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Written By Matt Lemke
Table of Contents Introduction Off to Jagged Mountain and Beyond - August 16th Off to...

Written By Jake Robinson
Planning a successful trip As a 17 year old kid, it's often very difficult to find people to go into the mountains with me. Luckily both my parents enjoy...

A Blessing in Disguise

Written By Matt Lemke
Introduction This trip certainly was a defining moment for me in my ever so fast paced and quickly evolving mountaineering career. Here I would be tested mentally and I...

Grand Teton Owen Spalding

Written By Matt Lemke
My Grand Teton climb Stephan and I were looking for something to climb since we had finished in the Beartooth Mountains for the season. 5 weeks in the Beartooths and we...

Dragontail Peak - October 2012

Written By Matt Lemke
Yesterday I climbed Dragontail Peak with my friends Josh and Amy. We hiked up to Colchuck Lake Friday in the dark and camped. Our plan was to take the standard east and south...

Halls Creek Narrows

Written By Matt Lemke
Overview Halls Creek Narrows is probably the most dramatic canyon in Capitol Reef National Park. Located on the extreme southern end of the park, this canyon sees much less...

Bluejohn Canyon

Written By Matt Lemke
As I start planning for 2011 spring break coming up soon, I was reminded about my epic trip I did last year over spring break. After classes ended on that Friday we took...

Granite Mountain (Snoqualmie)

Written By Matt Lemke
Granite Mountain from...

The Three Apostles

Written By Matt Lemke
Ice Mountain Information Ice Mountain has a long reputation for being a dangerous and loose climb worthy of the heartiest climbers. Overall this reputation lives up...

Rinker Peak NE Ridge - February 2012

Written By Matt Lemke
One challenging day climb Stats: Rinker Peak via NE Ridge in winter (includes the two unranked Twin Peaks) Starting elevation of 9,260 Treeline elevation of...

A California Road Trip - February 2012

Written By Matt Lemke
A Trip to California Day 1 - The Drive This is a trip inspired by a friend of mine here in Colorado when she gives me a call sometime last November asking me to climb...

Gone with the Winds

Written By Matt Lemke
Introduction Trip Stats: About 65 miles About 20,000 feet elevation gain 5 Summits and countless lakes and tarns This was it! I had been planning this trip since...

New Mountains

Red Breaks

Started By Matt Lemke
Overview Consider this page a gift. I wasn't initially going to make this page but then I figured this place wouldn't suffer too much if the visitation increases a...

Emerald and Iowa Peaks

Started By Matt Lemke
Overview Emerald and Iowa Peaks are two Centennial 13ers on the same long ridge leading south from Missouri Mountain in the Sawatch Range of Colorado. Iowa Peak is soft...

Spread Eagle Peak

Started By Matt Lemke
Overview Spread Eagle Peak is ranked the 306th highest peak in Colorado and towers over the beautiful Lakes of the Clouds basin. The peak dominates the western...

Mount Daly

Started By Matt Lemke
Overview Mount Daly Mount Daly Mount Daly Mount...

Gladstone Peak

Started By Matt Lemke
Overview Sunrise on Gladstone Peak Gladstone from Wilson Peak Gladstone...

Goat Peak

Started By Matt Lemke
Overview Goat Peak is located just off Highway 410 near Mount Rainier. Having slightly over 800 feet of prominence, it stands proud above nearby terrain and offers great...

Sundance Mountain

Started By Matt Lemke
Overview Sundance Mountain is another one of the 26 ranked (300P) 12,000 foot peaks in Montana. Located just south of Bowback Mountain, the traverse between the two...

Bowback Mountain

Started By Matt Lemke
Overview Bowback Mountain is one of the 26 ranked Montana 12,000 foot peaks topping out with 731 feet of prominence. Located about 2.5 miles north of Castle Mountain puts...

Castle Rock and Darlene Mountains

Started By Matt Lemke
Overview Castle Rock Mountain sits just to the west of Point 12,540 and to the east of Darlene Mountain. This east-west oriented ridge of 12,000 foot...

Point 12,540 (MT)

Started By Matt Lemke
Overview Point 12,540 is a very unknown peak in the heart of the Beartooth Mountains between Castle Rock Mountain and Castle Rock Spire. Most people think that this peak is...

Sky Pilot Mountain

Started By Matt Lemke
Overview Sky Pilot Mountain is one of the lowest 12,000 foot peaks in the Montana Beartooth Mountains. It does have 587 feet of clean prominence though and the...

Sheets Gulch

Started By Matt Lemke
Overview Sheets Gulch is a narrow slot canyon that cuts through the heart of Capitol Reef. The deep Navajo narrows in this canyon are very photogenic especially on a cloudy...

Latest Travel Log

Josh said More

Not as bad as they say.
Josh said More

This was quite the ordeal of a peak!
Josh said More

The Old Chute can get a bit icy at times, but for the most part it was a decent climb.