Glades (Upper Pilot) Trail Junction in the snow. It’s odd how mine are the only tracks in the snow. +1
Outdoor Activities
Time spent in the great outdoors hiking, backpacking, camping, fishing, paddling, and shooting. Anything well away from the madding crowd.
Pilot (Tower) Trail heading east.
January 10, 2025 15:10
At the Devil’s Den (Lower Pilot) Trail junction. The Pilot (Tower) Trail is straight ahead and should be easy to follow from here on. I stopped to re-secure my camp shoes which had come loose and to brush some of the accumulating snow off my pack.
January 10, 2025 14:55
A fleeting burst of sunshine. Right place, right time. A lucky shot as the sun shone for just a minute.
January 10, 2025 14:45
The trail wasn’t always obvious. There was a slight indentation where it ran, and I’d already figured out to look for the gap in the grass stalks.
January 10, 2025 14:34
Winter view from Hercules Glades Wilderness. Two-minute read.
January 10, 2025 14:32
Gary camped here. There was a fair buildup of snow around the edge of the tarp from where the snow kept sliding off.
January 10, 2025 13:28
Snow covered treetops.
January 10, 2025 11:14
Hammock camping in the snow, January 2025. The ‘doors’ on my bad weather tarp help keep the weather out and the warmth in. I could have set the tarp closer to the ground, but I prefer more standing room.
January 10, 2025 11:13
Hammock camping in the snow, January 2025.
January 10, 2025 11:12
Hammock camping in the snow, January 2025.
January 10, 2025 11:11
Wintery view from my hammock.
January 10, 2025 8:07
Keeping my nose and ears warm. I’m just out of bed, and I didn’t bother to remove the buff I use to keep my nose and ears warm while I sleep.
January 10, 2025 7:29
Hammock camping in the snow. 7:20 a.m. and it’s been snowing for around nine hours. I was nice and cozy in my hammock.
January 10, 2025 7:21
Waiting for ‘Snowmageddon’ — there’s five to seven inches in the forecast. Should be fun! (Plus, Day One stats.) +1
January 9, 2025 19:59
Creek and spring in ‘Deep Hollow’ — time to top up my water before it gets dark, and the storm arrives.
January 9, 2025 15:37
My first icicles of 2025.
January 9, 2025 14:31
Glades (Upper Pilot) Trail Junction. The good thing about all the ice on the trail is that it means there’s plenty of water.
January 9, 2025 13:52
Ice Crystals.
January 9, 2025 13:51
Icy conditions on the Pilot (Tower) Trail heading west — I wasn’t expecting to find a lot of ice on the trail, it slowed me down a lot, I need micro spikes for these conditions.
January 9, 2025 13:11
Pole (Pete) Hollow Cairn Selfie — It looks like someone may have tidied the cairn. I didn’t have time to check, I have places to be before it gets dark.
January 9, 2025 12:17
Another empty trailhead parking lot — This time there might be a good reason. There’s a winter storm due in nine hours. Six-minute read, +2
January 9, 2025 11:44
Journal: Four days hiking the Berryman Trail, Missouri, December 2024. This will be my last backpacking trip of the year. Journal: 15 42
December 30, 2024 16:05
Berryman Trail — Day Four stats and a summary of the trip. Three-minute read.