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Lassen Volcanic National Park, CA – A Peak Experience
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July 22, 2017 by Deborah W. Trotter

If you were thinking about climbing Lassen Peak this weekend, go directly to Plan B. Because of the record amounts …
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Category: National Parks | Tags: birds' eye views, Coast Range, elevation, hike, Kings Creek Meadow, Lake Helen, Lassen Peak, Lassen Volcanic National Park, Manzanita Lake, Mt. Shasta, nature, outdoors, photos, Sacramento Valley, September, trail
Pinnacles National Park, CA – C is for Condors
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March 29, 2016 by Deborah W. Trotter

Earlier this month we made our second visit to Pinnacles National Park. California was being drenched by much-needed rainstorms, but …
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Category: National Parks | Tags: California, clouds, Condor Gulch, condors, creeks, High Peaks, hike, Indian Paintbrush, nature, outdoors, Pinnacles National Park, rainstorms, trail, waterfall, wildflowers
Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, NM – It’s About Time
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February 24, 2016 by Deborah W. Trotter

Although I have spent quite a bit of time in and around Santa Fe, New Mexico, until earlier this month …
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Category: National Monuments, National Parks | Tags: 360 degree views, body contortions, Canyon Trail, Cave Loop Trail, climbing, English majors, geologist's paradise, hike, Kasha-Katuwe, natural landscape, nature, outdoors, Pueblo de Cochiti, scrambling, strenuous, Tent Rocks, trail
Bandelier National Monument, NM – Little River of Beans Falls
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February 17, 2015 by Deborah W. Trotter

We didn’t really know what to expect on a winter visit to the Santa Fe area, but last week with …
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Category: National Monuments, National Parks | Tags: Alcove House, Bandelier National Monument, cliff dwellings, deer, El Rito de los Frijoles, elevation, Frijoles Canyon, hiking, Little River of Beans, National Park Service, New Mexico, outdoors, Ponderosa pine forest, refried beans, Rio Grande, rock formations, Santa Fe, snow, tall wooden ladders, trail, Tyuonyi, Upper Frijoles Falls, winter
Zion National Park, UT – The Emerald Pools
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June 10, 2014 by Deborah W. Trotter

Hiking to one, or two, or all three of the Emerald Pools is a very popular way to get off …
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Category: National Parks | Tags: Emerald Pools, frogs, hike, hiking, nature, outdoors, prickly pear cactus, shuttle buses, trail, Zion Lodge, Zion National Park
Zion National Park, UT – Oops I Did It Again!!
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May 19, 2014 by Deborah W. Trotter

To start the month of May this year, I made it for the second time to the top of Angels …
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Category: National Parks | Tags: Angels Landing, chains, climb, fear of heights, Half Dome, narrow spine, National Park Service, outdoors, permit, photographs, scrambling, sheer dropoffs, trail, Virgin River, Yosemite National Park, Zion Canyon, Zion National Park
Sequoia National Park, CA – More Than Just Giant Trees
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December 2, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter

On our first visit to Sequoia National Park last month, we of course checked out the big trees, and I …
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Category: National Parks | Tags: America's Best Idea, awe, big trees, California, dome, endless landscape, General Highway, giant trees, high Sierra peaks, hike, hiking, Little Baldy, Little Baldy Saddle, National Parks, poor air quality, San Joaquin Valley, Sequoia National Park, Sierra Nevada Mountains, switchbacks, trail, trailhead
Kings Canyon National Park – Sixty in 2013: This Is It!
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November 18, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter

Back in December of 2012, I challenged myself with the 2013 goal of hiking (at least) 60 miles on National …
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Category: National Parks | Tags: 60 miles, autumn, Bubbs Creek, closed during the winter, cubs, December of 2012, footbridge, Grant Grove Village, Grizzly Falls, hike, hikers, Kanawyer Loop Trail, Kings Canyon National Park, Kings Canyon Scenic Byway, Kings River, mother bear, National Park, National Park trails, nature, open year round, outdoors, Paradise Valley Trail, photographs, Roads End, Roaring River Falls, Sequoia National Park, trail
Yosemite National Park, CA – Sixty in 2013: Hiking High
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October 21, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter

It’s not what you think. Or maybe it absolutely is. I’m referring to our hike to Gaylor Lakes that started …
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Category: National Parks | Tags: 57 new National Park miles, 60-mile goal, 9900 feet, Cathedral group, Cathedral Peak, east entrance station, Gaylor Lakes, Granite Lake, hike, hiking, Lower Gaylor Lake, Middle Gaylor Lake, Mount Dana, Mount Gibbs, mountains, nature, outdoors, recent snowfall, Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park, serendipitous flavoring, surrounding peaks, switchbacking, trail, tree line, Tuolumne Meadows, Unicorn Peak, Upper Gaylor Lake, well over 10000 feet, white frosting, Yosemite
Lassen Volcanic National Park, CA – Sixty in 2013: A Walk on the Wild(fire) Side
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October 14, 2013 by Deborah W. Trotter

Looking for a hike in Lassen Park that I had never before taken (there are not many), I decided that …
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Category: National Parks | Tags: 60 miles in 2013, Big Bear Lake, blackened, burn area, campground, Cluster Lakes, destruction, devastating, fairly strenuous, hike, Lassen Park, Lassen Peak, Lassen Volcanic National Park, Little Bear Lake, manzanita, Mt. Lassen, nature, outdoors, Reading Fire, summit lake, trail, trailhead, wildfire

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Going out is really going in.

Tag Archives: trail

Lassen Volcanic National Park, CA – A Peak Experience

Pinnacles National Park, CA – C is for Condors

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, NM – It’s About Time

Bandelier National Monument, NM – Little River of Beans Falls

Zion National Park, UT – The Emerald Pools

Zion National Park, UT – Oops I Did It Again!!

Sequoia National Park, CA – More Than Just Giant Trees

Kings Canyon National Park – Sixty in 2013: This Is It!

Yosemite National Park, CA – Sixty in 2013: Hiking High

Lassen Volcanic National Park, CA – Sixty in 2013: A Walk on the Wild(fire) Side

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