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We spent last weekend in the desert with our friends Dan, Renee, and Coconut. We started up Granite peak near Gerlach, and while we didn’t make the summit, we enjoyed every minute. This is some amazing country we live in. We drove up past Pyramid lake and spent a chilly (22°F) night in the Smoke…

Ann agreed to try snow camping this weekend, and she got to try rain and snow camping! It was more fun than it sounds. It wasn’t raining yet when pitched the tent in the dark Friday evening, there were even stars out. Snow seems to glow faintly at night, and we got set up on…

I’ve managed a few snow outings during the holidays. There hasn’t been an abundance of snow, but enough! The first was Chickadee ridge with Ann: Ann snowshoeing chickadee ridge A few laps on Tamarack peak on Christmas: Lake Tahoe Christmas 2014 And of course a visit to good old Incline peak with friends: Incline summit…

On Hallow’s Eve Ann and I make a brisk hike up the Jones/Whites creek ridge, then join some of our masked maker friends for a drink in at the Brasserie. Jones ridge view Warm Tea on Halloween Costumes at the Brasserie Costumes at the Brasserie

Continuing our efforts to visit obscure peaks, we give up on Clark Mountain after finding the easy access from the Reno-Tahoe Industrial Park prohibited. Instead we drive into the Pah Rah range, where we find a road leading up Virginia peak. Instead of driving we park and hike, doing some bush whacking and talking to…

For our first outing in our new-to-us Subaru forester we make our way to Nye canyon in the Pine Grove Hills. We share this location with two bear hunters who stop their ATVs to chat with us as we hike up Bald Mountain. With only an affinity for obscure locations in common, we find ourselves…