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Author Archives: George Young
Continental Divide Trail, Wolf Creek Pass Hike – 07/02/2017
For our third day in the San Juan Mountains/Pagosa Springs, we headed UP, maybe above the tree line? To Wolf Creek Pass and a section of the Continental Divide Trail (CDT). The Drive In It is a long way … Continue reading
Coal Creek Hike – 07/01/2017
This was our second day of hiking in the San Juan mountains near Pagosa Springs. Our original plan was to hit the north end of the Quartz Ridge Trail, the trailhead located about 3 miles up the East Fork San … Continue reading
Turkey Creek Hike – 6/30/2017
Our first day of our 5-day camping and hiking trip to Pagosa Springs. We had reserved 6 nights in the East Fork Campground maintained by the Forest Service. Site #4 was a nice back-in site for the R-Pod – level spot, … Continue reading
Cebolla Canyon Hike – 06/29/2014
An after-the-fact post of this hike that Jay and I made before I started the BLOG. One of our early hikes, checking out trails in the Jemez Mountains. Jay here: I had done this hike with a group way back … Continue reading
Moon-Rito Peñas Negras Hike – 06/25/2017
This is our second off-the-beaten-path hike, which I planned using GoogleEarth and topographic resources (such as Lists of John’s Interactive Map and the US Topo app on my Android tablet & phone). The goal here was to hike up Moon Canyon, then … Continue reading
Telephone Canyon Plus Hike – 06/11/2017
Having exploited all the trail for which I could find others’ tracks, I spent some time on GoogleEarth and top maps (for example, Lists of John’s Interactive Map) to develop a plan to hike up Telephone Canyon, descend into Calaveras … Continue reading
Pony Canyon Hike – 06/04/2017
We returned again to the Jemez Mountains, to explore the canyons north of Fenton Lake. The Drive In This time we drove up FR 378, to the head of the set of canyons that branch off of Calaveras Canyon – … Continue reading
Calaveras Canyon Hike – 05/28/2017
‘Tis summer, and the Jemez Mountains offer temperatures that are not so high as elsewhere near Albuquerque. So we’ve returned again to the area of other recent hikes, Oat-Hay Canyon and Barley Canyon, to another of the numerous canyons above … Continue reading
Dead Horse Point Hike – 05/26/2017
On our return from a trip to Provo, UT, Pat & I visited Canyonlands National Park, choosing Dead Horse Point State Park. We enjoyed an easy hike, looking down upon upon the canyons and the Colorado River. The Hike Statistics … Continue reading
Barley Canyon Hike – 05/07/2017
Seeking trails new to us, we came upon ASCHG’s Barley Canyon hike. The Jemez Mountains are better this time of year, a higher elevation than around Albuquerque and generally nicely wooded forest. ‘Tis a bit distant from Albuquerque (90+ miles … Continue reading