by Paty | Jul 22, 2022 | Rockies, Trail Journals, Wind River Range
July 21, 2022 Start: Edge of Gannett Peak’s terminal moraine End: Near the junction of the Glacier and Ink Wells trails Distance: ~ 6 miles I was hard to believe I slept 14 hours straight last night. It’s been at least a decade since I’ve...
by Paty | Jul 21, 2022 | Rockies, Trail Journals, Wind River Range
July 20, 2022 Start/End: Edge of Gannett Peak’s terminal moraine Route to Summit: Glacier Trail to Gooseneck Couloir Distance: ~ 6 miles (and 5,800 feet of vertical gain/loss) Today was the day I would summit Gannett Peak… or so I hoped! After barely...
by Paty | Jul 20, 2022 | Rockies, Trail Journals, Wind River Range
July 19, 2022 Start/End: Edge of Gannett Peak’s terminal moraine Distance: < 2 miles hiking Our second’s night’s camp was perched on the edge of the terminal moraine, which seemed to be an ideal spot. Flat spots out here were few and far between. And it...
by Paty | Jul 19, 2022 | Rockies, Trail Journals, Wind River Range
July 18, 2022 Start: Echo Lake End: Edge of Gannett Peak’s terminal moraine Distance: ~ 8 miles hiking Spending the night in my bug bivy while mosquitoes stung me repeatedly was one of the more miserable backcountry experiences I’ve had in a very,...
by Paty | Jul 18, 2022 | Rockies, Trail Journals, Wind River Range
July 17, 2022 Start: Cold Spring Trailhead End: Echo Lake Distance: ~ 8 miles hiking (+ 65-mile drive to the trailhead) After packing up all our gear at the NOLS headquarters last night, we returned to the Pronghorn Hotel in downtown Lander, WY, for one more night in...
by Paty | Jul 17, 2022 | Rockies, Trail Journals, Wind River Range
July 14-16, 2021 Start: Eugene, Oregon End: Lander, Wyoming Distance: 994 miles (+ an extra 60 miles to help out a CDT thru-hiker) Calling of this post “Day 0” is arguably a bit misleading. It didn’t take me just a single day of travel to Wyoming for this...
by Paty | Jun 27, 2022 | Mid-Atlantic, US High Points
Date Visited: June 13, 2022 Route Taken: Walk from Tenleytown Metro Station – 1 mile (round-trip) Type of Terrain: Urban park with a paved path Elevation: 409 feet Ancestral Lands: Nacotchank (Anacostan) WHAT’S IN A NAME? After the First Battle...
by Paty | Jun 22, 2022 | Cycling, Great Allegheny Passage, Mid-Atlantic
Great Allegheny Passage || Day 9 || 26.2 miles Date: June 22, 2022Start: Dravo’s Landing hiker-biker camp (GAP Mile 43.4)End: Point State Park, Pittsburgh, PA (GAP 148.8)Cumulative Distance: 333.5 miles I woke around 11:30...
by Paty | Jun 21, 2022 | Cycling, Great Allegheny Passage, Mid-Atlantic
Great Allegheny Passage || Day 8 || 30.6 miles Date: June 21, 2022Start: Connellsville KOA Campground (GAP Mile 92)End: Dravo’s Landing hiker-biker camp (GAP Mile 43.4)Cumulative Distance: 307.1 miles The rain came in...
by Paty | Jun 20, 2022 | Cycling, Great Allegheny Passage, Mid-Atlantic
Great Allegheny Passage || Day 7 || 48.6 miles Date: June 20, 2022Start: Husky Haven Campground (GAP Mile 43.4)End: Connellsville KOA Campground (GAP Mile 92)Cumulative Distance: 276.5 miles The lovely water feature (aka the...
