Wilderness Vagabond Trip Reports Index
The Available Trip Reports
(at this time) are:
(Click anywhere on the report title to go to the report)
First, Specialty Pages are listed.
Followed by The Trip Reports, which are arranged chronologically.
are Specialty Reports
and are Trip Reports
are reports about Long Distance and/or Epic Adventures
Specialty Reports (by topic)

  Panorama Panoply
A pleasant panoply of panorama photos

   Scenic Toilets of Inner Earth
Scenic Scatology of the Wilderness Vagabond

  Hot Springs Excursions in Idaho, Utah, & California
featuring the 2001 HS Challenge! and the 2002 HS Quest!
Photos without descriptions
Continuing dates; the HS Challenge was in July, 2001, the Quest in July, 2002

  Pictographs and Petroglyphs
Assorted images from all over, with some images of Pueblo structures
Photos without descriptions
A Deluxe work in progress

  Flowers, Trees, and Shrubberies
Assorted images from all over, with some identified

  Signs of the times?
And - Images From The New Regime Change
Quasi-censored signs along the way

Trip Reports (arranged chronologically)

  Border Bop:
Bicycling S to N Across The U.S. (2546 miles in 38 days) :
Nogales, Mexico to Carway, Canada; and back to Idaho
June 12 to July 19, 1985

  Sawtooth Wilderness Traverse:
Iron Creek to Atlanta: Backpacking The Sawtooth Mountain Wilderness in Idaho
August 25th to September 1st, 1985

  Needles Nirvana:
Five Fingers Fling, + Moab Marathon, + Confluence Cruise
March 19th to 29th, 1987

  Backpacking: Buckskin Gulch To Paria Canyon
Hiking The Center Of The Earth
June 5 -7, 1987

  Ecobust Along New Fork:
A Super-Natural Figure-8 in the Bridger Wilderness of the Wind River Mountains
September 3-13, 1987

  Jarbidge Wilderness Backpack Extraordinaire:
Marys River Basin --> East Fork --> Emerald Lake
Climb: Matterhorn, Marys River and Prospect Peaks
June 18-26, 1988

  Teton Roundabout & Yellowstone Bicycle Loop:
Bicycling The Big Burn: (270 miles in 4½ days)
August 12-16, 1989

  Escalante River Canyon:
Escalante Escapade Or, Along The Escalante Esplanade
(Harris Wash to Coyote/Hurricane Wash; & Peek-A-Boo Gulch)
May 24 - June 3, 1990

  Labyrinth Canyon:
Canoeing the Green River
June 24-28, 1993

  Ski camping:
McNabb Ridge & Inman Yurt
March 11 through 13, 1994

  Weminuche Wilderness:
Hiking the Continental Divide
Scrambling: Rio Grande Pyramid, LaVaca Pk, Ute Pk., Nebo Pk., & Hunchback Pk.
August 6 to 14, 1994

  Backpacking: Slickhorn Gulch to the San Juan
April 14-17, 1995

  Dayhiking and biking the Henry Mountains and Escalante:
Hole-in-Rock, 40-mi to Willow, 50-mi Mountain,
Henry Mountains: Mt. Ellen, visit Lonesome Beaver CG
June 10-16, 1995

  Backpacking the Escalante: Crack-In-The-Wall
April 5-7, 1996

  Backpacking the High Uintas: Spirit Lake to Center Park:
Llamapacking with the IAC
August 10-18, 1996

  Hiking the La Sal Mountains:
Hike/scramble: Pilot, Dry Fork, Manns, Tomasaki, Mellenthin, Vegan,
Green Mountain, & Waas Peaks
July 3 - 7, 1997

  Llama Lounging In The Crags:
Packing in Idaho's Bighorn Crags
Mt. McGuire, Birdbill, Harbor, Terrace Lakes
July 20 - 27, 1997

  Llamalot at the Middle Fork Salmon?
Mule Hill to Indian Creek to Middle Fork Salmon:
Hot Springs Galore in the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness
August 1-10, 1997

  Ibapah of The Deep Creek Mountains (12,101')
August 15 & 16, 1997

  Hamburger Helper:
Capitol Reef N.P., Bucolic Bullfrog Bay:
Halls Creek Overlook, Hamburger Rocks
December 30, 1997 to January 3, 1998

  Snow Angel: Dayhiking in Zion N.P.
January 30 to February 1, 1998

  Jointly To The Needles:
Dayhiking in The Needles District of Canyonlands N.P.
March 11 - 15, 1998

  THE Maze: Chocolates For Easter:
THE Maze Arm, Maze Overlook, Chimney Rock, Chocolate Drops
April 7 - 12, 1998

  Amazing Space:
Dayhiking Escalante's Davis Gulch, Fiftymile Creek; Bicycling to Hole-in-the-rock
May 15-19, 1998

  Desolation Dabbling: Rafting The Green River:
Desolation and Gray Canyons
June 13-17, 1998

  Llamalot at the Middle Fork Salmon, The Sequel!
Loon Creek to Middle Fork Salmon and out Mule Hill:
Hot Springs Galore in the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness
July 28 - August 9, 1998

  Rubaiyat Crestival!
Hiking the middle section of the Ruby Mountains Crest
August 18-21, 1998

  Galloping to Glorious Goldbug HS
November 14, 1998 and December 30, 1999

  Upper Salt Creek Snowfest:
Needles District Backpacking Experience
March 30-April 3, 1999

   Transnavigation of the Jarbidge Wilderness
Wandering Mary, A TransJarbidge Llama Hike
June 26 - July 3, 1999

  Consummate Rubaiyat Crestival:
Hiking the Entire Ruby Mountains Crest Trail
July 17-22, 1999

  Do The Washakie: Backpacking the Wind River Mountains
Big Sandy Openings to Washakie Pass & Peak, Lizard Head Trail, Cirque of The Towers
July 31 - August 6, 1999

  Borah! Borah! Borah! Scrambling the Idaho Highpoint
August 12, 1999

  Ultimate Uintas: Backpacking the High Uintas Wilderness
Kings and Gilbert Peaks
August 27-30, 1999

  Disraeli Gears:
Bicycling The White Rim of Canyonlands N. P.
September 11-15, 1999

  Yellowstone Winterlike Llamalot: Bechler Meadows
Ferris Fork & Bechler Meadow: Yellowstone National Park
September 25-28, 1999

  Undulating Upheaval
Backpacking Island In The Sky: Upheaval Dome
October 2 & 3, 1999

  Upward Angel & Angle in the Needles District
Backpacking Upper Salt Creek: In The Needles District of Canyonlands N.P.
October 7 - 13, 1999

  Thundering the North Rim of the Grand Canyon
Thunder River and Deer Creek
October 22-27, 1999

  Water-Ooooh in THE Maze:
THE Maze Arm, Maze Overlook, Shot & Water Canyons; & Chocolate Drops Ridge Route
April 18 - 23, 2000

  Disraeli Gears, Part 2: (The Undiscovered Country)
Bicycling The White Rim of Canyonlands N. P.
June 3 - 7, 2000

  Jarbidge 2000
Backpacking the Jarbidge Wilderness
June 28 - July 4, 2000

  Selway Somewhere Serenade
Llamapacking somewhere in Idaho
July 30 - August 6, 2000

  Rafting El Rio Colorado!
A trip into time in the Grand Canyon
September 16 - 30, 2000

  Backpacking: Cedar Mesa Somewhere
Trails of the Ancients
Aprit 10 - 15, 2001

  Llama Packing The South Fork Snake
Gormer Canyon
June 16 and 17, 2001

  Backpacking the High Sierras
Wolf Creek Lake area
June 30 to July 4th, 2001

  Sampler of photos
Wasatch Mountains, LaSals, Arches NP, and other places
Summer, 2001

  Hot Springs Excursions in Idaho, Utah, & California
featuring the 2001 HS Challenge! and the 2002 HS Quest!
Photos without descriptions
Continuing dates; the HS Challenge was in July, 2001, the Quest in July, 2002

  Sawtooth Soiree
Backpacking Somewhere in Idaho's Sawtooth Mountains Wilderness
With a link to Photos of the Natural Hotsprings we Encountered
July 31 - August 4, 2001

  Moose Mania in the Wind River Mountains: Bridger Wilderness
Llamapacking the Wind River Mountains
Green River Lakes, Porcupine & Green River Pass, Climb Squaretop Mountain
August 11 - 19, 2001

  Cathedral of The Narrows
Hiking the Zion Narrows of the Virgin River
With notes about Cedar Breaks NM, and the Parowan Gap Petroglyphs
September 3 - 5, 2001

  Swell time in the Swell
Bicycling The San Rafael Swell and Reef
October 20-21, 2001

  Death Valley Dreaming
Death Valley Features and Selected Hotsprings
Note: large thumbnails only
December 26-30, 2001

  Tumultuous Tornado on the Colorado:
Canoeing the Ruby-Horsethief, and
Exploring the Rattlesnake Canyon Arches
June 7-9, 2002

  Cathedral of The Narrows, Part 2
Backpacking The Cathedral of The Narrows
August 31st to September 2nd, 2002

  Intermountain & SouthWest Tour 2002
Jarbidge Wilderness, Hovenweep NM,
Cedar Breaks NM, Bryce Canyon NP, Mesa Verde NP, et al.
Summer, 2002

  Subway Synergism
Hiking The Subway (Left Fork of North Creek of the Virgin River)
A full moon adventure
September 21, 2002

  Roaring the Redwall
Backpacking into Inner Earth, THE Grand Canyon
Via the North Kaibab Trail: the North Rim (8250') to The Colorado River (2400')
October 10th to October 15th, 2002

  Wilderness Vagabond Love-Knot
Kathleen and Rob post Wedding Plans and Report
Tie the Knot
April 13-20, 2003

  Ghost Panels of Barrier Canyon
Hiking Horseshoe Canyon
Biking the San Rafael
April 25-27, 2002

  Middle Fork 12-Packer
Boundary Creek to the Flying B:
Hot Times and Hot Springs
in the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness
July 23 - August 3, 2003

  Passion For Paria
Backpacking Paria Canyon
With Day-dabbling in Buckskin Gulch
May 1 - 8, 2004

  Jumping Up Into Kanab Creek Wilderness
Sowats Point to The Colorado River
May 15 - 22, 2004

  Sawtooth Mountain Wilderness Lakes Loop
Backpacking: Grandjean TH - Elk Lake - Benedict Lakes - Ingeborg & Spangle Lakes - Ardeth - Edna, and--->
and... Sand Mountain Pass - Slickrock Junction - Alpine - Hidden - Baron - Grandjean TH
August 3 - 9, 2004

  Zenith of Zion Zen
Backpacking: Zion Through-hike
Lees Pass (Kolob Canyons) to The Grotto (Virgin River, near Zion Lodge)
October 14-18, 2004

  Yurting in the Wasatch Mountains
January 30-31, 2005

  Jumping Up Into Thundering River:
Kanab Creek Wilderness to Monument Point via the Colorado River and Deer Creek
Sowats Point to Kanab Creek- Then along the Colorado River to Deer Creek & Thunder River
May 14 - 23, 2005

  Salmon Sojourn:
Volunteering at Little Creek Guard Station, MF Salmon River Mile 35
in the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness
June 15th - August 10th, 2005

  HawkWatching in the Goshute Mountains
at the HawkWatch International Goshute Mtn. Field Station
September 17th, 2005

  Wandering THE Wave
and Kodachrome State Park
September 23rd - 25th, 2005

  A Swell Adventure in the San Rafael Swell and Reef
Visiting Goblin Valley, Bell & Little Wild Horse Canyon Loop
and the Head of Sinbad and Eagle Canyon
October 21st - 25th, 2005

  2005 Year-end report
The Wilderness Vagabond Summary
January - December, 2005

   Long Ranger:
Kanab Creek Wilderness: Snake Gulch to Sowats Point
April 29th to May 8th, 2006

  Teton Crestival 2006!, Almost
Or, Kundalini* Teton Loop: Paintbrush-Cascade Canyon Loop
August 6 - 8, 2006

  Humphreys Peak (12,643') - Arizona High Point
Kachina Peaks Wilderness
September 4, 2006

  Hiking Around Northern Arizona
A tour via photo album
Fall of 2006

  Super Superstition
Superstition Wilderness 2006: Ojo de Caballo; Miners Needle Loop
December 25-28, 2006

  2006 Year-end report
The Wilderness Vagabond Summary
January - December, 2006

   Eponymous* Clear Creek of the Grand Canyon
South Kaibab Trail to Clear Creek
April 7 – 11, 2007

  Bodacious Beamer
Or – Beam me up Scotty: Tanner Trail to the Little Colorado River
April 20-25, 2007

   South Canyon Slog and Flog
South Canyon "Trail" to the Colorado River: Vaseys Paradise and Stanton’s Cave
May 6-8, 2007

  Navajo National Monument:
Kawestima/Keet Seel; Talastima/Betatakin; & arch hunting ventures
June 1-6, 2007

   Arcdom: Terrific Toiyabe
Arc Dome Wilderness: North-South Twin Rivers Loop; Arc Dome at 11,773'
June 14-18, 2007

  Middle Fork Salmon Century Floatboating
Nearly 100 Miles of tribute to Frank Forrester Church
Boundary Creek to Cache Bar: River Miles 0 to 98
July 6 - 13, 2007

  Marauding the Magruder Corridor and Selway Country - Central Idaho
The "Lost" Lewis and Clark Route
July 15 - 18, 2007

  Ode to Orderville!
Touring Orderville Canyon and THE Subway of Zion
September 1 - 2, 2007

  Stillwater Solstice - Canoeing the Green River
Mineral Bottom to Spanish Bottom: River Miles 53 to 0, and then some
September 16 - 23, 2007

  Hiking Northern Arizona 2007
Day Hikes and Such in the land of P-Pines and Red Rock
January - December, 2007

  Super Superstition #2:
Superstition Wilderness 2007
Crosscut Trail, Weaver's Needle loop, Boulder Trail 103, & Second Water Trail
December 29, 2007 to January 2, 2008

  2007 Year-end report
The Wilderness Vagabond Summary
Somnambulistic Solstice Salutation
January - December, 2007

  Hiking Northern Arizona 2008
Day Hikes and Such in the land of P-Pines and Red Rock
January - December, 2008

  Hermit Hiatus
Grand Canyon Rest at Hermit
Hermit to Indian Gardens Trip Report
April 17 - 22, 2008

  Escalante Escalade
Grand Canyon Report of the Escalante Route
Grandview to almost Cardenas Trip Report
April 23 - 30, 2008

  Dare to say Dark Canyon
Dark Canyon 2008 - Backpacking Horse Pasture to Sundance Trail
- with after-backpack excursions to Salt Creek and Natural Bridges
June 1 - 12, 2008

  North Rim Day Rambles 2008
North Rim Day Hiking - Grand Canyon Trip Report
Angel's Window, Widforss Trail, N. Kaibab, North Canyon (Saddle Mtn. Wilderness), Snaking Snake Gulch
September 13-17, 2008

  Gnarly Nankoweap:
Nankoweap of the Grand Canyon
With after-backpack ancient arch hunting in the Paria-Vermillion Cliffs Wilderness
September 28 - October 8, 2008

  Chiricahua Cavalcade
Chiricahua National Monument and Portal Porting, 2008
Big Loop in the NM, Chiricahua Natural Bridge, Arch hunting near Portal
October 22-27, 2008

  Endearing Escalante:
Escalante GSENM 2008: Hole-in-the-Rock, or in your head?
Red Breaks, Peek-A-Boo & Spooky Too, Fence Canyon Arches, Zebra Canyon,
and Little Jumbo, Chock Nut, and the Vreeland Pillars Arches
November 17-22, 2008

  Organ Pipe Cactus NM, you Ajo
Arch Canyon, Bull Pasture and Estes Park, Alamo Canyon, and Victoria Mine
A Sonoran Solstice Saturnalia
December 27-31, 2008

  Wilderness Vagabond Year-End Report
The Wilderness Vagabond Summary of 2008
January to December, 2008

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