Rim to River: The Grand Canyon & Phantom Ranch
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by Randy Langstraat
2w ago
Grand Canyon National Park | Tuesday – Saturday, January 16-20, 2024   The canyon fills one with a sense of awe. Under the naked sun, every tremendous detail leaps into glory; yet the change is startling from moment to moment. When clouds sweep the heavens, vast shadows are cast, but so vast is the canyon they seem mere patches of gray and purple and umber. Dawn and evening twilight are brooding mysteries over the abyss. Night shrouds its immensity, but does not hide it. And to none of the sons of men is it given to tell of the wonder and splendor of sunrise and sunset in the Grand Canyo ..read more
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Elk Mountains: Capitol Creek Trail to Capitol Lake
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by Randy Langstraat
8M ago
Maroon Bells – Snowmass Wilderness | Saturday & Sunday, July 22-23, 2023 Almost nine years ago now, Diane was with me while I was photographing Fall Colors in the Elk Mountains near the Capitol Creek Trailhead, and while we were there she mentioned to me that she would like to backpack to Capitol Lake sometime, and I never forgot about it. However, we had never got around to doing that hike yet because it’s such a popular location and I’ve always been worried about hiking in and not finding a campsite near the lake on a weekend. But earlier this year when the White River National Forest fi ..read more
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The Flat Tops: Marvine Trail to the Marvine Lakes
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by Randy Langstraat
9M ago
Flat Tops Wilderness | Saturday & Sunday, July 1-2, 2023 Now that Diane is finally finished with school and will hopefully be joining me on more of my weekend trips going forward, we planned to go backpacking into The Flat Tops together over this extended holiday weekend. Although we had originally set out to go on a loop through the Flat Tops Wilderness, for various reasons we ended up altering our plans and only doing an overnight trip up to the Marvine Lakes this time. In hindsight, that’s probably all we should have planned to do in the first place for our first backpacking trip back i ..read more
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The Wind Rivers: Green River Lakes & Slide Lake
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by Randy Langstraat
2y ago
Headwaters of the Green River | Tuesday – Saturday, August 17-21, 2021 After Diane and I visited the Wind Rivers for the Great American Eclipse in 2017 we decided that we should try to return every other summer to visit somewhere new in the range. Two years ago we came back and hiked to the Cirque of the Towers, so this year I thought it would be a good idea to check out the area around the Green River Lakes and planned a four day backpacking trip for us. Since Canyonlands is the heart of the world to me and I have spent a lot of time exploring along the Green River on the Colorado Plateau, I ..read more
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Carved from Calf Creek Plateau: Powderhorn Lakes
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by Randy Langstraat
2y ago
An Introduction to the Powderhorn Wilderness & Cannibal Point Saturday & Sunday, August 14-15, 2021 On Friday Diane finished another semester of school and finally had a full week off before she starts back up again. We had made plans to spend a couple of days in the Wind Rivers later in the week, but since she hasn’t been able to get out hiking much lately we thought it would be a good idea to get out on a quick overnight backpacking trip this weekend. As I looked over my maps of the San Juan Mountains for an easier overnight trip that wouldn’t be too far away from home, I thought it ..read more
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Fossil Ridge Wilderness: Lamphier Lake
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by Randy Langstraat
2y ago
Gunsight Pass Peaks: Broncho Mountain & Square Top Mountain Friday – Sunday, July 16-18, 2021 Last year when Diane and I were hiking to the Highest Fire Lookout in North America, located on the summit of Fairview Peak in the Sawatch Range, I consistently found myself glancing across the Gold Creek Valley to Fossil Ridge and immediately knew that I would need to come back in 2021 to start exploring that area. After poring over maps of the Fossil Creek Wilderness it looked like the short trail to Lamphier Lake and Gunsight Pass would be a good place for me to start with, so that’s where I de ..read more
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Petroglyphs of the Petrified Forest
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by Randy Langstraat
3y ago
A Return to Petrified Forest National Park Sunday & Monday, May 16-17, 2021 After an amazing Saturday checking out the ruins and rock art of the Ute Mountain Tribal Park we were now planning on spending the next two days digging deeper into the backcountry of Petrified Forest National Park. We had such a great time exploring the Petrified Forest last February that we couldn’t wait to get back for some more! Of course, we would have preferred to come back earlier in the year when it’s a bit cooler out and less crowded, but this would probably be our only opportunity this year, so we jumped ..read more
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Below Cathedral Butte: Upper Salt Creek Canyon
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by Randy Langstraat
3y ago
Wednesday – Sunday, April 21-25, 2021   If you live here long enough, the blow sand gets in your soul. That’s why you stay here. – Bates Wilson   Last spring I was looking forward to spending a few days hiking into upper Salt Creek Canyon in Canyonlands National Park with Diane so I could show her around one of my very favorite places on the Colorado Plateau for the first time. I was also hoping to squeeze in some deeper explorations into the area while we were there. Unfortunately, COVID-19 struck and would have other plans for us when Canyonlands cancelled our permit for the last ..read more
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Grand Gulch: Kane Gulch to Bullet Canyon
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by Randy Langstraat
3y ago
Cedar Mesa Chronicles: Chapter 4 Wednesday – Sunday, March 31 – April 4, 2021 Last spring Jared, Dave and I had made plans and obtained a permit to backpack on the Navajo Nation for the first time, but because the pandemic shut a lot of things down at the time, we were forced to cancel those plans. Since the Navajo Nation was still closed to visitors this spring we had to find something else to do for our annual spring backpacking trip this year. After discussing a number of different options over the winter, we finally settled on backpacking the popular loop through Grand Gulch from Kane Gulc ..read more
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The Canyons of Trachyte Creek II
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by Randy Langstraat
3y ago
Trail Canyon to Lake Powell | Friday – Sunday, March 5-7, 2021 I’ve got a few upcoming backpacking trips planned starting in just a couple of weeks and I thought it would be a good idea to get out on my first backpacking trip of the year so I could get back into the swing of things, especially since I realized that I have not been on a backpacking trip since early October! Last March Diane and I went on an overnight backpacking trip along Trachyte Creek at this time of the year that we enjoyed, so I thought it would be nice to return there again so I could explore a few more of the side canyon ..read more
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