Pictures of the backcountry, mostly in Idaho

2011

• Here are pictures of a hiking and camping trip up to O'Caulkins Lake in the White Clouds with Steve Grantham and Chris Elrod and Bela and Braxon. Steve and I climbed WCP 7 and 8, and all of us climbed WCP 6.
  
  
• Here are pictures of a float down a stretch of the San Rafael River in Utah, beneath the Wedge Overlook, and of Muley Twist Canyon. The trip was in mid-May with Steve Grantham, Michael O'Malley, and Lauren O'Malley Most of the pictures are Steve's, Michael's, and Lauren's. Here is a short video of the trip, shot by Lauren.
  

2010

• Here are pictures of my first ever November hike in the Idaho Mountains, the Kelmer loop in the White Clouds.  Splattski report SuperDave GPS data   SuperDave report
  
  
• Here are pictures of a hike up Basil's Peak in the Boulders.  It would probably be easier to go up via Amber Lakes.
  
  
• Here are pictures of a hike up Murdock and Mallory peaks at the southern end of the Boulders, and then along the ridge most of the way to Rock Roll Peak  Splattski report
  
  
• Here are pictures of a climb up D.O. Lee Peak and WCP 9, and an attempt at WCP 7 in the White Clouds. We had camped at OCaulkins lake and did the climbs from there.
  

• Here are pictures of a climb up Duncan's Peak with Steve, John and Michael as well as new friends Matt and Rob. Splattski report
  

• Here are pictures of some of the region around Hyndman Lake in the Pioneers. It wasn't much of a lake, at least not in August. It might be more impressive in May.  Splattski report
  

• Here are pictures from a trip to the White Clouds where Steve Grantham and I climbed Caulkins Peak. We took a difficult route up from OCaulkins lake, don't follow us if you do it
  

• Here are pictures from a trip to the White Clouds where we climbed Lonesome (Lake) Peak and Blackman Peak. I was with Steve Grantham, and this was our first hike with Michael Pelton and John Platt. The pictures are mostly John's, a few of Steve's. None are mine. Splattski report
  

• Here are pictures of two short trips to King's peak in the Lost Rivers, and Galena Peak in the Boulders. Both were pretty easy climbs, and Galena was the first climb for Doug's two dogs, Simon and Maisey.
  

  2008

• Here are pictures of a trip that culminated in a rim-to-rim-to-rim crossing of the Grand Canyon. The earlier pictures in the album are of climbs of Boundary Peak in Nevada, then Telescope and Wildrose peaks in Death Valley, then Charleston Peak in Nevada, all with Deborah Askew. The next pictures are of Humphries Peak in Arizona, climbed with Deborah Askew and Gene Thibeault, and finally the Grand Canyon pictures, which I did with Deborah Askew and Herb Lepley.
  

• Here are pictures of a climb up Perfect Peak. Access is via the TinCup trailhead and Alice Lake, so a lot of the pictures are on that trail.
  

• Here are some pictures of a hike up to Snowslide Lake outside McCall, and then a fastpack around the Seven Devils Loop (27 miles) on 27 August 2008. The weather was cold, wet and grey for the loop trail, so it was good weather for fastpacking but not for taking pictures.
  

• Here is a climb of Mount Morrison, via the southwest ridge. The ridge looks nasty, but you can get around all the obstacles without any class 4 moves.
  

• Here is a trip Dave Ferguson, Steve Grantham and I made to climb Cleft and Al West peaks in the Lost Rivers. This trip went over Horse Heaven Pass, a very beautiful and remote area.
  

2007

• Here are a few pictures of an aborted climb up Mt. Adams in Washington, along with some pictures I took along the Historic Columbia River Highway
• Here are some of Deborah Askew's and Sue Johnston's pictures on Mt. Hood from the same trip.
• Here are some of Marty West's pictures from the same trip.
• And here are Doug McKeever's pictures from the same trip.


• Here are pictures of a fastpack I did in Zion National Park with Deborah Askew and Herb Lepley on 26 May 07. We started at Lee Pass in Kolob Canyon and finished at the Grotto in Virgin Canyon, about 35 miles. I didn't take many pictures near the end, since I was having trouble keeping up.
  

• Here is a trip Dave Ferguson, Doug Bullock and I took to the Copper Basin and the Lost River Range on 14-15 May 07. I climbed Copper Basin Knob while Doug and Dave climbed in the White Clouds, and then we went over to the Lost Rivers to climb Mt. McCaleb and Little Mac.
  

  2006

• Here is a trip Deborah Askew and I took to Gannett Peak, Grand Teton NP, and the Hyalite trail in Montana. I didn't take my camera this trip either, so again the pictures are Deborah's.
  

• Here is a second trip Steve Grantham, Dave Ferguson and I took on 31 July-2 August 06 to hike and climb in and around the Long Lost Creek valley. It was a fairly strenuous trip, so I left the picture taking to Steve and Dave with their little cameras. Photos don't do justice to the upper Long Lost Creek valley, which was amazingly beautiful. We climbed 6 peaks on this trip.
  

• Here is a trip Steve Grantham and I took on 4 July 06 to climb Kane Peak/Goat Mountain in the Pioneers. I overexposed most of the pictures, I threw in a few of those anyway, but the trip was a a bust as far as pictures went.
  

  2005

• Here is a trip Deborah Askew and I took to Granite Peak, the Wind Rivers, and Mt. Borah. I didn't take my camera this trip, so most of the pictures are Deborah's. The photo of my back is taken just after a hailstorm that hit us on the way back from Granite.
  

• Here is a trip Steve Grantham, Dave Ferguson and I took 9-11 July, 05 to the southern Lost River Range, where we climbed Ferguson, Shadow Lakes, and Octoberfest peaks and Massacre Mountain. We had bad weather for two of the three days. Pictures 21-23 are of some bighorn sheep taken with a 200mm lens - it was only the second time I had seen bighorns in Idaho.
  

• Here is a trip Steve Grantham, Bela and I took on 5 July 05 to the southern Pioneers. We climbed Antares Peak, an unamed peak, and another thing that is probably just a shoulder of Antares. There were the remains of what was once a major mining operation on the side of Antares.