com/fall-2020 daily 0.75 2021-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1606171372609-H541FTT81FQO86MPVW6J/2020_HappySnaps_112.jpg Fall 2020 Ash from the CZU Lightning Complex fire falls from the sky near a swimming hole called "The Garden of Eden" | 9/24/20 Santa Cruz, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1606171375290-XQSVT51HLDV94EGBC95L/2020_HappySnaps_114.jpg Fall 2020 Sierra dries off after a chilly river dunk. | 9/24/20 Santa Cruz, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1606171442766-3XVAEO2QY95O8PKFABE4/2020_HappySnaps_116.jpg Fall 2020 Sierra insisted on a picture of me enjoying the coast, so here ya go! | 9/25/20 Santa Cruz, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1606171420834-X5G7UFLD6DODZX1BB6IK/2020_HappySnaps_118.jpg Fall 2020 Overland Lake catches its first glimpse of morning light amidst the smoke from the California wildfires. The Ruby Mountains are known as "the Swiss Alps of Nevada" and while I haven't been to the Alps before, I'm still a little skeptical. | 10/4/20 Ruby Crest Trail, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1606171472372-2ZJHPARVYCQ05WJUOFMA/2020_HappySnaps_120.jpg Fall 2020 An empty valley on BLM land where I spent the night on my way back to the farm from the Ruby Mountains. | 10/5/20 Winnemucca, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1606171475636-QHIADEUFCW462OYJ9VFI/2020_HappySnaps_122.jpg Fall 2020 Cole gets moody while waiting in the car on a grocery run. | 10/11/20 Oroville, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1606171515235-JWJ8C0D6C8YU02587E1J/2020_HappySnaps_124.jpg Fall 2020 One of the Moonshadow barns filled with 800+ CBG hemp plants. This batch is destined to become CBG biomass: once dry, we shuck the flowers and leaves off, cure it and create topical products from the oil. | 10/27/20 Arjay Ranch, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1606172547160-VO1Q2XIIKJ3X0AEKR4OS/2020_HappySnaps_134.jpg Fall 2020 At the last minute, I was able to convince Justin to drive through the night from Boise to meet me on the Oregon Coast. As luck would have it, another Athens pal, Caleb, was able to hang for halloween beach brewskis as well! | 10/31/20 Yachats, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1606612574544-3KZXAUGNL8KA8F5X2TV4/2020_HappySnaps_4140+1.jpg Fall 2020 Caleb and Justin, reunited once more. | 10/31/20 Yachats, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1606171552809-5609U8SRKQUMDUVQZ4IH/2020_HappySnaps_130.jpg Fall 2020 My campsite for the night just north of the California border. | 11/1/20 Brookings, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1606171573259-3AXZSLRBWUYASJ6S810S/2020_HappySnaps_132.jpg Fall 2020 Emily celebrates after the first run of the season. The snow was hard and chunky, but there's no such thing as a bad day on skis! | 11/15/20 Mt. Rose, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1606171650541-YL4RNW7A2EXH62QUKSK8/2020_HappySnaps_113.jpg Fall 2020 Sierra soaks up the sounds and smells of the woods in the Garden of Eden. | 9/24/20 Santa Cruz, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1606171635480-OVIY7CXRZ344XW2IBYPM/2020_HappySnaps_115.jpg Fall 2020 The tide on its way out, slowly revealing the jagged rocks below. | 9/25/20 Santa Cruz, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1606171689869-7X68A1ALHF6H3HZ7IJP6/2020_HappySnaps_117.jpg Fall 2020 I was able to wrangle up Bjorn to come meet me for a weekend in the Ruby Mountains of Nevada. Here we prepare to set out the next morning. | 10/2/2020 Ruby Valley, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1606171719678-YRKAAFON8W60EVGAH2K8/2020_HappySnaps_119.jpg Fall 2020 Bjorn, eager to get off the trail to scramble up the ridge and down the other side to our car. Equally exciting was the the promise of burritos, since he brought only powdered milk and granola to fuel him for 36 miles. | 10/4/20 Ruby Crest Trail, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1606171724588-9IZYC6K0JJL31WVA63HD/2020_HappySnaps_121.jpg Fall 2020 A quick break from harvest work at the farm meant a visit to the Feather River Fish Hatchery. They have a viewing area along the fish ladder so we could watch the truly massive King Salmon returning to breed. | 10/11/20 Oroville, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1606171763239-3UG1U3E9MHXVLVM78H51/2020_HappySnaps_123.jpg Fall 2020 Sierra poses for a portrait along the Yuba River. | 10/16/20 North San Juan, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1606171795229-HS9K5LH8Q3FNXVIHI291/2020_HappySnaps_125.jpg Fall 2020 Puppy prints in the sand on the Oregon coast, hard to get more pleasant than this! | 10/31/20 Newport, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1606172614272-1JSAL2CH2AR8RGN2M7DJ/2020_HappySnaps_135.jpg Fall 2020 Soaking up that Pacific juju at the expense of purple toes. | 10/31/20 Yachats, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1606172604144-JRSS6R4AQQFASBHJJY1B/2020_HappySnaps_136.jpg Fall 2020 Caleb swiped my camera and snapped this gem. I got bored at the farm one night and chopped off the beard! Don't worry though, it's coming back ASAP. | 10/31/20 Yachats, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1606171859484-6NDD1C95VISFEFTV6X8W/2020_HappySnaps_131.jpg Fall 2020 Sierra tries her hand at some side-country snowboarding after an early season storm, which opened the mountains to snow sports before the resorts. | 11/15/20 Mt. Rose, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1606171867195-FOD0JW7USGNRNFR7CAVF/2020_HappySnaps_133.jpg Fall 2020 Post-ski hors d'oeuvres out of the back of my car. Shortly after, snack time came to an abrupt halt as the sun set and it got brutally cold. | 11/15/20 Mt. Rose, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1609819276351-Z08KNNRVUDTWUD1IHHMM/image-asset.jpeg Fall 2020 - Next: 2020 A Year in Review https://www.evanleonardphotography.com/year-in-review-2020 daily 0.75 2021-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1618538748558-G64KKGJV81MVBA1N8DTL/2021_HappySnaps_277.jpg Year in Review 2020 - Winter 2021 Tahoe Winter, Round Two https://www.evanleonardphotography.com/winter-2021 daily 0.75 2021-06-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1624731873239-E07BXUJPTTYTNN3YQWNI/2021_HappySnaps_2080.jpg Winter 2021 - Spring 2021 Ski, (occasionally) Rinse, Repeat https://www.evanleonardphotography.com/spring-2021 daily 0.75 2021-06-26 https://www.evanleonardphotography.com/pnt daily 0.75 2022-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739202678-OT03P0GBJ48XO17N9W8E/2021_PNT_0728.jpg Pacific Northwest Trail Skeeter and Noisy, lost in the setting sun. | 8/24/21 Mile 1,077.2 5,011' Olympic Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739242490-SQMNXEF44WON2WIGA4P0/2021_PNT_0862.jpg Pacific Northwest Trail Hog Mamma, temporarily marooned by the incoming tide. | 8/31/21 Mile 1,213.2 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739019548-5XAWAGEYQY0Z4PR5BW17/2021_PNT_0111.jpg Pacific Northwest Trail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739137024-T14QUF92FBAF9G850E3N/2021_PNT_0359.jpg Pacific Northwest Trail Blankie stretches out in the fading warmth of yet another excellent day in the mountains. | 8/4/21 Mile 700.3 6,520' Pasayten Wilderness, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631834311358-V7360RFPM9CIHKQMN9D4/2021_PNT_0840.jpg Pacific Northwest Trail Noisy muches on her usual nasty taco soup concoction. | 8/30/21 Mile 1,206.4 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739017789-IM0K9KV3RKVNJWH67SHY/2021_PNT_0090.jpg Pacific Northwest Trail Blankie and I did some tub laundry to avoid the unnecessary cost of the laundromat next door. | 7/8/21 Mile 133.5 2,676' Eureka, Montana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738989016-VKZJK913876BDLFP4IUB/2021_PNT_0015.jpg Pacific Northwest Trail Blankie, never one to take a candid photo. Here he takes a break up Stoney Indian Pass. | 7/2/21 Mile 15.2 5,675' Glacier National Park, Montana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739111204-YDJ6UHWZP9W9CLVSU9UH/2021_PNT_0327.jpg Pacific Northwest Trail Boundary Trail 533 was the primary route through the Pasayten on the PNT. It was unrelenting with its alpine meadows and crumbly peaks, and better yet, it was nearly smoke free! | 8/2/21 Mile 658.6 6,650' Pasayten Wilderness, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739098666-2Q245JJXBOMRYCLZ1JGM/2021_PNT_0294.jpg Pacific Northwest Trail Blankie scrambles up a rock covered in deadfall on a bushwhack I devised to avoid a 1,200' pointless up down. As Blankie said, "that's a nice boulder".| 7/29/21 Mile 555.6 5,804' Okanogan Highlands, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739178310-SU2W2Y04NG57OTVCOKVN/2021_PNT_0519.jpg Pacific Northwest Trail Thick smoke rolled in out of nowhere overnight, terrible in every way other than what it did to the light. | 8/12/21 Mile 822.1 1,256' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739070523-ZVB4NEWWCM77KX5ODGZ8/2021_PNT_0286.jpg Pacific Northwest Trail Blankie takes advantage of his extra-wide sleeping pad and goes for a float on Lake Bonaparte. Less than a week later, a fire burned most of the circumference of the lake and surrounding mountains. | 7/28/21 Mile 549.7 3,551' Okanogan Highlands, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738989627-HW4AK5G7M80BF1MZY38J/2021_PNT_0084.jpg Pacific Northwest Trail The US/Canada border swath. On the Mexican border they put up a wall to keep people out, but the Candians are so nice they make it even easier for you to cross! | 7/8/21 Mile 122.1 5,510' Rocky Mountains, Montana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739037488-NYQIUYM5RVBV4SKPW056/2021_PNT_0200.jpg Pacific Northwest Trail Nooch holds on for dear life during a hitch up to the next forest road on route. | 7/19/21 Mile 355.0 2,059' Selkirk Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739235078-4RRMPUVY15R9Z3KFIK7L/2021_PNT_0859.jpg Pacific Northwest Trail Hog Mamma climbs a rope step ladder up to camp after a midnight tidal crossing. | Mile 1,208.0 157' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739043666-8ZI32SF5YHSTSMTMBZLL/2021_PNT_0249.jpg Pacific Northwest Trail Blankie inflates his sleeping pad at the "Deer Creek Forest Camp". We were expecting something a bit greener, but of course it all burned down a few years back. | 7/22/21 Mile 444.7 4,602' Kettle River Range, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739067508-QSPHZ2GR6PF2JW5RD60Y/2021_PNT_0261.jpg Pacific Northwest Trail Blankie enjoys the gentle grade of Forest Service Road 600 after a steep and thick bushwhack down the shoulder of Edds Mountain. | 7/25/21 Mile 485.8 4,025' Kettle River Range, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739180271-AC9U2KKD6EY175UF4XP9/2021_PNT_0608.jpg Pacific Northwest Trail Skeeter and Lucas apprehensively wait to turn on to Highway 20, the most highly trafficked portion of our bike route alternate. The PNT primary walks mostly roads for 80 miles from Bellingham to the Coupeville ferry, which sounded awful. So we just biked instead. Thanks to Lucas for wrangling up bikes and pedaling with us! | 8/20/21 Mile 957.0 4' Puget Sound, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739195095-ZTT0Y42KF3N8K21QPPT8/2021_PNT_0625.jpg Pacific Northwest Trail Skeeter keeps a keen eye out for Port Townsend. | 8/20/21 Mile 1014.2 0' Puget Sound, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739139904-FPUV5CT6BCHFLGGSX5L4/2021_PNT_0397.jpg Pacific Northwest Trail Hikers raid the Marblemount gas station in the rain. | 8/6/21 Mile 746.4 1,698' Marblemount, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739259186-8W07DCMT43XOAEPUTJ3V/2021_PNT_0943.jpg Pacific Northwest Trail Even though Blankie was only able to make it for half the hike, he was an excellent companion and I'm so glad he was able to come play in the mountains for the summer. | 9/2/21 Mile 1,246.2 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631895748365-D7C3WW4LPA99E4VY33QH/2021_PNT_1009.jpg Pacific Northwest Trail - View Gallery https://www.evanleonardphotography.com/pnt-extended-gallery-1 daily 0.75 2021-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631736912894-JLAEFN5NN9S3XR8I390Q/2021_PNT_0004.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blankie and I at the eastern terminus of the PNT, which is also a CDT alternate terminus at Chief Mountain Customs on the USA/CAN border. The PNT lacks an official terminus monument at either end. | 7/1/21 Mile 0.0 5,329' Glacier National Park, Montana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631736914090-LES8XW2SNFU5U16OCXBD/2021_PNT_0005.jpg PNT Extended Gallery The first panoramic view the PNT had to offer, located in the Belly River valley. | 7/1/21 Mile 4.6 4,680' Glacier National Park, Montana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631736920320-XCRQSGRVJKFROJW6YY8N/2021_PNT_0007.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blankie crosses a fine bridge over the Belly River. | 7/1/21 Mile 6.1 4,640' Glacier National Park, Montana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631736921532-HJ7A8D7I3E12HOMQFIRT/2021_PNT_0011.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blankie takes in the view while catching his breath on the very steep trail up to Stoney Indian Pass. Little did we know climbs of this gradient would soon become normal. | 7/2/21 Mile 15.2 5,675' Glacier National Park, Montana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631736946068-CAO81JDYSCEOMA2H57GG/2021_PNT_0015.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blankie, never one to take a candid photo. Here he takes a break up Stoney Indian Pass. | 7/2/21 Mile 15.2 5,675' Glacier National Park, Montana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631736946068-01F74AMV4DR8IYGVLSC0/2021_PNT_0021.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blankie crosses a snow field on the north side of Stoney Indian Pass. 2021 was an unusually warm spring preceded by a low snow winter, yet the rangers were still fear mongering about snow conditions up high. To be honest, they were full of it. This was essentilly the only spot of snow we crossed in all of Glacier NP. | 7/2/21 Mile 18.0 6,908' Glacier National Park, Montana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631736961333-CIZDM2JQY9CFWOP2EBMM/2021_PNT_0031.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Lake Francis as seen from the trail up to Brown Pass. | 7/3/21 Mile 33.9 5,355' Glacier National Park, Montana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631736956650-1LCSB5APYDSA1YOPWWFT/2021_PNT_0034.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Looking back into Glacier NP across Bowman Lake just before hitchhing down the dirt road into Polebridge, MT. Polebridge is an off-grid community of a dozen or so people that threw one hell of a 4th of July party. | 7/3/21 Mile 49.1 4,030' Glacier National Park, Montana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631736980177-JLZDLE31OZQHW1XZ7YXW/2021_PNT_0035.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blankie begins the long walk up Forest Road 376, part of a 12 mile roadwalk to the next stretch of trail. Shortly after this photo was taken Blankie backtracked to Polebridge and took the next 300 miles off due to illness (not COVID, thankfully). | 7/5/21 Mile 59.3 3,937' Rocky Mountains, Montana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631736997606-9CSBE87FKRPYVO0UN5MG/2021_PNT_0040.jpg PNT Extended Gallery The first PNT blaze seen on the PNT. | 7/5/21 Mile 64.2 4,202' Rocky Mountains, Montana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631737050559-XEGU0K17WJ1U2BME38LG/2021_PNT_0044.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Skeeter and Sparky prepare camp in what would be the worst mosquito swarm of the entire hike. We built a fire to try to keep them at bay, Sparky even tried wearing shoes on his hands, but to no avail. A day or so later, fires became illegal and would remain so for the rest of the season. | 7/5/21 Mile 75.9 6,012' Rocky Mountains, Montana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631737063896-3MJUUMDFBD1AMUJZIGNU/2021_PNT_0048.jpg PNT Extended Gallery The 2017 Gibralter fire burned 13,000 acres on the PNT along the Whitefish Divide. Here the damage is visible on the north face of Mt. Locke. | 7/6/21 Mile 88.0 7,005' Rocky Mountains, Montana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631737083560-UQ52KLN3R4P91IGULM0Y/2021_PNT_0052.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Tex, Sparky and Skeeter enjoy a welcome hitch up a forest service road in the back of a converted ambulance. | 7/6/21 Mile 95.6 4,060' Rocky Mountains, Montana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631737090878-GUGBVGUOZL8OV0O8LS6D/2021_PNT_0061.jpg PNT Extended Gallery The view out the back of a converted ambulance that gave us a hitch up a forest service road. | 7/6/21 Mile 95.6 4,060' Rocky Mountains, Montana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631737130468-LOWRUUN3ENV2ZZV63V0B/2021_PNT_0065.jpg PNT Extended Gallery I thought it was funny that my shadow made it look like I'm riding a horse. The red tint comes from smoke that blew in the night before. It would remain in some capcaity until reaching the coast. | 7/7/21 Mile 101.2 5,444' Rocky Mountains, Montana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631737132185-MTBBAANW0TTS2QRPOYEZ/2021_PNT_0071.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Mt. Wam lookout, a decomissioned fire lookout tower now used for inclement weather shelter, or just a rad place to camp. | 7/7/21 Mile 104.6 7,203' Rocky Mountains, Montana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631737176253-6U1TTDFEGR0E0A8ZWVXH/2021_PNT_0083.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Whoever placed this border sign installed it up a steep hill behind a bush when there was a perfectly good spot just below. This was literally the best image I could muster. The PNT started at the Canadian Border and would remain within a few miles of it for the majority of the hike. | 7/8/21 Mile 122.1 5,510' Rocky Mountains, Montana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631737192669-XYZETMZ5KQNE5SP2LCR3/2021_PNT_0084.jpg PNT Extended Gallery The US/Canada border swath. On the Mexican border they put up a wall to keep people out, but the Candians are so nice they make it even easier for you to cross! | 7/8/21 Mile 122.1 5,510' Rocky Mountains, Montana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631737232540-JP63825GMS58BWJ0KCHQ/2021_PNT_0088.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Burma Rd., the first paved road walk of the PNT. Luckily I made it to the road after accidentally bushwhacking into private property. It being Montana, things could have gone poorly. | 7/8/21 Mile 130.1 2,802' Rocky Mountains, Montana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631737233501-1IYZBLP2S3X0HU954XXZ/2021_PNT_0090.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blankie and I did some tub laundry to avoid the unnecessary cost of the laundromat next door. | 7/8/21 Mile 133.5 2,676' Eureka, Montana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631737286003-5QTV9KBRVWMYQHJ53VEE/2021_PNT_0095.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blankie waits for a hitch to Libby, MT so he could rest up and continue hiking later down the trail. | 7/9/21 Mile 141.0 2647' Rexford, Montana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631737286005-8M8A4AMJE15GP45JZR2N/2021_PNT_0100.jpg PNT Extended Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631737338764-UADS00LVERH0MRRSVGWJ/2021_PNT_0102.jpg PNT Extended Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631737338764-EHUXRTVEXYMQ1TIW95TI/2021_PNT_0103.jpg PNT Extended Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631737374662-XBGK2IIHM5DNPKHUCUAR/2021_PNT_0111.jpg PNT Extended Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631737374658-XOHHLR1F8WQNTKJU6J40/2021_PNT_0114.jpg PNT Extended Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631737409468-JL5CJSUDAIWULQT2NY8G/2021_PNT_0118.jpg PNT Extended Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631737410342-4Z7HXLQSXQD06RX47CNK/2021_PNT_0122.jpg PNT Extended Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631737456126-FWQXPPSQ9VVXG2ACBXD6/2021_PNT_0123.jpg PNT Extended Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631737459067-4O9LN0DN52Q3A1ZF7JKS/2021_PNT_0132.jpg PNT Extended Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631737515536-WGDP0PYL83JW1JSPD9F8/2021_PNT_0136.jpg PNT Extended Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631737538911-LU5SEOULF4U6LX01WKTE/2021_PNT_0148.jpg PNT Extended Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631737609813-IP6JBKSENDX3Y4HKHTFA/2021_PNT_0152.jpg PNT Extended Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631737643288-DM709WIG0WBC3G7EXTRU/2021_PNT_0154.jpg PNT Extended Gallery The ridge I 'schwacked to the summit of Lookout Mountain. | 7/15/21 Mile 291.3 6,787' Selkirk Mountains, Idaho https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631737709357-N1JALXEXSVI0GITN4RQG/2021_PNT_0158.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Lower Priest Lake as seen from Lookout Mountain. | 7/15/21 Mile 291.3 6,787' Selkirk Mountains, Idaho https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631737771690-J4MZKT1GEN5ZRV0ZDH9V/2021_PNT_0160.jpg PNT Extended Gallery The Lookout Mountain Lookout tower, used for fire surveillance starting in 1929. The shadow in the foreground is from the replacement raised shelter, also decomissioned in favor of more modern tools. | 7/15/21 Mile 291.3 6,787' Selkirk Mountains, Idaho https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631737798418-RFLDFAACSGZG6835MNF1/2021_PNT_0162.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Lower Priest Lake, which is not on the PNT but I noticed a route down to it while mulling over maps and just had to go for a swim. | 7/15/21 Mile 299.1 2,480' Selkirk Mountains, Idaho https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631737895299-N7SICF8W233C7Q3M9Z8N/2021_PNT_0170.jpg PNT Extended Gallery After crossing into Idaho without really realizing it, it was nice to see someone set up a small monument to denote the Washington border. | 7/16/21 Mile 316.1 3,460' Selkirk Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631737901170-P2KADGZ4K7LLC287YIPO/2021_PNT_0171.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Damage from the 2017 Noisy Creek fire along the Shedroof Divide. | 7/16/21 Mile 320.0 6,175' Selkirk Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631737955789-UU2ZU4S48WY9PX26LOX2/2021_PNT_0174.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Looking back toward Lions Head ridge in Idaho from the Shedroof Divide in Washington. | 7/16/21 Mile 320.0 6,175' Selkirk Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631737968217-9KBJACFJ5QNKHSZH6JLO/2021_PNT_0181.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Fireweed takes over the mountains in the wake of the 2017 Noisy Creek Fire. | 7/17/21 Mile 329.4 6,102' Selkirk Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738002802-45WNY1UVY9RH0H0OIU4D/2021_PNT_0185.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blankie had to get off trail around 300 miles back thanks to a nasty bug he caught, thankfully not COVID. Gandalf and Snickers, old pals of mine from the AT, volunteered immediately to host him in their home in Spokane until I made it to Metaline Falls where Blankie could rejoin me. Thanks to these truly lovely people, Blankie was able to stay in the woods another day and we are forever grateful for their friendship! | 7/18/21 Mile 355.0 2,059' Metaline Falls, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738012368-FO04T1QTED0THTLP69QJ/2021_PNT_0195.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Mary, a very generous Metaline Falls local allows thru-hikers to camp in the yard of her boat rental and guide service business. The PNT passes straight through the middle of town, which is about a block long. | 7/18/21 Mile 355.0 2,059' Metaline Falls, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738030292-LHC5Q89A3GIJK49UVBWJ/2021_PNT_0198.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blankie, excited to get back on trail after taking over a couple of weeks off to recuperate. | 7/19/21 Mile 355.0 2,059' Selkirk Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738048149-NTKITA3N45KAS2653C6Q/2021_PNT_0200.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Nooch holds on for dear life during a hitch up to the next forest road on route. | 7/19/21 Mile 355.0 2,059' Selkirk Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738095553-3L062ZAAIKDD8EVFRLYF/2021_PNT_0210.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blankie heads down the saddle of Abercrombie Mountain as a wall of smoke begins to blow in. | 7/19/21 Mile 370.7 7,060' Selkirk Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738110696-YY8DG7KE1CWVFC5SB69H/2021_PNT_0217.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Nooch and Blankie, one more stoked than the other on the 100 degree 13 mile roadwalk into Northport, WA. | 7/20/21 Mile 390.8 1,689' Selkirk Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738157464-AF70WP60BSR51HIWBEY5/2021_PNT_0221.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Nooch, Grouse Bite and Blankie pause for a quick pee on the roadwalk into Northport, WA. | 7/20/21 Mile 391.0 1,689' Selkirk Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738158766-0MKOS5IM06QUYPN4Z7NG/2021_PNT_0223.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Nooch, Grouse Bite and Blankie trudge along in 100 degree heat on a 13 mile roadwalk into Northport, WA. | 7/20/21 Mile 391.0 1,689' Selkirk Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738213279-9I9MZNZMVFYMDK0FRW9O/2021_PNT_0224.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blankie poses in front of a clear cut, a sight all too common in the Pacific Northwest. | 7/21/21 Mile 407.1 2,021' Kettle River Range, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738214928-568A7Z8LE3WFN2THJHC6/2021_PNT_0227.jpg PNT Extended Gallery What a lovely meadow on the side of this here forest road! | 7/21/21 Mile 408.3 2,052' Kettle River Range, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738263231-RG5JYS9KHCTJWPPLRDGI/2021_PNT_0230.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blankie enjoys the company of a small butterfly, who refused to pose for my picture. | 7/22/21 Mile 435.0 4,190' Kettle River Range, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738285679-JCHVTUK2D6FSWOHYLY1L/2021_PNT_0238.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blankie emerges from the brush on a decommissioned Forest Service road. | 7/22/21 Mile 441.2 4,801' Kettle River Range, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738334483-J7FVY4012O33KCCFGHOK/2021_PNT_0240.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Nooch enjoys a gander after taking the wrong forest road a few miles back, thus adding distance to his day. | 7/22/21 Mile 441.2 4,801' Kettle River Range, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738334959-AXMCGF6QQDPEJECDKT8A/2021_PNT_0243.jpg PNT Extended Gallery A sizeable chunk of the PNT passes through recently burned areas. The smoke getting thicker every day painted a bleak picture for the future of our forests, and our hike. | 7/22/21 Mile 442.4 4,387' Kettle River Range, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738374289-JB94AIL70ZJ8XUCKTWUT/2021_PNT_0249.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blankie inflates his sleeping pad at the "Deer Creek Forest Camp". We were expecting something a bit greener, but of course it all burned down a few years back. | 7/22/21 Mile 444.7 4,602' Kettle River Range, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738376739-B1SQGUVGUMGWAPXZ7MCO/2021_PNT_0253.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blankie settles in for what would become three hours of attempted hitching in a new cloud of smoke that had blown in overnight. | 7/24/21 Mile 474.6 5,587' Kettle River Range, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738407527-KM0VKK2NET3H6KZZU5Y7/2021_PNT_0259.jpg PNT Extended Gallery I was convinced to buy these hilariously short orange shorts for the hike, and I have to say the short short game is the one I want to be playing from now on. Just check out that tan line! | 7/24/21 Mile 474.6 5,587' Republic, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738410826-JV4DRYCR0Z5Z8BL3KK5R/2021_PNT_0261.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blankie enjoys the gentle grade of Forest Service Road 600 after a steep and thick bushwhack down the shoulder of Edds Mountain. | 7/25/21 Mile 485.8 4,025' Kettle River Range, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738461460-4N3NH5GFTB47O5LE3ATU/2021_PNT_0263.jpg PNT Extended Gallery The Okanogan Highlands, a band of hot, dry grassland with sparse tree cover that stretches from British Columbia down into Eastern Washington. | 7/26/21 Mile 500.1 2,908' Oganogan Highlands, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738465817-S1JLOCTAM6U9IR8QCRCX/2021_PNT_0267.jpg PNT Extended Gallery The Okanogan Highlands, a band of hot, dry grassland and sparse tree cover that stretches from British Columbia down into Eastern Washington. | 7/26/21 Mile 500.1 2,908' Oganogan Highlands, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738499567-4ERLE2OSBL331RK2HFQ5/2021_PNT_0268.jpg PNT Extended Gallery The Okanogan Highlands, a band of hot, dry grassland and sparse tree cover that stretches from British Columbia down into Eastern Washington. | 7/26/21 Mile 500.1 2,908' Oganogan Highlands, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738526155-P6NBOMYR2GQYP63NBHLA/2021_PNT_0271.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Colville National Forest, famous for their desire to get as many cows as possible in the woods, of course at the detriment of forest health but benefit of their wallets. | 7/26/21 Mile 506.4 2,077' Okanogan Highlands, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738567569-4FU9I21X2HLIHOX9NHMC/2021_PNT_0274.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blankie endures a very hot asphalt roadwalk on the way to the next trail. | 7/26/21 Mile 506.7 2,077' Okanogan Highlands, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738600059-LV6R1GLJ1Q5XZ2AFD5J5/2021_PNT_0275.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blankie makes his way through the blowdowns on a burn area bushwhack. On this particular 'schwack, Blankie lost both his sunglasses and a trekking pole, to his great disappointment. | 7/27/21 Mile 511.4 3,804' Okanogan highlands, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738625322-VSTF1JMGPKQJWFIJ5U2G/2021_PNT_0281.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blankie shows off his elegant living accomodations. | 7/27/21 Mile 431.5 4,910' Okanogan Highlands, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738648536-5JQ3YQTQO9Q2PB5FSZPU/2021_PNT_0282.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blankie, stoked to be horizontal after a steep and hot climb to camp. | 7/27/21 Mile 431.5 4,910' Okanogan Highlands, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738672052-EMQNJCKHOGPOIO15Y2IJ/2021_PNT_0284.jpg PNT Extended Gallery The Pacific Northwest is home to many wild and wonderful creatures, and it's nice to see these people taking the proper precautions through quality signage. | 7/28/21 Mile 537.6 3,466' Okanogan Highlands, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738672902-D17Y3F6LEXVHLUQZIAKM/2021_PNT_0286.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blankie takes advantage of his extra-wide sleeping pad and goes for a float on Lake Bonaparte. Less than a week later, a fire burned most of the circumference of the lake and surrounding mountains. | 7/28/21 Mile 549.7 3,551' Okanogan Highlands, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738702306-UL7G26BJLIDYX8SCFSHC/2021_PNT_0288.jpg PNT Extended Gallery If there's one thing Blankie loves, it's walking on logs. | 7/29/21 Mile 555.6 5,804' Okanogan Highlands, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738700607-EYCBWGDPGDFIZGNX22HO/2021_PNT_0292.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blankie makes his way across Mt. Bonaparte on an impromptu bushwhack. | 7/29/21 Mile 555.6 5,804' Okanogan Highlands, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738722030-MOG4J2CZ7W7J022RIZXD/2021_PNT_0294.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blankie scrambles up a rock covered in deadfall on a bushwhack I devised to avoid a 1,200' pointless up down. As Blankie said, "that's a nice boulder".| 7/29/21 Mile 555.6 5,804' Okanogan Highlands, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738722031-5AIWHRSWDRC2EO8SEOW9/2021_PNT_0296.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Back on forest roads! | 7/29/21 Mile 568.0 3,644' Okanogan Highlands, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738735182-PALFWF5FO30SBQ7HYV7W/2021_PNT_0301.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Hot and exhausted, we found a bench on the side of the road and just had to take a sit. Can't you see how excited we are? | 7/29/21 Mile 556.8 3,604' Okanogan Highlands, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738731238-21LXE1NJM5WX6TTDALT1/2021_PNT_0303.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Overnight, fresh smoke and ash blew in from the nearby Cub Creek and Cub Creek 2 fires. | 7/30/31 Mile 575.5 1,146' Okanogan Highlands, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738762941-W5J27EWUPUEVQMA3B7S2/2021_PNT_0304.jpg PNT Extended Gallery What would have been a stellar view across the Similkameen River Valley into the Pasayten Wilderness was completely obstructed by smoke. | 7/30/21 Mile 581.2 990' Okanogan Highlands, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738767265-TB0RSKW8H0F3GED50HSN/2021_PNT_0305.jpg PNT Extended Gallery What would have been a stellar view across the Similkameen River Valley into the Pasayten Wilderness was completely obstructed by smoke. | 7/30/21 Mile 581.2 990' Okanogan Highlands, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738800072-TQ8AZG9PB3DORW2RDFBA/2021_PNT_0307.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Thanks to Washington state land closures due to fire danger, an alternate route was necessary to enter the Pasayten Wilderness. Sunny Pass, visible in the background, would be our way back on to the primary route. | 8/1/21 Mile 636.7 2,150' Pasayten Wilderness, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738800072-BM0X3EKD9ES8N4HJGM5A/2021_PNT_0310.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blankie, Grouse Bite and Nooch work on lightening their food bags on our first day out from town under the cover of my tarp in a PNW mist. | 8/1/21 Mile 640.2 2,102' Pasayten Wilderness, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738816984-VB254XAKJDT6WKFECT2Y/2021_PNT_0312.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Grouse Bite and Nooch, who I walked with for a several hundred miles and in the process got quite chummy with. | 8/1/21 Mile 640.2 2,102' Pasayten Wilderness, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738817699-CZDS7WGLUMYT7SHQMT03/2021_PNT_0317.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blanke and I finished dinner and chores, but it was still light out so we filled the time making double exposures. | 8/1/21 Mile 640.2 2,102' Pasayten Wilderness, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738835819-RQ4QT2GOYQKAFT8J0B54/2021_PNT_0318.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blanke and I finished dinner and chores, but it was still light out so we filled the time making double exposures. | 8/1/21 Mile 640.2 2,102' Pasayten Wilderness, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738842957-S3JAH4WNLBGNV9EQNAYL/2021_PNT_0319.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blanke and I finished dinner and chores, but it was still light out so we filled the time making double exposures. | 8/1/21 Mile 640.2 2,102' Pasayten Wilderness, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738865676-G4MWQ6XLOQJPDQ296EFG/2021_PNT_0320.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Looking across to Amphitheater Mountain and Cathedral Pass, the highest point on the PNT primary route. | 8/2/21 Mile 652.6 7,206' Pasayten Wilderness, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738891824-8DODZNL96UDIPG4CCR9K/2021_PNT_0322.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Grouse Bite and Nooch just before taking a dip in Upper Cathedral Lake. We weren't there for it, but Nooch proposed to Grouse Bite just before arriving at the western terminus. | 8/2/21 Mile 656.2 7,305' Pasayten Wilderness, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738907626-JD7DPTCJZDF2SUQ4SEQI/2021_PNT_0325.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Damage done by the 2017 Diamond Creek Fire. | 8/2/21 Mile 657.1 6,859' Pasayten Wilderness, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738921484-QBT0UJTUYA77H1CRMXTA/2021_PNT_0327.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Boundary Trail 533 was the primary route through the Pasayten on the PNT. It was unrelenting with its alpine meadows and crumbly peaks, and better yet, it was nearly smoke free! | 8/2/21 Mile 658.6 6,650' Pasayten Wilderness, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738932955-9MDI2BUJD3SXQ6RZDCJ4/2021_PNT_0332.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Sheep Mountain, just over the other side is the Canadian border. | 8/3/21 Mile 670.9 6,937' Pasayten Wilderness, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738954263-HOLB9FXU2MPPF9MJ35MA/2021_PNT_0337.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blankie makes his way to Quartz Mountain on Boundary Trail 533. | 8/3/21 Mile 670.9 6,937' Pasayten Wilderness, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738967765-LLYSWP7H1ABSIB158C4E/2021_PNT_0338.jpg PNT Extended Gallery More damage from the 2017 Diamond Creek Fire. | 8/3/21 Mile 672.1 6,595' Pasayten Wilderness, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631738994631-OF4BRIDFZSST8K0G75AM/2021_PNT_0340.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Descending Quartz Mountain to ascend once again again up to Bunker Hill. | 8/3/21 Mile 675.5 7,005' Pasayten Wilderness, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739007811-9GFMYMSMBLNZIOO1BTOG/2021_PNT_0342.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Looking a couple of miles north into Canada at a pair of fires while being surrounded by recent burn scars. Fire's no joke, and they're only going to get worse. | 8/3/21 Mile 679.6 7,169' Pasayten Wilderness, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739028746-LQAYD148A0WT6YHPAMKW/2021_PNT_0344.jpg PNT Extended Gallery At long last, the North Cascades come in to view! From there until the end, the trail would truly be in the Pacific Northwest. | 8/3/21 Mile 679.0 7,060' Pasayten Wilderness, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739043187-1KDL1VKJINM2DMXO0OSO/2021_PNT_0351.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blankie triumphiantly makes it to the top of Frosty Pass. | 8/4/21 Mile 700.3 6,520' Pasayten Wilderness, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739065144-IJPV528SB59M3VN4LGIO/2021_PNT_0354.jpg PNT Extended Gallery The smoke plume from the Cub Creek Fire to the south rises above Blizzard Peak. This fire was one of the most problematic for us the whole hike, we were in its smoke for a couple of weeks and it closed a pretty vital resupply point. | 8/4/21 Mile 700.3 6,520' Pasayten Wilderness, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739090310-W5POZYMM3DEOXMFTA5MK/2021_PNT_0356.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blankie lost his underwear in the morning. Luckily a full gear survey led to their discovery in the bottom of his quilt. The smoke from the Cub Creek Fire rises in the background. | 8/4/21 Mile 700.3 6,520' Pasayten Wilderness, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739096067-0ABWPBVWK9DWFJW15KE0/2021_PNT_0359.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blankie stretches out in the fading warmth of yet another excellent day in the mountains. | 8/4/21 Mile 700.3 6,520' Pasayten Wilderness, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739128547-0R3ANVYANTMHWWOI0G4W/2021_PNT_0362.jpg PNT Extended Gallery I find the ground to be consistently cold, hard, wet and sad, so for the PNT I upgraded my hammock setup and took to the skies once more! | 8/4/21 Mile 700.3 6,520' Pasayten Wilderness, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739135873-OPW20G0LYD880F95EX3N/2021_PNT_0365.jpg PNT Extended Gallery The PNT follows the PCT for 14 miles from just south of the border to Holman Pass. I expected to see thru-hikers, but fires essentially closed this stretch of the PCT. Compared to the PNT, the PCT might as well be a sidewalk! | 8/5/21 Mile 704.8 6,873' Pasayten Wilderness, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739153384-2U6K4FYC5AD4QUSZK07G/2021_PNT_0366.jpg PNT Extended Gallery The North Cascades as seen from the PCT under a high altitude layer of smoke. | 8/5/21 Mile 706.1 7,001' Pasayten Wilderness, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739180273-H6JLR5Z8IY7D6X9DR1U6/2021_PNT_0368.jpg PNT Extended Gallery When I hiked through the Rock Creek Basin a couple of years before on the PCT, it was sleeting and visibilty was poor. It was such a treat to come through again in better conditions! | 8/5/21 Mile 711.5 6,410' Pasayten Wilderness, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739197578-5SMB57SL97QBAHHAXO0E/2021_PNT_0369.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Looking south from Rock Pass on the PCT. | 8/5/21 Mile 711.5 6,410' Pasayten Wilderness, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739206345-IKLWEX2MT94QOVCNLBZD/2021_PNT_0370.jpg PNT Extended Gallery The PNT follows the PCT for 14 miles between Castle Pass and Holman Pass. I was confused the whole time on the PCT why I didn't see any nobos finishing their hike. Because of the Cub Creek Fire, those that still chose to hike in the smoke were mostly rereouted around Ross Lake, thus missing the magical final stretch of PCT. | 8/5/21 Mile 715.1 5,250' Pasayten Wilderness, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739229661-JUW3FVNMPR60N8LRJBKE/2021_PNT_0374.jpg PNT Extended Gallery At long last, true PNW conditions! | 8/6/21 Mile 727.3 6,982' Pasayten Wilderness, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739240810-XNG7BVKWRD2SWWDGSPY3/2021_PNT_0377.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Noisy dries her tent on the shores of Ross Lake. | 8/6/21 Mile 737.6 1,760' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739258282-YBIE211L12ZGH9GR25CL/2021_PNT_0379.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Ruby Creek, a tributary of the dammed Ross Lake. | 8/6/21 Mile 746.1 1,648' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739261734-MMNXTCPI1LYCNEFH9OZA/2021_PNT_0384.jpg PNT Extended Gallery A very nice mountain dwelling kook had a bag of wine at our road crossing, which he shared with us in generous quantities to make hitching a little more interesting. He also claimed to have stashed scotch in nearly every corner of North Cascades National Park. | 8/6/21 Mile 746.4 1,698' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739273149-IAK6AUNVKD2PR9HWPPYD/2021_PNT_0386.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Noisy and Blankie drunkenly wait for a potential hitch to pass. | 8/6/21 Mile 746.4 1,698' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739279850-YSRDKU9V78QXLNG4YI7A/2021_PNT_0388.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Noisy takes a knee after a healthy shot of Crown Royal from a man at the trailhead. | 8/6/21 Mile 746.4 1,698' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739291982-1754NINHAFE60AH3JD7R/2021_PNT_0394.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Skeeter and Blankie enjoy a ride to Marblemount, WA to raid the gas station roller dog machine. | 8/6/21 Mile 746.4 1,698' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739298931-UBW1QLYJCPWXWKVCX7IQ/2021_PNT_0397.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Hikers raid the Marblemount gas station in the rain. | 8/6/21 Mile 746.4 1,698' Marblemount, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739316582-J5DPXP0RFBUQ2E0XQRMI/2021_PNT_0398.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blankie, Sparky, Skeeter and Noisy play cards in the rain while stalling on making our next move. | 8/7/21 Mile 746.4 1,698' Marblemount, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739322099-TUBL638AKGP7G0V4WGH1/2021_PNT_0406.jpg PNT Extended Gallery I didn't know it until seeing him, but this statue is a role model of mine. | 8/7/21 Mile 746.4 1,698' Sedro-Woolley, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739338008-8H3WNNTBN8TTHCXXBVA9/2021_PNT_0408.jpg PNT Extended Gallery The storm broke and a faint rainbow came in to view, so naturally we all had to check it out. | 8/6/21 Mile 746.4 1,698' Sedro-Woolley, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739360376-0NVF6I8AU6TQFZXE6SB4/2021_PNT_0414.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blankie poses under a spot of sun in the dense forest that is the North Cascades. | 8/9/21 Mile 770.9 3,612' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739379489-WMOGFFQ630C7U3NLA82X/2021_PNT_0418.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Why hike two miles when you can hike half a mile, cross a creek and end up in the same spot? | 8/9/21 Mile 775.0 2,464' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739402564-JWG0LTR1YK5AI6A1NEM3/2021_PNT_0424.jpg PNT Extended Gallery When you see a big tree, you hug it! | 8/9/21 Mile 776.0 2,660' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739408496-IK150WKNN4V8V0Z6DBCC/2021_PNT_0427.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blankie and Noisy just had to take a dunk in some glacial runoff. I thought it best to watch from the side, a decision I'm still pretty stoked on. | 8/9/21 Mile 777.7 2,979' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739432814-IXTWRGLWS1G7M2CHFWAP/2021_PNT_0432.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Skeeter, Blankie and Noisy try to warm up from their glacial runoff dunk in the only spot of sunlight around. | 8/9/21 Mile 777.7 2,979' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739431970-8WBZJTN19JJ35DBC8VNK/2021_PNT_0437.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blankie warms up after a cold swim. | 8/9/21 Mile 777.7 2,979' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739449004-X8VS7CB0Y6VTVJN46D3Q/2021_PNT_0439.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Noisy being her usual photogenic self as she warms in the sun from a glacial river dunk. | 8/9/21 Mile 777.7 2,979' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739463388-99JY7F507HNRJ295ZSZO/2021_PNT_0456.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Skeeter, Blankie and I enjoy the suns dying rays. | 8/9/21 Mile 777.7 2,979' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739482599-PWDYWEXJ73TKQ7KN8EXP/2021_PNT_0471.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Whatcom Peak, shrouded in fog. | 8/10/21 Mile 780.8 5,802' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739492486-KEJMB34RHHCAKY857SGX/2021_PNT_0475.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Sparky tops out Whatcom Pass after a very steep climb up. | 8/10/21 Mile 780.8 5,802' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739519757-XVL296L1HI1MGAU5DOG0/2021_PNT_0488.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Skeeter and Blankie cross the Chilliwack River via cable car, which makes for a much safer crossing when flow is high. | 8/10/21 Mile 786.8 2,624' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739527219-EZJGM9TRAIOXFUGLG3WF/2021_PNT_0489.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Ruth Mountain as seen on the Hannegan Pass Trail. | 8/10/21 Mile 794.5 4,055' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739558671-NEPADCWZ4TD3Q8CDDSOT/2021_PNT_0490.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Ruth Mountain as seen on the Hannegan Pass Trail. | 8/10/21 Mile 795.5 3,905' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739560822-MBU6QTY3F5T0CLHY98PS/2021_PNT_0493.jpg PNT Extended Gallery The aptly named Granite Mountain. | 8/10/21 Mile 794.5 4,055' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739598073-BB6ZSPNIAPFQVSAEPQ8A/2021_PNT_0496.jpg PNT Extended Gallery My shirt underwent some prolonged unplanned disassembly, so it had to be retired. | 8/10/21 Mile 797.1 3,010' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739594492-K2OUV2FO40AXV4BYIZEQ/2021_PNT_0498.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Mt. Shuksan. | 8/11/21 Mile 812.0 4,801' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739629432-V8SR1D90HJP84K3TIXKU/2021_PNT_0502.jpg PNT Extended Gallery The formidable Mt. Baker. | 8/11/21 Mile 812.0 4,801' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739636379-X7OJL7RGVY0A9DD3W3IC/2021_PNT_0503.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Heading down to Swift Creek from Austin Pass. | 8/11/21 Mile 813.5 4,518' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739652170-72ZDN9TLV16OCT7E54RW/2021_PNT_0509.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blankie, Skeeter and myself enjoy the Mt. Baker hot spring. | 8/12/21 Mile 822.1 1,256' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739675216-PIH8GTPPDPHT3207CQKS/2021_PNT_0513.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Mt. Baker hot spring in the smoky morning light. We wanted to soak the night before, but we were asked not to until morning so a couple could have a "spiritual experience" in them for their anniversary. That was fine by me, given that when Blankie and I first arrived we got caught between two other fellas arguing over who sent who to jail, just after shots were fired. | 8/12/21 Mile 822.1 1,256' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739678199-QTA7WM3VPSVS3MRRV0R5/2021_PNT_0519.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Thick smoke rolled in out of nowhere overnight, terrible in every way other than what it did to the light. | 8/12/21 Mile 822.1 1,256' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739711085-3I4LEN9LO2XS42CK1WF8/2021_PNT_0524.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blankie poses in a spotlight of smoky rays. | 8/12/21 Mile 822.1 1,256' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739735783-JVQD54N1IGP08AKPOWMC/2021_PNT_0533.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Noisy wouldn't let me get away without one of myself too. | 8/12/21 Mile 822.1 1,256' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739734505-70TTYTUVOPCYUKZ4AP10/2021_PNT_0548.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Look closely and you can see Noisy lounging on the far tree in the water. | 8/12/21 Mile 822.1 1,256' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739763882-B7BQW6B7PQQ7X8N7MEWE/2021_PNT_0551.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Blankie gazes at me longingly from the shore of Baker Lake. | 8/12/21 Mile 822.1 1,256' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739759790-6FY6QWNXX3BLNHVVHO0K/2021_PNT_0561.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Sunset over Mt. Baker. | 8/12/21 Mile 822.1 1,256' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739771048-L2G4WBYYCJZGMBB73Y72/2021_PNT_0564.jpg PNT Extended Gallery This nice motel wasn't very happy when Sparky hung his tent to dry over the railing, so I figured it would be best just to dry my socks in our window instead. | 8/13/21 Mile 847.7 856' Burlington, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739787668-MATOOB7RYQLMBRYZVFT1/2021_PNT_0566.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Another double exposure, here Noisy plays her own ghost. | 8/14/21 Mile 856.0 3,364' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739794798-59F5L6R1H14C364YQH30/2021_PNT_0567.jpg PNT Extended Gallery An outtake from our double exposure rendition of "The Last Supper". | 8/14/21 Mile 856.0 3,364' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739816551-SZBWNMEF5A7U6C9XA9I1/2021_PNT_0568.jpg PNT Extended Gallery A hikers interpretation of the painting "The Last Supper", recreated with double exposure. | 8/14/21 Mile 856.0 3,364' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739834123-XLV7MBB9I9RE9BP5MTA4/2021_PNT_0570.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Easton Glacier, pictured here is nearly all bare ice thanks to the exceptionally hot summer burning off what little snow remained. Climbers we ran into said they had never seen conditions like this earlier than October in previous years. | 8/15/21 Mile 858.7 4,646' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739850522-TJKAPT7T989BSVSNHM63/2021_PNT_0575.jpg PNT Extended Gallery The view after coming over the top of Bell Pass. | 8/15/21 Mile 862.8 3,990' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739862550-95KZUVOK1JI6AF6QWCN7/2021_PNT_0578.jpg PNT Extended Gallery According to the logging companies and the US Forest Service, clear cuts "make room for a view". Some view, eh? | 8/16/21 Mile 877.1 2,981' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739879290-BAS57JXBHCWHCRXW04TH/2021_PNT_0580.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Hog Mamma, Blankie and Skeeter enjoy the flat and wide Cascade Rail Trail, an alternate route that circumvented active logging and more clear cuts. | 8/17/21 Mile 898.6 66' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739904303-ATY1CMXXODZSPLSH6C5J/2021_PNT_0582.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Skeeter and Sparky prepare to get back at it after a water fill up. | 8/17/21 Mile 917.5 2,609' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739905811-GSP0L4259OJURG9LKUQM/2021_PNT_0586.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Skeeter, Hog Mamma (Bjorn, as seen on past expeditions) and Sparky pose in some nice light on Anderson Mountain. Bjorn parked his car near the end of the PNT, rode on gravel roads to Bellingham unsucessfully looking for me, so he continued east until running into me at Baker Lake, 200 miles from where he started. He then hiked another 300 miles with us back to his car. | 8/17/21 Mile 918.8 2,820' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739936347-929XZ310R3VY28MAKKS8/2021_PNT_0590.jpg PNT Extended Gallery At long last, the Pacific Ocean came into view! Well, actually, the Puget Sound. Still, salt water! | 8/17/21 Mile 922.9 2,810' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739944811-VYUAYNYYKL00MAJW6MDQ/2021_PNT_0596.jpg PNT Extended Gallery One of my favorite ways to hang is over a hole in the ground, there's so much more room for activities! | 8/17/21 Mile 923.5 2,580' North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739967097-UIPLKFTZ7KJ7KNWREQ1C/2021_PNT_0600.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Sparky, in Lucas's loaner clothes, and Hog Mamma dry gear on the porch. | 8/18/21 Mile 932.3 360' Bellingham, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739985536-T3Z35QYZLHG2Z9C9Q12M/2021_PNT_0601.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Hog Mamma, Skeeter and Lucas take a snack break on our way to the Coupeville Ferry. | 8/20/21 Mile 952.9 18' Puget Sound, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631739993832-O7KJ4FOSM8O4SDO5TTKG/2021_PNT_0604.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Hog Mamma and Lucas prepare their bikes for departure. Rather than an 80 mile roadwalk, we decided to bike this stretch as to give us more time to drink beer in town. | 8/20/21 Mile 952.9 18' Puget Sound, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740017115-VX6O8FVOVRLH4UV441HL/2021_PNT_0606.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Lucas shows off his pride and joy touring bike. | 8/20/21 Mile 952.9 18' Puget Sound, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740021351-M0GB90V6HHDBH02K0NYQ/2021_PNT_0608.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Skeeter and Lucas apprehensively wait to turn on to Highway 20, the most highly trafficked portion of our bike route alternate. The PNT primary walks mostly roads for 80 miles from Bellingham to the Coupeville ferry, which sounded awful. So we just biked instead. Thanks to Lucas for wrangling up bikes and pedaling with us! | 8/20/21 Mile 957.0 4' Puget Sound, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740049059-HRB2D973XQYCROI6UD0P/2021_PNT_0618.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Hog Mamma takes advantage of some soft ground in between pedals. | 8/20/21 Mile 981.1 8' Puget Sound, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740046291-B1O0AU84029OQQT66NH2/2021_PNT_0619.jpg PNT Extended Gallery The PNT primary route takes the Coupeville Ferry across the sound to Port Townsend. Easiest six miles of forward progress I've ever made! | 8/20/21 Mile 1014.2 0' Puget Sound, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740071913-1MOT8X5TMX9FBPZUA7C3/2021_PNT_0623.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Hog Mamma and Noisy wait for Port Townsend to come into view. It's also Noisy's most recent home town. | 8/20/21 Mile 1014.2 0' Puget Sound, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740077242-USI87XC4G42YYSDV99J7/2021_PNT_0625.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Skeeter keeps a keen eye out for Port Townsend. | 8/20/21 Mile 1014.2 0' Puget Sound, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740091025-6YHSNADV9GLO7EI4LP7M/2021_PNT_0628.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Port Townsend as seen from the ferry. | 8/20/21 Mile 1017.2 0' Puget Sound, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740101913-LCKPASKK9F1P0AOLIMPO/2021_PNT_0633.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Skeeter, Noisy, Blankie and Hog Mamma stroll through downtown Port Townsend. | 8/20/21 Mile 1,018.1 15' Olympic Peninsula, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740125820-H48E9QJNV8GLIZDE6KXX/2021_PNT_0639.jpg PNT Extended Gallery The approach to Olympic National Park on the Tubal Cain Trail 840. | 8/24/21 Mile 1,067.0 5,212' Olympic Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740132204-NF50F4DBGDXGSW4SRBPR/2021_PNT_0644.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Noisy, Hog Mamma and Sparky take a break to enjoy the view since our permits had us doing a shorter than normal day. | 8/24/21 Mile 1,068.5 6,015' Olympic Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740157948-1FSUAZZO75BQCPFY401S/2021_PNT_0658.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Noisy chugs along to Marmot Pass. | 8/24/21 Mile 1,069.0 6,220' Olympic Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740173282-U628MLROOPXEWZO7IY7N/2021_PNT_0668.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Onward! | 8/24/21 Mile 1,069.6 6,245' Olympic Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740192934-YI6RB4BRTO77GXSMHFJF/2021_PNT_0670.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Noisy pauses to look at Mt. Baker poking through the clouds in the distance. | 8/24/21 Mile 1,069.0 6,220' Olympic Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740209296-W6LDF6EV5RWJKC2KIB35/2021_PNT_0673.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Noisy makes her way to Marmot Pass. | 8/24/21 Mile 1,069.0 6,220' Olympic Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740221470-HVG1XY95DRZM989YNN9O/2021_PNT_0676.jpg PNT Extended Gallery There was no shortage of quality pranks at the tail end of the hike, here Hog Mamma tied a rock to Noisy's pack during a break that she didn't notice until she started walking again. | 8/24/21 Mile 1,070.0 5,890' Olympic Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740231635-ATBQLXWJALJ8RGC61U3W/2021_PNT_0690.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Noisy, short for Noise Complaint. | 8/24/21 Mile 1,073.9 4,760' Olympic Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740251584-WCHAWVZ48KBJ2KGOTSFB/2021_PNT_0694.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Hog Mamma ascends Constance Pass. | 8/24/21 Mile 1,074.8 4,764' Olympic Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740251584-CUSD6VYMIH0KM5B2DA3G/2021_PNT_0699.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Hog Mamma grabs a snack before the final climb of the day. | 8/24/21 Mile 1,075.6 5,800' Olympic Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740267158-SJPVKQOB9JSTPEXQT26T/2021_PNT_0702.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Constance Ridge. | 8/24/21 Mile 1,076.1 6,150' Olympic Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740264510-6XP4Y452JUTW1I604LA3/2021_PNT_0709.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Noisy happened to sit in the perfect sunset spotlight, fitting since the campsite was called Sunnybrook! | 8/24/21 Mile 1,077.2 5,011' Olympic Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740282757-37TWQM054TAB2GGBROEO/2021_PNT_0722.jpg PNT Extended Gallery The crew watches sunset over the Olympics. | 8/24/21 Mile 1,077.2 5,011' Olympic Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740283726-5VESFH8S9PDIWZS5CJXB/2021_PNT_0728.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Skeeter and Noisy, lost in the setting sun. | 8/24/21 Mile 1,077.2 5,011' Olympic Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740297350-FUW2M0NBT3N63YAWUWW7/2021_PNT_0733.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Sparky with some fresh dome-side fireweed. | 8/24/21 Mile 1,077.2 5,011' Olympic Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740298628-CWN4T20LD44QPSKBANOJ/2021_PNT_0735.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Hog Mamma, Skeeter and my near-death crocs. | 8/24/21 Mile 1,077.2 5,011' Olympic Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740312014-JFQ2FLNEULYCR7RX57V2/2021_PNT_0736.jpg PNT Extended Gallery While watching sunset, a presumably military aircraft flew overhead. | 8/24/21 Mile 1,077.2 5,011' Olympic Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740316146-3WBQKASZCXKZYMF2EKZW/2021_PNT_0741.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Mt. Cameron. | 8/25/21 Mile 1,092.3 5,612' Olympic Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740334421-IOD3SLU6B8B0S0LRCP8L/2021_PNT_0743.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Lost Peak, as seen on the Grand Pass alternate route. | 8/25/21 Mile 1,092.3 5,612' Olympic Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740342947-BVNBM5OO0AEKCB1BEQ2K/2021_PNT_0750.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Upper Cameron Basin, with one of the most steep and slippery trails yet even though it doesn't look it. | 8/25/21 Mile 1,093.1 6,550' Olympic Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740358887-OF31YO3R2Q0REQ0CDQEO/2021_PNT_0751.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Mt. Cameron. | 8/25/21 Mile 1,093.1 6,550' Olympic Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740372774-IGH7M7VC0Y4VZFFS9OEH/2021_PNT_0756.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Upper Cameron Creek, as seen from camp. | 8/25/21 Mile 1,094.5 5,760' Olympic Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740388842-3J446E1C9QWY4CGUQ9P3/2021_PNT_0757.jpg PNT Extended Gallery A tight hang as there was a storm rolling in overnight. | 8/25/21 Mile 1,094.5 5,760' Olympic Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740402558-2L3ZG5LC4CELOD1T6RG3/2021_PNT_0766.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Hog Mamma paces around camp waiting for the sun to set. | 8/25/21 Mile 1,094.5 5,760' Olympic Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740422545-VW01I35Z9HCBOJ4OE0UG/2021_PNT_0773.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Hog Mamma poses on the way up Grand Pass. | 8/26/21 Mile 1,099.3 6,472' Olympic Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740433298-XXSN9AGNKIH5LMUCCKF9/2021_PNT_0775.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Hog Mamma outruns a storm into Port Angeles, WA. | 8/26/21 Mile 1,103.0 6,436' Olympic Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740444592-HWZSE3DAB35HZCZSH9AG/2021_PNT_0778.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Skeeter makes way for everyone else exploding their bags in our cheap motel room. | 8/26/21 Mile 1,069.5 47' Port Angeles, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740466915-M3PMQ3YJDGG44WV7L4LF/2021_PNT_0783.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Hog Mamma loiters outside while waiting for everyone else to pack up. Being out in the open is also safer, since he could make sure nobody slipped the 5 oz bath bomb we'd been shuffling around into his pack. Mileage discrepancy due to alternate routes. | 8/27/21 Mile 1,069.5 47' Port Angeles, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740476421-0VJRXCO87YLF2AB68R4C/2021_PNT_0784.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Skateboarders get a bad rap. | 8/27/21 Mile 1,069.5 47' Port Angeles, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740495195-MRPQHFNY4622VFVM3FQ0/2021_PNT_0785.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Hitching back up to Hurricane Ridge. | 8/26/21 Mile 1,069.5 47' Port Angeles, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740501541-S6KXX1ZVSYXNRYMVFNZU/2021_PNT_0791.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Hurricane Ridge looking down into the Elwha Valley. | 8/27/21 Mile 1,080.2 5,757' Olympic Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740676709-418E8O1S6DIXUSV0EUNE/2021_PNT_0794.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Hog Mamma makes is way down Hurricane Ridge through the clouds. | 8/27/21 Mile 1,080.2 5,757' Olympic Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740677711-YZMXPCWS04XPKGLG999S/2021_PNT_0796.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Skeeter poses on the way down a 5,200' descent in less than 4 miles. | 8/27/21 Mile 1,082.2 2,757' Olympic Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740706453-I1YD9RMCG5F52HN5D4D1/2021_PNT_0797.jpg PNT Extended Gallery The former lake bed of Lake Mills, home of one of the largest dam removal projects in the world. | 8/27/21 Mile 1,124.0 605' Olympic Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740707874-3J3UO5Q99ZMX0N4SYJGP/2021_PNT_0803.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Mt. Olympus as seen from the Seven Lakes Basin. | 8/28/21 Mile 1,142.9 5,180' Olympic Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740795019-3A4DMRFI8SPTVXIRJURW/2021_PNT_0804.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Hog Mamma makes his way down the Bogachiel River Valley at sunset. | 8/28/21 Mile 1,157.0 1,590' Olympic Mountains, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740799844-JI2E8KV4R9U64L4JIHYQ/2021_PNT_0809.jpg PNT Extended Gallery We commandeered the motel parking lot in the name of gear drying. | 8/29/21 Mile 1,182.3 197' Forks, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631740807171-7VN3X5RV2DC726G1FKM7/2021_PNT_0811.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Our first steps on the beach. | 8/30/21 Mile 1,206.4 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631741061358-940JP6O9NJOUX37BK6K3/2021_PNT_0822.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Hog Mamma sneakily pushes rocks into other peoples packs. | 8/30/21 Mile 1,206.4 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631741063716-ZK6CZCI72DLOL24BL6LL/2021_PNT_0823.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Desperate to avoid sleeping on the ground, I was able to strap up on some driftwood. | 8/30/21 Mile 1,206.4 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631741078090-IWGOAX8DUXJA6V9F17TN/2021_PNT_0825.jpg PNT Extended Gallery My hammock among the driftwood on the beach. | 8/30/21 Mile 1,206.4 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631741078088-VCX8PRKPR0ZB39SXWQDK/2021_PNT_0832.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Noisy prepares dinner. | 8/30/21 Mile 1,206.4 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631741092964-5OO3F8DXCGXLXPF0R7GC/2021_PNT_0836.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Looks like I caught just about everyone by surprise! | 8/30/21 Mile 1,206.4 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631834384870-LRVAAAEZ5A4RD2W96QSW/2021_PNT_0840.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Noisy muches on her usual nasty taco soup concoction. | 8/30/21 Mile 1,206.4 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631741104832-CY6FUKY7B25ME1HTSHD4/2021_PNT_0849.jpg PNT Extended Gallery A long awaited Pacific sunset. | 8/30/21 Mile 1,206.4 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631741112608-1J0H183X6D735XOSKHDQ/2021_PNT_0857.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Noisy digs out her rain jacket after getting back on solid ground. Due to a one foot tide restriction, we had to make the crossing around Diamond Rocks at 1:00am. | 8/31/21 Mile 1,207.4 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631741119224-J5N5MGVVQ6IZ9PS2J6TG/2021_PNT_0859.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Hog Mamma climbs a rope step ladder up to camp after a midnight tidal crossing. | Mile 1,208.0 157' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631741158687-MBZRQUHQ98BI5JR3OK9P/2021_PNT_0862.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Hog Mamma, temporarily marooned by the incoming tide. | 8/31/21 Mile 1,213.2 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631741135167-1WWJW5ZE687THYDT505U/2021_PNT_0870.jpg PNT Extended Gallery We managed to hit Toleak Point at low tide, exposing tidal pools and lots of horrendous smells. | 8/31/21 Mile 1,215.6 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631741151684-0Q7NM6OGMKR22LGM0BRW/2021_PNT_0878.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Toleak Point. | 8/31/21 Mile 1,215.6 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631741169695-CPQRT0BVWE9CUDRGZL0Y/2021_PNT_0880.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Toleak Point tidal pools. | 8/31/21 Mile 1,215.6 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631741173159-OPP9POA2C1ULGFSO2E1G/2021_PNT_0887.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Hog Mamma plays with a fine piece of kelp that washed up on the beach. | 8/31/21 Mile 1,215.6 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631741187828-X3TKA8JAYIGYQ1A4J6CZ/2021_PNT_0890.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Hog Mamma poses real casual like while Chilly descends a rope. 8/31/21 Mile 1,218.4 30' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631741189380-G2CTBNRM3U7D9SXMLOF2/2021_PNT_0892.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Noisy ascends a rope on an overland route around Taylor Point. | 8/31/21 Mile 1,219.0 35' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631741203650-8DG641DU5V2QP753XT1Y/2021_PNT_0899.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Possibly my favorite hang ever, who'd have thought you could hammock on the beach? | 8/31/21 Mile 1,220.6 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631741216141-8PQ5P5NASY9SFJ19A518/2021_PNT_0902.jpg PNT Extended Gallery The La Push Marina, a fishing village on the Quillayute Reservation. | 9/1/21 Mile 1,225.2 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631741217505-IEMU94NQOWSH9FF3SHOV/2021_PNT_0906.jpg PNT Extended Gallery The PNT crosses the Quillayute River, but a boat ride is necessary to make it to the other bank. | 9/1/21 Mile 1,225.6 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631741228306-57RQQYK1WEVRZIJJZUC4/2021_PNT_0911.jpg PNT Extended Gallery The PNT crosses the Quillayute River, but a boat is necessary to make it to the other bank. 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The PNT primary route requires going to the La Push Marina to arrange a ride across the river with a local fisherman. | 9/1/21 Mile 1,225.6 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631741242137-H675FY9KKGT7Z3RM8D1G/2021_PNT_0917.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Hog Mamma and Noisy rock hop at low tide. | 9/1/21 Mile 1,227.1 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631741240884-XR9915NLJGKL24ADW9JN/2021_PNT_0920.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Hog Mamma hikes on ideal sand along Kayostla Beach. | 9/1/21 Mile 1,234.8 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631741253815-48AU7EOFV3Y7EGOZ7KC5/2021_PNT_0925.jpg PNT Extended Gallery The sun rises a few miles in to my early morning hike to the terminus. | 9/2/21 Mile 1,237.8 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631741254003-C9CTFMFAGSCHWR6XYDOH/2021_PNT_0926.jpg PNT Extended Gallery The sun rises a few miles in to my early morning hike to the terminus. | 9/2/21 Mile 1,237.8 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631741269235-UA0XBTWRQH70L3EBFBIP/2021_PNT_0931.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Cape Alava, the westernost point in the Lower 48 and the terminus of the PNT. | 9/2/21 Mile 1,246.2 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631741268379-ZFVHFBBIFUSVK6O3ULHP/2021_PNT_0932.jpg PNT Extended Gallery While in Olympic National Park, I became a proud Junior Ranger! | 9/2/21 Mile 1,246.2 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631741280281-8JT2PTLUUGAQ5WOZ6EMI/2021_PNT_0936.jpg PNT Extended Gallery My trusty maps and Field Notes book. | 9/2/21 Mile 1,246.2 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631852008115-QHC0HX3EPGM7Z8C6AY82/2021_PNT_0938.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Cape Alava, the westernost point in the Lower 48 and the unmarked terminus of the PNT. | 9/2/21 Mile 1,246.2 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631741286236-GOZDYA3MK4J0C2ZTHPZW/2021_PNT_0941.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Happy it's done, not at all happy it's over. | 9/2/21 Mile 1,246.2 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631741288329-V4GOATY5HKKWVSYBGQQZ/2021_PNT_0943.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Even though Blankie was only able to make it for half the hike, he was an excellent companion and I'm so glad he was able to come play in the mountains for the summer. | 9/2/21 Mile 1,246.2 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631741294111-YXU2QL0711FSC0AIN4A7/2021_PNT_0945.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Noisy arrives at Cape Alava. | 9/2/21 Mile 1,246.2 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631741294845-NDC4TVCEKHI42U2OWW4Y/2021_PNT_0946.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Noisy at the terminus. | 9/2/21 Mile 1,246.2 0' Olympic Coast, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1631741310066-53A1RN8SWZ3SQJ2X6XZX/2021_PNT_0947.jpg PNT Extended Gallery Just before arriving in Forks, we ran into two people who had done the trail without seeing much of anyone, so they joined our group for the final push. 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Woodring as seen from the Paintbrush Divide. | 8/7/22 Grand Teton National Park, WY Day 47 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778103841-F71EF3AH27C46U9YTD9N/2022_CDT_0487.jpg Continental Divide Trail Noisy peers out from the top of Beehive Pass. | Spanish Peaks, MT 7/24/22 Day 33 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778111721-UE36IX3LCLHKJP5NRWQA/2022_CDT_0773.jpg Continental Divide Trail Dale whips up some cold coffee during an alpine start. We had to get most of our distance done before 12:00 since the afternoon thunderstorms were sketchy at best, and just made for a miserable time. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/13/22 Day 53 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778094956-QZ62GS2UHXBYEJFXVJGJ/2022_CDT_0058.jpg Continental Divide Trail Mango expertly fords Cataract Creek. | Glacier National Park, MT 6/24/22 Day 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778096411-SZ060S3HUE3KXJ0K7WYZ/2022_CDT_0124.jpg Continental Divide Trail Noisy and Avon play rubber horseshoes on a rainy afternoon at Looking Glass, our basecamp while piecing our way through the park. | East Glacier, MT 6/29/22 Day 8 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778097929-IG34DKWOMW79ZOSF6PSR/2022_CDT_0130.jpg Continental Divide Trail Noisy and Dig scramble through the jungle gym of blowdowns that plague The Bob. | Bob Marshall Wilderness, MT 6/30/22 Day 9 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778101856-VR51GNPBUX0R5RPAW4J7/2022_CDT_0321.jpg Continental Divide Trail Noisy and Dig enjoy sunset from the comfort of our new home in the Whitehall town garage, graciously provided by Mayor Mary. | Whitehall, MT 7/19/22 Day 28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778117204-9CAGBFES99C4XCOGIVMA/2022_CDT_1238.jpg Continental Divide Trail Some Texans in a pickup offered to take us into Lake City, CO, but said we would have to squeeze around their over-engineered sign. | Lake City, CO 9/16/22 Day 87 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778098913-45PJJSQS53AN1L9ZCD2E/2022_CDT_0141.jpg Continental Divide Trail Dig stops for a sit in one of the few pools of light that broke through the dense forest. | Bob Marshall Wilderness, MT 6/30/22 Day 9 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778114895-0MR4ATO9AYO1ZS9V7LTS/2022_CDT_0957.jpg Continental Divide Trail The Great Divide Basin: flat, sagebrush, and antelope. That's pretty much it for 130 miles. It's lovely from about 6:00-6:45 in the morning before becoming hot, dry and boring until sunset. Then it's just dry and boring. | Great Divide Basin, WY 8/22/22 Day 62 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778104694-67AW9G5LNN7X3Q799RKX/2022_CDT_0540.jpg Continental Divide Trail It seems I need my gallbladder removed! My first ever ambulance ride took us from Yellowstone to the Livingston, MT Hospital, where I was then discharged at 2:00am after they determined I had no life-threatening ailments. Since we had no car, much less anywhere to go, the ER staff kindly allowed Noisy to sleep on the floor of my now very smelly room. | Livingston, MT 7/31/22 Day 39 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778109439-OKB741MPXL8R2GSPG95G/2022_CDT_0597.jpg Continental Divide Trail Noisy relentlessly tries to hook a branch for her bear hang. | Teton National Park, WY 8/4/22 Day 44 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778101742-FJG9ZZ7OWZ3XZCXD2WY0/2022_CDT_0282.jpg Continental Divide Trail An exhausted Dig filters water at a cow trough fed by Dana Spring. | Helena National Forest, MT 7/12/22 Day 21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778111351-LP0WD6S7BG19EFDZ0ZI5/2022_CDT_0739.jpg Continental Divide Trail Noisy and Dale make their way up Downs Mountain, the northernmost 13'er in the Winds and the highest point on the Wind River High Route. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/12/22 Day 52 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778112605-UUWQ4GNWCCLFAAJSEECP/2022_CDT_0864.jpg Continental Divide Trail Golden Lake at sunrise. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/15/22 Day 55 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778116630-BUHW41PWSKBS3BLFO9LE/2022_CDT_1013.jpg Continental Divide Trail Noisy on the Divide with Grays and Torreys peaks in the background. | Arapaho National Forest 9/2/22 Day 73 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778121735-N44JGV18NCQHZVLP6HY6/2022_CDT_1275.jpg Continental Divide Trail Noisy heads to Nebo Creek after coming over Hunchback Pass. | Weminuche Wilderness, CO 9/19/22 Day 90 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778125026-5D0KA6B75J02AD98Z6DE/2022_CDT_1383.jpg Continental Divide Trail New Mexico, land of the barbed wire fence. | Carson National Forest, NM 9/28/22 Day 99 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667778126294-G0CTNWQ4PMZ1B1BMFI5E/2022_CDT_1467.jpg Continental Divide Trail Noisy smiles in the sunlight on a high quality dirt road. | Pie Town Roadwalk, NM 10/6/22 Day 107 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/63ad0bd4-37be-43f9-8a29-19031b66f6eb/CDT_OthersofMe_0045+1.jpg Continental Divide Trail - View Gallery https://www.evanleonardphotography.com/cdt-gallery daily 0.75 2022-11-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/703d0ec3-6e9f-4e28-b9cd-3cba5ab9d905/2022_CDT_1555.jpg CDT Gallery - Ultra-Extended Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/b57a092c-7957-4c35-8a37-421904679b70/CDT_OthersofMe_0043+3.jpg CDT Gallery - Photos others took of Me https://www.evanleonardphotography.com/cdt-extended-gallery daily 0.75 2022-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789162993-O2EVR9ST3J7U117TM2VS/2022_CDT_0001.jpg CDT Extended Gallery So it begins! Fast Cash and Mango let us on to their permit for Glacier National Park and we got to spend a delightful week with them as a result. | Chief Mountain Customs, MT 6/22/22 Day 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789166352-GKZRAW28W636EY9PTXMJ/2022_CDT_0010.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy passes a ranger station corral in the Belly River Valley. | Glacier National Park, MT 6/22/22 Day 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789176643-BMETWYPON097LTBI75BQ/2022_CDT_0011.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Crossing the Belly River with Sentinel Mountain in the background. | Glacier National Park, MT 6/22/22 Day 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789176953-BVIVX8WJD9KCMLENBZ2C/2022_CDT_0015.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy crosses the Belly River suspension bridge. | Glacier National Park, MT 6/22/22 Day 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789188900-J92PU9051Q27UVUYT3UE/2022_CDT_0018.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Unbeknownst to her, Noisy flashes all left in her wake thanks to her dress getting snagged on her ice axe. | Glacier National Park, MT 6/22/22 Day 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789189269-FRYAFJ3XH0YYU1302J07/2022_CDT_0020.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Dawn Mist Falls roars with fresh snowmelt. | Glacier National Park, MT 6/22/22 Day 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789195732-NEXVWW4HQLVOS978II0E/2022_CDT_0022.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy admires Dawn Mist Falls. | Glacier National Park, MT 6/22/22 Day 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789196117-JMMQHZ10NGUJJEL07657/2022_CDT_0038.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Redgap Pass, aptly named. | Glacier National Park, MT 6/23/22 Day 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789202606-H36NBGLQI0XX6OOKK0AZ/2022_CDT_0045.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy crosses a snowy slope, an obstacle common in the park after the unusually snowy winter season. | Glacier National Park, MT 6/23/22 Day 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789211865-X1Z0607REW28ITN7RU5Y/2022_CDT_0054.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Fast Cash makes his way to the Piegan Pass approach trail, which we never even used since it was snow covered most of the way up. | Glacier National Park, MT 6/24/22 Day 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789211871-LAY93985IFMVMZ4W499Y/2022_CDT_0056.jpg CDT Extended Gallery The only indication we were on the right track to Piegan Pass. | Glacier National Park, MT 6/24/22 Day 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789216690-3R0QU1OHXDXWR9PB3T73/2022_CDT_0058.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Mango expertly fords Cataract Creek. | Glacier National Park, MT 6/24/22 Day 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789220428-W3XEH14Y1YLD7AXGLW56/2022_CDT_0067.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Mango and Fast Cash begin the ascent to Piegan Pass. | Glacier National Park, MT 6/24/22 Day 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789222395-C4ZGMK6CP0LJNZNN0FT4/2022_CDT_0068.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy takes advantage of some welcome bare ground. | Glacier National Park, MT 6/24/22 Day 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789224773-KBBHHK4GSROKEWUBCQ0Y/2022_CDT_0071.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Mango, Fast Cash and Noisy admire the splendor of Mt. Gould. | Glacier National Park, MT 6/24/22 Day 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789226836-EOVT5QH0O38R1D79XZNN/2022_CDT_0079.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Fast Cash, stoked to nearly be on the pass. | Glacier National Park, MT 6/24/22 Day 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789230668-NZA9D2091UG32K3LQ13R/2022_CDT_0081.jpg CDT Extended Gallery The view from Piegan Pass down the Siyeh Valley. | Glacier National Park, MT 6/24/22 Day 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789240447-8N8SUHMSIOD9AL4TKRWZ/2022_CDT_0092.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Fast Cash makes his way through a burn area moments before we came upon a woman in medical distress that required our assistance. | Glacier National Park, MT 6/25/22 Day 4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789240735-EOM42DSD7NPHVFGWEOM3/2022_CDT_0095.jpg CDT Extended Gallery After we lost some time helping a woman in medical distress, Mango and Noisy enjoy the speedy views a hitch in a pickup bed provide. Little did we know, a spilled bottle of bleach was eating away at all of the fabric that covered Noisy's backside during the ride. Sadly, she wouldn't allow the trail name "Bleach Bum" to stick. | Glacier National Park, MT 6/25/22 Day 4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789249136-U5U1QLCTWG3F6XVHT5AV/2022_CDT_0100.jpg CDT Extended Gallery A family of Mountain Goats momentarily halted progress on the climb out of Two Medicine. | Glacier National Park, MT 6/25/22 Day 4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789250949-JT5WIR7B1YFP0VOWZXND/2022_CDT_0104.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Mango and Fast Cash hitch out of East Glacier to slackpack back into town from Maria's Pass. | East Glacier, MT 6/26/22 Day 5 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789258532-F3K8VXDOP65TO8LSWG9P/2022_CDT_0105.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Mango and Fast Cash, disappointed they will be unable to pack out a 50lb sack of potatoes. | Maria's Pass, MT 6/26/22 Day 5 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789259021-3E1LJA2PFV2T0I7QEWMB/2022_CDT_0114.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy works on restoring her badly hurt foot at Looking Glass Basecamp. | East Glacier, MT 6/27/22 Day 6 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789266308-3IEFQI72P5SX78RD1ZFB/2022_CDT_0124.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy and Avon play rubber horseshoes on a rainy afternoon at Looking Glass, our basecamp while piecing our way through the park. | East Glacier, MT 6/29/22 Day 8 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789268683-41P4GICO4JC4S3O1KUPA/2022_CDT_0128.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy accidentally becomes a dirtbag spectacle while reorganizing in front of an interpretive sign. | Maria's Pass, MT 6/30/22 Day 9 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789274949-6G12L0MOX0V09HIG1I79/2022_CDT_0130.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy and Dig scramble through the jungle gym of blowdowns that plague The Bob. | Bob Marshall Wilderness, MT 6/30/22 Day 9 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789276630-6VZ22N02ZWN25AHXN9ZK/2022_CDT_0141.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Dig stops for a sit in one of the few pools of light that broke through the dense forest. | Bob Marshall Wilderness, MT 6/30/22 Day 9 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789278838-OZU3BWECYF3K7QS33ABC/2022_CDT_0144.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy and Dig pose during dinner in a grizzly-safe location away from camp. | Bob Marshall Wilderness, MT 6/30/22 Day 9 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789285306-HBAKA54YMSG3S4ZEBLRE/2022_CDT_0147.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Believe it or not, the trail is somewhere in there. | Bob Marshall Wilderness, MT 7/3/22 Day 11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789286068-HK1N0SB1K2UXR85YPOUH/2022_CDT_0151.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Only $25 for an illegal kill? | Bob Marshall Wilderness, MT 7/3/22 Day 11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789292868-UXSUIS3BMHY7QKD0KMZ9/2022_CDT_0161.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Gonzo, Dig and Noisy wait out a rainstorm on the porch of an unoccupied ranger cabin. | Bob Marshall Wilderness, MT 7/3/22 Day 11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789302364-39TAMIAOQC6ASL729LIW/2022_CDT_0184.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Camp beneath the Chinese Wall. | Bob Marshall Wilderness, MT 7/4/22 Day 12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789302352-BJJJ3I9M5ZHVZOLRT9LJ/2022_CDT_0187.jpg CDT Extended Gallery A favorite snack of mine: a log of sausage dipped in nutritional yeast. | Bob Marshall Wilderness, MT 7/4/22 Day 12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789306411-ZM2SI9C9YUUQAIZ7GBZT/2022_CDT_0189.jpg CDT Extended Gallery The Chinese Wall sees its first light after a storm rolled through the night before. | Bob Marshall Wilderness, MT 7/5/22 Day 13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789310923-3QZCJI6TBC0Y7OQPT55Q/2022_CDT_0200.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Dig and I were given a hitch in the only free space these cowboys had: their empty (but well used) horse trailer. | Benchmark, MT 7/5/22 Day 13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789323484-ZU9HW79W1A10ZE1HTNQO/2022_CDT_0210.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy and Dig enjoy the final moments outside before yet another rainstorm sent us into our tents for the night. | Scapegoat Wilderness, MT 7/7/22 Day 16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789324262-2PSRYQUR6GSU7XU1TYSW/2022_CDT_0224.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Dig races to camp as a rainstorm rolls across the Continental Divide. | Scapegoat Wilderness, MT 7/8/22 Day 17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789328519-DV8ODFYQBGAUFS6L9X2G/2022_CDT_0227.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy poses while visiting my tent during a break in the storm. | Scapegoat Wilderness, MT 7/8/22 Day 17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789341005-KNN6SBDBHYJO9FJ4DK58/2022_CDT_0232.jpg CDT Extended Gallery One of many cliff bands along the Divide. | Scapegoat Wilderness, MT 7/9/22 Day 18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789341397-1EM82LK0EXA4Q5V3WR2M/2022_CDT_0234.jpg CDT Extended Gallery A well maintained CDT sign. | Lewis and Clark National Forest, MT 7/9/22 Day 18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789342923-2SNRH8ODOG7U9JRSOBWF/2022_CDT_0243.jpg CDT Extended Gallery A work-in-progress yurt provided shelter from a storm, followed by a lovely sunset. The mice, however, were less than lovely. | Helena National Forest, MT 7/9/22 Day 18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789347863-Y52SVOM9X1EWO3W4CKGN/2022_CDT_0250.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy walks the Divide just before dropping down to Rogers Pass. | Helena National Forest, MT 7/10/22 Day 19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789356535-4PEKJVDE78HCEB3QY9UL/2022_CDT_0255.jpg CDT Extended Gallery An unplanned trip to Lincoln, MT yielded some Rainiers that we hauled back to Flesher Pass where we then spent the night. | Helena National Forest, MT 7/10/22 Day 19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789358750-EM4VZ87CQNKZ9L566E85/2022_CDT_0261.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy poses in the evening light atop Flesher Pass. | Helena National Forest, MT 7/10/22 Day 19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789359811-2TWPTAZQQYLV14QNKJL0/2022_CDT_0275.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Dig proudly wears last nights brews on his pack. | Helena National Forest, MT 7/11/22 Day 20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789376608-08PUPQI7MN2EWI0T8T58/2022_CDT_0281.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Another Continental Divide ridgewalk. | Helena National Forest, MT 7/12/22 Day 21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789376605-DUI0KK7OHIB7E5WXIJOM/2022_CDT_0282.jpg CDT Extended Gallery An exhausted Dig filters water at a cow trough fed by Dana Spring. | Helena National Forest, MT 7/12/22 Day 21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789381852-7LAP60JKI8UKWMTVBGAX/2022_CDT_0289.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy catches some rays while brushing her teeth before bed. | Helena National Forest, MT 7/12/22 Day 21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789384885-PGLCHIK7MJOYP6U9PZNS/2022_CDT_0290.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Dig reorganizes his overstuffed food bag. | Helena National Forest, MT 7/12/22 Day 21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789386345-XCWVUDH2295WY8OY081R/2022_CDT_0296.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy shakes off the relentless mosquitos while packing up her tent. | Helena National Forest, MT 7/13/22 Day 22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789388100-7I80ZRSKQW1UQTQ20G7M/2022_CDT_0312.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Mayor Mary of Whitehall, MT graciously allowed us to sleep in the town hall garage before starting the Big Sky Alternate of the CDT. | Whitehall Town Hall, MT 7/19/22 Day 28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789388849-OMSBJ0CSPBJ2T4YGKB58/2022_CDT_0316.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Dig and Noisy try to get into the Montana spirit by pirating a copy of Brokeback Mountain. | Whitehall Town Hall, MT 7/19/22 Day 28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789402013-ASQ5FE1TENAOX39LDWUC/2022_CDT_0321.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy and Dig enjoy sunset from the comfort of our new home in the Whitehall town garage, graciously provided by Mayor Mary. | Whitehall, MT 7/19/22 Day 28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789407702-MDQBEZTYG010MUVPUJU2/2022_CDT_0333.jpg CDT Extended Gallery The Tobacco Root Mountains, the first range crossed on the Big Sky Alt, and surprisingly beautiful! | Tobacco Root Mountains, MT 7/20/22 Day 29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789410819-6AIFAR5J9K04S16EQGD4/2022_CDT_0335.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy swiped my camera for a portrait of me. | Tobacco Root Mountains, MT 7/20/22 Day 29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789413386-QVDMLVT8BJWQOLOY9QRY/2022_CDT_0351.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Another one of me, this time building a fire to kill some time until sunset around 10:30. | Tobacco Root Mountains, MT 7/20/22 Day 29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789419954-F69F5P0S68AP0ZOJHUT7/2022_CDT_0358.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy enjoys a rare thru-hike fire. | Tobacco Root Mountains, MT 7/20/22 Day 29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789427893-67VS3R6DFZCACC4LDM42/2022_CDT_0367.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Hollowtop Mountain, one of the many dramatic peaks of the Tobacco Roots, and far more interesting than most of the peaks on the primary CDT. | Tobacco Root Mountains, MT 7/21/22 Day 30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789428456-ZJSWD2T05F302Q5BD6A3/2022_CDT_0374.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Dig spearheads the hitch out of Ennis, MT. | Tobacco Root Mountains, MT 7/22/22 Day 31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789435008-SKU24QC3SWN5UUDND36K/2022_CDT_0382.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy working the blowdowns on a bushwhack. | Gallatin National Forest, MT 7/22/22 Day 31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789435168-9S2UWQY7E5EGEYFLFO0W/2022_CDT_0403.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy strolls across a high meadow after a grizzly encounter. | Spanish Peaks, MT 7/22/22 Day 31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789440594-JD4GNOK126L6HITKC8B5/2022_CDT_0407.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy scrambles up a rocky spine to a good view. | Spanish Peaks, MT 7/22/22 Day 31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789458323-8VG8ERHWK2MNTQGIAEDC/2022_CDT_0417.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy atop a rocky outcropping just before topping Anceney Peak. | Spanish Peaks, MT 7/22/22 Day 31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789461568-W5F971KD713VLIFHNXTL/2022_CDT_0434.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy, back on the cross country walk to Anceney Peak. | Spanish Peaks, MT 7/22/22 Day 31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789463542-L13R1DL7RCLGCEVW72UF/2022_CDT_0445.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy escapes the mosquitos at Chiquita Lake. | Spanish Peaks, MT 7/22/22 Day 31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789470548-IR6XCJBNTWO3LD11QQEQ/2022_CDT_0447.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy navigates a talus field above Marcheta Lake. | Spanish Peaks, MT 7/23/22 Day 32 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789474503-KOXHI9ADC9YQ17D9MG71/2022_CDT_0449.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Marcheta Lake as seen from Marcheta Pass. | Spanish Peaks, MT 7/23/22 Day 32 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789489769-HE568UKVQKIVZ52KQKSX/2022_CDT_0456.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy strolls back to good tread after a stretch of cross country. | Spanish Peaks, MT 7/23/22 Day 32 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789495726-0BSEJH4YE9WFAW6CS9MK/2022_CDT_0468.jpg CDT Extended Gallery The Spanish Peaks and Lakes as seen from above Lake Solitude. | Spanish Peaks, MT 7/23/22 Day 32 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789501103-MTPKYW89I6HQ6KX4F3I6/2022_CDT_0472.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Lower Spanish Lake at sunrise. | Spanish Peaks, MT 7/24/22 Day 33 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789503822-EU19YZ2VXSFAJK8UDBK8/2022_CDT_0476.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy admires the spendlor of Beehive Lake and Peak before scrambling up and over the pass on the left. | Spanish Peaks, MT 7/24/22 Day 33 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789505535-XJOV7LB7HXUV8G0OYM9F/2022_CDT_0487.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy peers out from the top of Beehive Pass. | Spanish Peaks, MT 7/24/22 Day 33 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789511403-QTKHENQK935CNG482U1N/2022_CDT_0498.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy enjoys a small patch of grass, a far more enjoyable descent than the loose talus. | Spanish Peaks, MT 7/24/22 Day 33 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789516379-U20BT2ALK06UVTCM9ARW/2022_CDT_0504.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy does a little skiing on her way down from Beehive Pass. | Spanish Peaks, MT 7/24/22 Day 33 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789527239-5WSKQIUDFR9E848TM0YI/2022_CDT_0508.jpg CDT Extended Gallery A petrified wood specimen found on the side of Eaglehead Mountain. | Gallatin Petrified Forest, MT 7/28/22 Day 37 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An unexpected closure due to a carcass on the trail (and subsequent grizzly activity) forced us to turn a 14 mile hike into a 70 mile hitch. | Yellowstone National Park, MT 7/30/22 Day 39 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789550475-HTK6HI9WTUPFFFKHJQB9/2022_CDT_0540.jpg CDT Extended Gallery It seems I need my gallbladder removed! My first ever ambulance ride took us from Yellowstone to the Livingston, MT Hospital, where I was then discharged at 2:00am after they determined I had no life-threatening ailments. Since we had no car, much less anywhere to go, the ER staff kindly allowed Noisy to sleep on the floor of my now very smelly room. | Livingston, MT 7/31/22 Day 39 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789552545-U6E8BJ4W332QFJA1QECZ/2022_CDT_0565.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Lone Star Geyser early in its eruption cycle. We made a point to watch the whole event, which was really quite spectacular. Since the typical National Park visitor can't be bothered to walk more than a few hundred feet, we had it all to ourselves! | Yellowstone National Park, WY 8/2/22 Day 42 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789554115-69TZQE1N8TTEFRCJFJA7/2022_CDT_0579.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy warms up in a welcome ray of sunshine after a turrential downpour. | Yellowstone National Park, WY 8/3/22 Day 43 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789562089-YPZE2N0L4JXYRUFEM06E/2022_CDT_0582.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Ferris Thermal Area, home to Mr. Bubbles, one of the few places in Yellowstone that soaking in hot springs is allowed (or safe!). | Yellowstone National Park, WY 8/3/22 Day 43 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789564567-L74T6IP94JIUWC9OTRMG/2022_CDT_0583.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy heads back from Mr. Bubbles, surrounded by thermal pools. | Yellowstone National Park, WY 8/3/22 Day 43 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789573831-9PCD2ZPTOC189EAD19LR/2022_CDT_0597.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy relentlessly tries to hook a branch for her bear hang. | Teton National Park, WY 8/4/22 Day 44 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789573864-SW31TMPX2WLQ9RMIX6PO/2022_CDT_0599.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy channels her inner farmer in the evening light on the shore of Jackson Lake. | 8/4/22 Grand Teton National Park, WY Day 44 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789581541-IIPXN48VC9B9AZTK1KA2/2022_CDT_0611.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy, excited to finally be in camp after a day of chores. | 8/4/22 Grand Teton National Park, WY Day 44 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789587515-W3ADI02OJBPC6UDNA2K6/2022_CDT_0615.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy heads into the clouds on the Moose Divide. | 8/5/22 Grand Teton National Park, WY Day 45 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789587575-1DXJJ8Z7B3YF3499LF9Z/2022_CDT_0624.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy made the dire mistake of leaving her shorts and socks outside on a wet night. If only I had gotten a picture of her face when she had to put them back on! | 8/6/22 Grand Teton National Park, WY Day 46 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789597845-AR4DEN8M2POCV2LYO3E1/2022_CDT_0625.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Green Lakes Basin between storm cycles. | 8/6/22 Grand Teton National Park, WY Day 46 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789597846-SHYO0SSE82L6A67ZL41F/2022_CDT_0637.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Relentless rain left nothing dry. | 8/6/22 Grand Teton National Park, WY Day 46 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789604402-MMKYN7TPBZONH1SK4B9Z/2022_CDT_0644.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Leigh Canyon, a cross country alternate we put together for the views and extra scrambling. | 8/7/22 Grand Teton National Park, WY Day 47 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789757314-L5SWVXUFGKEYMK6204SS/2022_CDT_0645.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy enjoys the views Leigh Canyon provides as the storm finally rolls out. | 8/7/22 Grand Teton National Park, WY Day 47 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789762802-CJOB5FFCTE1SDKVEANQ4/2022_CDT_0654.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Wildflowers near the floor of Leigh Canyon. | 8/7/22 Grand Teton National Park, WY Day 47 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789763742-WXTIRSGT3YU3XZ2IQUWX/2022_CDT_0655.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy drops into Leigh Canyon. | 8/7/22 Grand Teton National Park, WY Day 47 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789767085-QV0OS1Z0ZTAHRDB5PPOA/2022_CDT_0656.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy on the talus lined shores of Mink Lake. | 8/7/22 Grand Teton National Park, WY Day 47 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789773419-C5W87UPJI8ADE5JIN32H/2022_CDT_0658.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy crosses wildflower filled tundra before the scramble up to the Paintbrush Divide. | 8/7/22 Grand Teton National Park, WY Day 47 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789773879-51LB1CYZ96CHHZJGZ2BC/2022_CDT_0665.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Mt. Woodring as seen from the Paintbrush Divide. | 8/7/22 Grand Teton National Park, WY Day 47 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789777878-FUNPMQ74PZBB0VDWBAG8/2022_CDT_0672.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Drying gear atop the Paintbrush Divide after a very rainy few days. | 8/7/22 Grand Teton National Park, WY Day 47 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789780867-TD2HDCBX9CGPY9CR3VBQ/2022_CDT_0677.jpg CDT Extended Gallery The Grand Teton, as seen from Cascade Creek Canyon. | 8/7/22 Grand Teton National Park, WY Day 47 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789781412-ODS7C5T0O9O64JPQ227Q/2022_CDT_0698.jpg CDT Extended Gallery The rim of the Alaska Basin as seen from the Teton Crest Trail. | 8/7/22 Grand Teton National Forest, WY Day 47 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789786428-IRRBJ4TU4K8C8ZZ6DK1C/2022_CDT_0700.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy waits for dinner to rehydrate on the shore of Sunset Lake. | 8/7/22 Grand Teton National Forest, WY Day 47 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789788078-SFJCC67ORXWUUTDAL8JM/2022_CDT_0703.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy with a ground score tent pole repair splint, even though she doesn't use tent poles. | 8/7/22 Grand Teton National Forest, WY Day 47 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789789798-M23DNS5L2C7J1N9XRS3K/2022_CDT_0705.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Sunset at Sunset Lake. | 8/7/22 Grand Teton National Forest, WY Day 47 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789794321-36W6PO0VEFV6P2AI9C1Y/2022_CDT_0708.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Sunrise in the Alaska Basin. | 8/8/22 Grand Teton National Forest, WY Day 48 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789803531-EI72BMGW1J3AQWHKUN1Y/2022_CDT_0715.jpg CDT Extended Gallery The view from the Sheep Steps. | 8/8/22 Grand Teton National Forest, WY Day 48 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789804272-IE63C30YFWNV9J59AN2K/2022_CDT_0716.jpg CDT Extended Gallery PCT pal Diesel (middle) let us take over his garage for a couple of days while we were in town. | Jackson, WY 8/8/22 Day 48 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789807432-RDQVLZ5ZHWFBNASNISHE/2022_CDT_0724.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Dale and SquarePants joined us for the Wind River High Route, which was a truly spectacular but very stormy week. Nonetheless, these fellas helped make one of the most incredible weeks of the hike even better! | Wind River High Route, WY 8/11/22 Day 51 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789809381-9B9HORT1UAIXJ3EYRGMK/2022_CDT_0725.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Wouldn't you believe it, another storm rolls in at sunset. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/11/22 Day 51 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789811396-22TD9BHPMOWN25DKIH6J/2022_CDT_0727.jpg CDT Extended Gallery SquarePants enjoys the last few feet of trail before the Wind River High Route went cross country for most of the next 90 miles south. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/12/22 Day 52 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789814922-31U3Q662IXTTF7MN7MAF/2022_CDT_0733.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Looking south into the heart of the Winds from No Mans Pass. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/12/22 Day 52 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789815944-A9SSIMRIH603HVOI7ECT/2022_CDT_0739.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy and Dale make their way up Downs Mountain, the northernmost 13'er in the Winds and the highest point on the Wind River High Route. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/12/22 Day 52 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789819957-LNZZB44ALG12MT1E0A0S/2022_CDT_0746.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Iceberg Lake, Sourdough Glacier and Klondike Peak. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/12/22 Day 52 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789823099-QNHW02WNBW1T5IWX2X6V/2022_CDT_0750.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy, proud of herself for discovering the only flat and rock free ground next to Baker Lake. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/12/22 Day 52 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789824730-14KCDNA2SIDT65926SLZ/2022_CDT_0773.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Dale whips up some cold coffee during an alpine start. We had to get most of our distance done before 12:00 since the afternoon thunderstorms were sketchy at best, and just made for a miserable time. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/13/22 Day 53 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789827136-EM8DD9ZCOTNGN5T4WGMR/2022_CDT_0783.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Dale enjoys coffee at first light before dropping down onto the Dinwoody Glacier. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/13/22 Day 53 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789830369-W4E0D7D12DA0G0DO1DMW/2022_CDT_0784.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Pedestal Peak and the Continental Divide at sunrise. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/13/22 Day 53 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789839289-MVDIG37O69ZH13QKAF67/2022_CDT_0788.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy and SquarePants on the upper edge of Grasshopper Glacier. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/13/22 Day 53 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789841433-P22JSJ7U2WG2H9C4SLD8/2022_CDT_0792.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy, Dale and SquarePants make the initial descent onto Grasshopper Glacier. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/13/22 Day 53 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789845203-ILOTQWZYWFKBVX801VD9/2022_CDT_0794.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy was the only one of us who brought spikes, making her speed and surefootedness the envy of the group. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/13/22 Day 53 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789851505-0DLPYQY1P3MDG5QIHUPD/2022_CDT_0795.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy leads the charge down Grasshopper Glacier. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/13/22 Day 53 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789855501-TYTBBSTR2LYI1LU9K1F2/2022_CDT_0802.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy crosses the bare and rapidly shrinking Grasshopper Glacier. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/13/22 Day 53 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789857980-Z3ZHZT6S8LFWD1PKL6M4/2022_CDT_0803.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Flagstone and Pedestal Peak rise up from Grasshopper Glacier and its terminal lake. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/13/22 Day 53 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789864128-VIS6SFV6JZ7GCPP7ZMSR/2022_CDT_0804.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy crosses a talus field that was until recently covered by Grasshopper Glacier. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/13/22 Day 53 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789864133-2FUORZ9ZPWDS8J9O1E7K/2022_CDT_0816.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy crosses Gannett Glacier beneath Mt. Koven. | Wind River High Route, WY8/13/22 Day 53 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789869265-MY9JRT7WFW8QJKSSVU67/2022_CDT_0821.jpg CDT Extended Gallery East Sentinel Peak and the remaining fraction of Dinwoody Glacier. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/13/22 Day 53 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789870619-KJXL31YEB6ZTLL9FTRSV/2022_CDT_0827.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy enjoys a rare patch of grass beneath Gannett Peak, the highest point in Wyoming at 13,804'. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/13/22 Day 53 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789871881-7FA0XNNTPO5H11ASMWHD/2022_CDT_0829.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy on top of Blaurock Pass, happy to have just barely threaded the needle between two lightning storms. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/13/22 Day 53 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789872763-391TL8G84EYFODN9W2YC/2022_CDT_0831.jpg CDT Extended Gallery A floodplain full of glacial quicksand beneath Blaurock Pass. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/13/22 Day 53 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789876067-4824NJZ8YW1KXEKOF7EC/2022_CDT_0838.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Glacial runoff below Knife Point Mountain. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/13/22 Day 53 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789876869-6NZ9VI2941R4GY7UUE6F/2022_CDT_0848.jpg CDT Extended Gallery SquarePants on the shore of Alpine Lake, with The Fortress in the background. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/14/22 Day 54 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789879463-ZYE6TWMXVUSRYV82QSB0/2022_CDT_0855.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Another snowfield. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/14/22 Day 54 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789881964-K63HE26GFJ0X0EWNLK8R/2022_CDT_0862.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy ascends Douglas Peak Pass as a storm rolls in, with Alpine Lakes Pass in the far background. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/14/22 Day 54 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789881965-MTXM488W74CKLYCAGRFC/2022_CDT_0864.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Golden Lake at sunrise. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/15/22 Day 55 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789888986-H9OHJXM5SVJP3RNAXDSU/2022_CDT_0880.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Mt. Bonneville. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/16/22 Day 56 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789890362-MJUX440VTTRF9EW7JPCP/2022_CDT_0882.jpg CDT Extended Gallery East Fork and Ambush Peak as seen from a sublime bench. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/16/22 Day 56 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789939826-C5TTUUVOZRZ6472EE8RM/2022_CDT_0896.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Cirque of the Towers. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/16/22 Day 56 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789941993-LRB2APNMWPTT5U1WE150/2022_CDT_0899.jpg CDT Extended Gallery War Bonnet Peak at first light. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/17/22 Day 57 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789944707-Q5RR69OK4SAJFAMRFZVQ/2022_CDT_0900.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Haystack Mountain seen from Jackass Pass at first light. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/17/22 Day 57 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789954514-OZ048C35NJCGPU5N63S8/2022_CDT_0904.jpg CDT Extended Gallery A spiderweb on the steamy shore of Black Joe Creek. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/17/22 Day 57 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789956265-E467VJYAJWKKTMBSTKUP/2022_CDT_0905.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Steeple Peak and Black Joe Lake. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/17/22 Day 57 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667789958373-TDQ2I6YO1EZTTOKMZ6FH/2022_CDT_0908.jpg CDT Extended Gallery The headwaters of Black Joe Creek and Steeple Peak. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/17/22 Day 57 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667790218375-6301RFLHUZKRO8EJU1W3/2022_CDT_0918.jpg CDT Extended Gallery The view back up Wind River Peak, the southernmost 13'er in the Wind River Range. | Wind River High Route, WY 8/17/22 Day 57 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667790757421-YBZW1DV9C3S6N6RC0UGB/2022_CDT_0921.jpg CDT Extended Gallery SquarePants and Noisy boil vegetables and drink Sloshies, an alcohlic Wyoming delicacy on the grocery store curb. | Lander, WY 8/18/22 Day 58 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667790761684-06O5ZCZFM5710SNLDN5Z/2022_CDT_0931.jpg CDT Extended Gallery By twist of fate, Futurebirds happened to be playing a free show at the town park that had free camping! Sadly no free beer. | Lander, WY 8/18/22 Day 58 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667790766350-OEXVB8IEGU6BCQQ2NQKN/2022_CDT_0945.jpg CDT Extended Gallery The Oregon and California Trails cross the CDT multiple times in the Great Divide Basin. | Great Divide Basin, WY 8/20/22 Day 60 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667790988695-ZB1276WNU9QZ3X5ZL07K/2022_CDT_0949.jpg CDT Extended Gallery The Divide Basin is lovely from about 6:00-6:45 in the morning. After that it's hot, dry and boring until sunset. Then it's just dry and boring. | Great Divide Basin, WY 8/21/22 Day 61 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667790989414-K6PBEP6HF4U4MGYZ0KBZ/2022_CDT_0957.jpg CDT Extended Gallery The Great Divide Basin: flat, sagebrush, and antelope. That's pretty much it for 130 miles. It's lovely from about 6:00-6:45 in the morning before becoming hot, dry and boring until sunset. Then it's just dry and boring. | Great Divide Basin, WY 8/22/22 Day 62 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667790994342-ADQQS460LW45S3TXXL7D/2022_CDT_0963.jpg CDT Extended Gallery A very long, very straight decommissioned road. | Great Divide Basin, WY 8/22/22 Day 62 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667790994341-SQTA1CBX0S5M7F702P1J/2022_CDT_0969.jpg CDT Extended Gallery A triple rainbow almost made the rainstorm worth it. | Medicine Bow National Forest, WY 8/23/22 Day 63 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667794979839-OD0QXNCEU5X6F1V15JF1/2022_CDT_0971.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Goodbye Wyoming, hello Colorado! | Medicine Bow National Forest, WY 8/24/22 Day 64 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667794993188-E4T4AD2UVBDPBXBHTTN4/2022_CDT_0977.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Stands of beetle kill below Lost Ranger Peak. | Mt. Zirkel Wilderness, CO 8/25/22 Day 65 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667794993976-16E5K2BI2M3JRDPGCW5F/2022_CDT_0979.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy successfully crosses a cattle guard. | Arapaho National Forest, CO 8/27/22 Day 67 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667794997972-OJN5V7DQ0U8HJGWMVD8W/2022_CDT_0980.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy filters water in a stand of snags from the 2016 Sheep Fire. | Arapaho National Forest, CO 8/28/22 Day 68 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797009780-NLFA39CTI3OOX6OQQLOP/2022_CDT_0983.jpg CDT Extended Gallery The summit of Parkview Mountain, overlooking Rocky Mountain National Park. | Arapaho National Forest, CO 8/28/22 Day 68 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797010421-PGQVG1M5UQQZ6PC1JGTM/2022_CDT_0984.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Looking back at Parkview Mountain from the Bowen Pass trail. | Never Summer Wilderness, CO 8/29/22 Day 69 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797016953-N8RIEFTOOLUU6RXD5B2C/2022_CDT_0992.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Sometimes you just need a break. | Roosevelt National Forest, CO 8/31/22 Day 71 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797016953-LIHC8H65VR7BZ0ZG295Q/2022_CDT_0995.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy doing some gold old fashioned loitering at the town park. | Winter Park, CO 9/1/22 Day 72 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797020639-OR5C8CW3V9NU0I3XSUA8/2022_CDT_0999.jpg CDT Extended Gallery The view from the summit of Grays Peak, the highest point on the Continental Divide. An insulting sign at the trailhead talked about how the CDT is gentle, well maintained, and good for families, while the 14'ers are rugged beasts not for the faint of heart. In reality, the trail up to the summit was the easiest tread in days, and as soon as the CDT left the summit the trail all but disappeared on to a knife edge. Thanks, Forest Service. | Arapaho National Forest, CO 9/2/22 Day 73 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797025159-V42Q2UA7DUGOTUWQ7AA2/2022_CDT_1002.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Mountain goat! Seen on the knife edge below Mt. Edwards. | Arapaho National Forest 9/2/22 Day 73 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797035468-1PV7UB4C7ZZNI43XI3YR/2022_CDT_1005.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy on the knife edge between Grays Peak, the highest point on the Continental Divide, and Mt. Edwards. | Arapaho National Forest 9/2/22 Day 73 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797044811-Z0XQI90V0J7HP4M8UYAJ/2022_CDT_1011.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy descends from the summit of Mt. Edwards. | Arapaho National Forest 9/2/22 Day 73 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797046709-HN0D8B6T48LHHWTZDFZH/2022_CDT_1013.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy on the Divide with Grays and Torreys peaks in the background. | Arapaho National Forest 9/2/22 Day 73 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797054943-14O88UJ1TN6KWCMBOW85/2022_CDT_1020.jpg CDT Extended Gallery One of thousands of abandoned mining cabins in Colorado. | Arapaho National Forest 9/3/22 Day 74 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797056129-HHCP4UJ4T3A3GYG3ZON9/2022_CDT_1032.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy arrives in camp just south of Searle Pass. | Arapaho National Forest, CO 9/4/22 Day 75 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797058943-W2CSM4LXFCX1ORDS2QJB/2022_CDT_1041.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Twin Lakes General Store, a delightful place to have ice cream and soda before the 3,300' climb up Hope Pass. | Twin Lakes, CO 9/7/22 Day 78 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797061819-4BJ4I7GSGWZLR1DG8XZ7/2022_CDT_1044.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy on the dirt road walk out of Twin Lakes. | San Isabel National Forest, CO 9/7/22 Day 78 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797064782-R7N3UOQD82KV91N2NK99/2022_CDT_1067.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy arrives at Cottonwood Pass. | Collegiate Peaks, CO 9/9/22 Day 80 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797064959-MJIUEMGMTTKDW0LKQAQD/2022_CDT_1071.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy and I had been dealing with low crew morale, but a few days spent with my dear friend Lebowski fixed that right up! | Gunnison, CO 9/9/22 Day 80 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797066351-RIR8LFIU99HP5DZAKU55/2022_CDT_1074.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy emerges from her tent like a goddess. | Gunnison, CO 9/10/22 Day 81 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797071785-MAVZR5LC64F49R7BVCAB/2022_CDT_1079.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Lebowski does some touchup work on Noisy's hair after I took a whack at it the week before. | Gunnison, CO 9/10/22 Day 81 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797076589-B8XHOVUDFFKCCIP51955/2022_CDT_1101.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Lebowski explains his philosophy on fire-starting techniques to myself, a near novice. | Gunnison, CO 9/10/22 Day 81 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797083097-EC6AXGG2M1LBYFP0AO0Z/2022_CDT_1124.jpg CDT Extended Gallery I lost a bet and had to sit in front of Lebowski's house offering cheap mullets to passerbys. Luckily for me, nobody walked by before sunset. | Gunnison, CO 9/10/22 Day 81 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797085657-QE583J8RYNZ3R9YRCPF0/2022_CDT_1134.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Flower crown, courtesy of Noisy. | Gunnison, CO 9/10/22 Day 81 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797086706-90O89Q03IGM4XJCIY4KU/2022_CDT_1145.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy and Lebowski, at his inaugural backyard firepit burn. | Gunnison, CO 9/10/22 Day 81 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797090734-X8TTQVQO0K9UOHRUFHO0/2022_CDT_1150.jpg CDT Extended Gallery For 180 miles, the CDT uses the Colorado Trail. We barely saw any CT thru hikers, but certainly appreciated the frequent maintenance and quality signage. | Gunnison National Forest, CO 9/12/22 Day 83 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797093522-IUUQ3NO4W2VMK4M10X9K/2022_CDT_1151.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy arrives in camp at sunset, which was getting earlier at an alarming rate. | Gunnison National Forest, CO 9/12/22 Day 83 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797097770-7AEQ0SDJ349R841TPZNU/2022_CDT_1157.jpg CDT Extended Gallery After losing her spoon for the third time, Noisy decided she didn't need to carry one given the multitude of nearby sticks. | Gunnison National Forest, CO 9/14/22 Day 85 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797104724-JRLA6392A3RZB9M9G7OR/2022_CDT_1167.jpg CDT Extended Gallery The Colorado Trail uses way more dirt roads than I expected. Easy walking, but pretty boring. | Gunnison National Forest, CO 9/14/22 Day 85 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797105280-3YPEOB6SMFFFZNPXDXU1/2022_CDT_1172.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Field Guide, a Colorado Trail hiker and Noisy watch as a storm rages just across the valley. | Gunnison National Forest, CO 9/14/22 Day 85 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797106939-UZRR4E4COR3UE0QE4THV/2022_CDT_1184.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy got some new mineral sunscreen that was pretty scary looking, although highly effective. | Gunnison National Forest, CO 9/14/22 Day 85 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797108675-4SLFS26YZWAG0MGOGHHS/2022_CDT_1199.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Rain showers and patchy light at least make the views a little more interesting. | La Garita Wilderness, CO 9/15/22 Day 86 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797110844-75D7KSHHX1738CNKKLS5/2022_CDT_1202.jpg CDT Extended Gallery The Divide just before Snow Mesa. | La Garita Wilderness, CO 9/15/22 Day 86 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797114093-D1GZOSM5XQEDEZBL9UVS/2022_CDT_1208.jpg CDT Extended Gallery The trail rises to Snow Mesa. | La Garita Wilderness, CO 9/15/22 Day 86 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797115371-4FNMR11GUYUHGCSA59YG/2022_CDT_1223.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy arrives in camp on Snow Mesa. | La Garita Wilderness, CO 9/15/22 Day 86 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797116978-9FJKVL5BCAFJU0R873QJ/2022_CDT_1238.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Some Texans in a pickup offered to take us into Lake City, CO, but said we would have to squeeze around their over-engineered sign. | Lake City, CO 9/16/22 Day 87 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797126512-S44R98ISE72EAI0FKSKG/2022_CDT_1248.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy makes her way into the San Juans. | Rio Grande National Forest, CO 9/17/22 Day 88 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797129858-6E5Q019Y5J6FV5C6BTD1/2022_CDT_1251.jpg CDT Extended Gallery The San Juans as seen from Coney Benchmark. | Rio Grande National Forest, CO 9/17/22 Day 88 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797135533-G7ZB8I5DU283C1EQ451J/2022_CDT_1254.jpg CDT Extended Gallery The headwaters of the mighty Rio Grande River. It's also one of the few places that the river is safe to drink. | Rio Grande National Forest, CO 9/18/22 Day 89 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797136799-HSVTMMP2TMCTFBPC8O3I/2022_CDT_1257.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy reluctantly gets back to walking on a miserably windy day. | Rio Grande National Forest, CO 9/18/22 Day 89 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797151883-7F7JCMXCIEEJH444OI8F/2022_CDT_1275.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy heads to Nebo Creek after coming over Hunchback Pass. | Weminuche Wilderness, CO 9/19/22 Day 90 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797152357-8W3JI4QIH4FMUWAH8PVW/2022_CDT_1278.jpg CDT Extended Gallery A small lake below Mt. Nebo. | Weminuche Wilderness, CO 9/19/22 Day 90 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797156154-38OAOKKSB2U2SAIWLUL9/2022_CDT_1283.jpg CDT Extended Gallery The Continental Divide just past Ute Lake. | Weminuche Wilderness, CO 9/19/22 Day 90 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797157089-FMLNZXDTQHXYNUTKZI4G/2022_CDT_1290.jpg CDT Extended Gallery The Window, a notch that could be seen from about 10 miles out, and an optional side scramble from the CDT. | Weminuche Wilderness, CO 9/19/22 Day 90 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797160207-DVZF25S8076AY9SP39CC/2022_CDT_1292.jpg CDT Extended Gallery The rocks that had fallen away from The Window beneath Rio Grande Pyramid. | Weminuche Wilderness, CO 9/19/22 Day 90 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797326657-RTICHP0NZEMDG7JQB6ND/2022_CDT_1328.jpg CDT Extended Gallery The South San Juans. | South San Juan Wildnerness, CO 9/25/22 Day 96 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797328459-8J20D1UYA25AQH3KDSNV/2022_CDT_1344.jpg CDT Extended Gallery As the trail got closer to New Mexico, the ridgetops got abruptly flatter. | South San Juan Wilderness, CO 9/26/22 Day 97 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797328460-JPFN70J1SRTJRBEGSZO0/2022_CDT_1349.jpg CDT Extended Gallery The Colorado Rockies fall off into the rolling hills of New Mexico. | South San Juan Wilderness, CO 9/26/22 Day 97 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797332704-WHWLFAALF2VWUTUFU5RD/2022_CDT_1358.jpg CDT Extended Gallery At long last, the final state! New Mexico: home of gentle grades, big miles and wouldn't you believe it, more rain. | Carson National Forest, NM 9/27/22 Day 98 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797332704-609ZB3L3LYB1WB4S52SP/2022_CDT_1366.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Afternoon storms roll out over the hills of Northern New Mexico. | Carson National Forest, NM 9/27/22 Day 98 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797335093-DYVAR609XEKSIODMU3DC/2022_CDT_1367.jpg CDT Extended Gallery After being above treeline for what felt like most of the hike, it was a delight to be among the golden Quaking Aspens. | Carson National Forest, NM 9/27/22 Day 98 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797335094-DF6ZU16C7D8TBTUPE0UJ/2022_CDT_1371.jpg CDT Extended Gallery The final resting place of Otter, who died in 2015 after getting trapped in an early winter storm. He lived here for 4-6 weeks before succumbing to the elements. | Carson National Forest, NM 9/27/22 Day 98 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797338128-BHWK26UG5LJBGYX5SBJL/2022_CDT_1373.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Meadows at sunrise were rarely quiet since the Elk were mid-rut and bugling like no tomorrow. | Carson National Forest, NM 9/28/22 Day 99 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797342787-KNT8MY5EGP5CFBRLKJ5N/2022_CDT_1383.jpg CDT Extended Gallery New Mexico, land of the barbed wire fence. | Carson National Forest, NM 9/28/22 Day 99 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797348326-H04B3WPKXS1ZDZVEX29S/2022_CDT_1384.jpg CDT Extended Gallery I'm trying, dammit! | Carson National Forest, NM 9/28/22 Day 99 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797348538-2M1HLT25HCRMXUEWERAH/2022_CDT_1385.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Sunlight warms the frosty grass (and my ass) after a chilly night. | Carson National Forest, NM 9/29/22 Day 100 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797351847-OXWFRFD12IJEMX2XST59/2022_CDT_1406.jpg CDT Extended Gallery The trail into Ghost Ranch, and the start of the proper desert. | Ghost Ranch, NM 9/29/22 Day 100 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797359648-WXTHMSETPWAXDG075M6Z/2022_CDT_1412.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Del Yeso Canyon was full of cool rock formations. | Ghost Ranch, NM 9/29/22 Day 100 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797361655-PDJCZ6X2Z28ENVQA0DSJ/2022_CDT_1429.jpg CDT Extended Gallery No officer, that's not pee. Also, can I have a ride? | Cuba, NM 10/1/22 Day 102 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797366798-GJPAA0QTRYOIRT4KAQAG/2022_CDT_1431.jpg CDT Extended Gallery I had terrible luck getting a ride into Cuba, but I did score a couple beers! | Cuba, NM 10/1/22 Day 102 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797373470-NVU62A71SHZI3ZPYMG20/2022_CDT_1432.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Roadwalk out of Cuba, NM. | Cuba, NM 10/3/22 Day 104 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797375816-J3QIEVA176O5WNFFG310/2022_CDT_1438.jpg CDT Extended Gallery The rim of Mesa Portales. | Cuba, NM 10/3/22 Day 104 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797381453-MHJMQ5EL9IIY1RJCNC6A/2022_CDT_1439.jpg CDT Extended Gallery One of countless canyons. | San Luis Mesa, NM 10/3/22 Day 104 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797381841-GC6JPKCWASFVDT3TFI92/2022_CDT_1445.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Cabezon Peak near sunset. Just below the peak lies the town of Cabezon, a Breaking Bad filming location. | San Luis Mesa, NM 10/3/22 Day 104 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797382672-UGNNGJS75FYIV766AL7Y/2022_CDT_1452.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Wouldn't you know it, another rain storm. 2022 became the wettest year on record in New Mexico. | Cibola National Forest, NM 10/4/22 Day 105 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797385186-5FX6K2NRFQN0QDYOFVGT/2022_CDT_1456.jpg CDT Extended Gallery At long last, reunited with Noisy in a Chinese buffet after being apart for two weeks. | Grants, NM 10/5/22 Day 106 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797386269-6TWSA3WUC72U444QD61M/2022_CDT_1461.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Even though we were walking a reasonably well traveled road, Noisy didn't care who was watching. | Pie Town Roadwalk, NM 10/6/22 Day 107 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797387458-ZC8PHBEZ0T8H0IE5E0OE/2022_CDT_1467.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy smiles in the sunlight on a high quality dirt road. | Pie Town Roadwalk, NM 10/6/22 Day 107 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797389381-Y9D8KIY40E62C69GUHUR/2022_CDT_1468.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Pinkman and Tara on their way to Davila Ranch. | Pie Town Roadwalk, NM 10/8/22 Day 109 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797390360-ZZBOLYUCUYI8I9UCSRNG/2022_CDT_1475.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy and Tara critique an interior design magazine found at the Davila Ranch hiker shed. | Davila Ranch, NM 10/8/22 Day 109 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797395342-TW1H45EL5ZTG0BECHNS3/2022_CDT_1484.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Pinkman and Tara enjoy the first sunlight of the day while eating some beans left at the Davila Ranch hiker shed. | Davila Ranch, NM 10/8/22 Day 109 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797397805-F9D7ESG74DB5RUR0JX4I/2022_CDT_1493.jpg CDT Extended Gallery With the days getting annoyingly short, we were forced to have both dinner and breakfast in the dark every day, often in the rain which did nothing good for morale. | Gila National Forest, NM 10/10/22 Day 111 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797404385-7XW3PWAUI9OFDHJ7CLQN/2022_CDT_1517.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy crosses the Gila River as it flows at 600% of average. Over the next 80 miles, we would need to cross in the ballpark of 200 more times. Sadly, a mile from here a major tributary joined the Gila, and the water was just too high and fast to continue. | Gila National Forest, NM 10/11/22 Day 112 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797405443-VNT29DTRC3V83MJ4XY15/2022_CDT_1525.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy on the way back to our bailout point after determining the Gila wasn't possible. | Gila National Forest, NM 10/11/22 Day 112 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797406276-TFIXIU3V65GWKOID38AX/2022_CDT_1528.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Should've put my socks in the tent overnight... | Gila National Forest, NM 10/12/22 Day 113 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797406762-NZSZYCNLCZBXLP8KBP33/2022_CDT_1529.jpg CDT Extended Gallery A foggy morning at Snow Lake campground. | Gila National Forest, NM 10/12/22 Day 113 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797407980-PR9C687Y88GQOWWM93IO/2022_CDT_1533.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy soaks up the last of the sun as we try to hitch to Silver City after being forced to bail out of the Gila due to record high water. | Gila National Forest, NM 10/12/22 Day 113 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797408434-REBU6JF3LD949BBMF2K5/2022_CDT_1543.jpg CDT Extended Gallery The Chihuahuan Desert, and associated flora. | Gila National Forest, NM 10/15/22 Day 116 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797411017-P3GBRJNDB532Q5O6UNF2/2022_CDT_1545.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Yucca and a wash. | Gila National Forest, NM 10/15/22 Day 116 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797411572-D65140KSCY2BVTAYUC7G/2022_CDT_1547.jpg CDT Extended Gallery A fine cattle trough. | Gila National Forest, NM 10/15/22 Day 116 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797415017-WN1XY148W6BQXHK7V5U6/2022_CDT_1552.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Yucca in the evening light. | Chihuahuan Desert, NM 10/17/22 Day 118 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797415014-NRX90VAZ10LA0DPOP4CW/2022_CDT_1555.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy catches last light from our campsite in a wash. | Chihuahuan Desert, NM 10/17/22 Day 118 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797418976-MRJ353MNR42CFW8ZSNMJ/2022_CDT_1564.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Sunset over Pyramid Peak. | Chihuahuan Desert, NM 10/17/22 Day 118 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797423468-BSCAD9UIUZ2OXNW2BMZA/2022_CDT_1574.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Big Hatchet Peak. Just over the ridge, Mexico! | Chihuahuan Desert, NM 10/19/22 Day 120 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797423574-IK4KVJ39YORT3KI2PLK2/2022_CDT_1578.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Another cattle trough, complete with cattle. | Big Hatchet Mountains, NM 10/19/22 Day 120 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797425341-XYIY26MO1OAUOTPV4NI9/2022_CDT_1581.jpg CDT Extended Gallery For the second year in a row, I destroyed my prized hiking shirt. | Big Hatchet Mountains, NM 10/19/22 Day 120 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797427000-JWB08GCCP7SJXGN75OEV/2022_CDT_1585.jpg CDT Extended Gallery The final night! | Big Hatchet Mountains, NM 10/19/22 Day 120 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797427595-W2II8FKPLRIAYGXGLUZK/2022_CDT_1588.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy slowly packs up during a lazy morning, our last of the hike. | Big Hatchet Mountains, NM 10/20/22 Day 121 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797431301-Q26QTXJ5ZRO1UFK66W9H/2022_CDT_1592.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy heads to the border on our final day. | Big Hatchet Mountains, NM 10/20/22 Day 121 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797432436-PADQQQCQ3H0TXCIQ1RT6/2022_CDT_1593.jpg CDT Extended Gallery The final stretch to the border was through the Big Hatchet Mountains along this wash. | Big Hatchet Mountains, NM 10/20/22 Day 121 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797435149-8Z1S56E76W94MBXYZ7TT/2022_CDT_1608.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Noisy gives her rendition of the National Anthem for my Triple Crown ceremony. | US/Mexico Border 10/20/22 Day 121 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797440622-JCFD95YH2VCIHPVWQD1A/2022_CDT_1619.jpg CDT Extended Gallery I could barely life my leg that high, but who cares! We're done! | US/Mexico Border 10/20/22 Day 121 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797442163-YDRL0FXGHSMO46PMCUXI/2022_CDT_1622.jpg CDT Extended Gallery We LOVE the monument. | US/Mexico Border 10/20/22 Day 121 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1667797446643-JZPQEQKC5JGSIKJ9YFJ6/2022_CDT_1625.jpg CDT Extended Gallery Another hike, another utterly destroyed shirt. | US/Mexico Border 10/20/22 Day 121 https://www.evanleonardphotography.com/2022-yir daily 0.75 2023-04-29 https://www.evanleonardphotography.com/2023-winter-1 daily 0.75 2023-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/208a17ed-25cc-46ba-8c51-51adb675d44a/IMG_9949+b.jpg 2023 Winter - Photos Others Took of Me https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/661a0b41-4392-4204-a737-571e41604051/2023_HappySnaps_0420.jpg 2023 Winter - Next: Spring 2023 Kickin’ it on the East Side https://www.evanleonardphotography.com/2023-winter-others-of-me-1 daily 0.75 2023-04-30 https://www.evanleonardphotography.com/2023-spring-1 daily 0.75 2023-07-03 https://www.evanleonardphotography.com/2023-yir daily 0.75 2024-02-09 https://www.evanleonardphotography.com/2024-yir daily 0.75 2025-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584662470-E2Y7VG2PQATK4D8Z7DZ8/2024_HappySnaps_0064.jpg 2024 Year in Review - 2024_HappySnaps_0064.jpg Niccolo plays with Carmen after a successful avalanche scenario. | 1/30/24 Mt. Rose Ski Area, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584665241-MX43EAFHKOD583W1XGNM/2024_HappySnaps_0110.jpg 2024 Year in Review - 2024_HappySnaps_0110.jpg The southern terminus of the Manhattan Approach, and the beginning of the North Appalachian High Route. | Day 1 5/22/24 Manhattan, New York https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584667779-5TX7HD81F8M3I0KVIUIE/2024_HappySnaps_0258.jpg 2024 Year in Review - 2024_HappySnaps_0258.jpg My campsite along the North Branch of West Stony Creek. | Day 37 6/27/24 Adirondack Park, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584669681-DRBJJ587HF2Z7SC1DR7V/2024_HappySnaps_0274.jpg 2024 Year in Review - 2024_HappySnaps_0274.jpg The view from the summit of Rocky Ridge Peak, looking north into the Adirondack High Peaks. | Day 43 7/3/24 Adirondack Park, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584671770-FD0NYT7ICSGUXFP1KING/2024_HappySnaps_0294.jpg 2024 Year in Review - 2024_HappySnaps_0294.jpg Shannon dons mosquito equipment while taking a break at the only water for 17 miles. | Day 50 7/10/24 Winema National Forest, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584673850-U5EABR7QIK53BX8170ZX/2024_HappySnaps_0315.jpg 2024 Year in Review - 2024_HappySnaps_0315.jpg Shannon and I begin the Crater Lake Rim Trail. | Day 53 7/13/24 Crater Lake National Park, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584676102-G79JVJNT43WYV4K0EXET/2024_HappySnaps_0334.jpg 2024 Year in Review - 2024_HappySnaps_0334.jpg Shannon moseys across a snowfield on the flank of Mt. Thielson. | Day 54 7/14/24 Mt. Thielson Wilderness, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584678354-VHLJZJQOA2QB6OTDC8Y3/2024_HappySnaps_0411.jpg 2024 Year in Review - 2024_HappySnaps_0411.jpg Shannon plays the part of friendly hitchiker while leaving Sisters. | Day 71 7/31/24 Sisters, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584680266-D9U35W15K7PVSV8FHANS/2024_HappySnaps_0420.jpg 2024 Year in Review - 2024_HappySnaps_0420.jpg Mt. Jefferson as seen from the beautiful Jefferson Park. | Day 75 8/4/24 Mt. Jefferson Wilderness, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584682915-AHLFMZULAHJV3X4RUG63/2024_HappySnaps_0439.jpg 2024 Year in Review - 2024_HappySnaps_0439.jpg Mt. Hood as seen from the banks of the mighty Sandy River. | Day 79 8/8/24 Mt. 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Niccolo continued on the CDT from Frisco and met us in town, just in time to avoid the rain. | Day 92 8/21/24 Leadville, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584688794-VV1H7YAKB2GZKA3UETLG/2024_HappySnaps_0510.jpg 2024 Year in Review - 2024_HappySnaps_0510.jpg Shannon is tempted by an aisle of cookies, despite the ziploc bag of healthy leaves in her hand. | Day 96 8/25/24 Winter Park, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584690554-5SN9974OPZYVRS1C5UE2/2024_HappySnaps_0557.jpg 2024 Year in Review - 2024_HappySnaps_0557.jpg Shannon enjoys one of the dozen hard boiled eggs she packed out while hitchhiking to Cottonwood Pass. | Day 100 8/29/24 Twin Lakes, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584692263-5Z43NVQEFSKAP6MYKMJJ/2024_HappySnaps_0571.jpg 2024 Year in Review - 2024_HappySnaps_0571.jpg Shannon shows off that beautiful smile! | Day 100 8/29/24 San Isabel National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584694456-2S7ZYAH25WTCX82VO7BC/2024_HappySnaps_0665.jpg 2024 Year in Review - 2024_HappySnaps_0665.jpg Elk Creek Canyon. | Day 108 9/6/24 Weminuche Wilderness, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584695829-34YKP2YNQTP2NUPXKVOH/2024_HappySnaps_0676.jpg 2024 Year in Review - 2024_HappySnaps_0676.jpg Shannon poses at the entrance to an abandoned mine shaft. | Day 108 9/6/24 Weminuche Wilderness, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584698356-YTGVI1UH72TLO4ZPTRF3/2024_HappySnaps_0700.jpg 2024 Year in Review - 2024_HappySnaps_0700.jpg The Animas River as seen on our ride on the Durango-Silverton Narrow Guage Railroad. | Day 114 9/12/24 San Juan National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737584700938-8H4RY6KDY07H5N4VHTCC/2024_HappySnaps_0845.jpg 2024 Year in Review - 2024_HappySnaps_0845.jpg Peak 13,472 towers above the Chicago Basin. | Day 117 9/15/24 San Jaun National Forest, CO https://www.evanleonardphotography.com/2024-yir-gallery daily 0.75 2025-02-12 https://www.evanleonardphotography.com/2024-yir-extended-1 daily 0.75 2025-02-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585090668-KOVH3ENP81F4PWOFDO6J/2024_HappySnaps_0003.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0003.jpg Wendy and Andrew pause to enjoy the view while on an avalanche mitigation route. | 1/7/24 Mt. 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Rose Ski Area, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585113570-MFJ9N91N1CHEFEBH39KJ/2024_HappySnaps_0067.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0067.jpg Andrew just after throwing a shot in Beehive with Washoe Lake in the background. | 2/5/24 Mt. Rose Ski Area, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585115403-FH4XO6E0NNEYHFGDL109/2024_HappySnaps_0070.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0070.jpg Court pauses at the top of Wildcard during sweep to wait for some jump-building knuckledraggers to vacate the premises. | 2/11/24 Mt. Rose Ski Area, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585117994-2MMICIWQIG8Y3DJSCHKF/2024_HappySnaps_0075.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0075.jpg Devin Fairbanks, one of our best men who soon left us to work a big-boy structure fire job. | 2/11/24 Mt. Rose Ski Area, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585122057-0XDF6DV1BAZZ7EFCF2XA/2024_HappySnaps_0081.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0081.jpg Kevin and Taj enjoy the lake views during my first ski at Homewood Ski Area. | 2/27/24 Homewood, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585123992-1C74GM9GY9CFK5YLKH5V/2024_HappySnaps_0082.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0082.jpg South Lake Tahoe as seen from the top of Homewood Ski Area. | 2/27/24 Homewood, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585127291-S5DPZ5HGWT8G8UR8MPS8/2024_HappySnaps_0091.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0091.jpg David at the bottom of the Chutes after a successful mitigation route. | 3/5/24 Mt. Rose Ski Area, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585128650-XSQHMOGRIW56P2DYH5YB/2024_HappySnaps_0095.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0095.jpg Shannon reads me a story from our temporary home, kindly offered to us by my coworker and local legend, Kevin Devine. | 4/23/24 Incline Village, NV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585131935-GD24WS6MMXNQDMRIAA8N/2024_HappySnaps_0101.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0101.jpg Kevin and Dad prepare for a small ford on the Allegheny Trail. | 5/14/24 Durbin, WV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585135844-1SYQ0MR5RNGCLCDUDJPR/2024_HappySnaps_0106.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0106.jpg Kevin and Dad prepare for a small ford on the Allegheny Trail. | 5/14/24 Durbin, WV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585138898-WV8WTYHMUP8SSAMWN0JV/2024_HappySnaps_0107.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0107.jpg Gabriel cruises through a Rhododendron tunnel on the Allegheney Trail. | 5/14/24 Durbin, WV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585141843-DYAJ6F4ZPCIJC9NXSOSR/2024_HappySnaps_0110.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0110.jpg The southern terminus of the Manhattan Approach, and the beginning of the North Appalachian High Route. | Day 1 5/22/24 Manhattan, New York https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585144000-PN3VUPR1DUN4BUN7ASTB/2024_HappySnaps_0112.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0112.jpg The George Washington Bridge, and the first crossing of the Hudson on the NAHR. | Day 1 5/22/24 Manhattan, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585145830-R4I626M53PJQYTYROQT2/2024_HappySnaps_0114.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0114.jpg The Hudson as seen from the G.W. Bridge. | Day 1 5/22/24 Manhattan, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585148024-KC47GB6LHK0HUU59NSJ5/2024_HappySnaps_0116.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0116.jpg The G.W. Bridge. | Day 1 5/22/24 Manhattan, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585149329-D2JX8UGWCW1TMEM2FW2M/2024_HappySnaps_0121.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0121.jpg Looking back at Manhattan from the G.W. Bridge. | Day 1 5/22/24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585151884-1E7DERT31UB31WKFIIZZ/2024_HappySnaps_0123.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0123.jpg The New York Long Path begins at the far end of the G.W. Bridge. I would follow the NYLP for its entire 340 mile length. | Day 1 5/22/24 Fort Lee, NJ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585154768-Q8FO9A01115DLFGZET19/2024_HappySnaps_0124.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0124.jpg The start of the New York Long Path. | Day 1 5/22/24 Fort Lee, NJ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585157483-EXMLRNFHV8V6GXPJWSSY/2024_HappySnaps_0125.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0125.jpg The New York Long Path begins at the far end of the G.W. Bridge. I would follow the NYLP for its entire 340 mile length, becoming the 36th person to thru-hike it. | Day 1 5/22/24 Fort Lee, NJ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585159716-I3QVKHT2N2TQJX7LVWSU/2024_HappySnaps_0126.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0126.jpg Manhattan and the G.W. Bridge. | Day 1 5/22/24 Fort Lee, NJ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585162374-NRYX04HTS3FACVKRV3RU/2024_HappySnaps_0127.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0127.jpg The view from atop The Palisades. | Day 1 5/22/24 Piermont, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585164869-XSR6VONWP7R3OHSQI7CA/2024_HappySnaps_0130.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0130.jpg Looking South down the Hudson and the Tappan Zee Bridge. | Day 2 5/23/24 Nyack, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585167511-WDCD59IRYMJPD3GSP7C2/2024_HappySnaps_0131.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0131.jpg Big Hill Shelter, and the first legal camping in the 45 miles since leaving Manhattan. | Day 2 5/23/24 Harriman State Park, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585169703-S67NM4MNEMVL4H8W5DV6/2024_HappySnaps_0132.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0132.jpg The final, faint view of Manhattan on the NAHR. | Day 2 5/23/24 Harriman State Park, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585171276-FVGG8OA0BYQ5V38ASST7/2024_HappySnaps_0133.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0133.jpg Island Pond, just after joining the Appalachian Trail. | Day 3 5/24/24 Harriman State Park, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585174009-SFQFFH9KT3OM7EM23B92/2024_HappySnaps_0135.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0135.jpg A rocky outcropping on the summit of Bellvale Mountain. | Day 4 5/25/24 Greenwood Lake, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585177066-JF4QZGITE2NTD6DORJ0W/2024_HappySnaps_0138.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0138.jpg The NY/NJ state line. Back into New Jersey for a couple of days! | Day 5 5/26/24 Greenwood Lake, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585179429-O1C86TMNRJTW881TBEQJ/2024_HappySnaps_0141.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0141.jpg A delightful field just before dropping into Unionville, NY. | Day 6 5/27/24 Unionville, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585181161-0FGWG7978YTO5JDY3PMC/2024_HappySnaps_0142.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0142.jpg A delightful field just before dropping into Unionville, NY. | Day 6 5/27/24 Unionville, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585184382-9SEI3Z0F0E1EYROJDXCO/2024_HappySnaps_0144.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0144.jpg Camping in the town park, a welcome respite from some serious plantar fasciitis and the rain. | Day 6 5/27/24 Unionville, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585187023-J1GJM2XGL22PUA75KIFT/2024_HappySnaps_0145.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0145.jpg The High Point State Park monument, the highest point in New Jersey at 1,802'. | Day 9 5/30/24 Port Jervis, NJ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585189475-J6MVTI2HOZFC038J6HLG/2024_HappySnaps_0146.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0146.jpg The view north along the Shawangunk Ridge from High Point State Park | Day 9 5/30/24 Port Jervis, NJ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585193046-5AKHCC0CAXB44R400PB1/2024_HappySnaps_0151.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0151.jpg Based on the map, I thought I was supposed to walk the railroad tracks themselves, but was very excited to find an old road along the side of them. | Day 15 6/5/24 Shin Hollow, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585195323-A9PNQDECU5J3UAIMD0UP/2024_HappySnaps_0153.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0153.jpg The Basher Kill. | Day 15 6/5/24 Westbrookville, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585197700-0FGKG8K35HEPH92WWO0K/2024_HappySnaps_0155.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0155.jpg The view north from the Shawangunk Ridge in a burn area. | Day 16 6/6/24 Minnewaska State Park Preserve, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585199834-MGRTU5NBUVYPJ8LDCFSI/2024_HappySnaps_0158.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0158.jpg Sams Point. | Day 16 6/6/24 Minnewaska State Park Preserve, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585201960-7VZ1WZGV2Z71DIMH2MKA/2024_HappySnaps_0161.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0161.jpg The view from Sams Point looking into the Wallkill River Valley. | Day 16 6/6/24 Minnewaska State Park Preserve, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585204903-PTSWQ5EK4EAQNMQWDCYG/2024_HappySnaps_0162.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0162.jpg The exposed Shawangunk Ridge. | Day 16 6/6/24 Minnewaska State Park Preserve, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585207550-PVWNX181Q8C986W0F4YP/2024_HappySnaps_0171.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0171.jpg Approaching the Shawangunk Ridge high point. | Day 17 6/7/24 Minnewaska State Park Preserve, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585209356-RSVH0FROK9F04EXPQFTQ/2024_HappySnaps_0180.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0180.jpg The south end of the Catskills, which is the end of the Manhattan Approach and the start of the NAHR. | Day 18 6/8/24 Catskill State Park, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585212644-VW27WFST2X9ME10PQCW2/2024_HappySnaps_0182.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0182.jpg Vernooy Falls. | Day 18 6/8/24 Catskill State Park, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585215153-BS8KRLP7FUSEPAA5CNC5/2024_HappySnaps_0186.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0186.jpg Roundout Creek as seen from camp. | | Day 18 6/8/24 Catskill State Park, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585219315-174XQVE2605501151MZB/2024_HappySnaps_0188.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0188.jpg My campsite on Roundout Creek. | Day 18 6/8/24 Catskill State Park, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585221068-DDZ7GOD57W32N123TK5V/2024_HappySnaps_0189.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0189.jpg Looking north from the summit of Slide Mountain, the first 4,000 footer of the NAHR. | Day 19 6/9/24 Catskill State Park, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585222616-T5RM5QDABRXSO8BYV57R/2024_HappySnaps_0191.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0191.jpg The Ashokan Reservoir as seen from the summit of Slide Mountain. | Day 19 6/9/24 Catskill State Park, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585224996-2ML3N699XBAA7COY85J2/2024_HappySnaps_0193.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0193.jpg Looking north from Tremper Mountain after a delightful day in Phoenicia, NY. | Day 20 6/10/24 Catskill State Park, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585227088-JUMA18CMIDI4PSVI6132/2024_HappySnaps_0195.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 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An old logging camp with hundreds of residents once existed here. | Day 21 6/10/24 Catskill State Park, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585228614-NJUHT764CXU199IE3KDH/2024_HappySnaps_0202.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0202.jpg The Hunter Mountain fire tower, looking north at edge of the Catskills. | Day 22 6/12/24 Catskill State Park, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585231899-MVY76BEN7WTH7DVJRVGQ/2024_HappySnaps_0204.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0204.jpg Rejoining the New York Long Path, after leaving it for a couple of days to summit Hunter Mountain, the second and last 4,000 footer for 350 miles. | Day 22 6/12/24 Catskill State Park, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585235833-7PWP8JSS6U62F8YSOSWJ/2024_HappySnaps_0206.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0206.jpg The NYLP is blazed along Windam Ridge, but left a little to be desired in terms of tread. | Day 23 6/13/24 Catskill State Park, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585236641-GDNLKYMICYNOG7UO78WU/2024_HappySnaps_0210.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0210.jpg Rockland Cider Works was closed when I passed by, but the delightful bar manager still gave me a cider tasting. | Day 24 6/14/24 Gilboa, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585238012-0GVQ7M4R2NFY9Q837JOO/2024_HappySnaps_0211.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0211.jpg After I left Rockland Cider Works, which was closed when I passed by, the cider I had asked for to take on the road was never given to me. The wonderful bar manager realized after I left and intercepted me on my next road walk to drop off the can. Who knew peanut butter cider could be so good! | Day 24 6/14/24 Gilboa, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585240262-H98OEXVK75X3CX1QER7R/2024_HappySnaps_0213.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0213.jpg Yet another road walk into West Fulton. | Day 25 6/15/24 West Fulton, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585242815-FZY7T8EQ1CPG83JN2F74/2024_HappySnaps_0225.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0225.jpg My campsite, provided by the wonderful family that owns the Sap Brush Hollow Cafe. | Day 25 6/15/24 West Fulton, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585244827-VH10ZL6M2CJTTYTFFFQA/2024_HappySnaps_0231.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0231.jpg A foggy morning greeted me on my return to trail after a few days off to heal a variety of injuries at the Swider's house in Schenectady. | Day 32 6/22/24 Partridge Run Game Management Area, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585247285-QNHT98Q6G9JCK8K9QE2X/2024_HappySnaps_0235.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0235.jpg The final hill before an 80 mile flat, mostly road walk section to Northville, NY. | Day 33 6/23/24 John Boyd Thatcher State Park, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585249378-HIR7HNNT3JSLMG0MRKUF/2024_HappySnaps_0237.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0237.jpg The final hill before an 80 mile flat, mostly road walk section to Northville, NY. | Day 33 6/23/24 John Boyd Thatcher State Park, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585251801-WGHWF3VWB9XLYGCVR8GS/2024_HappySnaps_0239.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0239.jpg The Plotter Kill. | Day 34 6/24/24 Plotter Kill Preserve, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585253703-BFQ1NR43M5CBJENEUN78/2024_HappySnaps_0244.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0244.jpg The Loch 9 bridge crosses the Mowhawk River. I had hoped to get a beer at the only bar in town, but they thought I was homeless and threw me out. | Day 34 6/24/24 Rotterdam Junction, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585256658-Y889CASAY0E6TTHT6FIS/2024_HappySnaps_0247.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0247.jpg A wonderful series of farms and barns kept me somewhat entertained on my 80 mile road walk to Northville. | Day 35 6/25/24 West Charlton, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585258629-N0HWE2JQKIXMJ6BB4Q93/2024_HappySnaps_0251.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0251.jpg A wonderful local gave me a beer to take to camp for the night. | Day 35 6/25/24 Lake Desolation, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585260915-EN6JZWW369BGM1WYENK1/2024_HappySnaps_0253.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0253.jpg Northville, New York marks the end of the New York Long Path and the start of the Northville Placid Trail. | Day 36 6/26/24 Northville, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585262833-X35EXPZUPS67R7H7OEMY/2024_HappySnaps_0254.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0254.jpg Northville, New York marks the end of the New York Long Path and the start of the Northville Placid Trail. | Day 36 6/26/24 Northville, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585265299-TSDBK12JIJABRXENXE0S/2024_HappySnaps_0258.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0258.jpg My campsite along the North Branch of West Stony Creek. | Day 37 6/27/24 Adirondack Park, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585267204-OW1HUXW1PBBWFR774V1J/2024_HappySnaps_0259.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0259.jpg My lunch spot on the shore of Mud Lake. | Day 38 6/28/24 Adirondack Park, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585270090-8QYRL9SZDV6IUTYUGZE9/2024_HappySnaps_0261.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0261.jpg A suspension bridge crosses the West Branch of the Sacandaga River. | Day 38 6/28/24 Adirondack Park, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585271513-F9I472ZO3SPCUV5QDK8X/2024_HappySnaps_0262.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0262.jpg Drying out ofter arriving in town during a 4" rainstorm. | Day 39 6/29/24 Speculator, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585273280-0BGL8PS78CQQZB9849IV/2024_HappySnaps_0264.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0264.jpg The NAHR follows the North Country National Scenic Trail for a couple of days. The NCT is not well travelled, nor does it boast spectacular maintenance. | Day 41 7/1/24 Adirondack Park, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585276608-UO9QW6BHA2SE9MC7YBTM/2024_HappySnaps_0266.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0266.jpg A ski patrol equipment cache from times of yore. | Day 42 7/2/24 Adirondack Park, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585278248-U3J7CLPAYJW73HRQPZ95/2024_HappySnaps_0268.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0268.jpg Once again, I cross the Hudson River, eventually drinking from it's headwaters in the Adirondack High Peaks region. | Day 42 7/2/24 North Creek, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585281096-QWFAXE6Y99AF4QG7I9GF/2024_HappySnaps_0270.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0270.jpg Drying out after arriving in Schroon Lake. | Day 42 7/2/24 Schroon Lake, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585283360-56L8JX08R9OUPK0KM488/2024_HappySnaps_0271.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0271.jpg Riding the steep ridgeline to Rocky Ridge Peak, the first 4,000 footer in over 300 miles. | Day 43 7/3/24 Adirondack Park, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585285196-K0BLBPSYVSRM8PXPR1PK/2024_HappySnaps_0273.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0273.jpg The view from the summit of Rocky Ridge Peak, looking west into the Adirondack High Peaks. | Day 43 7/3/24 Adirondack Park, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585287049-ZLP7M50PLXYTEHNN5VPQ/2024_HappySnaps_0274.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0274.jpg The view from the summit of Rocky Ridge Peak, looking north into the Adirondack High Peaks. | Day 43 7/3/24 Adirondack Park, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585289062-TXEP5RRIDYN2QBVYOVGH/2024_HappySnaps_0275.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0275.jpg Descending from Giant Mountain looking into the Adirondack High Peaks. | Day 43 7/3/24 Adirondack Park, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585290421-19DAF6VB5OBUACG11Z3F/2024_HappySnaps_0281.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0281.jpg Giant Washbowl at sunset after a massive day of vert. | Day 43 7/3/24 Adirondack Park, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585293227-K103NSM544IX0OO0TZZP/2024_HappySnaps_0282.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0282.jpg A delightful day traversing the formidable Dix Range. | Day 44 7/4/24 Adirondack Park, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585295842-QVAYBDY3JK38KZZTT49N/2024_HappySnaps_0283.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0283.jpg Dix Mountain as seen from Hough Peak. | Day 44 7/4/24 Adirondack Park, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585298329-QP4HKFCESUB8TLU57GZ7/2024_HappySnaps_0285.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0285.jpg The Great Range as seen from the summit of Dix Mountain. | Day 44 7/4/24 Adirondack Park, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585300697-YWEWVU0S411XAAICXI03/2024_HappySnaps_0286.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0286.jpg One of the slides on Dix Peak looking at Giant Mountain, and the location that the year before I heard from Shannon that she was in the hospital. | Day 44 7/4/24 Adirondack Park, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585303181-T0P06GK763E83FH2QXOK/2024_HappySnaps_0288.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0288.jpg One of the slides leading up Dix Peak, and the location that the year before I heard from Shannon that she was in the hospital. | Day 44 7/4/24 Adirondack Park, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585305420-QTLV9EWIDF5SS5I3DJ90/2024_HappySnaps_0289.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0289.jpg The final view on my third attempt of the NAHR, looking north toward the Great Range. This year though, I left because I just wasn't having fun. As it turns out, I've been spoiled by the west coast and as beautiful as this view is, I wanted to be in bigger mountains with the person I love. | Day 45 7/5/24 Adirondack Park, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585308830-354S0BW4R0Y4B5Y94WV3/2024_HappySnaps_0290.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0290.jpg Shannon on the PCT traversing the slopes of Brown Mountain. | Day 49 7/9/24 Winema National Forest, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585312160-C0GY1CFIA635NLUZ3GZZ/2024_HappySnaps_0292.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0292.jpg Mt. McLoughlin pokes through the trees. | Day 50 7/10/24 Winema National Forest, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585314188-VU540EQNREL79TJBGTM6/2024_HappySnaps_0294.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0294.jpg Shannon dons mosquito equipment while taking a break at the only water for 17 miles. | Day 50 7/10/24 Winema National Forest, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585316769-W4F9G1LQTNFQFLNDDUXA/2024_HappySnaps_0295.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0295.jpg Mt. McLoughlin as seen from the top of Luther Mountain. | Day 50 7/10/24 Rogue River National Forest, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585318436-ZPASP95G2QL2M1N8SR1L/2024_HappySnaps_0296.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0296.jpg Mt. McLoughlin as seen from the top of Lucifer Mountain. | Day 50 7/10/24 Rogue River National Forest, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585320936-O4A9VVYOEQ3Q3DS229OZ/2024_HappySnaps_0299.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0299.jpg Shannon takes in the view while cooking dinner. | Day 50 7/10/24 Rogue River National Forest, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585322665-X2E6WHV3I8MVBQN1II51/2024_HappySnaps_0305.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0305.jpg A rare photo of myself in camp. | Day 50 7/10/24 Sky Lakes Wilderness, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585325385-CXXTHD4SVL6E3T1JR3SM/2024_HappySnaps_0309.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0309.jpg The Blanket Creek burn area. | Day 51 7/11/24 Rogue River National Forest, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585327998-V8JKMU1QC8GA82E3SM4O/2024_HappySnaps_0311.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0311.jpg A patch of melting snow was the water source for the day. | Day 51 7/11/24 Rogue River National Forest, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585330039-9IF8MV1LIHMYY7FY4A0E/2024_HappySnaps_0315.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0315.jpg Shannon and I begin the Crater Lake Rim Trail. | Day 53 7/13/24 Crater Lake National Park, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585331593-8R9HIFBD0381XO1F3FVG/2024_HappySnaps_0320.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0320.jpg A couple of hikers we met on the descent from the Crater Lake Rim. | Day 53 7/13/24 Crater Lake National Park, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585333122-AKS8F9OP42S75CYD1ULV/2024_HappySnaps_0321.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0321.jpg Wizard Island as seen from the Crater Lake Rim Trail. | Day 53 7/13/24 Crater Lake National Park, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585335242-3YEAOT3K7WPPK8OZW5DR/2024_HappySnaps_0327.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0327.jpg Shannon finds a patch of sun just before getting to camp. | Day 53 7/13/24 Crater Lake National Park, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585337721-EYW9PE66MRCJ7E603XST/2024_HappySnaps_0330.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0330.jpg Mt. Thielson, one of the dozens of volcanoes the PCT touches. | Day 54 7/14/24 Mt. Thielson Wilderness, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585340247-TE1ORX0YD8GOIOCC9VF2/2024_HappySnaps_0331.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0331.jpg Mt. Thielson, one of the dozens of volcanoes the PCT touches. | Day 54 7/14/24 Mt. Thielson Wilderness, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585342446-G1CVN9RH6S6TAPW54617/2024_HappySnaps_0334.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0334.jpg Shannon moseys across a snowfield on the flank of Mt. Thielson. | Day 54 7/14/24 Mt. Thielson Wilderness, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585344681-G18G16Y3R6QE7C1K6ULT/2024_HappySnaps_0339.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0339.jpg Cowhorn Mountain. | Day 56 7/16/24 Deschutes National Forest, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585346533-FTWYW36TF77N8EOVKB37/2024_HappySnaps_0341.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0341.jpg Shannon takes cover under my tarp during the first rainfall in weeks. Unfortuantely, the lightning strikes that resulted would eventually close hundreds of miles of trail. | Day 56 7/16/24 Deschutes National Forest, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585348623-HQ4GM2MQU6NNCUQK0BLS/2024_HappySnaps_0346.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0346.jpg I show off my skittles after dinner. | Day 56 7/16/24 Diamond Peak Wilderness, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585350553-PDGHTCR6JWSM9110ADF2/2024_HappySnaps_0348.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0348.jpg A still snow covered Diamond Peak. | Day 57 7/17/24 Diamond Peak Wilderness, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585352291-COUBH4U03L2ZQ3XAE9V9/2024_HappySnaps_0349.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0349.jpg An old avalanche debris field below Diamond Peak. | Day 57 7/17/24 Diamond Peak Wilderness, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585354758-T15630LJ8Y3MAG31VJUX/2024_HappySnaps_0351.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0351.jpg Descending below snow line on Diamond Peak. | Day 57 7/17/24 Diamond Peak Wilderness, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585357234-WKGMEFYGD9AS12MF6QDZ/2024_HappySnaps_0353.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0353.jpg I hung my hammock from the power pole at the RV park that let us camp in their yard. | Day 58 7/18/24 Chemult, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585359346-C9ETUEGXC3C6FSWNRQD7/2024_HappySnaps_0356.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0356.jpg Shannon poses while waiting for the Amtrak (that was predictably late) before going to a wedding in Milwaukee while I hung out with Lancelot in Portland. | Day 58 7/18/24 Chemult, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585360492-3P9LJMTPPZG46EH2OLV6/2024_HappySnaps_0362.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0362.jpg Shannon brushes her teeth in full view of the public on the Amtrak. | Day 64 7/24/24 Chemult, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585362647-GXZZ07BY4C0I9UQQTZO1/2024_HappySnaps_0365.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0365.jpg Shannon poses in the fading light as thick smoke blows in from a nearby wildfire. | Day 66 7/26/24 Deschutes National Forest, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585364714-Q6HOL7UQSR368KOLPPD4/2024_HappySnaps_0368.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0368.jpg Shannon poses masked and ready for the thick smoke blowing in from a nearby wildfire. | Day 66 7/26/24 Deschutes National Forest, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585367091-BK6YEKZP15YPU4FY389N/2024_HappySnaps_0371.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0371.jpg Another rare photo of me after arriving in camp at Bobby Lake. | Day 67 7/27/24 Deschutes National Forest, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585369498-8LX8HSR8KA1XY80K8YW1/2024_HappySnaps_0375.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0375.jpg The trail passes through a moonscape after fires in 2017 and then 2020 burned through Charlton Lake. | Day 67 7/27/24 Deschutes National Forest, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585370763-QXLG2Q9AYM2LHJ5C7LAT/2024_HappySnaps_0376.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0376.jpg Shannon poses while waiting for dinner to rehydrate at Brahma Lake. | Day 67 7/27/24 Three Sisters Wilderness, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585372931-M1RWO0ILZG9YVUSB6EQW/2024_HappySnaps_0388.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0388.jpg Shannon takes a dip during lunch. | Day 68 7/28/24 Three Sisters Wilderness, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585374850-9ZKEV16J1NUQNTDNWBDY/2024_HappySnaps_0395.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0395.jpg Shannon posing quintessentially in the fog along the slopes of North Sister. | Day 70 7/30/24 Three Sisters Wilderness, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585376631-R7ADVXOVQHW5X51LGOI9/2024_HappySnaps_0400.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0400.jpg Shannon, excited to have traded smoke for fog. | Day 70 7/30/24 Three Sisters Wilderness, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585379133-7UNBB1TJTHTNZ7HBF36Q/2024_HappySnaps_0402.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0402.jpg The thick fog broke just long enough for a good view of North Sister. | Day 70 7/30/24 Three Sisters Wilderness, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585381809-7IGO3YUPR0NHSUXVLT6O/2024_HappySnaps_0403.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0403.jpg Shannon in the lava field surrounding North Sister. | Day 70 7/30/24 Three Sisters Wilderness, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585383698-1HW7X45LAH6J3TB9WPOY/2024_HappySnaps_0406.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0406.jpg Shannon follows a rocky spine down from North Sister. | Day 70 7/30/24 Three Sisters Wilderness, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585384889-1AJTIXQ4D0NB4CBAS28E/2024_HappySnaps_0409.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0409.jpg The fog starts to blow out from Harlow Crater. | Day 70 7/30/24 Three Sisters Wilderness, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585387085-JWBQKZ2YN6LGWL0WIQHF/2024_HappySnaps_0411.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0411.jpg Shannon plays the part of friendly hitchiker while leaving Sisters. | Day 71 7/31/24 Sisters, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585389333-GXCR5J1FFTB6HRB3IP67/2024_HappySnaps_0414.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0414.jpg Looking south at the Three Sisters from Belknap Crater. | Day 71 7/31/24 Mt. Jefferson Wilderness, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585391912-AIW63398XN3HHL6IVHT2/2024_HappySnaps_0416.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0416.jpg Mt. Jefferson as seen from Belknap Crater. | Day 71 7/31/24 Mt. Jefferson Wilderness, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585393892-DZX0113QVUG4D2NU9A5P/2024_HappySnaps_0420.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0420.jpg Mt. Jefferson as seen from the beautiful Jefferson Park. | Day 75 8/4/24 Mt. Jefferson Wilderness, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585396024-XRZA2WVC24ZOW1XYLRSJ/2024_HappySnaps_0421.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0421.jpg Mt. Jefferson as seen from the beautiful Jefferson Park. | Day 75 8/4/24 Mt. Jefferson Wilderness, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585398531-O8VXLN4S4XTGVAMAEKAL/2024_HappySnaps_0423.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0423.jpg Mt. Jefferson as seen from Park Ridge. | Day 75 8/4/24 Mt. Jefferson Wilderness, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585400338-D34WRELRPKPCGUO32VGY/2024_HappySnaps_0427.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0427.jpg Looking out into the smoke from Park Ridge. | Day 75 8/4/24 Mt. Jefferson Wilderness, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585402619-0FOQNFZL8OZ3LGAIY35O/2024_HappySnaps_0430.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0430.jpg Shannon takes a dip in Head Lake. | Day 75 8/4/24 Ollalie Lake, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585405169-3HCJYUD76RT7FMLIYVS4/2024_HappySnaps_0436.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0436.jpg Mt. Hood just before dipping below treeline. | Day 79 8/8/24 Mt. Hood Wilderness, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585407521-4S2LP3ZF0624H6DIS8GM/2024_HappySnaps_0439.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0439.jpg Mt. Hood as seen from the banks of the mighty Sandy River. | Day 79 8/8/24 Mt. Hood Wilderness, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585409308-UMVHFWALKCKMTHUGI6UM/2024_HappySnaps_0441.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0441.jpg Looking back at Mt. Hood before dropping down to the Columbia River. | Day 80 8/9/24 Mt. Hood National Forest, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585412765-73RBCSVXZ47NLRIHFG3N/2024_HappySnaps_0449.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0449.jpg The spectacular Eagle Creek Alternate avoided a wildfire closure. | Day 81 8/10/24 Mt. Hood National Forest, OR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585415016-JIU1M3TK12MZ08CIA288/2024_HappySnaps_0455.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0455.jpg The view from camp on our first night on the Colorado Trail. | Day 85 8/14/24 Pike National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585418017-P9VABI0ZY905YNF37NWP/2024_HappySnaps_0459.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0459.jpg Lost Creek Canyon. | Day 87 8/16/24 Lost Creek Wilderness, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585420717-2E0EYZ85YZEOI10V42BE/2024_HappySnaps_0464.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0464.jpg Shannon waits for the bus with a teddy bear that she found on the trail, and hiked out in the name of Leave No Trace. | Day 89 8/18/24 Frisco, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585422581-YUK8LTJVX8YZ713XCH1F/2024_HappySnaps_0466.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0466.jpg Shannon poses with her dougnut tower that I constructed for her birthday in a very quaint hotel room. | Day 89 8/18/24 Frisco, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585424209-7MNDQ04UN5BX7WFWVTNT/2024_HappySnaps_0470.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0470.jpg Niccolo, a coworker and dear friend enjoys a doughnut leftover from Shannon's birthday doughnut tower on the bus to the Whole Foods. Niccolo was about halfway done with his thru-hike of the CDT when we met up with him. | Day 90 8/19/24 Frisco, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585426555-H33RMJRW2AJ1BYV4HJB9/2024_HappySnaps_0471.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0471.jpg Niccolo, Shannon and I pose on a bench outside of the REI while munching on some high quality town food. | Day 90 8/19/24 Silverthorne, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737586025608-NW825GSUEG00RUU22U3O/2024_HappySnaps_0472.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0472.jpg Shannon tests out my new pack pillow. | Day 90 8/19/24 Silverthorne, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585429094-YA5HYFDN23EZLGYVLXMF/2024_HappySnaps_0478.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0478.jpg Niccolo enjoys a well earned brewski on his bunk in a fancy hostel. | Day 90 8/19/24 Silverthorne, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585430195-QY0A2P63P9PIZLRO7AHG/2024_HappySnaps_0480.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0480.jpg Bjorn tends to the "first fire of winter" on a stormy day at his house in Leadville. Niccolo continued on the CDT from Frisco and met us in town, just in time to avoid the rain. | Day 92 8/21/24 Leadville, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585431532-2CEE0SE5IP6K3RG72VR7/2024_HappySnaps_0486.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0486.jpg Niccolo basks in the light of a desk lamp at Bjorns house. | Day 92 8/21/24 Leadville, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585432377-B19XFUHR0BBMJLS4VHU2/2024_HappySnaps_0488.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0488.jpg Niccolo enjoys a durro, our favorite new snack. | Day 92 8/21/24 Leadville, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585435534-I2ZIYG7HF2NWPD1I81EO/2024_HappySnaps_0489.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0489.jpg Shannon enjoys a bit of sunlight on an otherwise dreary and unmotivated day. | Day 94 8/23/24 Roosevelt National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585437394-SQTZDYOIK7D074NHTHNX/2024_HappySnaps_0499.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0499.jpg Shannon trying to be the newest Dr. Bronners backcountry rep. | Day 94 8/23/24 Roosevelt National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585439862-C60V6OWM5MA7Y2GU3CG0/2024_HappySnaps_0501.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0501.jpg Shannon cooks dinner after a storm just rolled through. | Day 94 8/23/24 Roosevelt National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585442631-AG6IC5HH0YA69AMF7Q15/2024_HappySnaps_0504.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0504.jpg Shannon just after descending from James Peak. | Day 95 8/24/24 Roosevelt National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585445271-EI963DR5YHX17APGXUXN/2024_HappySnaps_0508.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0508.jpg Shannon on the James Peak Traverse just after the clouds broke and the view opened up. | Day 95 8/24/24 Roosevelt National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585447760-Z19ZPRAEY9TDS60E9VPQ/2024_HappySnaps_0510.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0510.jpg Shannon is tempted by an aisle of cookies, despite the ziploc bag of healthy leaves in her hand. | Day 96 8/25/24 Winter Park, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585450638-SMCG59C9AGCUTXR7P1I4/2024_HappySnaps_0513.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0513.jpg Back on trail after leaving Winter Park and finishing the James Peak Traverse. | Day 97 8/26/24 Arapaho National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585453002-7PM93B5VPZX8I3GP4H2O/2024_HappySnaps_0515.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0515.jpg Shannon poses on a windy day atop Stanley Mountain. | Day 97 8/26/24 Arapaho National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585456009-6GQXU4FVY75WV3UMP45K/2024_HappySnaps_0521.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0521.jpg Shannon ascends a ridgeline on the Continental Divide. | Day 97 8/26/24 Arapaho National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585458326-YVU5X56PWWLYFFKV8FO2/2024_HappySnaps_0522.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0522.jpg The view north from the Continental Divide. | Day 97 8/26/24 Arapaho National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585461332-Q5NAS6PF758U4DOSYRGT/2024_HappySnaps_0525.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0525.jpg Shannon swiped my camera for a rare photo of me. | Day 97 8/26/24 Arapaho National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585464375-ULK4VD0EQO2YUKU7DK0R/2024_HappySnaps_0529.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0529.jpg Shannon makes the final ascent of the day to Peak 13,215. | Day 97 8/26/24 Arapaho National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585467343-B4TLNKIYX3T434WY7XBJ/2024_HappySnaps_0534.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0534.jpg Shannon ascends peak 13,215 with Pettingell Peak in the background. | Day 97 8/26/24 Arapaho National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585470561-ERKNSZH4IENNVR9TI5LY/2024_HappySnaps_0537.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0537.jpg Shannon begins the descent to Herman Gulch. | Day 97 8/26/24 Arapaho National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585471600-D0AHZ2IN4GTNV444ICNL/2024_HappySnaps_0552.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0552.jpg Bjorns toilet handle broke, but he made quick work of the repair with some light cordage and a bike pedal counterweight. | Day 99 8/28/24 Leadville, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585474235-683SGLWCGQVEQ3TIO591/2024_HappySnaps_0554.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0554.jpg Shannon, Bjorn and I before we departed for the next stretch. | Day 100 8/29/24 Leadville, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585475877-3UWHOF30LF5RIUVT52IF/2024_HappySnaps_0557.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0557.jpg Shannon enjoys one of the dozen hard boiled eggs she packed out while hitchhiking to Cottonwood Pass. | Day 100 8/29/24 Twin Lakes, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585478556-8D270V7EH0GJTKZO3BFM/2024_HappySnaps_0559.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0559.jpg Gladstone Ridge. | Day 100 8/29/24 San Isabel National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585481258-25TR468R1RNHU9TIOK34/2024_HappySnaps_0564.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0564.jpg Shannon hikes on some cruisey tread along the divide. | Day 100 8/29/24 San Isabel National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585483432-YP1WXUR6YL0G3EUCGPJ7/2024_HappySnaps_0567.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0567.jpg The sun sets on Mt. Mamma. | Day 100 8/29/24 San Isabel National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585485352-1HRSSX3E6A4H75C298MT/2024_HappySnaps_0569.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0569.jpg Sunset on Grizzly Mountain. | Day 100 8/29/24 San Isabel National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585487026-KNNIQ4SWWUMPW0OMKB4W/2024_HappySnaps_0571.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0571.jpg Shannon shows off that beautiful smile! | Day 100 8/29/24 San Isabel National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585489903-S5CHUF8SXIEKACTHMI5T/2024_HappySnaps_0575.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0575.jpg A small pond along Chalk Creek. | Day 101 8/30/24 San Isabel National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585492308-LCVSUM1XWIG5X7673C8S/2024_HappySnaps_0578.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0578.jpg Upper and Lower Hancock Lakes. | Day 101 8/30/24 San Isabel National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585495055-0ACH85W0D1GPNC4XYT4A/2024_HappySnaps_0581.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0581.jpg Bald Mountain, just before arriving at Monarch Pass. | Day 101 8/30/24 San Isabel National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585496762-QTX860P5AI5O5U4ME080/2024_HappySnaps_0589.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0589.jpg Shannon and Lebowski prance in the Western Colorado University parking lot. | Day 102 8/31/24 Gunnison, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585499532-V16QBEGWLC7N73SU5WVJ/2024_HappySnaps_0592.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0592.jpg Lebowski poses on the Paradise Divide. | Day 103 9/1/24 White River National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585502049-UZBOJNYQ0U28P1CHBRA6/2024_HappySnaps_0596.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0596.jpg Hiking to Yule Pass on an old mining road. | Day 103 9/1/24 White River National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585504602-2Q5KGV36N7RR8WUXIRRP/2024_HappySnaps_0600.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0600.jpg Lebowski, Courtney and Shannon on the way to Yule Lakes. | Day 103 9/1/24 White River National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585507272-4Z605BQGFWE5ZNGVNXG3/2024_HappySnaps_0601.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0601.jpg Shannon, Lebowski and Courtney enjoy some rotisserie chicken, whiskey and corn on the cob that we packed out to Yule Lakes. | Day 103 9/1/24 White River National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585509426-E1R8ML32PUPWOV7MQRNA/2024_HappySnaps_0604.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0604.jpg Lebowski poses with his corn products. | Day 103 9/1/24 White River National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585512099-N9F9FV3ZZEDX92H7F5FD/2024_HappySnaps_0610.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0610.jpg Shannon and Courtney preform an interpretive dance at Yule Lakes. | Day 103 9/1/24 White River National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585514463-FGYMF99KUVG5TN6UENXC/2024_HappySnaps_0612.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0612.jpg Lebowski poses beneath Treasure Mountain. | Day 103 9/1/24 White River National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585515930-D7GV0C4NW9DGC8SA7FMF/2024_HappySnaps_0616.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0616.jpg Lebowski scoffs at something snarky I surely said beneath Treasure Mountain. | Day 103 9/1/24 White River National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585517858-FJACQNTQO1LQTK1PLFBU/2024_HappySnaps_0624.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0624.jpg Courtney and Lebowski above Yule Creek Canyon. | Day 103 9/1/24 White River National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585520104-KI3QVZ559P4XJMEYZUY6/2024_HappySnaps_0627.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0627.jpg Shannon and myself above Yule Creek Canyon. | Day 103 9/1/24 White River National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585522745-H5A4T57L0IASJUTK0C5H/2024_HappySnaps_0634.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0634.jpg Lebowski, Courtney, Shannon and I on the shore of Yule Lake. | Day 104 9/2/24 White River National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585525703-YHVVJQOTZJWB0OORZ00H/2024_HappySnaps_0635.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0635.jpg Per Lebowskis request, we try to pose on the shore of Yule Lake. | Day 104 9/2/24 White River National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585528889-N8RAX2TBKI2B3UCGNZL8/2024_HappySnaps_0638.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0638.jpg Hiking past Yule Lake, just before taking a dip. | Day 104 9/2/24 White River National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585531946-0PWG1IZ2380G7B0WQUWA/2024_HappySnaps_0642.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0642.jpg A wild Shannon! | Day 104 9/2/24 White River National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585534919-6LS62HTAX1P211OHJ6JZ/2024_HappySnaps_0644.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0644.jpg Courtney and Lebowski above Yule Lake. | Day 104 9/2/24 White River National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585537895-VWOFE8IFD7MB0E1XVCGV/2024_HappySnaps_0651.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0651.jpg Lebowski expertly maneuvers above a small outflow of Yule Lake. | Day 104 9/2/24 White River National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585540723-GCA2VDH8K5BPZCYWOL9E/2024_HappySnaps_0656.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0656.jpg Shannon broke Lebowskis prized backyard chair. | Day 106 9/4/24 Gunnison, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585543401-RPE23UD396Z56TIRXSU1/2024_HappySnaps_0659.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0659.jpg Shannon hikes along the Divide on our final stretch of the Colorado Trail. | Day 108 9/6/24 Weminuche Wilderness, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585544774-UQH87MY8ZDSXERAXEXT3/2024_HappySnaps_0663.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0663.jpg An afternoon spot storm along the Continental Divide. | Day 108 9/6/24 Weminuche Wilderness, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585546935-C6EZI8BTD069W7CLJAI4/2024_HappySnaps_0665.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0665.jpg Elk Creek Canyon. | Day 108 9/6/24 Weminuche Wilderness, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585548514-HSMOJIBEBWXLUWFM7Z2R/2024_HappySnaps_0676.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0676.jpg Shannon poses at the entrance to an abandoned mine shaft. | Day 108 9/6/24 Weminuche Wilderness, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585551085-OONPRQMUIZCOTEW0UMLA/2024_HappySnaps_0679.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0679.jpg A moose interrupted from her drink along the Durango-Silverton Narrow Guage Railroad. | Day 108 9/6/24 San Juan National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585552608-NDAKK9R5AIAC2SXLB9WT/2024_HappySnaps_0685.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0685.jpg Twin Sisters at sunset. | Day 109 9/7/24 San Juan National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585555336-E91S36M6TVRIN1LAIK0E/2024_HappySnaps_0690.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0690.jpg Tin Can Basin. | Day 110 9/8/24 San Juan National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585557786-5IP3C70VPLDRH5BR0KYX/2024_HappySnaps_0695.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0695.jpg The Cumberland Basin as seen from Indian Trail Ridge. | Day 111 9/9/24 San Juan National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585559232-OHQHMKEHSFO3882ZIQ9L/2024_HappySnaps_0697.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0697.jpg Shannon enjoys a carrot and Nutso on the Durango-Silverton Narrow Guage Railroad. | Day 114 9/12/24 San Juan National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585561709-W2JEGL4R1M60B46YYHWD/2024_HappySnaps_0700.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0700.jpg The Animas River as seen on our ride on the Durango-Silverton Narrow Guage Railroad. | Day 114 9/12/24 San Juan National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585563441-KT7I9QG7KF5C1JNFPQAF/2024_HappySnaps_0701.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0701.jpg Shannon finally understands why I love trains! | Day 114 9/12/24 San Juan National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585565473-3QS31O4Z5YP52199CSAA/2024_HappySnaps_0706.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0706.jpg Shannon rolls out in the town park. | Day 114 9/12/24 Silverton, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585567285-42HAJEZWIMA4510XH9OU/2024_HappySnaps_0709.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0709.jpg We begin the Weminuche High Route! We would also set the Fastest Known Time of the WHR, although that's not saying much because one did not exist prior to our attempt. | Day 115 9/13/24 Silverton, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585569911-PAHEAJI99C6LIJCSGTBQ/2024_HappySnaps_0710.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0710.jpg The Weminuche High Route began with an easy ford of the very cold Animas River. | Day 115 9/13/24 Silverton, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585572985-OTKCI5C4N24U3XZ4YTXW/2024_HappySnaps_0714.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0714.jpg Shannon climbs to Woodchuck Basin. | Day 115 9/13/24 San Juan National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585574634-JMJR8LQ31MH6PY8HKJR5/2024_HappySnaps_0723.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0723.jpg Shannon drops into Woodchuck Basin. | Day 115 9/13/24 San Jaun National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585578077-VPSH8GLFLFASU542QV15/2024_HappySnaps_0725.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0725.jpg Hazelton Mountain, as seen from a creek we expected to have water in it. | Day 115 9/13/24 San Jaun National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585580457-LYPMAM67EL8J1UWCDJTM/2024_HappySnaps_0728.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0728.jpg The San Juans, my favorite mountains in Colorado as seen from Round Mountain Pass. | Day 115 9/13/24 San Jaun National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585583100-QJ9IE4L148P1LFZVL5W0/2024_HappySnaps_0729.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0729.jpg Silver Lake, a once thriving mining area. | Day 115 9/13/24 San Jaun National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585585940-2XSG9WGAB30O3EMKQ4CQ/2024_HappySnaps_0733.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0733.jpg Shannon makes one of the final climbs of the day out of Spencer Basin. | Day 115 9/13/24 San Jaun National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585587105-JUKW0DKH53032IKPM5S4/2024_HappySnaps_0736.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0736.jpg Highland Mary Lake at sunset. | Day 115 9/13/24 San Jaun National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585589723-BS673PIO6G9Y1Y5NHVWX/2024_HappySnaps_0742.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0742.jpg Shannon climbs to Trinity Lake Pass. | Day 116 9/14/24 San Jaun National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585593021-CA3NJ8NPRJ0LE9GCQWGA/2024_HappySnaps_0746.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0746.jpg Shannon atop Trinity Lake Pass. | Day 116 9/14/24 San Jaun National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585595706-SZYLGWLQU93L1WVMATXC/2024_HappySnaps_0751.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0751.jpg A loose, rocky chute that I'd much prefer to have climbed with snow in it. | Day 116 9/14/24 San Jaun National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585597457-CFI6J6ERB587F4A3UNVQ/2024_HappySnaps_0753.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0753.jpg Mt. Silex. | Day 116 9/14/24 San Jaun National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585599147-C0OAQ3JYPEUL7SSXQ14D/2024_HappySnaps_0758.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0758.jpg Storm King Peak. | Day 116 9/14/24 San Jaun National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585601639-5AF4LJVKJMX5C4MX7UO5/2024_HappySnaps_0768.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0768.jpg Shannon makes it to the top of Storm King Pass. | Day 116 9/14/24 San Jaun National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585604231-6Y7A8LN8D3WQCV0MD0RJ/2024_HappySnaps_0772.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0772.jpg Shannon enjoys sunset along the Trinity Peaks. | Day 116 9/14/24 San Jaun National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585607059-6NFRVNMWJP6JKFOSVWR1/2024_HappySnaps_0775.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0775.jpg Shannon descends from Storm King Pass. | Day 116 9/14/24 San Jaun National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585609010-DQP5J4SDW2CQI2PAFOJ3/2024_HappySnaps_0781.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0781.jpg A tarn below Peak Eight. | Day 116 9/14/24 San Jaun National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585611549-CNTZKNDD710FWM5TZP9X/2024_HappySnaps_0784.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0784.jpg Leviathin Peak and Lake, part of the Needle Mountains. | Day 117 9/15/24 San Jaun National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585614237-C75WXF6V7OZ7VTDLQYF4/2024_HappySnaps_0795.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0795.jpg Jagged Mountain. | Day 117 9/15/24 San Jaun National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585616954-O6XADF9W1BJRFBBYW0E9/2024_HappySnaps_0797.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0797.jpg Shannon pauses to enjoy Jagged Peak on the final climb of the Weminuche High Route. | Day 117 9/15/24 San Jaun National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585619380-5TC48Y2F11MF8OH11B0O/2024_HappySnaps_0803.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0803.jpg Shannon contours around Sunlight Lake. | Day 117 9/15/24 San Jaun National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585621669-TCJJ5W33XOQTNHRHVL8X/2024_HappySnaps_0806.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0806.jpg An unnamed lake below Windom Peak with Jagged Mountain in the background. | Day 117 9/15/24 San Jaun National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585624017-K8LPO2PU38RPDCPE52RD/2024_HappySnaps_0810.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0810.jpg The final unnamed lake below Windom Peak on the final ascent of the Weminuche High Route. | Day 117 9/15/24 San Jaun National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585625885-2GZZ6NSQ31IVMPIQTFND/2024_HappySnaps_0819.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0819.jpg A brief snow storm blows through on the most exposed pitch of our route up Windom Peak. | Day 117 9/15/24 San Jaun National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585627686-LTL1IO1Z083058XROY3W/2024_HappySnaps_0821.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0821.jpg Shannon ascends a Windom sub-Peak. | Day 117 9/15/24 San Jaun National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585630324-7PDT146XQHKIX9H0CAVE/2024_HappySnaps_0826.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0826.jpg Shannon enjoys the view from the top of our climb up a sub peak of Windom Peak. | Day 117 9/15/24 San Jaun National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585633039-HTM84X3GULOOAYRC7173/2024_HappySnaps_0827.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0827.jpg Windom Peak. | Day 117 9/15/24 San Jaun National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585635311-FVOKEEL7LMIUIQYQDQK4/2024_HappySnaps_0829.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0829.jpg The storm cleared out just as we reached our high point of the Weminuche High Route. | Day 117 9/15/24 San Jaun National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585638528-AYHJVXNL61E1OS4NKRF4/2024_HappySnaps_0831.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0831.jpg Shannon descends a loose chute into the Chicago Basin. | Day 117 9/15/24 San Jaun National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585641336-KWEVOVTQKBBUPZVIYK48/2024_HappySnaps_0836.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0836.jpg Shannon takes a break below Windom Peak. | Day 117 9/15/24 San Jaun National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585644080-OCV3HMV9PJC0EJS634CB/2024_HappySnaps_0840.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0840.jpg An elk skeleton, presumably killed by an avalanche. | Day 117 9/15/24 San Jaun National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585646954-CEK3W00VF02H5HHMQ00K/2024_HappySnaps_0844.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0844.jpg Shannon makes it to solid ground in the Chicago Basin. | Day 117 9/15/24 San Jaun National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585649460-8ANBOLODSXWL7TFBURK0/2024_HappySnaps_0845.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0845.jpg Peak 13,472 towers above the Chicago Basin. | Day 117 9/15/24 San Jaun National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585652194-D7JORDYDTSNK9LKGC7ZU/2024_HappySnaps_0847.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0847.jpg Shannon contours below Peak 13,472. | Day 117 9/15/24 San Jaun National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585656253-8IZ10SX5XHBWRU9EBIZX/2024_HappySnaps_0850.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0850.jpg Shannon descends the steep slope into the Chicago Basin. | Day 117 9/15/24 San Jaun National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585658854-HG9MLK8YG3IB9X5MYQX1/2024_HappySnaps_0853.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0853.jpg Shannon pauses on the descent to the Chicago Basin with Needle Ridge in the background. | Day 117 9/15/24 San Jaun National Forest, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585661439-XEQ7YE95NTATVMVA19BG/2024_HappySnaps_0858.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0858.jpg Shannon waits for the bus with her prized spinach. | Day 121 9/19/24 Golden, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585663061-PZYNA8PNPVZJ7I98MKXN/2024_HappySnaps_0862.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0862.jpg Shannon enjoys the sunlight while waiting for the bus. | Day 121 9/19/24 Golden, CO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/584741a6f5e23189f9d135ba/1737585664033-PKGKTDS3QN5TFP6N567V/2024_HappySnaps_0902.jpg 2024 YIR Extended - 2024_HappySnaps_0902.jpg https://www.evanleonardphotography.com/toyota-siesta daily 0.75 2025-05-18 https://www.evanleonardphotography.com/2025-yir daily 0.75 2026-02-13