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 | Apr 24, 2022 | Arizona Trail, Gear, Southwest US
I thru-hiked the Arizona Trail northbound from March 1st to April 13, 2022. This meant I started earlier than more spring NOBOs, so I needed to be prepared for freezing temperatures and snow at higher elevations, along with the warm, sunny, windy conditions at lower...
by Paty | Apr 14, 2022 | Arizona Trail, Southwest US, Trail Journals
April 13, 2022 Start: Jacob Lake (mile 754.8) End: Stateliness Campground/Utah Border (mile 781.6) Distance: 26.8 trail miles + 2.6 miles roadwalking (29.4 miles total) We spent one final night sleeping at the Jacob Lake Inn and then it was time...
by Paty | Apr 13, 2022 | Arizona Trail, Southwest US, Trail Journals
April 12, 2022 Start: Jacob Lake (mile 754.8) End: Jacob Lake (mile 754.8) Distance: 0 miles Volt’s pronouncement that he was quitting the trail last night weighed heavily on my mind throughout the night. I knew I had to come up with a way to...
by Paty | Apr 12, 2022 | Arizona Trail, Southwest US, Trail Journals
April 11, 2022 Start: DeMotte Park Camp (AZ Hwy 67 ) End: Jacob Lake (mile 754.8) Distance: 26 miles The weather forecast wasn’t wrong. The air was frigid last night, making me glad I’d protected anything vulnerable to the cold deep inside my...
