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Snowyside Peak from the Sunny and Snowy Sides

On this summer day in the Sawtooth Wilderness dawn is transforming to sunrise. Sunlight is hitting the rock crags that give Snowyside Peak (10,661 ft) its signature profile

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Memorial Day 2017 – How Do You Recognize?

Elk Creek, Valley Creek, Stanley Lake Creek and Stanley Creek just west of our cabin converge on Memorial Day Weekend. Original size: 30″ by 70.” Note: the fence line was built by a volunteer group led by my friend Ed Cannady.

Memorial Day 2017.  Is it simply an extended weekend or a […]

Hit By A Bus Driven By a Gorilla a.k.a. Skiing the Goat Creek Drainage in Winter

Fishook Creek – Mt. Heyburn far left, Horstmann Peak center, and Thompson Peak far right.

I travelled into the backcountry in the middle-of-winter.  I ventured into my own backyard and got run over by what felt like a bus driven by gorilla appearing from out of nowhere.  I was bounced, if not kicked, […]