This was supposed to be a post about how on our third attempt, after not even seeing the mountain from our approach in 2021 and then deterred by bad weather in 2023, we finally summited the Wyoming high point. But for reasons you’ll soon read, it didn’t happen. Our planned route was from the GlacierContinue reading “Making Good: Backpacking the Teton Crest Trail”
Category Archives: Day Hiking
A Different Kind of Adventure: A Hurricane and the Pennsylvania, Maryland, and West Virginia High Points
This year in my ongoing quest to combine state high-pointing and medical conferences, I’d decided on Asheville which would set us up well for a day-hike to the top of North Carolina and a backpacking trip in Great Smoky Mountains National Park to include Tennessee’s highest land. I was stoked for this trip until aContinue reading “A Different Kind of Adventure: A Hurricane and the Pennsylvania, Maryland, and West Virginia High Points”
Adventuring the Southwest: Organ Needle, Texas High Point, and Sedona
This trip was yet again inspired by combining a work conference and a state high point. We went back to Sedona, but given we’ve already done the Arizona and New Mexico high points, this time we were on to Texas. I’d had this idea back in 2019 when I attended a conference in Tuscon, butContinue reading “Adventuring the Southwest: Organ Needle, Texas High Point, and Sedona”
Day Hiking Utah
In April of 2016 I found myself with more vacation time than my hubby and my best friend from elementary and middle school, Amy, ready to go adventuring. After not much debate given limited options in mid spring, we settled on Utah. We flew to Salt Lake City, rented a car, and were off toContinue reading “Day Hiking Utah”
Hiking the Grand Canyon Rim-to-Rim x 2 and Arizona’s Humphreys Peak
This would be the first of several combined work conference and state high point trips. Given that Arizona’s state high point, Humphreys Peak at 12,637 feet only takes a few hours, we added on hiking in the Grand Canyon. I wanted to go rim-to-rim in one day but Erik wanted to take two days toContinue reading “Hiking the Grand Canyon Rim-to-Rim x 2 and Arizona’s Humphreys Peak”
Backpacking the Adirondacks + Day Hiking Mount Mansfield
Soon after moving to upstate New York, my husband and I learned about the 46ers – the 46 peaks above 4,000 feet in the Adirondacks. Technically, it’s the 46 peaks initially deemed to be above 4,000 feet. Subsequently three have been to be found just under 4,000 feet (but these still count) and one additionalContinue reading “Backpacking the Adirondacks + Day Hiking Mount Mansfield”
The First One: Day Hiking New York’s Mount Marcy
When I was eight, my cousins moved from Minnesota to Colorado. They talked up the mountains and when I saw pictures of them, I wanted to be there, on top of one, to feel the wind whipping in my face, to look down on the world. I began looking at maps, specifically the Kids RandContinue reading “The First One: Day Hiking New York’s Mount Marcy”
Elspeth Ronnander 