Welcome to the Hiking extension of my Wilderness Wanderings Blog.
This is an easy to search collection of Trip Reports from my various wanderings and adventures.
If you click to view Trip Reports from this page it will link you back over to my Wilderness Wanderings Blog. While I have been blessed to visit all 50 states already it is a long-term goal to now have a hike or trail run in all 50 states. I'm tracking my progress on this blog via the map and tagging each state as I go. Through the "CO Peaks Table" link on the right I also have a useful page for viewing basic info on the Colorado 14ers and 13ers and my wanderings there.
"The heights of the mountains are his also." - Psalm 95:4

Cottonwood Pass North Out and Back (Sep. 26, 2025)
1974 Lava Flow (Hawaii Volcanoes) (Jul. 22, 2025)
Sliding Sands Trail (Haleakala) (Jul. 21, 2025)
Lake Ann to Hartenstein Lake Backpacking (Jul. 1, 2025)
Sleeping Bear Point and Lake Michigan Overlook Climb (Sleeping Bear Dunes) (Oct. 16, 2024)
Cleetwood Cove Trail (Crater Lake NP) (Aug. 15, 2024)
Garfield Peak (Crater Lake NP) (Aug. 14, 2024)
Mount Shavano 2024 (Jul. 4, 2024)
Pinckney Blind Lake Backpacking Jun 24 (Jun. 27, 2024)
Cascade Pass and Sahale Arm (North Cascades) (Sep. 23, 2023)
Camp Muir (Mount Rainier) (Sep. 22, 2023)
Mount St. Helens (Sep. 20, 2023)
Pinckney Blind Lake Backpacking Jul 23 (Jul. 22, 2023)
Marymere Falls (Olympic NP) (Jul. 10, 2023)
Rainier Skyline Trail (Jul. 7, 2023)
Maple Pass Loop (North Cascades) (Jul. 5, 2023)
Pinckney Blind Lake Backpacking Jan 23 (Jan. 1, 2023)
Clingmans Dome from Newfound Gap (Jul. 24, 2022)
Mount LeConte via Alum Cave Trail (Jul. 20, 2022)
Cataract Falls (Great Smoky Mountains NP) (Jul. 19, 2022)
Flight 93 Memorial Hike (Mar. 21, 2022)
Waterloo-Pinckney Trail + Ride (Nov. 26, 2021)
Isle Royale Greenstone Ridge (Aug. 22, 2021)
Pine Creek Backpacking (Jul. 27, 2021)
Teton Crest Loop (Sep. 20, 2020)
Blackrock (Shenandoah) (Sep. 6, 2020)
Hogback & Hawksbill (Shenandoah) (Sep. 5, 2020)
High Dune (Great Sand Dunes NP) (Jul. 25, 2020)
Silver Creek to Point 12505 (Jul. 24, 2020)
Harvard Lakes Backpacking - And a Missing Hiker (Jul. 22, 2020)
Au Sable Lightstation (Pictured Rocks N.L.) (Jul. 3, 2020)
Miners Beach (Pictured Rocks N.L.) (Jul. 2, 2020)
Timucuan Preserve at Fort Caroline (Dec. 31, 2019)
Newfound Gap (Dec. 27, 2019)
Pinckney Blind Lake Backpacking Oct 19 (Oct. 5, 2019)
Browns Creek Falls (Sep. 12, 2019)
Colorado Trail - Browns Creek to Chalk Creek (Jul. 1, 2019)
Mount Hope (Jun. 30, 2019)
Mt. Antero + Mt. White via Little Browns Creek (Jun. 28, 2019)
Colorado Trail - Three Elk to Silver Creek (Jun. 27, 2019)
Pinckney Blind Lake Backpacking Dec 18 (Dec. 29, 2018)
Katahdin (Aug. 16, 2018)
Precipice, Champlain South and Beehive Trails (Acadia NP) (Aug. 15, 2018)
Wild Gardens Trail + Ocean Path Trail (Acadia NP) (Aug. 14, 2018)
Mt. Washington to Lakes of the Clouds (Aug. 13, 2018)
Anglemeyer Lake Backpacking (Jul. 19, 2018)
Tenmile Traverse (Jul. 17, 2018)
Mt. Elbert 2018 (Jul. 16, 2018)
Rankin Ridge Trail (Wind Cave NP) (Jul. 12, 2018)
Window and Notch Trails (Badlands NP) (Jul. 12, 2018)
Mt. Yale Traverse (Jun. 7, 2018)
Pinckney Blind Lake Backpacking Dec 17 (In the snow) (Dec. 16, 2017)
Zion Watchman Trail (Sep. 30, 2017)
Zion Emerald Pools + Kayenta Trail (Sep. 29, 2017)
Zion Observation Point (Sep. 29, 2017)
Western Zion Traverse (Sep. 25, 2017)
Pinckney Blind Lake Backpacking Aug 17 (Aug. 25, 2017)
CDT: Cottonwood Pass to UN12792 (Jul. 22, 2017)
North Vista Trail to Exclamation Point (Black Canyon NP) (Jul. 17, 2017)
Grand Canyon Rim Trail (Jun. 8, 2017)
Grand Canyon R2R2R2 (Jun. 6, 2017)
Pinckney Blind Lake Backpacking Jan 17 (Jan. 2, 2017)
Pinckney Blind Lake Backpacking Jul 16 (Jul. 17, 2016)
Isle Royale: Daisy Farm Camp to Rock Harbor (Jul. 3, 2016)
Isle Royale: Three Mile Camp to Daisy Farm Camp via Greenstone Ridge (Jul. 2, 2016)
Isle Royale: Stoll Trail + Scoville Point (Jul. 1, 2016)
Isle Royale: Rock Harbor to Three Mile Camp via Tobin Harbor (Jul. 1, 2016)
Tahquamenon Falls River Trail Family Hike (There and back again...) (Jun. 28, 2016)
Hot Springs NP Peak Trail (Dec. 30, 2015)
Pinckney Blind Lake Backpacking Dec 15 (Dec. 25, 2015)
Alpine Ridge and Tundra Communities Trails (RMNP) (Jul. 27, 2015)
North Cottonwood Creek Backpacking (Jul. 26, 2015)
Silver Creek - Colorado Trail (Jul. 25, 2015)
Capitol Peak - 14ers Finisher (Jul. 24, 2015)
Pinckney Blind Lake Backpacking Dec 14 (Dec. 27, 2014)
Potawatomi Trail Hike + Run 2014 (Aug. 30, 2014)
Snowmass Mountain (Jul. 17, 2014)
Missouri Gulch + Mt. Belford Backpacking with the Boys (Jul. 15, 2014)
May Lake + Mt. Hoffmann (Jun. 20, 2014)
Panorama Trail + 4-Mile Trail (Jun. 19, 2014)
Half Dome (Jun. 18, 2014)

Clouds Rest 2014 (Jun. 17, 2014)
Mt. Dana (Jun. 16, 2014)
Pikes Peak Barr Trail Winter Expedition (Feb. 28, 2014)
Potawatomi Trail (Nov. 29, 2013)
Chicago Basin/Mt. Eolus/North Eolus 2013 (Jul. 26, 2013)
Mt. Eolus/North Eolus Peak (Jul. 21, 2011)
Sunlight Peak/Windom Peak (Jul. 20, 2011)
Chicago Basin (Jul. 19, 2011)
Yosemite: Glacier Point, Sentinel Dome, Panorama Trail, Inspiration Point (Jun. 10, 2011)
Yosemite: Yosemite Falls, North Dome, Snow Creek Falls (Jun. 9, 2011)
Yosemite: Clouds Rest (Jun. 8, 2011)
Yosemite: Mist Trail and Little Yosemite Valley (Jun. 7, 2011)
Cottonwood Trail and Dune Climb (SBD NL) (Oct. 11, 2010)
Mt. Harvard/Mt. Columbia (Jul. 29, 2010)
Crestone Peak (Aug. 1, 2009)
Kit Carson Peak/Challenger Point (Jul. 30, 2009)
Lava Flow Trail (Sunset Crater NM) (Jun. 12, 2009)
South Kaibab Trail (Grand Canyon) (Jun. 10, 2009)
Queens Garden/Navajo Loop (Bryce) (Jun. 9, 2009)
Angels Landing (Zion) (Jun. 8, 2009)
Crestone Peak (Snow-ed out) (Jul. 19, 2008)
Humboldt Peak (Jul. 18, 2008)
Crestone Needle (Jul. 17, 2008)
Lower Yosemite Falls Trail (May. 26, 2008)
Simpson-Reed Grove Trail (Redwoods) (May. 24, 2008)
Fern Canyon Trail (Redwoods) (May. 24, 2008)
Hall of Mosses Trail (Olympic NP) (May. 20, 2008)
Mt. Elbert (Aug. 2, 2005)
Oak Flat Loop Trail (Black Canyon NP) (Aug. 1, 2005)
Blanca Peak/Ellingwood Point (Aug. 11, 2004)
Little Bear Peak (Aug. 10, 2004)
Comanche-Venable Loop (Aug. 5, 2004)
Fancy Pass - Missouri Lakes Loop (Aug. 3, 2002)
Lost Man Lake Loop (Aug. 4, 2001)
Holy Cross-Seven Sisters Lakes (Jul. 31, 2000)
Three Forks Loop (Aug. 1, 1999)
Longs Peak (Aug. 9, 1997)
Mt. Massive (Jul. 4, 1996)
Grays Peak/Torreys Peak (Aug. 12, 1994)