14 miles / 2,000 feet gained / 2 nights
This time, it was a beautiful weekend in Jefferson Park. We lucked out with an equally beautiful campsite and did a lot of swimming, day-drinking, and exploring.
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Hikes by Kyle Meyer in 2015
17 miles / 3,000 feet gained / 2 nights
Friday's weather sucked. We hiked over Park Ridge in a freezing cloud of wind and suck, being able to soak in none of the beauty of the area. It cleared up a bit in the morning, but then proceeded to mostly suck the rest of Saturday as well. Sunday was beautiful. But man, when this place is clear, it's stunning.
4 miles / 500 feet gained / 1 night
Had a friend in town from Florida. Showed him what the American west is like.
8 miles / 1,250 feet gained / 1 night
It was too much fun the previous weekend. Backpacked in again, rafted, swam and fished again. This place is the best.
8 miles / 1,250 feet gained / 1 night
More glorious summertime recliner-backpacking. Brought pack rafts out to float on the lake. Swam across the lake. Woke up and swam again. So much swimming.
4 miles / 500 feet gained
Summer! Swimming and fishing and reading books in hammocks.
18 miles / 4,500 feet gained / 1 night
Big loop in Bull of the Woods up and around Mother Lode to the lookout and then a camp at lower Welcome Lake. For some reason, I expected much of this area to have been showing some signs of recovery but I was very wrong. The fire burned the earth deep and it is very much still a hellscape around the Welcome Lakes.
24 miles / 10,000 feet gained / 4 nights
There exists a mile-long, deep, sandy beach on the northwestern shore of Kauai far removed from civillization. There's only two ways in—sea kayak or an 11-mile, 5000' EG hike up and down repeatedly along the sheer cliffs of the coast. Four of us spent four nights at Kalalau Beach, sleeping in the sand and tucked barely into the bushes. Wild cherry tomatoes g...
24 miles / 5,000 feet gained / 1 night
Third trip of the year up to Tanner Butte. Working on my base. This is, by far, the best payoff gorge hike that exists.
11 miles / 1,000 feet gained / 1 night
A night alone along Eagle Creek to readjust mentally. :-)
20 miles / 4,500 feet gained / 1 night
An out-and-back via the Tanner Butte Rail from Eagle Creek. It was absolutely lovely out until we got to the top of the Butte—an inch of snow, strong winds, and an overnight low in the 20s made the night up high somewhat miserable. So pretty, though.
24 miles / 5,000 feet gained / 1 night
My friend Kevin and I kicked off 2015 training by going up and sleeping on top of Tanner Butte. It's absurd that, in the middle of February, we didn't even see a patch of snow the entire hike. We started from Eagle Creek and did the creek crossing to get up to the backside of Tanner Butte. I'm not sure I'd really recommend that crossing right now; the water ...
13.5 miles / 3,000 feet gained / 1 night
Wandered up to McNeil Point in the rain with snow on the ground. My subaru couldn't quite make it to the trailhead, so we parked at the last major junction and walked the last 1½ miles each way to the trailhead. It was terrible out—raining and windy, hovering around freezing temperature, and very very strong winds. We made it up the climber's route right at ...
