by Paty | Jun 4, 2021 | Great Lakes, US High Points
Order of Visit: High Point #39 Date Visited: June 3, 2021 Route Taken: Eagle Mountain Trail from the Eagle Mountain Trailhead (Forest Road 170) – 6.5 miles round-trip Type of Terrain: Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area is heavily forested...
by Paty | Jun 3, 2021 | Great Lakes, US High Points
Order of Visit: High Point #38 Date Visited: June 2, 2021 Route Taken: Tower Trail – 600 yards roundtrip Type of Terrain: Heavily forested, but the path to the summit is wide and well groomed. Elevation: 1,951 feet Ancestral Lands: ...
by Paty | Jun 2, 2021 | Great Lakes, US High Points
Order of Visit: High Point #37 Date Visited: June 2, 2021 Route Taken: Arvon Hiking Trail to the summit and logging road back down to the trailhead – 3.6 miles round-trip Type of Terrain: The trail is a single track trail through the woods from the trailhead...
by Paty | May 27, 2021 | Gear, Mt. Whitney
Trying to summit Mt. Whitney right in the middle of May can be a rough time of the year for an adventure. Lucky for me, the Sierras had below average snowfall this past winter, which meant less ice and snow to deal with above 10,000′. Consequently, I was able to...
by Paty | May 21, 2021 | Mt. Whitney, Trail Journals, West Coast
Start Point: Whitney Portal Trailhead, CAEnd Point: Eugene, ORTotal Distance: 698 miles Starting/Ending Elevation: 8,374′ to 430′ May 20, 2021 I’d just made it back to my car at Whitney Portal when I left off yesterday. I was...
