Happy Fathers Day

Hike in the morning up 5 lakes to and beyond to the top of Alpine Meadows Ski Resort and then back down to skype with my father.

Mt. Rose

I haven't been to the top of Mt. Rose since my UNR days. Johannes has been a source of adventure these last few weeks. He's always putting pressure on me to get off the couch. It's a good thing I moved into an apartment with him. It was hot on this day, but we had some storm clouds roll in towards the middle of our hike to take the edge off, and it only began to storm when we were back in the car. Good timing.

Summit Lake, Donner Dip

I went for a little trail run this morning along the Donner Lake Rim Trail up to Summit Lake for #summitsunday. One of my very favorite things, even dating back to my first year at UNR, is coming back from a workout and jumping in Donner Lake to cool off, ice the legs, or become less stinky. I did all three of those things today after the run, so here's the Summit Sunday pic for today.

Mt Olympus

#Summitsunday came home to Utah this week for a hike up Mt. Olympus. It was a good return to training for me after the Grand Canyon, though I think I'll be sore tomorrow. 

Pictured in the panorama is Mr. Wilson (who is an occasional contributor to the blog), and it was great to hear what he's up to these days. Hikes/Training/Active Activities are the best catch-up activities. Way better than drinks at the bar. Wilson and I had some great chats on that steep trail to the top.

Happy Summiting,

G-unit

Nankoweap

I'm fresh out of the Grand Canyon and wanted to share this extra special #summitsunday from the Native American granaries ruins at Nankoweap. I didn't set a new Nankoweap time trial record, but there's always next year.

I made it back to Utah towards the tail end of #summitsunday

In Search of Snow

Okay, I missed #summitsunday last week. I feel bad about it because I remembered, but then decided to have a lazy Sunday instead. I think it is only the second #summitsunday I've missed since the project's beginning, which shows my dedication to pursuit of pointless fancies in the name of fun. All the same, feel free to suggest punishments for my truancy in the comments below. As partial-penance for last week I have an early post for this week, and will try to get another summit tomorrow as well.

I went in search of snow around the south end of the lake today. A good buddy Erika and I drove down to Emerald Bay at 6am, strapped skis to our backpacks in the early morning light, and proceeded to walk. Like, a lot. Somehow we had both forgotten tennis shoes, so we hiked in flip-flops until we got high enough to get to the snow line. We ended up finding a little snow to ski on, maybe 8 turns worth, but the real joy today was in sitting silently on a mountain on a cool, spring morning with a friend- and waiting and listening to the expanse of the sky above, and tracing the outlines of the ridge opposite.