Boasting 12,000(?)ft of climbing in 50km the Speedgoat race seemed like a good challenge and the perfect way to prep for this year’s Wasatch 100. My summer focus has been on climbing – and I thought this would be
The Beatout – in search of memories and a new PR
The Beatout – one of the quintessential hikes (runs?) of the Wasatch. Found at the back of John Veranth’s Hiking the Wasatch, the route largely follows the rim of Hogum Fork in the heart of the Lone Peak Wilderness.
Nevada: Skiing the Pilot (Peak)
The various ski lines on the east face of Pilot Peak has always beckoned ever since I caught a glimpse in a slide show an old professor showed at Utah State over a decade ago. The
Lost in Grand Staircase: Deer Creek to Boulder Creek Loop (and over Duffrey Mesa)
With a tight window of opportunity I ran south to Grand Staircase in hopes of getting lost in sandstone. I had a couple of ‘running’ routes in mind but somehow settled on a Deer Creek to Boulder Creek loop
Back from the Dead
Here’s a recommendation – don’t try to migrate your blog to a new platform yourself. It ends in trouble. Big trouble in little Wasatch. Perhaps it’s time for a purge and reboot? Forced?
Wellsville Range Traverse
When I lived in Logan in the early 2000’s and worked at the fabled Trailhead gear shop I heard legends of an old race that traversed the Wellsville Range from Scott Datwyler. Scott was the shop owner and an endurance
South Thunder to North Thunder – Searching for my Past
With a pending presentation on summit registers I figured I’d better make it back to two of the best in the range: North and South Thunder Peaks.
By a Thread – an attempt at a one day ascent of Gannett Peak, Wind River Range.
Gannett in a day? How hard could it be? On paper it looked like the perfect objective. I forget the stats now… but having done the route through Titcomb Basin through Gooseneck I thought the northern route through Wells Creek
Range Creek to Desolation Canyon – via Three Fords Canyon Stock Trail
Old abandoned stock trails and mining trails have always had their allure for me. For the last few years I’d been considering an old stock trail that stretches across the Book Cliffs and the Tavaputs. Particularly I was interested in
Reed and Benson Ridge Traverse
I don’t know what beckoned me to this odd ridge-run. Standing at its midpoint last winter atop the Benson and Hedges Couloir I couldn’t help but wonder what lay north and south. But winter does a good job at smoothing