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  • Wyoming 2026

    Four days in Wyoming with Aspen, exploring Grand Teton National Park and Yellowstone National Park. Day 1: Surprise and Amphitheater Lakes – Grand Teton National Park Wildlife Our original plan for the day was to ascend Disappointment Peak, accessed on the other side of Amphitheater Lake. We started going up the narrow gravel path until…

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  • NH White Mountains – N. & S. Kinsman & Cannon

    Saturday, August 1, 2026 John and I are ticking off 4,000-footers for our second GRID. Since I don’t need any for August, it was his choice. He decided on North and South Kinsman and Cannon by going over the Cannonballs. We easily got a spot in the southbound parking lot for the Basin at 8:45AM;…

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  • NH White Mountains: Adams and Madison via Great Gully

    Saturday, July 25, 2026 This was John and my first hike in the whites since returning from Colorado’s 14-ers, and we were curious to see how we’d do with more oxygen. The weather forecast was ideal for a hike in the northern presidentials: mostly sunny and light winds. Deciding on Adams and Madison was simple.…

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  • Colorado 14-ers – Mt. Bierstadt & Mt. Blue Sky

    Saturday, July 18, 2026 We knew this was going to be a hard day. It started with getting up at 3:15am. Since we stayed in Georgetown, the drive to the trailhead at the Guanella Pass was about 30 minutes. We went straight to the upper parking lot, not even looking to see if we could…

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  • Colorado 13-ers: Father Dyer Peak- Crystal Peak -Peak 10

    Wednesday, July 15, 2026 Background: John and I are planning to hike as many of the 14,000 foot mountains in Colorado as we feel comfortable doing, knowing that we probably won’t be hiking Little Bear Peak, Pyramid Peak, and Capitol Peak – each of them class 4 – based on beta gleaned from books, blogs,…

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  • Colorado 14-ers – Grays Peak & Torreys Peak-

    Monday, July 13, 2026 John and I had read enough about the road conditions up to the Grays Peak Trailhead that we knew would be parking in the lower lot and walking the 3 miles up the 4×4 road. We woke up at 3:45am, and were out the door by 4:20, at the lower lot…

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