Big Bend Ranch State Park
Big Bend Ranch State Park is a huge state park just west of Big Bend National Park.
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Big Bend Ranch State Park is a huge state park just west of Big Bend National Park.
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[Original date August 31, 1997] Trip report from a hike to the summit of Wheeler Peak, the highest point in New Mexico (13,161′) undertaken August 31, 1997. Wheeler Peak is the highest point in New Mexico at 13,161′. The hike to the summit via Bull of the Woods is about 15 miles round trip, and…
Martin Litton was an uncompromising conservationist of the West, and another legendary foe of the Glen Canyon dam. He was the movement’s Jeremiah — the crier in the wilderness who spotted the threats, condemned the desecraters and rallied the leadership to the defining preservation conflicts of the early 1950s through the ’80s. David Brower, who…
I was nine years old and kept thinking “
<- previous day | following day -> Civilization, briefly Left Rosalie Lake around 8:00 a.m. After a slight ascent, the trail was all downhill to Red’s Meadow. Very dusty. In fact, dusty in a choking, sticky messy way. But anyway, I reached Devil’s Postpile National Monument at around 11:15 a.m. A ranger was giving a talk…
First solo trip west; Big Bend National Park, Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Lubbock A note about some of the photos here–I scanned many of these slides thirty years ago when I had to squeeze them onto floppy disks, so their resolution is poor. Gear, Lessons learned Trip Report Planning Some of…
<- previous day | following day -> August 27, 2002 Purple Lake to Silver Pass Creek 45º—72º @MHP Left Purple Lake around 8:10 a.m. On the way out, passing another tent, a young man out in front of his tent was barely awake. He asksed if I had seen the bear last night. No, I told…