valhikes, 14 days ago to california

Having not done a real hike since November, it seemed the perfect time to launch myself on ~40 miles over 3 days backpacking.

Day 1 started in old growth redwoods, passed remains of homesteading, then climbed past a selection of trees to one of the old growth redwood backpacking camps.

New blog post: https://valhikes.blogspot.com/2024/04/grasshopper-homestead-and-baxter-to.html

#California #HumboldtCounty #HumboldtRedwoodsStatePark #hiking #nature #landscape #travel #hike #outside #backpacking #mountains #redwoods #forest #trees #wildflowers

Western fairy slippers (Calypso bulbosa var. occidentalis). Two flowers of the orchid family stand facing the other direction at the foot of a conifer in forest duff. The flowers have purple petals sticking up like some sort of headdress. A rounded petal group sticks down, purple on the outside and striped red toward the top on the inside, big dots toward the bottom. Oh, and hairs. No leaves are visible below the flowers.
Starting up Baxter Trail at Baxter Environmental Camp. Big trees on either side of a road blocked with bollards and already shrinking due to only being legal as a trail now. More big tees behind.
Outhouse for scale! Arriving at Whiskey Flat Trail Camp. Trees almost as wide as the road passing between them rise well past the top of the portrait photograph. Tucked just behind one is an outhouse. More trees fill in the rest of the space.

valhikes, 4 months ago to hiking

I stopped by an old corral to make a trailless hike to the highest point of the Fat South Egans Wilderness. It is a rugged place, but folks have discovered a route that is very straightforward right to the top.

New blog post here: https://valhikes.blogspot.com/2023/11/shingle-peak.html

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Limestone on the way up Shingle Peak in the Far South Egans Wilderness, Nevada White rocks rise in a step along a ridge line extending from right (lower) to left (higher). A few trees grow along the edge.
At the top of Shingle Peak, Far South Egans Wilderness, Nevada A dead, weathered tree stands on a slope by smaller mountain mahogany trees. It extends down to some ridges crested with rocks. Past those is a wide, flat valley and then another line of mountains. Wide flat valley continues on the far side of the mountain line until another line of mountains defines the visible horizon.
South to the even further south parts of the Egan Range from the top of Shingle Peak in the Far South Egans Wilderness, Nevada Mountains, each shorter than the last as they go further away, stack up against each other. The nearest, tallest, shows limestone cliffs among green of pinon and juniper.

alexskunz, 6 months ago to HikingPics

Looking southwest from Wheeler Peak as sunlight filters through the clouds of an incoming storm. Sangre de Cristo Mountains, New Mexico, September 2018.

This is the highest peak in New Mexico, and as a "metric person" it was quite a treat because it was the first peak over 4000 meters for me. :)

Here's the story of that hike: https://www.alex-kunz.com/wheeler-peak-new-mexico/ (includes video too)

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jds, 9 months ago to random

Saw an open permit for High Sierra trail and grabbed it. Submitted a random 4 day itinerary out of Crescent meadow but don’t really have a plan so not intending to follow it. No ride on the far end so I won’t point to point to Whitney.

Might hobo around Hamilton lake, maybe go off trail from Kaweah gap, maybe try some summits around 9 lakes basin, maybe just stay on trail to Kern hot springs.

The area is very familiar so I’m comfortable packing a bag and going random. Will be nice to be back with the giant sequoias 💚

paulknightly, 10 months ago to HikingPics

Trail leading towards the summit of Wheeler Peak, the highest point in the state of New Mexico, USA.

13,161 ft / 4,011 m

#Mountains #NewMexico #PeakBagging

jds, 1 year ago to HikingPics

Falcor Peak is bold looking with its striking shape and flecks of color. I’d like to go up, looks doable from the south.
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jds, 1 year ago to Colorado

#Sunrise on Mt Cupid heading for Grays and Torreys the back way from Loveland Pass.
#Colorado #14ers #Mountains #TrailRunning #MountainRunning #PeakBagging