James HueserExplorer

Views in the Lake O'Hara area are unique from the “sea of mountains” look that defines many excellent weekend hikes in the Rockies. With Odoray, Yukness, Huber, Wiwaxy, Schaffer, Biddle, and Lefroy in such close proximity to each other, it is easy to imagine you are in Pakistan, Nepal, or Argentina, surrounded by massive peaks, even though the peaks around Lake O'Hara tend to max out around 3,5...

Have you ever done a hike where you just don't want the day to end? Scramble the Fortress and you'll know the feeling. The thing that drew me to the Fortress was its summit elevation of 3000 masl, as well as its blocky, fortress-like profile when viewed from the north. It's so much more than that.One number that might look intimidating about this hike is the 19 km. That seems like a lot for jus...

Whether or not you choose to take the ferry from Stykk to Flókalundur, or make the entire drive along the south side of the West Fjords, you'll be taking the 612 to Látrabjarg. It's a mix of pavement and mostly gravel with typical Icelandic potholes. Even though it'd be a dream to take a 4x4 out here, it can be made with tiny little cars as long as you drive carefully!At the end of the seemingl...

There's something special about the landscape that Yosemite National Park offers, and the scenery around Mount Dana is no different. The trail begins at the Tioga Gate entrance to Yosemite with the trailhead at the north end of the small parking lot south of the gate. It winds through the ponds, streams, and meadows of Dana Meadows. You'll start gaining elevation once out of the meadows until ...

Thousands of tourists flock to Lake Louise and Lake Agnes every year (maybe even every month) and by scrambling Mount Niblock you'll see the same magnificent sites while leaving the crowd behind and seeing so much more! Mount Niblock offers a bit of a challenge in that there are some rock ribs that need to be climbed, mixed with some very faint trails that need to be navigated, but it's an exc...

The trailhead is located on the north side of Ripple Creek, the first creek you come across after passing the Grizzly Creek turnoff. There is an easy pull-off on the east side of the highway. You should be able to see the trailhead from the road, which follows the southern slope of the mountain from the get-go. 850 m (2,800 ft) is pretty substantial, and 3 km (1.8 miles) is not a substantial d...