U.S. Peaks

Every peak has a story to tell. Join us as we share personal adventures, lessons learned, and breathtaking moments from summits across the United States. Packed with tips and trail insights, this category is your ticket to discovering the diverse beauty and challenges of America’s most incredible peaks. Let’s explore together!

The Gore Range

About the only thing we do not like about this range is the name. Sir St. George Gore was not a good man. Anyhow, the range is rugged and...

Sangre de Cristo Winter Expedition

Journal Entry February 24, 2002: My winter mountaineering experiences have been limited due to my dislike of losing extremities to the...

Mt. Hood

Journal Entry, Summer, 1994: Penny Martens, Terry, and I got up at 1:30 am, so we would have solid snow. Hood is a long day with all of...

Holy Grail for Peak Baggers

I am not sharing the exact location of this peak. It should be discovered like a treasure. Journal Entry Summer 2005: Summit and I have...

Favorite: Heart of the Weminuche Wilderness

I have spent considerable time in the Weminuche, but to get to the heart requies hours of effort and rugged terrain to cross. Deep in the...

Colorado Trail

Journal Entry Summer, 1988 : After helping build the Colorado Trail in previous summers, we were able to actually hike it, the COMPLETED...

The Wham Ridge

Journal Entry July 27, 1996 Vestal and Arrow Mountain The Wham Ridge …Vestal’s Wham is not really a ridge, but a...

Mauna Kea

Journal Entry Christmas Eve, 2021: We were going a little stir crazy during COVID and came up with many wild plans. For instance, "Why...

Grand Teton

Journal Entry Summer, 1985: Terry and I took off for a one month road trip. Tetons, Yellowstone, Glacier, Banff, Jasper, and then the...

Mount Rainier

Journal Entry July 3, 1994: This was our first big mountain glacier experience. We spent the previous day in our tent waiting out a...

Lizard Head

Journal Entry August, 1995: Jim Morton and I climbed Lizard Head after camping on the pass. This ten hour journey was made even harder...

13ers with Friends and Family

Mark completed the Colorado 13ers in 2011 taking 31 years of peak-bagging. The list of 637 peaks includes 583 13ers and 54 14ers. Terry...

Pacific and Atlantic Peaks (Avalanche)

Journal Entry June 23, 1998: Whoop…Wind? I hoped but thought not. Terry, Summit, and I had been climbing for five hours. Two successful...