The dirt road between the Hans Flat Ranger Station and the top of the Flint Trail is unique in the Maze District in that it’s on top of the Orange Cliffs. Most of the area commonly called the Maze District…
Paddling Lake Ontario: Sandbar Park to Webster Park
You might remember that last year I wrote about kayaking Irondequoit Creek from Ellison Park to Irondequoit Bay, and then about kayaking Irondequoit Bay from La Salle Landing (the mouth of Irondequoit Creek) to the mouth of Irondequoit Bay. Our…
Scrambling Up through Wilson Arch
Who hasn’t seen Wilson Arch while driving US-191 south of Moab? You go through a slickrock canyon and then, bam! There’s the arch high up on the cliffs right beside the highway. To be honest, I’ve driven by it any…
Ledges Trail: One of the Best in Cuyahoga Valley!
If there’s one trail in Cuyahoga Valley National Park that you shouldn’t miss, it’s the Ledges Trail. Besides being a nice hike in its own merit, it showcases what some would call “bluffage” – huge rocks and cliff faces, often…
The Falls Trail through Glen Leigh in Ricketts Glen State Park
You might recall that a couple of weeks ago, I posted about hiking the Falls Trail through Ganoga Glen in Ricketts Glen State Park. Well, here’s the final installment of that post – the Falls Trail through Glen Leigh! The…
Exploring to Clover Canyon
Hike off-trail through Salt Creek to Clover Canyon in Arches National Park, Utah
The Falls Trail through Ganoga Glen in Ricketts Glen State Park
Explore Genoga Glen, the first half of the Falls Trail Loop in Ricketts Glen State Park, and its multiple waterfalls
Driving the Hans Flat Road to the Maze District
There are two roads that access the area generally called the Maze District of Canyonlands: The Hans Flat Road, from UT-24 to the Hans Flat Ranger Station, and the Waterhole Flat Road, from US-95 near Hite to… well, to the…
Exploring the History of Nuttallburg
Did you know that you can visit old coal mining camps in New River Gorge National Park? The most famous of these camps is accessed via the Kaymoor Miners Trail on the Fayetteville side of the gorge (not far from…
Exploring Baptist Draw & Upper Chute Canyon
I’d read that Baptist Draw and Upper Chute Canyon were two of the best slot canyons in the San Rafael Swell of Utah. While I haven’t extensively explored the Swell, I can enthusiastically say that my trek to Baptist Draw…