Category Archives: Snow Camping
An “Ikonic” Winter – Part III
April 3 – April 5, 2019 Upon leaving Utah, we pushed toward Washington and the Columbia River Gorge to visit with our friends Brian and Jody (aka “sidekick”) who had recently moved to Salmon River Washington. We exited Utah and … Continue reading
An “Ikon-ic” Winter – Part II
March 26 – April 4, 2019 We left home early enough in the morning (which required a nap on my part) to make it to the Park City Home Depot and pick up our aluminum diamond plated Lund storage … Continue reading
Posted in Car camping, Exploring Utah, Mini Adventures, Road Trips, Ski adventure, Snow Camping, Uncategorized, Utah
Tagged Big Cottonwood Canyon, Heber City, Heber Valley, Ikon Base Pass, Jordanelle State Park, Lund storage boxes, misadventures, Mountain Valley RV, Salt Lake City KOA, ski-coffin, Solitude Mountain Resort
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An “Ikon-ic” Winter – Part I
As summer begins to wain, and Fall and Winter will be soon upon us, I realized that I have failed to post this past Winter’s excursion(s). So before next winter sets upon us and we do a “re-boot” on our … Continue reading
Posted in Car camping, Ikon Pass, Mammoth Mountain, Mini Adventures, Ski adventure, Snow Camping, Uncategorized
Tagged Alpine Meadows, Ikon Base Pass, June Lake Brewing Company, June Mountain skiing, Mammoth Lakes, Mammoth RV Park, misadventures, The Great Outdoors, Truckee River RV Park
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Retreat! Retreat!
As we lay in our sleeping bags replaying the events of the day and lamenting the fact we had only made it four arduous miles, of the 10 we had planned, we began to strategize for the following morning and … Continue reading
Posted in Backpacking, Hikes in Mammoth area, Mammoth Mountain, Mini Adventures, PCT, Snow Camping, Uncategorized, Yosemite National Park
Tagged adventures with friends, Agnew Meadows, Backpacking, Great Outdoors, JMT, misadventures, National Parks, PCT, postholing, Walking in snow, walking on snow, Yosemite, Yosemite National Park
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Postholers Paradise
Well last night was far from warm and dry. No sooner than we ducked into our tents, a steady patter of rain began to fall that lasted most of the night. By morning light it had stopped, and a good … Continue reading
Posted in Backpacking, Hikes in Mammoth area, JMT, John Muir Trail, Mini Adventures, PCT, Snow Camping, Uncategorized, Yosemite National Park
Tagged adventures with friends, Backpacking, Great Outdoors, JMT, misadventures, National Parks, Optoutside, PCT, thru-hiking, Walking in snow, walking on snow, Yosemite, Yosemite National Park
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This should be interesting
‘Tis hiking season once again, and we are lucky and a little daft enough to attempt a week long trip into the Sierras from Agnew Meadows (following the PCT and hooking up onto the JMT), over Donahue Pass, down into … Continue reading
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