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Blog postEarlier this week I went for a long hike up in the mountains east of Kaysville, Utah. The goal of the hike was to get to one of the Smith Creek Lakes (there are three of them in a chain) and bust out my $16 budget packraft for a quick little paddle.
Here’s a video of the adventure, or you can just look at the pictures below:
(Click here if you can’t see the video.)
Map and Stats:
Round trip distance: ~12 miles Total elevation gain: ~5,400 feet Pics View up the -
Blog postMy goal was to climb Willard Peak, the tallest mountain in Utah’s northern Wasatch Range and the highest point in Weber County. The easiest way up the mountain is to drive up a rough dirt road until you’re about 1000 feet below the summit and then make your way for less than a mile and […]
The post Hiking Ben Lomond and Willard Peak via the Cutler Basin Trail (with Video!) appeared first on The Aloof.
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Blog postIf you’re not into climbing county highpoints, it’s pretty unlikely that you’ve ever heard of the Raft River Mountains. I certainly hadn’t before deciding I’d climb the highest point in each of Utah’s 29 counties. The Raft Rivers are an east-west-trending mountain range in the extreme northwest corner of Utah, just a few miles south of the […]
The post Hiking Bull Mountain, Highest Point in the Raft River Mountains of NW Utah appeared first on The Aloof.
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The purpose for this trip was threefold: (1) to go on my first “microadventure,” (2) to climb and spend the night on top of a nearby mountain I was unfamiliar with, and (3) see how light I can get my overnight backpacking kit down to.
Regarding the first purpose, “microadventure” is a phrase coined and an idea championed by adventurer Alastair Humphreys. According to Humphreys, “A microadventure is an adventure that is short, simple, local, cheap – yet s -
Blog postI only spent a couple of days in western Arizona’s Kofa Mountains (named for the King of Arizona (KofA) Mine that ran from 1896 to 1910), but it is definitely one of the more spectacular mountain ranges around. I’d never even heard of the range (located in Kofa National Wildlife Refuge) before seeing it on […]
The post Hiking Signal Peak in Arizona’s Amazing Kofa Mountains appeared first on The Aloof.
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Blog postThe plan was to hike up Sugarloaf Peak (11,051 feet/3,368 meters) and Mt. Baldy (11,068 feet/3,374 meters), two 11,000-foot mountains above the ski resort Alta in Utah’s Wasatch Mountains. I hadn’t climbed either. It was the end of June, and the road all the way into Albion Basin (the easiest/closest access point for these peaks) […]
The post Climbing 3 of the Wasatch 11,000-Foot Peaks in a Day appeared first on The Aloof.
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Blog postBig Bend is a spectacular park in the northern part of the Chihuahuan Desert in far west Texas. Emory Peak (7,825 feet/2,385 meters) is the highest mountain in the Park’s Chisos Mountains. The South Rim Loop is a spectacular loop trail that leads to Grand Canyon-esque views. I combined the two into a 16.4-mile hike with ~3,000 […]
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Blog postMy book Annapurna Pilgrim: A Solo Trek of Nepal’s Annapurna Circuit in Winter is out and FREE for the next few days. Check it out, download it, and leave a review.
Thanks!
The post My New Book About Trekking the Annapurna Circuit Is Out and Currently FREE! appeared first on The Aloof.
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Blog postCalifornia has nine national parks: Death Valley, Channel Islands, Joshua Tree, Redwoods, Lassen Volcanic, Pinnacles, Sequoia, Kings Canyon, and Yosemite. Yesterday I went to Pinnacles for the first time and hiked the two highest mountains in the park. It was Veteran’s Day and my sister’s birthday. Her kids were out of school, so we drove […]
The post Hiking North and South Chalone Peaks, the Highest Points in Pinnacles National Park appeared first on The Aloof.
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Blog postThe question that I probably get more than any other is this: “What are your favorite places?” Here are my answers.
Istanbul, Turkey – My favorite city that I’ve passed through for a relatively short period of time. It’s chaotic and bustling, and it feels ancient. My Istanbul pics are here.
Southern Utah – The most beautiful place in the world. The whole southern half of the state could be one giant national park. My posts about this part of Utah are here under the “Southern U
Books By Tristan Higbee
1001 English-Spanish Cognates: Spanish Vocabulary Words That Sound Like Their English Equivalents
Mar 19, 2012
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Himalayan Pilgrim: A Chronicle of Independent Trekking Through Nepal’s Less-Traveled Regions
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