After a solid week of rain we had three nice days, Wednesday to Friday, which I took advantage of by hitting the trails as much as I could in available time and sunlight. That meant less time for blogging, alas,…

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It was the first combination of my head being mostly free of mucous and the skies not being full of storms since, well, Christmas, I suppose, so I hit the trails. They were ankle-deep in mud, but I was prepared.…

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2005 is so last year; it’s time to think about this one. I know just one thing for sure: I’m planning a week in mid-September in Southern Utah at a bed & breakfast located strategically between Zion and Bryce Canyon…

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… but it’s supposed to rain all day tomorrow so I’ll be a busy little blogger then, I promise. However, I would be remiss if I did not point folks to Arun’s Treatise on Snow.

Verbiage and pixage at my homepage.

Grand Canyon! It’s easy driving distance from California, it’s probably the most gorgeous sight in the West, and there’s tons of info online to walk me through it. Here’s a link to suggestions for hiking Rim to Rim. Here’s a…

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….for days on end if possible. I’m thinking about how to burn up some of my vacation time, preferably in five-day chunks in the backcountry. I posted a query at HighSierraTopix to see what the hardened trail hands over there…

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I knocked around for a couple hours near the summit of Mount Diablo on Sunday. Write-up here.

I made a little return visit to Tomales Point (that’s a bull elk scratching a hard-to-reach itch). Details here.