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Category: Six-Pack Challenge

Scaled the Dragon’s Tail to Grandeur

Posted on June 30, 2022July 16, 2022 by Backcountry Fever

I was happy to see Grandeur make the list again for 2022’s Six Pack of Peaks Challenge!  After last year’s Double, I’ve hit this peak now five times but always wanted to scale the Dragon’s Tail to the top.  This route does follow along a narrow ridgeline once you get up on the tail.  However, it’s…

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Rolling Hills to Lookout Peak

Posted on June 28, 2022July 15, 2022 by Backcountry Fever

There is nothing really too spectacular about this foothill behind Salt Lake.  However, we took an afternoon to knock it off the list as part of this year’s Six Pack of Peak Challenge. I’ve known about this peak for a while.  I remember first reading about it from GirlonaHike.com while searching out routes to Grandview…

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My Favorite Route to Deseret Peak

Posted on May 25, 2022July 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…

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Timp from Everest Ridge

Posted on April 12, 2022June 15, 2022 by Backcountry Fever

This year’s Six Pack of Peaks Challenge for Utah wasn’t announced until late March.  Before then, I honestly didn’t think this would continue for Utah again in 2022.  I was sure it died a quick death after its inaugural year.  From what I can tell, this challenge didn’t get much participation despite how many people…

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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…

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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……

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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…

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Grandeur Peak Yo-Yo

Posted on January 19, 2021September 19, 2022 by Backcountry Fever

I accepted the new Six-Pack of Peaks Challenge for Utah yesterday with a Grandeur Peak Double!  There are several routes up Grandeur that I would categorize as Standard, Strenuous and Adventurous.  The Standard route is up from the Church Fork trailhead out of Mill Creek Canyon.  This eastern approach climbs 2,500′ in about 3 miles. …

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