Skip to content
Menu
Backcountry Fever
  • Contact
  • My 50HP
  • My Bucket List
  • Wasatch 11ers
  • Wasatch 7
Backcountry Fever

Category: Peak Bagging

My Favorite Route to Deseret Peak

Posted on May 25, 2022June 15, 2022 by Backcountry Fever

May has been a busy month for me, all consumed by a garden project I’m working on for my wife.  I volunteered to do it to save a few bucks but had no idea it would cost me a fortune in time!  As a result, I’ve missed out on a lot of mountaineering adventures this…

+

2021 Year in Review

Posted on December 30, 2021June 14, 2022 by Backcountry Fever

2021 was a great year for getting some hiking stuff accomplished!  I wasn’t so much about reaching a specific mileage tally or total elevation gain this time.  Instead, my focus was more about knocking a few significant things off my list.  My biggest goal for the year was to get all lower 48 states west…

+

Touched the Top o’ Texas

Posted on October 12, 2021June 14, 2022 by Backcountry Fever

This makes 21/50 for me and brings my season of State Highpoints to an end for the year.  12 states in 5 months has been one heck of a ride! Guadalupe is one of the easier ones, I think! …right up there with Humphreys, Mansfield and maybe even Marcy.  You climb a mere 2,800′ over…

+

A Lovely Day on Longs

Posted on September 29, 2021October 1, 2021 by Backcountry Fever

My wife has attended a conference in Denver every year in September since 2018.  Coming from Utah, I have tagged along with her each time in order to hike another Colorado 14er.  That was my plan again today, with Longs Peak being my peak of choice this year. The day was a beautiful one.  In…

+

Timp Traverse from North to South

Posted on September 20, 2021September 29, 2021 by Backcountry Fever

My 10th summit of Mt. Timpanogos as part of a traverse from north to south. Headed up the northeast ridge of Timp to begin a traverse across the top from the North. Full trip report coming soon…

+

A Grand View of the Grand Teton

Posted on September 6, 2021December 8, 2021 by Backcountry Fever

My daughter had another wedding to attend in Idaho Falls this weekend. Since she didn’t want to go up there alone for the second weekend in a row, she asked if I wanted to go with her. It only took a split-second for me to see this opportunity to finally hike Wyoming’s, Table Mountain! The…

+

From One Extreme to the Other in the Lower 48

Posted on June 22, 2021September 29, 2021 by Backcountry Fever

From the lowest, and hottest, place in the lower 48… …to the highest peak in the lower 48, for the 2nd time, this time up the Mountaineers Route. Full trip report coming soon…

+

Cold Fusion to North Timpanogos

Posted on May 10, 2021December 8, 2021 by Backcountry Fever

I look forward to the season between winter snowshoeing and summer hiking…when avalanche risk is minimal, skies are blue, temps are mild and adventure is high!  This spring brought some adventurous fun up Mt. Olympus from Neff’s Canyon and now Cold Fusion to North Timpanogos. Seeing Timp from my house every day, I’ve wanted to…

+

Mt. Olympus from Neff’s Canyon

Posted on May 3, 2021December 8, 2021 by Backcountry Fever

Mt. Olympus is a Wasatch Front favorite, on par with Granduer Peak or Squaw Peak in this collection of challenges selected for Utah’s inaugural Six-Pack.  As for me with all three of these peaks, I’ve already done each several times by now and wasn’t too interested in doing any of them again the “standard” way……

+

Rock Canyon Combo

Posted on February 2, 2021December 8, 2021 by Backcountry Fever

Squaw Peak was #2 for me as I work through Utah’s first Six-Pack of Peaks Challenge in 2021.  However, this peak wasn’t enough by itself, so we bushwhacked and broke trail up to Buffalo Peak to make this a Rock Canyon Combo! Friends from the Wasatch Peak Baggers were already talking about doing Squaw in…

+
  • 1
  • 2
  • Next

Recent Posts

  • Grand Canyon Double R2R: Second Leg, BA to NK
  • Grand Canyon Double R2R: First Leg, NK to BA
  • My Favorite Route to Deseret Peak
  • Timp from Everest Ridge
  • Better Backcountry Communication

Recent Comments

    Archives

    • May 2022
    • April 2022
    • March 2022
    • January 2022
    • December 2021
    • November 2021
    • October 2021
    • September 2021
    • August 2021
    • July 2021
    • June 2021
    • May 2021
    • February 2021
    • January 2021
    • November 2020
    • October 2020
    • September 2020
    • August 2020
    • July 2020
    • June 2020
    • May 2020
    • March 2020
    • November 2019
    • June 2019
    • May 2019
    • April 2019
    • March 2019
    • February 2019
    • December 2018
    • November 2018
    • August 2018
    • September 2017
    • September 2014
    • December 2011

    Categories

    • 14er
    • Adventure Plans
    • Avalanche Awareness
    • Backpacking
    • Epic Hikes
    • Grand Canyon
    • Mountaineering
    • Peak Bagging
    • Road Trip
    • Six-Pack Challenge
    • Snowshoeing
    • Social Media
    • State Highpoints
    • Technology
    • Uncategorized
    • Zion

    Meta

    • Log in
    • Entries feed
    • Comments feed
    • WordPress.org
    ©2022 Backcountry Fever | Powered by WordPress & Superb Themes