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Teton Canyon to Phelps Lake via Alaska Basin Trail

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🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲  17.5 miles. 4,173 ft. elevation gain. Date hiked: July 24, 2025 Grand Teton National Park is a beautiful place to be, especially during peak flower season. Five star rating on this hike. Leti has been dreaming of this through hike for years. The stars aligned. We found willing shuttle drivers. And viola! The dreamed of hike was a reality. Our shuttle drivers, Ray and Vicky Wetzel, were the perfect shuttle service. They dropped us off at the trailhead a little after 8 with a funny joke about us never seeing each other again. And, about 8.5 hours later, we were reunited.  The beginning of this hike was stunning. Literal fields of wildflowers, all in bloom. There were not a lot of people on this hike, and there were no bear sightings, which we were both grateful for. It is hard to capture the beauty of the wildflowers. So, just imagine from the pictures below lots of wild flowers in bloom.  The wild flowers, as mentioned, were just amazing. I recognized all of th...
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Sawtooth Hiking Vacation - Version: I think we are on the trail.

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 When most people think of the perfect hiking vacation, Stanley, Idaho, does not immediately come to mind. And yet, Leti and I found Stanley to be a perfect hiking destination. We could easily get to multiple trailheads. There were not masses of people everywhere. And, downtown Stanley was only a short one minute drive from our Airbnb. Perfect.  Red Fish Lake 🥾🥾🥾🥾 Red Fish Lake. 5.8 miles. 886 vertical feet. Date hiked: July 24, 2023 - Oh Pioneers!  Because we were a little short on time, we decided to take the boat shuttle to the other side of the lake and hike back to the lodge. The shuttle was pleasant. And, it was raining ferociously! So, to start off, we just couldn't see very much, which was a little depressing. Hence, the four boots.  I found a poncho in my backpack. #luckyfind I stayed somewhat dry on the hike. Leti was not dry on the hike until it stopped raining, which was about half way through.  Me wearing the poncho that saved me from being tota...
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Telluride and Black Canyon of the Gunnison Vacation Edition

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About three times a year, Leti and I take a vacation from our jobs and hike ourselves all over creation. It's a great tradition. This fall we decided upon Telluride and Black Canyon of the Gunnison. We tried to go here in 2020, but the week we were supposed to go had rain in the forecast. Every. Single. Day. So, we scrapped those plans (because in 2020 you could scrap such plans and blame it on Covid) and went to the Sawtooth's. Well, we finally made it to Telluride. It turned out to be a grand adventure where we experienced fall and winter each day.  🥾🥾🥾🥾🥾 Sneffels High Line and Deep Creek Loop. Miles: 14. 3 Elevation gain: 3,986 ft. Date hiked: Oct. 13, 2022 We decided to do this trail at the last minute. The original trail, we noted, had snow on it, and we didn't have our winter spikes. (We ended up doing it the next day instead!). This trail was just lovely. We only got lost once (and saw person 1 of 3 on the trail). We started up the trail at what I thought was a ...
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