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When I stood on Round Top and looked down towards Caples Lake I saw this interesting little volcanic fellow. At home I looked up what it was and immediately put "Black Butte" on my wish list. It would perfectly do for a short little scramble when I didn't have a full day for hiking at my disposal. On the webpages of Bob Burd I...

Der Gates Of The Arctic National Park liegt rund 200km nördlich des Polarkreises, ist beinahe so gross wie die Schweiz und bietet vor allem etwas: Unberührte Wildnis. Weder Strassen noch offizielle Wanderwege führen in und durch das Gebiet in der Brooks Range - Kurz: Ein Paradies. Hinweis: Ich versuchte das Volumen dieses...

Dies ist eine Fortsetzung dieses Tourenberichts Tag 5 (6. Aug) - Ein ereignisreicher Tag am Apoon Mountain An diesem Morgen liess ich mein Camp stehen und machte mich mit einem leichten Rucksack auf den Weg, Apoon Mountain zu besteigen. direkt von meinem Camp auf rund 1'100müm ging's steil nach oben und nach kurzer Zeit war...

After my first outing after moving to California to Pyramid Peak, I already new I would come back and revisit the Crystal Range in the Desolation Wilderness. The view from Pyramid Peak to Mount Agassiz and Mount Price (here) sparked my interest. Friends who visited from Switzerland wanted to go and do some scrambling in the...

There's a very tempting piece of rock right at the old Donner-Summit Road, few Meters east on Tahoe Side. I couldn't withstand and started to boulder and scramble a little bit. Then, since I didn't have any rope with me, I decided to try some routes free solo. The rock is perfect solid and very adherent, so no worry about it....

The Californian friend X. was interested to do a hike with me which included some scrambling in the Sierra Nevada. Since she didn't have any experience in "interesting" and only little in "regular" hiking I planned something which wouldn't be too difficult but offered the possibility to get a feeling of how some hands on the rock...

In Yosemite National Park exist quite a few popular trails. Some of them connect Tioga Road and Yosemite Valley. We chose one of them to "climb" North Dome - it's more a descent, the start at the parking on Tioga Road is about 500 ft higher than the actual summit. The hike is not to strenous and you get to see the typical Sierra...

Eigentlich bin ich noch immer mit dem Fahrrad unterwegs: Diese Tage gings von Whitehorse über Dawson City auf den Top Of The World - Highway und damit zum ersten Mal über die Waldgrenze. Als es an diesem Mittwochmorgen alles andere als gut lief (viele Hügel, Wind etc.) kam es mir gerade gelegen, als ein mächtiger Berg vor mir...

Due to a thunderstorm warning for the afternoon, there was only limited time for a hike. The relatively short, but interesting loop via Mt. Flume and Mt. Liberty seemed like a good option. Apart from the easy access via the Appalachian Trail, Mt. Flume can be reached via the Flume Slide trail, which starts out as an easy hike...

Wikipedia tells us that Lassen Peak is "the southernmost active volcano in the Cascade Range. Located in the Shasta Cascade region of Northern California, Lassen rises 3,500 ft (1,100 m) above the surrounding terrain and has a volume of 2 km3, making it one of the largest lava domes on Earth". Reason enough to visit this peak...