3 Peaks, one Memorial day weekend. In similar fashion to the maiden voyage, Myself, Sophia Tidler, Gerrit Verbeek, Chelsea Grimstad, and her two dogs, Kiva and Bean, hopped aboard the Brooks Range Express (my truck) on a non-refundable ticket to the North North.
Category Archives: Hiking – Scrambling
Peak 7150
9 miles total, 5300′ elevation gain. Peak 7150 was a straightforward dayhike I’d been carrying around in my back pocket for years. I’d actually solicited this trip idea many weekends over the years but they never gained traction and no attempts ever materialized. The weekend of May 15th displayed the right characteristics to deploy this trip. “Right characteristics” meaning a single day of decent weather bounded by undesirable weather on the days bookending it. Not much is required of this hike other than good physical fitness and a desire to do it. There are two west ridges to Peak 7150 with Onemile Creek sandwitched in between. I like how we went up the southern more interesting one and came down the northern mellowly sloped one.
Mothers Day in The Park
I sidehilled on climbers left hand side and it indeed was better than postholing. 3 rams jived with this conclusion too. Happily resting right in my natural path. I figured they would spook like most sheep do when they see me, but these rams must’ve sized me up good and realized that they could pulverize me if I got too close. I was afraid they might just come over and do it for the hell of it too! They departed after I had already passed around them and was walking away, but I did manage some good pictures before they took off.
A collection of trips from 2014
2014 is when the world of peakbagging began for me. I was an Eagle Scout at this point so I was pretty versed with following a trail, camping, boiling mountain house, and repeating it the next day. The level of peakbagging I do now comes with more risks, challenges, and joys and I love theContinue reading “A collection of trips from 2014”
From Rocks To Rivers 