Day hiking the Lofty Lake Loop
For the first time since finishing up the desert section of the PCT almost three years ago, I finally went car camping last weekend! How luxurious it was to sit in a chair (I never bring one backpacking), set up a fancy picnic table taco bar (instead of my...
Breathing heavy at Naturalist Basin
Trip dates: July 30-31, 2022 It only took me 10 months of living in northern Utah to FINALLY make it out backpacking in my local mountains, the Uintas. I’d planned on going a few weeks prior, but realized that donating blood and high elevation backpacking were probably not the...
Coyote Gulch: a Busy Slice of Heaven
Trip dates: June 1-3, 2022 We spent the night in a cabin at Escalante Outfitters (a highly recommended spot with showers, laundry, and overall cuteness about an hour from the trailhead), then made our way to the Hurricane Wash trailhead after a tasty breakfast at equally adorable Escalante Mercantile....
Exploring the Ancient Ruins of Kane and Grand Gulch
Trip dates: 5/29-5/31/2022 Backpacking season is finally ramping up, and my first Utah backpacking trip was one that I won’t soon forget! My ex-housemate/backpacking baby (although by now she has enough experience to be considered a backpacking teenager) Megan came out here so we could explore the desert on...
Mt. Olympus lives up to its name
This post has been sitting in draft mode for months now. I took a trip to Salt Lake City in March, right before the U.S. got hit hard with COVID-19. I am SO GLAD I got out of town one last time right before the world started to feel...